Dan Heron. An MA Design Blog

MA student at Manchester School of Art. 2016-17.

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MA Works

A range of visual experiments produced during my time as an MA design student. 2016-2017

A catalog of work.

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Current idea/experiment - Highlighting letters on a letraset sheet to design a grid layout.

Also been listening to a lot of Radiohead.

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random letter generator

letraset

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50/50 choices.

A 10x12 grid filled by randomly picking red or blue out of a hat.

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poster ideas for something....

letraset typography for the heading/title

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experimenting with materials and process.

“Our attempt to come to terms with form begins with the study of the material” Josef Albers

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Colour or B&W. Can never choose.

See previous post. 

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Letraset, dots, lines and solid. 

See previous post.

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Using systems and random processes to dictate design choices. 

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Inventive construction and an attentiveness that leads to discoveries are developed - at least initially - through experimentation that is undisturbed, independent and without preconceptions. This experimentation is (initially) a playful tinkering with the material for its own sake.

Josef Albers

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WIP collage.

Working with systems and processes. 

Randomly picking torn up 1″ x 1″ shapes from a hat to fill the grid.  

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Examples of hand-drawn typography and image making processes in old b-movie posters. 

Taken from the book ‘The Act of Seeing’ by Nicolas Winding Refn

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Graphic Means

trailer.

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The painting process

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AND... Finished

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very very annoying 

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Process