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Thursday 2 July 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..




93: DUNSTABLE COLLEGE STAND


(LAST 3 PHOTO'S COURTESY OF JAMES POLLEY)


THIS WAS A BRILLIANT PIECE OF TYPOGRAPY - OR SHOULD I SAY PHOTOGRAPHY?YES THE TYPEFACE WAS MADE UP OF SMALL ARMY FIGURES ARRANGED SO THE NEGATIVE SPACE CREATES THE TYPE!


SHELLSUIT ZOMBIE ARE A GRAUDATE CREATIVE SCHEME WITH A BLOG, WHO HELP NEW GRADUATES NETWORK AND FIND PLACEMENTS - THIS WAS A PHYSICAL FORUM TO WHICH I POSTED THE QUESTION: WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE HI-RES? (E-BOY'S PIXELATED WORK HAS A CERTAIN CHARM TO IT)


ROLLED UP PAPER, FORMED IN TYPOGRAPHY STUCK ON WITH A GLUE GUN, ONE HAS MUCH PATIENCE...


SO WHAT WERE THE HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS YEARS D&AD? WELL TYPOGRAPHY AND SCULPTURES/SOFT TOYS LOOKED REALLY ON THE UPHILL WHICH WAS GREAT. BOOK DESIGN AND INNOVATION WAS INTENSE AS FELLOW CREATIVE HOUDINI SAW HOW MUCH QUALITY THERE WAS - EVEN A BOOK ABOUT ONE PERSONS EXPERIENCE CROSSING A BRIDGE WITH INFORMAITON GRAPHICS ABOUT WHO HE PASSED AND HOW SCARED HE WAS! OVERALL A GOOD SHOW AND I MADE A COUPLE OF CONTACTS DURING MY TIME. ONLY THING I WILL SAY IS I THINK NEW MEDIA INNOVATION REALLY HAS TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEARS SHOW AND WELL DONE TO ALL THIS YEARS EXHIBITORS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL NEXT YEARS EXHIBITORS (MORE NEW MEDIA PLASE!)

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