My typography project

This is a poster that I made in 1st year when we had a typography project. The brief was to design a poster showing the good qualities of a given font. I was given Clarendon, through research I discovered that it was used for wanted posters so decided to base mine on this and represent Clarendon as a person to help describe it's high points. Ive only just been able to convert it to a jpeg as my laptop doesnt have Clanendon which wasnt helpful when doing this project but luckily I had access to macs in university.

This was my final poster: 

Label and packet design

When shopping in Sainsbury's I tried to stick to my new years resolution of eating healthier by staying away from the biscuit aisle. Looking for new healthy snacks I noticed a lot of cool labels of products I would not normally consider so I have decided to have a look at what interesting label and packet designs I can find. Here's my favourite that I found:

new Cv cover

I quickly went off my old design and so started from stratch and this is what I came up with. I much prefer it and think this is the one that I will send off and fingers crossed somewhere will want me!

CV cover idea

I have been working on my CV ready to find a placement for next year. After a couple of drafts I have come up with this:

art magazine

Over summer I spent a week on an intense weeks course where I worked in a team with 5 other graphic designers to produce a magazine. We worked alongside a group of photographers and journalists who gave us all of the material we needed. The magazine was based on the arts of Belfast and what there is to do in Northern Ireland and is currently available. The PDF I was sent is faulty and only lets you see the front cover but I have hardcopies for anyone interested but this was the front cover which we came up with as a group.

Pasta project 2nd brief- advertising.

For the second part of the pasta project I had to advertise my product in 3 ways I chose the following to advertise farmer Joes loacal environmentally friendly pasta:

The First was a 3D bus stop where the glass compartment is divided into sections using clear plastic panels to form the shape of a Union Jack as Farmer Joes is proud to be british. Each section of the flag will be filled with pasta or wheat making it look more interesting and eye-catching. I chose the bus stop for several reasons. When people are waiting for a bus they have more time to look around and really absorb my advertisement, taking the bus fits in with my environmentally friendly appeal and it also gives the impression of being local another feature I want to stress so it ticks all the boxes for location.

This is farmer Joes tractor rides for children based on pester power. It will be located at all busy public places such as cinemas, theme parks, airports and of course supermarkets where it will also have a stand of farmer Joes pasta beside it. Parents not only need to pay £1 for each ride which will bring more revenue to the company but they then also need to sit and watch their child on the ride for 3 minutes whilst staring at my advertisment giving it time to really sink in. I am hoping that this would help my brand to become a loved household name.

The third form of advertisment is a wooden road side sign. It fits in with my rural feel of Farmer Joes. I believe it ill stand out dramatically to the thousands of daily road users as it will be such a contrast to all the current metal signs. The fact that the signs will be hand painted gives the indication of homemade pasta. The 'Any left' and arrow is to tie-in the fact that it is a road sign and the fact that farmer joes is anywhere, all around is British soil, home of Farmer Joes.

Pasta project

This term I was given the brief of re branding pasta. I went for a friendly, local brand called Farmer Joe's with a lovable farmer Joe character. The main feature of my bag which made it stand out is the resealable seal across the top keeping the pasta fresh as well as insuring a firm close as i found the stickers on current packets did not work properly, pasta still spilt, the sticker lost its stickiness and the bag ripped easily when initially opening it so I wanted to produce a simple effective bag with a more durable plastic for people who like to bulk buy like mums. These bags are also reusable shown by the macaroni reuse sign and can be used for freezer bags or packed lunches etc when rinsed. I wanted to produce an environmentally friendly brand to fit with the rural feel I was going for so not only is the bag reusable but the factories in which it is produced is run on renewable energy.
People like to buy pasta in bulk as it is frequently used and as my product is ethical, efficient and has a strong brand all for around the same price as other products in the market I do believe it would be in high demand and be successful.

My 1st yr group project

Starting University and Graphic design was made less daunting by the revelation from our lecturer that we would be doing a group project which was also the perfect oportunity to make friends and settle in.
The brief was to get to know each oher and to then create posters that represent our personalities. We chose to use milk and to have them looking the same so that they looked like they were from the same group but to adapt the milk to fit each individual person. I was the bubbly milk, Katie the mature one of the group was the cheese, Paddy the mysterious member was depicted by the dark shadowed glass of milk, Geneva the free spirit was the escaped milk, Jess the sarcastic one was the icey milk, the pink milk was chosen for girlie Rebecca and the upside down milk was allocated to ditsy, easily confused Sarah. I was really pleased with the result and even more pleased when we recieved a 1st for them.

Graphic design on buildings

I had a look at patterns on buildings as I saw a clear link between graphic design and architecture in these buildings and many more. Buildings have so many interesting shapes and patterns that could prove useful when it comes to getting ideas for a design project. The inspiration you are looking for could be hidden within a building.

This Arab world institute in Paris by Jean Nouvel- he has based the skin of the building on Islamic patterns.
All of the shapes are motorised and open and close allowing magnificent rays of sunshine in.The second of the the two images of it shows them slightly opened.




These next two images are of the Hameenlinna provincial archive in Finland. By Heikkinen-Komonen architects. The exterior of this building has been livened up by the designs which are based on material from inside the archive.




Lile Metropole museum of modern art in France by Manualle Gautrand


Cathedral of Brasilia by Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil. Beautiful shapes and patterns. A great modern take on stained glass.


Transport house in good old Belfast by J.J Brennan inspired by Michael Scotts successful use of the international style used in the Busaras bus station in Dublin. When I see this mosaic it reminds me of a designers sketch book with experimentation of shapes and colours.

Christmas lights

Christmas lights can add a bit of sparkle during the festive season lighting up our streets, homes and gardens. Displays I have seen have ranged from the sophisticated white lights to bright displays to in your face OTT disaster which is not only an eyesore but will also lead to a heafty electricity bill. I searched the internet for some more examples of each. (caution some pictures may cause an epelepic fit)