Lil Condo

Aka small house    .    RMIT Communication Design    .    Visual journal    .   Fuog    .     Otto Palmer-Fuog

[thisisjcuso]

I tried printing out my design today, just to see how the colours and the layout would work. Although, it printed on A4 instead of A3 so I got to make a miniature version. I went into Dinkums to try and work out the logistics of printing this thing. What I wanted to do was print in colour, double-sided on an A0 size sheet that was at least 300gsm. I found out that that is quite impossible to do, and even if I could do it, I would have to sell my laptop to pay for it. So, I evaluated my options and decided to print my design on multiple A4 sheets and glue the sheets together. I wanted to print it on one sheet so that the pages all connected nicely, but I’ve settled for the next best thing.

I got out a bunch of A4 paper and started working out what page goes where so I am able to set up an indesign document that would work. I managed to get that done and put it all together. I went on a little trip to ye olde Officeworks and printed a prototype. I printed in colour on 300gsm paper and used an acid free glue to stick the pages together. The lady at Spotlight told me it was good for book binding. It worked out a lot better than I had hoped. The only problem with the glue is that I have to work quickly as it dries fast and becomes tacky within seconds, so I need to make sure the paper lines up perfectly. Another problem is that because I have to fold the pages myself, there are obvious crease marks in the middle of the paper, however, I actually quite like that - it adds texture and makes it a bit more interesting. The thickness of the paper worked very well and will support the weight of the covers nicely. I like how the black and white photos contrast with the colour blocks behind the text. I put the prototype inside the covers just to see what it would look like and I’ve got to say I love it!

All I have to do now is go to Dinkums to print the final, stick it all together and submit it. I want to print there because the quality is better and they offer a textured paper that I think will add a bit more character to the design. Overall, I am happy with my design and progress with the task, even though it has stressed me out at times. I can’t wait to have the final product finished!

[lilcondo]

Last lesson was devoted to further exploring the print form of the “ask me anything” task. I made a book mockup to help me decide what style I want to use.  

in the class we had to explore indesign, I used that time to apply the knowledge to my final project rather than play around with it in a new document.  learning more about master pages and alternative image settings are both two welcome additions to my indesign skill library. 

[johnnywilliamlopes]

Setting up Zine in InDesign. Really helpful tool to help with my final. Excited to get stuck into this and get printing

[lilcondo]

Hi everyone! Today I found out my design is in the running to become one of the next shoes from #mimco It would mean the world to me if you took a moment of your day to go VOTE for my design in the #mimcodesignproject , the winning design goes to production. This would truly be a dream come true, thank you xoxox. If this link doesn’t work it will be in my bio. http://competitions.mimco.com.au/competitions/217?page=2

[lilcondo]

After finally getting all of my pdf work finished and the past 3 assignments submitted, I feel like I have to share the final products with you all.

The top two are my conventional (left) and unconventional (right) posters for my made up twilight food truck festival, featuring a truck that is also a burger.

The next one is my Recipe without words, Parmesan Arancini Balls with a side of semi-dried tomato dip. It turned out to be two recipes disguised as one. which was interesting trying to fit them onto one page, it took a lot of shuffling around vectors to get it done.

And the last one is my badge that represents my alter-ego, My inner child. The illustration is based off myself as a young kid not much has changed since, sans my flowing golden locks.  

[lilcondo]

This Fridays workshop we set out to fill make a zine full of black and white collages. The idea was to find shapes that grabbed our eye, before we even started to think about a finished image. This was a fun exercises to play with, being able to explore the layout and organisation and you have to keep in mind when you take a zine to print. It is a skill you need as a designer to play with formats you have never tried and adding it to your inventory.

[lilcondo]

This week we explored a simplified process of book making in the form of a zine (zeeeeen, short for magazine) 

it was interesting to see how the pages aligned when you unfolded the booklet, it gave us a better understanding of the printing process and order of pages.

The best part is not making a mess at all, and keeping a clean workspace.

[joannetriesdatavis]

Started doodling in the Bauhaus lecture yesterday. No particular reason, really, I just got a bit of an idea and this little brain spew turned into this page.

Our Grap2199 class seems to heavily revolve around letterforms + I’ve been seeing a lot of art installations/artwork involving chairs of some sort. So my mind just started combining the two. I finished the rest at home because it was dark in the lecture hall but meh.

Happy weekend!

[lilcondo]

I wasn't able to make it to the Friday workshop but I loved the idea of finding letter forms in your surroundings, Instead of doing the exercise on campus I did it at home searching far and wide to find them all. 

A workshop task like this is great to get you thinking outside the box and conditioning you to be able to find inspiration in you're surroundings, the process was difficult yet equally satisfying to see it finished. 

[lilcondo]

We were split into groups and were tasked with creating a typeface out of shapes without folding or cutting them, once we finished the teachers would give us a new shape to add. 

we wanted to keep each of our letters to a minimum amount of shapes possible rather than writing it all out with a lot of pieces.

I thought it went pretty well :)

[lilcondo]

pop-up art gallery. The idea behind our interactive gallery is that it takes the control away from you, it shows you the work.

Due to the public placement of the activity, there was a larger participation that expected from the public.  

[lilcondo]

One of my favourite pass times is avoiding homework. 

This week on I should be doing something more productive, I designed some shoes, they currently have no name so lets just call them “Waves” 

Side note if anyone with power is reading this, coming up with a shoe would make a cool project in a design course. Thats all from me this week, I hope everyones holidays have been proactive and homework filled. xx 

[lilcondo]

An overview of my most recent project, the Personal application icons.

[lilcondo]

“Is nothing new?” 

Are the designs we do ours? or do we just recreate the things we have seen before? The drive as a designer is to find something that hasn't been done, but is that even possible. 

They say you can never imagine a new face, that the strangers in your dreams is your mind remembering people you have seen before. 

[lilcondo]

“pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs”

turns out yarn is very bouncy, and sucks to work with when it comes to lettering. Over all we were satisfied with the way it turned out.

[lilcondo]

part 1 of the pangram “pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs, this group activity was to paint our chosen pangram phrase with water on the hot concrete before the sun dried it out.

[lilcondo]

Exploration of textures for my question “Is nothing new?” 

Can you create an original idea or is everything filtered through an individuals experience in life, compiling a visual library in your head only to reproduced without knowing. are your designs and ideas really individual to you or have you just copied the people that came before. humans are hardwired to respond to the laws of design in certain ways, that begs the question can you even break the rules or is nothing new?  

I wanted to explore the theme of old and new. the first texture was created using old cut up swing tags and menus that I was going to throw out.

Although I am planning on using the rubbish materials for my final, the second exercise is a gradient made out of leafs throughout their life cycle. 

Once a leafs dies a new one simply takes its place.