Graphic Design at UCK

Eira created a Fantasy Moods CD by Dark Angel for her CD cover design project. She first explored many different options before making a final decision which is seen in her development work. The final project was submitted in a CD case and displayed on a large board.
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 Zoe chose a Fergie concert for her preview night identity package. She had to develop preview night invitations, an advertising poster, a brochure and a give away gift which was a DVD/CD.
She presented her work mounted on boards.
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For this project, Ewan had to design a CD cover for a band or his own music. He chose to work with a band called I Am a Monster Kill Me. He presented his work posted on a board and also in a CD case.
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Ewan had to renew the Microsoft logo for assignment 1. After a bit of research on the history of the company he had to design variations of the old logo by keeping some of its characteristics, integrating the old with the new. Ewan’s final submission had to include his three best designs and a PowerPoint presentation.
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Shannon was given the task of re-newing the Microsoft logo in this assignment. It has a few key characteristics: colour, shape, font, etc. Her goal was to develop something refreshing that was still recognizable as Microsoft. At the end, Shannon had to submit her development work along with her best three designs and a PowerPoint presentation.
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Eira has worked through the Microdoft logo design project testing out various ideas and including her comments on what works and what doesn’t for each one. She tried altering the shape, the texture and the colour of the design to come up with something new and original. Her final design and the stages she took to get to that point are posted below in the order they were presented:
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Stephen picked up a small wooden elephant from the pound shop. In order to make it look like it’s worth £10, he re-invented a logo and created packaging with see-through sides in the shape of the product. Inside is a small booklet explaining the religious and cultural symbolism of the elephant.
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Along with his final product, he submitted a heavy binder of research and development work and his short statement to accompany the project.  
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For her retrospective, Shannon chose to investigate the life and works of Antoni Gaudi. Her final piece is a stunning, professionally-printed book that includes many of her own photographs and glossy pages – some of which fold open. In the back, she included a small 2009 pocket calendar in four languages.
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Her development work was laid out on large pages and included a booklet with internet research and a Gaudi CV as well as some pamphlets she picked up from various exhibitions.
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From an email for students:

Somerset House Embankment Galleries is holding an event next week as part of the exhibition Wouldn’t it be nice…wishful thinking in art and design  of particular interest to design students: Dot Dot Dot, Dexter Sinister and guests, 29-31 Oct. Students are eligible for a special group student ticket price (£4 each) if a few of them are interested in going to see the exhibtion.

Dot Dot Dot (evenings 29-31 Oct. 7pm)

Dot Dot Dot is an arts journal published by Dexter Sinister, a collective working from New York. In recent years the biannual journal’s form and content has been influenced by the specific context of its production.

Over three evenings content for Dot Dot Dot issue 17 will be articulated ‘live’, through dialogue, talks and visual presentations from contributors including James Goggin, Jennifer Higgie, Will Holder, Richard Hollis and Dan Fox. The idea is to ‘speak’ the issue in advance of it’s printed version, and the various forms of presentation will directly inform their various modes of graphic and linguistic translation. The resultant publication will be available from Somerset House Embankment Galleries at the end of the exhibition Wouldn’t It Be Nice…

Tickets are £5 for each night with a £1 bar  

For more information and tickets please go to somersethouse.org.uk 

Full Line-up

The programme is open to change, but as of today:

WEDNESDAY 29 OCT

James Goggin (and others) will itemize ways of reading in London, 2008; Richard Hollis will listen to the image; Will Holder will speak of the poetics of concrete poetry and documenting the work of Falke Pisano; Mike Sperlinger will introduce Stefan Themerson & Language

THURSDAY 30 OCT

Jennifer Higgie and Johnny Vivash will read from (and around) Carnival Theory, a play-in-progress; Dan Fox will play an extended version of Refracted Light Through Armory; Show Agency will recount the copyright case of Papa Hemingway

FRIDAY 31 OCT

David Reinfurt will explain Naive Set Theory with an overhead projector; Malcolm McLaren (in absentia) will talk to Mark & Stephen Beasley (in absentia); Stuart Bailey will describe the science, fiction of E.C. Large, and inaugurate the republishing of 2 novels accompanied by mute works from Janice Kerbel, Walead Beshty, Alex Klein and Dexter Sinister

All evenings start at 7pm prompt

After choosing a chain restaurant, Sue had to create a new corporate identity by designing some of the key marketing tools. After development work, which was presented in large binders, she designed a new menu, wine list, placemat and mint container for La Terrazza.
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