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Showing posts with label DandAD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DandAD. Show all posts

D + AD = INSPIRATION & CELEBRATION

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!)

D&AD + MENTORING YOUTHS = CREATE NOT HATE

Saturday, 13 June 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..






THIS IS MY ENTRY FOR THIS YEAR'S D&AD AWARDS IN THE PRESS ADVERTISING CATEGORY. THE CONCEPT IS THAT IT IS AIMED AT CREATIVES 25 YEARS OF AGE +, PERSUADING THEM TO GIVE UP THEIR TIME AND TO ''UNLOCK THEIR [YOUTHS] TALENT". THE MAIN PRORPOTION OF THE AD IS PHOTOGRAPHY BUT THE COPY IS WHAT EXECUTES THE CAMPAIGN...ENJOY

CIRCULAR TYPOGRAPHY BRIEF

Friday, 13 February 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..

BEFORE XMAS I WAS DOING AN INTRODUCTORY BRIEF ON MY BA COURSE, WE HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE FROM YCN, D&AD OR RSA BRIEFS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. I CHOSE TO DO A TYPOGRAPHY BRIEF SINCE I JUST LOVE ANYTHING TYPOGRAPHICAL!!! I HAD TO COMMEMORATE CIRCULARS 25 YEARS IN TYPOGRAPHY WITH A PARTICULAR THEME THAT INVOKED INSPIRATION AND EDUCATION. I CHOSE TO USE MUSIC AND THUS CREATED A BOOKLET WHICH TALKED ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC AND LANGUAGE, AND HOW THE BRAIN SEE'S THE TWO AS SIMILAR SYNTAX'S, WITH A AVANT-GARDE RUSSIAN FUTURISM STYLE. I'M CREATING THE FINAL FINISHED PRODUCT OF THE BOOKLET BUT JUST WAITING FOR THE GFSMITH PAPER SAMPLES - SEE WHAT YOU THINK OF THE FINAL DESIGNS BELOW (THE FIRST TWO IMAGES ARE THE OUTER AND INNER COVER RESPECTIVELY, AND THE NEXT THREE IMAGES ARE THE POSTCARDS WHICH CAN BE INSERTED INSIDE THE BOOKLET FLAP [THE TREBLE CLEF PAGE]).