Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Francesco Franchi
A designer I would like to make contact with, specialising in editorial/publishing work as well as infographics. I've admired his work for some time now, particularly his layout work, which is something I am also very interested in.
The only issue is that he is Italian, which presents a significant language barrier to begin with. It also means I can't readily hop on a bus to go and meet him. Regardless, he is near the top of my list of people to make contact with.
The only issue is that he is Italian, which presents a significant language barrier to begin with. It also means I can't readily hop on a bus to go and meet him. Regardless, he is near the top of my list of people to make contact with.
design for record labels...
At some point very soon I'd like to contact more record labels...for the P/R/D brief I sent an email to Hot Flush recordings explaining the work I was doing and wondered if they would like to have a look, I never received a reply; at some point though I will send them some images of my finished product range to see what they think;
At this point I haven't really contacted any studios as I don't feel it is the kind of thing I want to go in for at the moment; I'd sooner be doing work for record labels, generally getting involved in that kind of scene rather than being in a studio as part of some separate entity as such.
I'm still figuring out how to go about this, it's one of those things where it pays to bump into people and just generally know people; I'm not sure how much a creative CV would work for this kind of thing
I'm very into these two labels, although they are both based in the US. Nevertheless I'd like to contact them at some point for some sort of advice, I figure at this point this is a logical step forward for me.
Stones Throw Recordings...
Brainfeeder Records....
At this point I haven't really contacted any studios as I don't feel it is the kind of thing I want to go in for at the moment; I'd sooner be doing work for record labels, generally getting involved in that kind of scene rather than being in a studio as part of some separate entity as such.
I'm still figuring out how to go about this, it's one of those things where it pays to bump into people and just generally know people; I'm not sure how much a creative CV would work for this kind of thing
I'm very into these two labels, although they are both based in the US. Nevertheless I'd like to contact them at some point for some sort of advice, I figure at this point this is a logical step forward for me.
Stones Throw Recordings...
Brainfeeder Records....
Website Building
Helpful web sessions....Before the sessions we took part in; the prospect of designing a website seemed like a nightmare...but with some basic HTML/CSS training and the help of StaceyApp to give it a kickstart I have begun building my own site....it runs off a basic template provided by StaceyApp; but very soon I will begin modifying this to make it more personalised as such...for example implementing my own branding/typefaces etc.
Setting up the site was a bit of a chore initially...and it is not live yet...but I quite enjoyed getting it started and look forward to messing around with it further...here are some screen shots...
Letterhead development
Quick idea for a letterhead...still feels a little bit empty but there's always more work to be done. Looks a little corporate and bland; but I suppose that kind of thing works in certain situations.
Business Card development
Basic idea for my business card...quite a simplistic design in order to ensure that my details are communicated as effectively as possible.
The more I look at my logo the more I feel like it is the kind of thing that would be used for a metro station...which I don't massively have any qualms with as it's the kind of thing I'd love to do in the design world...design for transit systems and stuff like that - I've only just realised this now.
Anyway, I was thinking about ways I could very cheaply produce a lot of business cards and here is the general plan:
step 1: get some decent A3 stock
step 2: run off a load of cards through an A3 laserjet...B&W for excessive cheapness...
step 3: cut all down to size...
step 4: flip them all over
step 5: spray backs with bright spray paint.
Job done...or it will be very soon...
PPD Task 3 - Samples of work
Henrik Steen Karlsen - portfolio
Neat, clean-cut stylings complete with some sort of silver foil stamp presumably to create those shiny logo parts. Pretty nice touch; livens up what would otherwise be quite a clinical-looking range of products.
Gary Corr - self-promotional mailer
Cool idea for a mailer, creating an infographic representation of himself which enables the studios to get a pretty reasonable idea of what they guy is like. I suppose it is made in quite a cliched design style but undoubtedly it has worked/will work.
Riccardo Sabatini - CV
Very attention-grabbing repeated pattern on the cover of this guy's CV; it definitely gives the impression of being some kind of professional publication, which I suppose is useful if you want to be taken seriously. The other pages however were slightly cluttered and full of information...maybe too full.
Gary Corr - promotional rock
A very sweet idea....
Shanning Wan - CSS Resume
Kind of an obvious idea for a web designer/developer, but someone had to do it...The advantages are it is pretty obvious the designer has some idea of coding; however it is unclear whether they can put together an efficient website or not....
Flore Mazzonetto - Self-promotion portfolio
Quite an expensive-looking self-promotional portfolio, I imagine she hasn't made a massive number of copies; I reckon it's one of those what you would take down a studio or take to a coffee shop when you meet a respectable designer.
Neat, clean-cut stylings complete with some sort of silver foil stamp presumably to create those shiny logo parts. Pretty nice touch; livens up what would otherwise be quite a clinical-looking range of products.
Gary Corr - self-promotional mailer
Cool idea for a mailer, creating an infographic representation of himself which enables the studios to get a pretty reasonable idea of what they guy is like. I suppose it is made in quite a cliched design style but undoubtedly it has worked/will work.
Riccardo Sabatini - CV
Very attention-grabbing repeated pattern on the cover of this guy's CV; it definitely gives the impression of being some kind of professional publication, which I suppose is useful if you want to be taken seriously. The other pages however were slightly cluttered and full of information...maybe too full.
Gary Corr - promotional rock
A very sweet idea....
Shanning Wan - CSS Resume
Kind of an obvious idea for a web designer/developer, but someone had to do it...The advantages are it is pretty obvious the designer has some idea of coding; however it is unclear whether they can put together an efficient website or not....
Flore Mazzonetto - Self-promotion portfolio
Quite an expensive-looking self-promotional portfolio, I imagine she hasn't made a massive number of copies; I reckon it's one of those what you would take down a studio or take to a coffee shop when you meet a respectable designer.
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