Kristine

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Reflection Communication Design #firstsemester:

I have learned a lot during this first semester. It has been a big focus on typefaces, and how to be creative when it comes to making your own typeface. Andy and Karen have been good at teaching how to think "outside the box". You never know what to expect from the workshops or the lectures. But you know that you are always going to learn something. Apart from the typefaces, we have spent several classes on how to make a zine. I really like that we are always "hands on" in the workshops and that we learn something useful. I believe Communication Design is good at combining the different assignments with both the lectures and the workshops. #It is all connected

Thank you so much for this semester. I am looking forward to semester 2 already:)))

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My final product: I am finally done with my interview, and it turned up almost as I wanted it. Since the first weeks, I had decided to make a zine out of the interview. I reached out to four designers and creative persons I admire. Elnaz was the only one who replied. One of my biggest and hardest thing to do was to translate the answers into English. After several mockups, I finally came up with a layout I wanted. A plain and simple design in a 16 pages zine. I used the layout document Andy and Karen posted on canvas. It took some time and a lot of thinking to find out how I should arrange the different pages. Luckily it only took a couple of printouts before I had a double-sided A3 sheet which turned out as a functional zine when I folded it. The only thing that did not work out as it should, was the folding. Since I didn't fold it straight, some of the pictures and words are not placed as they should be. This assignment has been a lot of fun. I have learned so much. Especially when it comes to sending emails and making zines. I believe my design is representing the designer (Elnaz) because I put the focus on the pictures and the words.

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Assessment 3: "Ask me anything!": Zinessss: There are so many ways to make a zine. If you google the word "zine" or "how to make a zine" on Pinterest, you will find so many different zines. And they are all being really creative. I feel like you can either go for a simple and classic zine, or you can go all in and make something sick.

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From week #10 lecture: postmodernism "The Japanese architects Tadao Ando (born 1941) and Isozaki Arata (born 1931) introduced the ideas of the postmodern movement to Japan." I believe postmodernism is really cool. And the Japanese postmodern architecture is fascinating. These are pictures of "Benesse House in Naoshima" and "The Museum of Wood Culture". All made by Tadao Ando in the 90's.

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Week 8: we learned how to make a zine. I got a lot of inspiration from the examples. 

Week 9: we experimented with collages and magazines. I started with finding different letterforms in the magazines. And ended up making a zine.   

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Typography research, modern use of blackletter by Koln Studio. https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/koln-studio-graphic-design-201016

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I believe that black letters, after appearing in the 12th century, is a hip typeface to use. You can often see that different designers today are using black letters.  

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This weeks Grap2199 workshop, exploring letterforms in RMIT buildings.

“Typography is two-dimensional architecture”

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In the lecture: Learning about Bauhaus and their importance since the 1920′s. 

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Making a typeface with different shapes.

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Picture of today's class. We got 20 minutes on us to make an exhibition of the class's finished work. 

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Assessment “Hello, my questions is…” How playful can design be? Create a typeface out of objects. And use the materials to promote your question. 

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Making a pangram out of water

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