The exhibition space is an important part of presenting the work. A bad idea can be perceived as a ‘fair’ idea if it is presented with very good graphics and layout. So by that logic a pretty good idea could be perceived as a great idea.
Last year each student was given two large boards about 3m x 1m each on which to display their work.
As such there has been some illustration and concepts about what the exhibition space will be like for the three projects there are to exhibit.
RSA – 4 x A3 boards, 1 x A4 board
Collaborative – 4 x A3 boards, 1 x A4 board
Final Major Project – 6 x A3 boards, 4 x A4 boards
Read on for a concept for the presentation of the exhibition area. It consists of the two large boards, papered in white with the project boards stuck to them. Read more…
There is a presentation on Monday for the final major project and I have been trying to decide how to represent it and display it. Below is a concept, each being an A3 sheet (A4 may do) showing the ‘life of a photo’ from being taken to being viewed, shown from three distinct user perspectives. The Hobbyist, the professional and the happy snapper. They are based on real people and their general workflow.
The aim is to create something that makes the process more seamless, or make the experience better for a specific user group. There may not be one BIG idea that does this, maybe there are a few smaller ideas that can be used to create the same effect. Only more research will tell which steps need to be improved or perhaps more importantly, which steps can be removed. Read more…
I love new things. I love shiny things. I get distracted and I always start a re-design and then never actually finish or implement is because I find some new inspiration and try to do that.
Recently I had to create a paper portfolio and went for a simple way to convey my projects with as little distraction as possible. Unfortunatleyit ended up looking a bit corporate but I would not have been happy with the final result anyway as I like things to be perfect. And lets not mention the “best” printer in college apparently has very poor colour reproduction of blues *sad face*. Read more…
The final major project has taken second place to the current collaborative project 0 Wallpaper but it is about time for an explanation of what it is about.
The theme is data organisation and navigation which has been focussed to digital media and so far has been limited to the online environment.
For the presentation today the media selected was images and portrayed as ‘the life of a photo’ and a side-by-side case study was conducted for Picasa, Flickr and Facebook with regard to uploading and editing.
Post-it notes show what features each site has so common themes could be established. This also allows for a contrast between them detailing the differences.
The feedback from the presentation suggested that the focus needed to be more broad and look at profiles of users of the systems such as a Flickr Pro user. This will refine what it is the project aims to look at.
The answer then is to profile a Flickr pro user and their ‘life of a photo’. What do they use Flickr? How do they use Flickr? This is the approach that needs to asserted before the project can enter fully into detailed analysis such as what was presented today.
For the final presentation tomorrow, boards have to be prepared to the specification of the RSA brief. In the case of the postage stamp brief this means four A3 boards and supporting documentation explaining the ‘big idea’. Two of the boards must show the stamps at actual size and enlarged size, the other two must detail the thought process and the progression of the concept. Here are the results of the RSA brief. There may be some final ‘tweaking’ before they are actually submitted to the competition but for all intents and purposes this is final. The supporting document can be downloaded here.
The final presentation board showing the stamps currently has the text on the stamp’s natural state and nothin underneath the colour layer. So when it goes transparent it shows a white mark, still problematic with the yellow but the look seems to be ok.
Both of the concepts but forward were selected to be produced but an executive creative decision was taken and the concept being built is ’shoutbox’.
There is a problem with the concepts selected for the fete in that they have all been developed by the ‘regular’ people that attend lectures and seminars. This means that it will essentially be an individual project as the ‘creative directors’ will not be able to rely on many others turning up, knowing what they’re doing or even caring.
Hopefully it will go well never the less.
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