Dan Ingham and Steven Owen

On the 28th of November, two of Stockport college graphic design’s x –student came to give us a talk about their experience after leaving college and establishing their career life as graphic designers.

They highlighted the different between being a student and being an independent graphic designer as in what would it be like in the actual industry.

I personally found this particular talk very useful out of all of all talks , as they talked about their experience in college and how fun it was for them; in term of briefs and atmosphere, yet emphasizing how fun it is comparing to the stressful and busy environment out side college.

They have also emphasized how important it is to come to college every day and make the most of it and most importantly they highlighted ‘working hard’ which they found out from their experience own experience firstly in college and out side college.

One of the main points that they have emphasized on is that a designer is not only about having a good idea but it is about being enthusiastic and a hard worker.

They also have gave us tips on how to prepare ourselves for our next step journey, after college.

REDdog

i love this typeface which has been designed by Glorious 

it has a strong charecter about it and the fact its called reddog and its in red gives it a stronger character.

the type face works creatively with all application 

its one of my best peice of design that has been created by glorious.

idea3 poyal park end sting

That is one of my other ideas that I have came up with after researching the park it self.

 i found out that it has 8 parks which what the idea was based on

Idea2 The royal park end sting

This is one of my ideas for the royal park end sting.

i think it is good but it is not representing the park it self. 

the idea is the leaf is being blown by a wind creating the crown shape which is the logo then the text would appear.

portfolio research

The reason I liked this pice of design is the use of white space, although there is alot gong on but the eyes can follow it easily. I like the white and black use of colours in images and among text too.

i am looking at lot of layout as i will be designing my portfolio in a book format.

IS

I really liked the use of white space in the book, i also liked the colours which drags the eyes from the to the word.

I loved the typeface a lot as it works well with the fact the the black colour is only in have. i think it reflected it really dramatically

my first the royal park end sting's draft

i have started puting my The Royal parks end sting's idea in action using Flash.

i have animated the first part which is the logo then ill start animateing the acticivites which is part of my idea.

As i am really interested in Reza Abedini's design and style i have added him in my facebook aiming that i can talk to him.

on the 15th of March I had the chance to talk to him, we spoke about a lot of stuff his insperations an he said that his religion is one of his main insperational element to his work, latest design works and projects and i ahve asked him about how his  work communicate in Westren and Eastren culture an he expalined how hard it is.

At the moment he lives in Holland and he said that he actually missed his old studio. 

Most importantly I have asked him if i can show him my portfolio and get some feedback from him and he was very welcoming and he gave me one of his Xstudent contact who lives in wales.

he was really helpful as the next day his Xstudent contacted me saying HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

REZA ABEDIDNI

REZA ABEDINI
IS ONE OF THE DESIGNERS THAT INFLUENCE ME.
I LOVE THE WAY HE COMBINE IRANIAN TYPOGRAPHY WITH ENGLISH TYPOGRAPHY.
HE CREATIVELY APPROACH PROBLEMS AND VISUALIZE IT TO COMMUNICATE.

HERE IS SOME OF HIS WORK THAT I FOUND VERY INTERESTING.

cadburry ad

I really like this ad, as i think its really funny and based in a really clever idea.

it seemed that the eye brows had been done using lots of tech to give it that effect.

I also think that the character has been chosen smartly to represent the theme.

The 'End Sting' project require Flash program for the animation part of it.
this morning i attended the first flash class to learn some basics..

we had to create a very simple animation for a logo that has been chosen for the whole group.

the session was useful and a success as i was able to animate the logo and add a sound to it to

It shows how flexible the design is and how the designer could take one deign to different areas.

www.stefanbruggemann.com/exhibitions/030/009.jpg

I love the text lay out and the choice of the typeface it works so well to strike the viewer and emphasis the massages. the kerning between the type is creativly designed too go with the use of white space.
i am so interesting in palying with language to create art which involve typography with no image.

identity brief

This was one of the final stages before the actual finalized logo.
The typeface was sending a wrong signs as its very firm and rigid, the type perhaps could be smaller and the flag larger as its the main thing to reflect the idea that Britain need more blood.

identity breif

My recent Identity brief required that we worked as a group to design a logo of our choice. The final design would be made from a series of 12 locations and events. The locations and events would be based on what we perceived to be interesting and inspirational visually.

here is some logo development that lead to the Final logo

avalanche design companey

as part of the blog tasks i will have to contact design companies that their design style interest me or might be helpful in answering my questions regarding my concerns.

i have emailed avalanche design company regarding my concern in how could a designer tackle a brief from a foreign client.

My email was as follow:

Hi,

I’m an international student in my second year in Graphic Design at Stockport College; a college supported by Liverpool John Moors University. As part of my course I have to research design companies that interest me and I’m especially interested in design companies that deal with foreign clients; more specifically companies that have to deal countries with a different language, and possibly a different alphabet.

I heard about your company through a colleague of mine and she mentioned your company would be dealing with a client from Dubai in a recent project, so I want to take to ask you a few questions to help with my research;

1. What is the first thing that you have to do to tackle the brief?
2. Is it hard to communicate with the client fro example are there any cultural difference that you have to be sensitive towards for some clients?
3. How do you deal with a different language with a different ‘alphabet’?

Thank You
Abrar Khoudari