Graphic Design at UCK

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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The Final Submission
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And some development work…
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Shannon’s decade assignments covered the 1920s and 1960s.
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She neatly presented her assignments in clear binders and a nice folder for development work. I will post the final submissions as well as some of her development pages. She had also included a bibliography for each decade in folders with internet research.
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In the final submissions, she included some transparent images that were popular at the time which made a nice touch. Note that some of the scans came out with some funky colours, but as usual, it’s just so you get the idea!
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The Final Submissions
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The Roaring Twenties
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The Swinging Sixties
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And some development work….
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Stephen chose Robert Rauschenberg as the subject of his artist retrospective. Tate Modern was his chosen venue for the exhibition.
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As with the decade assignment for this unit, Stephen submitted a wide array of background research leading up to his final piece which is a 20-page booklet from cover to cover. The work, including over 50 pages of initial planning, was submitted in a professional binder (and a heavy one at that!)
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The Final Submission:
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A sample of planning work submitted.
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Stephen chose the 1910s and 1950s for his decades assignment. In a minimum of 1,000 words, he had to present each decade in terms of art and design and how these aspects of life were influenced by historical events.
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Presented in some heavy-duty professional binders, Stephen laid out his plans over 50+ pages that included scribbled thoughts, internet research, examples of art movements and historical events of each decade, mind maps, layout ideas, page guides, typography research, colour decisions, bibliography, etc.
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Below is the final presentation for each decade designed in the style of the time and a sample of the background work included.
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1910s
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Final Submission

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Fold out time line

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Sample of planning for 1910s:
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1950s
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Final Submission:
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Fold out time line
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Sample of planning for 1950s
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Helen chose to investigate the 1920s and 1980s for her decades project. Her task was to write a minimum of 1,000 words on the historical events of each decade and research how these influenced art and design. The final submission should reflect the style of the decade. 
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1920s
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1980s
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Amanda chose to explore the 1910s and 1970s for her decades assignment. Her task was to research each decade and write a minimum of 1,000 words covering historical events and how they influenced art and design. Final documents were to reflect the style of the decade.
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1910s
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The 1970s
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Amanda chose Cesar Manrique for her retrospective project. Manrique is a painter, sculptor, architect, landscape artist, urban designer and environmentalist, best known for his work in planning and developing the tourist potential of Lanzarote.
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Designing her final booklet in the shape of the island, Amanda used the back of each rotating page to present a fragment of some painting, sculpture or work by Manrique or a place on the island that came about from his influence.
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She put all of this together in a sketch book that showed her research including photos, written notes, ticket stubs, brochures, internet research, drawings, bibliography, etc. along with rejected ideas shown partially developed.
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Below are the scanned front pages of the final brochure with the writing.
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Here are just a few images of the back side of some of these pages so you get an idea of the overall booklet.
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And finally, here is a small selection of the research and development work Amanda submitted.
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Ewan chose to explore the 1940s and the 1980s for his decades assignment. In a minimum of 1,000 words for each final piece, Ewan had to investigate the historical events of the decade and write an analysis on how they influenced art and design movements. The final document was to represent the style of the decade.
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Here are Ewan’s final submissions, sent along with a folder of research (not pictured):
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The 1940s
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The 1980s
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Bibliography
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For his artist retrospective project, Ewan chose to showcase the work of film maker, M. Night Shyamalan, the brains behind The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Happening, among others.
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He chose Tate Modern as the gallery to hold his exhibition and designed a booklet set to mimic the aspect ration of a widescreen film.
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The booklet had to be a minimum of 1,000 words covering the historical context and era in which Shyamalan worked, his influences and biography.
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The following final submission was sent along with a folder of research (not shown):
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For the decade assignment in unit 2, Laura chose to explore the 1940s and 1970s. Using vibrant designs in her background Laura takes us through the ups and downs of the art and design world in both decades.
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Below you will see her mood boards, essays and bibliograhy for each decade. She also submitted binders full of internet research not shown.
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