Design Context Publication.

Design Context Publication; bibliography.

This is the bibliography for all of the research into designers I did for my design context publication. 

Design Context Publication; printed newspaper.

My design context publication has arrived. I'm really happy with the overall result but knew I would be from the test prints that I did because these were to scale. The only issue I did have was that some of the images have come out pixelated. This is due to the fact that when they have been uploaded onto websites, they are obviously saved at screen resolution so there wasn't a lot I could do about this. Those that are pixelated aren't so bad that you can't see them though and the fact it's a newspaper has meant the ink may have bled a little to improve this in a way. The quality of the colour is obviously slightly altered too but this still looks good and I like the fact the overall publication is tactile and just a bit different to other elements that I have produced. 

Design Context Publication; sent to print.

I've sent my publication off to print so that it would come back in time for the submission. 

Design Context Publication; test prints.

I did test prints of my design context publication before I sent it to print so I could check for typos and make sure the image quality was ok. There weren't any mistakes as such within this but I did decide to make the typeface smaller because it looks a bit overpowering on this. 

This is the test print after I changed the point size. This works a lot better because it fits better in scale with everything else on the page. 

Design Context Publication; PDF.

This is my final design context publication. Although I wasn't able to make some double page spread images due to the nature of sourcing images off the internet, I'm still really happy with the overall design because it seems to have consistency and I have a mixture of single images and multiples. The design of the actual publication is really simplistic because I wanted the images to speak more than anything else with this being the theme of the publication. There is also a minimal amount of text within the publication with the theme being image but I wanted to explain the reasons for choosing each section of my publication. My reasoning for choosing a newspaper publication was so that I had the space to make the images big and high impact and make the layout really interesting. 

Design Context Publication; initial layout idea.

I've come up with an initial layout idea for my design context now that the bulk of my research is done. This will give me a basic idea of where I'd like things to go so when I come to designing I know the order that the work is going in. 

Design Context Publication; hand rendered.

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Due to the majority of my practice but made up of hand rendered imagery I like to have a look at what other people are doing within this area. Although I am not directly influenced by what I see because you don't want to copy someone's style, I find this area interesting in the same way that I do graphic art because it's quite enjoyable. Looking at these kind of works has inspired me to utilise my hand rendered style but edit this digitally because sometimes this can make a piece stand out more and is more easily editable. I like really intricate hand rendered pieces and aspire to be able to draw like this at some point in my own time. 

Design Context Publication; graphic art.

http://www.behance.net

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http://benscruton.com/

I've always been a fan of graphic art because I like pieces that are just interesting to look at, have a theme that I enjoy and don't nessecarily have any meaning. I think this creates some of the most interesting work because designers are just creating what they love without much thought to it in some cases. I like creating my own graphic art too and although this has taken a bit of a back seat this year, I'm still inspired by what I see, especially if it comes into the hand rendered category because this is personally something I like to utilise.