Projects, Projects, Projects!

Ooook. So we're already what, like 5 weeks into school? Bah time flies. And so do the projects...

I won't post all the projects i do, because some of them are just exercises to teach us things, not all that interesting to look at. But ill probably post most of them. I also decided to do this blog a little different so as to be more organized. I'm only going to post about a project when its done. This way I wont have so much stuff on here, just the essential stuff.

Imaging 1

Project 01- Exercise aka boring to you

Project 02- Environment-Behavior

Basically, we had to take photographs to create 5 sets of 6 pictures to create 5 sequences that showed behavior within a specific environment. I chose Pullen Park, and more specifically the playground. At first I wanted to just document other peoples behaviors, like little kids. But i was unable to get the angles and closeness i wanted for fear of creeping out the kids mothers. So i brought along Hunter to be my lovely subject. I did keep one sequence of a kid though, he was just so cute and contemplative. Point of project- to gain knowledge about photography and imaging sequences (action-to-action, moment- to-moment, subject-to-subject, etc) We had to turn it in via Flickr, and its much easier to just look at it there rather than me posting it here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/christinefleming/sets/72157607061259818/

Typography 1 (Type)

Project 01- Scavenger Hunt

Instructions: Complete a formally cohesive alphabet within a theme (my group's theme was minimal). Collect entire alphabet (26 letters plus ! ? $ *) through any source available using a digital camera to capture the letterform. Point- to see letterforms in all things and discover what formal characteristics create unity and cohesiveness in typographic form. Heres our final alphabet at pin up. We tried to get the photographs to be all structure related.

Project 02- Web blog

This is a semester long class blog, and i might post something from it every now and then.

Project 03- Constrained Systems

Design a letterform system that communicated the connotations of the two words

(adjective and noun) assigned. Use only one basic shape (circles, half circles, squares, or

same-length lines) to the letterforms. Once the letterforms are designed, arrange them to

form the words you were given. My two words were graceful and magnification. As soon as

i saw graceful i was excited because i immediately knew i wanted to do a script typeface. I

then chose to use squares to make a sort of pixel type.Then to incorporate the connotation

of magnification, i made the size of the words smallon the page (compared to a normal

display typeface) and off to one corner. During critique people that walked by mine leaned

in close to see it (even though it was still like 5 inches across), which is exactly what i wanted

because that is the word being magnified!

update: i made an A-!

Project 04- Font Mannerisms

Assigned a font family to analyze. (I got Chaparral)

Part 1: Set up the master document and typeset the alphabet in four members of the family

(typeset= individually move each letter to the correct spacing according to

self-made guides put in place according to x-height, cap-heigh, ascender-height,

descender height, etc.), members of family= regualr, bold, italic, bold italic.)

Then create another page showing the font family as a whole using whatever words

we like. Parts 2-4 are still in process, so ill explain/show them as i finish them.

Studio 1

Project 1- Concept Map

not finished!

Well, i think ill go to bed now. I'll post my tableau and studio project monday/tuesday.

Life outside design? What? Sushi Blues at 1 am! Too bad you cant see my shoes... they were

awesome. My friend molly bought them at Prague, and let me borrow them. WE HAVE THE

SAME SIZE FEET. ive never been able to trade shoes with someone because no one has feet

as small as mine. finally, i met molly. and she had bright red pumps from prague.