enviroment awareness posters

 I have decided to review 4 posters related to the environment, this will give me a better idea of what other artists have done. I may even use a similar layout, or colour schemes to get a certain look for the poster i want to create. 

This poster is very simple but has a big meaning to the picture. I think the poster is very effective and it does make you think about where your food comes from. I think that the tomato was chosen because of it's colour, not only does it stand out from the neutral background but it also means stop, which is hinting that it is wrong to buy produce from across the world that can be grown in the UK. The artist that created this will have used Photoshop to get the exhausts onto the tomato, they also probably drew in the smoke to make it look more realistic. I also think that the artist has lightened the tomato to make it stand out even more from the background. I think i will take the element of Photoshop from this poster and the contrast between the redness of the tomato and the green of the background.

I think that this poster is very clever the photography used is very professional. The redness of the crisp packet contrast with the black tarmac and the yellow line on the side of the road. I think he kept the yellow line in because you instantly know that it is on the side of the road without even reading the text. The text is also very clever the first line can be an insult but it is used in the other term. I will take inspiration from the text, because it shows you can be clever with your words.  

This is a poster about the amount of litter in the world. The poster itself is very simple, the main image in the center of the poster has been made to look like the world scrunched up like a piece of litter. This has been done on photoshop, it looks really professional. Also the world stands out from the background again because f the contrasting colours. Also the text leading is quite big and it makes it easier to read. From this poster i will take inspiration the plain background but highlights and shadows around the center figure.

 

This poster not doesn't just appeal to adults it appeals to children too, this is an angle that could work really well because if you can get it into the children's heads that recycling is god then they will keep doing it throughout there lives. The character is based around Batman so children will recognize him. The messaging on this is also very clear, the text stands out from the backgrounds and is all kept in the same text font. 

In conclusion, these four posters will help me get a good idea of what i plan to do with my final piece. They have given me inspiration and some good ideas. I will probably go down the cartoon route now after the bat can one, it is a very simple technique but a very effective one at the same time. My next step in this project will be to look at other poster designers who use the cartoon style, to see if i can get some more inspiration for my poster.

 

live recycling project influences

Proposal for live recycling project

Jack Fearn

Friday 17^th December

This is a project about recycling and electrical items in landfills. The area of land taken for landfill sites is about 28,000 hectares, which is a lot and this is after everybody has already done there recycling. People just throw away their old electrical items without a moments thought, the Government is bringing in a scheme to stop this and to put electrical items in special bins near supermarkets so it is easy for people to recycle them. The aim of this project is to make the public aware of the effects of putting electrical items in landfills and also to promote the Governments scheme.

In this project I think I will do a range of mono prints, collograph or lino prints, I think that with these techniques I can get an earthy look to my work, which links to the live project. I will try different techniques to see if they work better but I think my final piece will be a mono print, collograph or a lino print. In week one I will research artists that specialise in contemporary art around the environment and recycling. Week two I will try some of the artists’ styles to see if they will work for the idea that I have. Week three I will try the rest of the artists’ work, by doing this I will build up my contextual studies book with artists’ research and my attempts of their work. For the rest of the weeks I will be looking through my work, deciding which style I will use and then create a poster for the final piece.

With my artist research I will try the styles of Hamish Fulton, http://www.hamish-fulton.com/

Also I will follow Peter Fend, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fend.

 Another artist is Jane Perkins.

This poster was designed by a company called prospect. I like the use of one three colours and that the big digger and the actual landfill is like a stencil on top of the background.

These set of posters have been esigned by the one world design company. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/OneWorld-Campaign/166992

Concept Design Blog

This is concept design's blog. I like the layout of the blog, but the black background can make it hard to read the text. Apart from that the actual designs are really good. 

http://robertengelmann.blogspot.com/ 

Debbie Smyth's Blog

This is Debbie Smyths blog, she is a artist that sticks pins into a board and wraps cotton thread round them to create a picture. I really like her work and would like to try out the technique sometime. I like the layout of her blog it is simple but effective. Also her content on her blogs is very good compared to my others because they mainly put their cars on where as Debbie explains her work.
http://debbiesmyth.blogspot.com/

Alfredo Marins Blog

This is Alfredo Marins Blog. I like his background on this blog, also his designs for cars are great and I really like them.

http://alfredo-marin.blogspot.com/

Akos Szaz Blog

Akos Szaz

I have choosen to follow this blog because the layout is very professional. It is also updated regualary with different car designs or concepts. The cars that he does put i really like. The only down side to this blog is that he is Hungarian and some of the words on his post are in Hungarian.  
http://akosszaz.blogspot.com/

Carscoop Blog

I'm following Carscoop because it is constantly updated, the layout is good and easy to follow. There are lots of designers on the blog so i would not be sort of inspriation and ideas for designs. It is updated regulary. 

 this is a screen shot of the website

Blanka.com

I recently went on a website called Blanka, it was not very well layed out and when you finally found what you wanted you couldn't read the text because it is a light background with light coloured text. Also the navigation around the website was really difficult to work out. Overal i was disapointed in the website on a hole, and could do with some adjustments to make it better and easier to use. This is the webiste URL blanka.co.uk



Abram Games

Abram Games MBE (1914, Whitechapel, London — 1996, London) was a British graphic designer.

Born Abraham Gamse in Whitechapel, London on the day World War I began in 1914, he was the son of Joseph Gamse, a Latvian photographer, and Sarah, a seamstress born on the border of Russia and Poland. His father anglicized the family name to Games when Abram was 12. Games left Hackney Downs School at the age of 16 and went to London's St. Martins School of Art (today the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design). Disillusioned by the teaching at St Martins and worried about the expense of studying there, Games left after two terms. However, while working as a "studio boy" in commercial design firm Askew-Young in London 1932-36, he was attending night classes in life drawing. He was fired from this position due to his jumping over four chairs as a prank. In 1934, his entry was second in the Health Council Competition and, in 1935, won a poster competition for the London City Council. 1936-40, he was on his own as a freelance poster artist.

       

Festival Of Britain and Domestic life in the early 1950's

The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in London and around Britain in May 1951. The official opening was on 3 May. The principal exhibition site was on the South Bank Site, London of the River Thames near Waterloo Station. Other exhibitions were held in Poplar, East London (Architecture), Battersea Park (The Festival Gardens), South Kensington (Science) and the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow (Industrial Power) as well as travelling exhibitions that toured Britain by land and sea. Outside London major festivals took place in Cardiff, Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Perth, Bournemouth, York, Aldeburgh, Inverness, Cheltenham, Oxford and other centres.

Abram Games' poster for the Festival of Britain

At that time, shortly after the end of World War II, much of London was still in ruins and redevelopment was badly needed. The Festival was an attempt to give Britons a feeling of recovery and progress and to promote better-quality design in the rebuilding of British towns and cities following the war. The Festival also celebrated the centenary of the 1851 Great Exhibition. It was the brainchild of Gerald Barry and the Labour Deputy Leader Herbert Morrison who described it as "a tonic for the nation".







Domestic life in the early 1950's 
In the early 1950's everything was slowly getting back to normal,food and clothing rations had been removed in 1949 so people could try and get back to there normal lives again. It was the end of the trams and steam trains in London. the King died so it was  the King's funeral.The Coronation of the new Queen almost being wiped off the front pages by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing conquering Everest.

Morgan Threewheeler Concept

British sportscar manufacturer Morgan is planning to re-release its iconic Threewheeler after a 58 year hiatus.

The classic vehicle, which retains the design of the original Threewheeler sold between 1909 and 1953, features an aerodynamic super-formed 'bullet' hull wrapped around a tubular frame and gloss black wire wheels, wheelarches and lamps.

Unlike the original, however, a 1.8-liter V-Twin engine sourced from Harley Davidson will send power to the single rear wheel via a Mazda five-speed gearbox. The modern incarnation weighs in at 500kg.

The car's aircraft-inspired leather padded cockpit features aluminum toggle switches and a 'bomb release' start button. Morgan claims its spartan ambiance 'indulges the feeling of flying through the air.'

The Threewheeler will be relaunched on the company's stand at the 2011 Geneva motor show. 

 

 

Debbie Smyth

This is Debbi Smyth, she uses pins in a board and then wraps coloured thread around them to create pictures. I think this work is really good, and I think i may try to use this in some of my later work. 

Leeds University BA [Hons] Graphic Design

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This is another three year course on Graphic Design. At the end of the three years you will come out with a Honours degree. Again you need atleast 240 UCAS points. In this course you cover a range of subjects, for example; Typography, Print, Drawing, Digital media, Photography and moving images. 

I'm not so sure about this University, the course sounds really good and interesting but the situtation of the unoversity is the thing that lets it down, because it is in the city I don't think I'd enjoy it as much, yes there may be more people and bars to meet and go to, but I wouldnt like being in the middle of a city and no countryside around.

University of Cumbria - BA [Hons] Graphic design

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This is a full time course at the university of Cumbria, Carlisle, the course is three years long and you need atleast 240 UCAS points to get onto the course along with a good portfolio of work. At the end of the three years you will get an Honours Degree.

I really like the look of this course and the university, it is really close to the Lakedistrict and the Yorkshire Moors, where I could complete my mountain leader training. That aside I think I would really enjoy it at Carlisle.

Portsmouth University BA [Hons] Graphic Design

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This is three year course at Portsmouth University. The required amount of UCAS points are between 240 - 300, and at least 100 point from that must be to do with art or graphic design.  At the end of the three years you will get an Honours Degree in Graphic Design.


I think i like the look of this university, the only thing that would stop me from going to this university is Portsmouth itself, I have been a few times and I haven't enjoyed the visit. Apart from the i can't see anything wrong with the university itself. 

Plymouth University BA [Hons] Three Dimensional Design - Product Design

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This is a three year course at Plymouth University. During the three years you cover a wide range of topics broadening your graphic design capabilities, to get onto the course you have to get 240 UCAS points. The first year consists of short projects, to get you into the idea of university. At the end of the three years you will get an Honours Degree in Graphic Design

I like the sound of this course, the University looks very professional, and the course also looks professional. The area around Plymouth is also appealing, i have family that live near Plymouth and the countryside around there is also stunning.

Dead in the water last Christmas, Saab has been re-born with a new product, a new vision and a new dutch super car owner. Guy Bird examines the future plans of every architect's favourite car

Featured in Blueprint issue 295 October 2010


On the 18th December 2009, Saab's demise began after the parent company General Motors (GM) failed to buy a suitable buyer. For 40 years Saab has been designed by a company called savvy, these designed cars for customers who wanted to appear stylish without being flash, and practical without being dull. 

When GM took over Saab in 1989 the designs became derivative and the iconic hatchback shape turned into a saloon for court customers and it became not so original because more GM parts were used in the manufacturing of the cars. 

Sales crashed from a 2006 peak of 133,000 sales to 40,000 by 2009. They blamed the two basic model lines and said that they were to old. Whilst Saab were trying to fix the problem, GM was in dire financial problems, they lost £25bn in 2008, and in order to bail themselves out they but Saab up for sale in January 2009. In early 2010 Saab was bought by an earlier rejected offer by a company called Spyker, and in June 2010 almost all global dealers had a new Saab to sell. 

Also GM was well advanced in updating the Saab models so also in 2010 came the 9-4X crossover, (a bit like the chunky Audi Allroad estate). Pininfarina designer Jason Castriota says:

"This is a new chapter so I want to put out a bold new vision. You can't go into a knife fight with a wooden spoon."

1956 Saab 93

1960 Saab 95

1981 Saab 900 saloon

 These are some of the old car designs from Saab.

Fiat's car of the people

Featured in Autocar, the original car weekly, 3rd November 2010

Fiats new concept car was shown at the Sao Paulo motor show in October. The Mio was designed on the interactive part of the official fiat website, more than 17,000 people were official collaborators to the project. It is designed to be a city car, it is shorter than the Smart's city car called the Fortwo, the exterior of the car is very futuristic, with camouflaged headlights,a large glass roof canopy and completely covered wheels. The interior follows the futuristic look, with mobile phone integration and touch screen controls. Fiat design boss Peter Fassbender said "A good designer tries to realise the wishes of everyone, and with this concept car we are truly working on everybody' behalf." 

The Fiat Mio front view

The Fiat Mio rear view

This is the Fiat Mio at the Sao Paulo motor show

http://www.salaodoautomovel.com.br/en/Home/

Restless Times Exhibition

 

 On Monday 18th October 2010 I went to the restless times exhibition in Sheffield. It was all based on work during both of the world wars. Above is a piece of work from David Bomberg called In the Hold, I think that this piece of work is original and very good. Below is a piece of work from Cyril power called The Tube Station, this is a weird piece of work in my opinion but i like it.

 

On the same day I went to the Abram Games exhibition in the Sheffield Hallam university, I really enjoyed looking at his work, he did most of his work during the war, and he did propaganda posters for the war. Below is his example of work.