On Tuesday we were given our new brief. I know what you're thinking. It's now Friday- what have I been doing if not updating this thing? But, hold the pregnant pause. I've been opening my mind a little.
Layouts and grids excite the hell out of me (as we discovered with Quark in Unit 1) and we've been learning Adobe InDesign, meeting a number of guest speakers and transcribing parts of two Paula Scher interviews...
Today, I've been doing some research into my designer (chosen with the that old scientific trick- pulling a name out of a hat) and those of you with keen eye sight would know that Paula Scher is the designer I and my class went to see in London all those months ago at D&AD. I admired her in that lecture and what she spoke about (her design work and refusal to be pigeon-holed as either a designer or a fine artist and the concepts behind her work) but after transcribing for a good five hours, having to listen over and over again for 'ums' and 'ahs' I'm...can I say it?...a little sick of it- those interviews I mean, not Scher herself of course.
So, instead, to rest my ears (oh yes, and today I had to buy new headphones as mine broke which I completely blame this project for...) I decided to check out some of her work today. AUCB didn't have her book 'Make It Bigger' so I've ordered (for a pound charge!!) for the library to have a nose around to see if anyone else has it and had to lean on the internet and a book which she's mentioned in for my research today. I'm uploading the Youtube videos here and chucking the pictures in the ol' sketchbook.
Layouts and grids excite the hell out of me (as we discovered with Quark in Unit 1) and we've been learning Adobe InDesign, meeting a number of guest speakers and transcribing parts of two Paula Scher interviews...
Today, I've been doing some research into my designer (chosen with the that old scientific trick- pulling a name out of a hat) and those of you with keen eye sight would know that Paula Scher is the designer I and my class went to see in London all those months ago at D&AD. I admired her in that lecture and what she spoke about (her design work and refusal to be pigeon-holed as either a designer or a fine artist and the concepts behind her work) but after transcribing for a good five hours, having to listen over and over again for 'ums' and 'ahs' I'm...can I say it?...a little sick of it- those interviews I mean, not Scher herself of course.
So, instead, to rest my ears (oh yes, and today I had to buy new headphones as mine broke which I completely blame this project for...) I decided to check out some of her work today. AUCB didn't have her book 'Make It Bigger' so I've ordered (for a pound charge!!) for the library to have a nose around to see if anyone else has it and had to lean on the internet and a book which she's mentioned in for my research today. I'm uploading the Youtube videos here and chucking the pictures in the ol' sketchbook.
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