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Communication Design Studies

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Final Post ;(

Throughout this course I wanted to gain as much knowledge as I could surrounding history and design in general. At first I was there to simply just learn about history but after a while I discovered how much knowledge Andy and Karen had for design in the real world and I wanted to know as much as I possibly could. Every class and lecture I would learn something different, a different way of thinking or of creating.

I really enjoyed learning about the Bauhaus movement, as I was only ever introduced to it partially in high school. More so it was interesting to know how much it influenced deign today, however I’m not too sure about their ballet…

The most I have definitely gained from this course it the idea of prototyping. Im so bad with explaining ideas orally, I always feel like I have to have a rough version of whatever I’m doing for someone to understand my idea. Being an extremely visual person, having a prototype is the best way for me to realise ideas, as they go straight from my head to paper. They usually don’t look as good as what I imagine but it helps so much to have a good foundation for a starting point.

Thank you Andy and Karen for everything! Going to miss the classes and lectures so much ;(

[nickys-visual]

What was the most important thing I learned from Grap2199?

“Everything will be OK“

[theprofounder-blog1]

How I feel after, lol

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I’ve had these books for a little while now, and whilst theyre not quite artists books I thought they fitted well into the Zine and artist book kinda thing. Theres books were created as a parody of modern society, using the format of children’s stories to create a satiric and quite humorous read

[cinnamonthingies]

Bits of Research: Blackletter in Manga Covers

I tried brainstorming blacklettter(s) that I  stumble upon in my daily life routine. I instantly remember blackletters in several manga (Japanese comics)  that I read and enjoy. I noticed that all of them share obvious similarities in which they are historical mangas that involve supernatural and/or fantasy elements with a bit of mystery and a hint (or maybe a lot EMOJ) of dark and Gothic themes and vibes. Moreover, small fragments of Europe (be it the culture, race, background setting, era, etc) exists in these mangas. Overall, I do think that blackletter suits each and every manga that I’ve included here as the stories and the artworks and  blackletter’s distinctive style complement one another.

Figure 1&2. Black Butler (The Book Hangover, 2017 & Toboso, 2011)

Figure 3. Gosick (Gosick Wiki, 2011)

Figure 4. Claymore (Comic Vine, 2001)

Figure 5. Black Clover (Simon and Schuster, 2018)

Figure 6. Vampire Knight (Hino, 2009)

References

The Book Hangover (2017). [PRE-ORDER] Black Butler, Kuroshitsuji: Volume 18 by Yana Toboso [Online image]. Retrieved from https://sg.carousell.com/p/pre-order-black-butler-kuroshitsuji-volume-18-by-yana-toboso-123721097/

Comic Vine (2001). Claymore [Online image]. Retrieved from https://comicvine.gamespot.com/claymore/4050-21739/ 

Gosick Wiki (2011). Gosick Manga V06 cover.jpg [Online image]. Retrieved from http://gosick.wikia.com/wiki/File:Gosick_Manga_V06_cover.jpg 

Hino, M. (2009). Vampire Knight, Vol. 6 [Online image]. Retrieved from https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/vampire-knight-vol-6/7728 

Simon and Schuster (2018). Black Clover, Vol.2 [Online image]. Retrieved from http://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Black-Clover-Vol-2/Yuki-Tabata/Black-Clover/9781421587196 

Toboso, Y. (2011). 黒執事 XIII [Kuroshitsuji XIII] (黒執事 [Kuroshitsuji - Black Butler] #13) [Online image]. Retrieved from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13035053-xiii-kuroshitsuji-xiii

[cheukyiupoon-blog]

Just realised a lot of manga’s cover are using blackletter! Nice discovery and observation. :) haha

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Sooo this is the final product. Im actually quite happy with the outcome! I hope I did Sarah justice :)

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Who remembers this glitch fondly?

[jordanrendevski-design-deactiva]

REPRESENT

Throwback to one of our first lectures, when we decided it would be a good idea to have a gang sign.

Use this gif to show your allegiance. 

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Make shift book binding! it actually works quite well, you just need a lot of bull dog clips and some cardboard. Ive used this method quite a few times to make sketchbooks and gifts.

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The process of creation is to make a mess and drink a little whisky. At this point I was up to binding the Zine with glue, and preparing all the paper. I wasn’t too sure what kind of paper to use for the inside cover, then I remembered I got some metallic purple paper from Lincraft on sale. I thought this was a perfect fit as it matched the artist zine and the shiny surface of a computer.

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Came to discover these little white bits are the bane of my life, it was so difficult to remove all of them without the paper ruining. Just when I thought it was okay, I would turn the page and nope, there was another little white line!

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Some generated gems

[milovisuell]

Memphis Group

GRAP2199 | Week #9 | Lecture/Relevant research

The Memphis-filled apartment of Raquel Cayre. Photo: Bobby Doherty/New York Magazine

1986

Pee-wee’s Playhouse debuts. The spirit of the Memphis style (though not necessarily the philosophy) enters the mainstream. The movie Ruthless People, drenched in Memphis-inspired décor, comes out that year, too.

October 1991

Karl Lagerfeld, who filled his Monaco home with Memphis furniture, sells his entire collection at Sotheby’s.

February 2016

Supreme releases an apparel-and-skate-deck collection designed by Alessandro Mendini, who exhibited in the first Memphis show.

Schwartzberg L. (2017). The Memphis Design Movement Is Having a Moment. Retrieved from https://www.thecut.com/2017/05/the-memphis-design-movement-is-having-a-moment.html

[jamietung]

Memphis is just wonderful

[wotf-isthis-blog]

Memphis is just so fun! 💛

[highlybodacious-blog]

Those Supreme decks are so cool

[sineadhdesign]

the colours and shapes are e v e r y t h i n g

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This ones for Andy

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InDesign is tricky, but it’s getting there

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So I’m sitting at the bus stop, waiting for the bus of course. I look over at the advertisement and I think oh god do I need glasses? Is there something wrong with my eyes? I look to the passing cars and the sky and think hmm, they look clear. I look back at the sign again. My heart drops. The printing wasn’t aligned properly. I think back to my workshop to when Karen showed us the print out of their book and how it wasn’t correctly printed either, but honestly.. I couldn’t really tell, looked pretty awesome tbh :P I kept thinking, how did this get through? how was this allowed? did they not test the printing? I was honestly shocked and so devastated. Like yeah I understand the majority of the audience will be people in cars passing by and won’t be able to tell the deference, but anyone standing up close will know. Furthermore for the designers and printers who made this, of course I’m unsure of their circumstances but if you were choosing someone to make your large scale adverts, would you want someone who doesn’t check the printing properly? I could be wrong about this whole thing and maybe the graphics are meant to look like this? Should I be wearing 3D glasses?

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PROTOTYPES! I love prototyping, love it! Much like Andy I also struggle with explaining ideas and having a prototype works wonders. If anyone asks me what my ideas are I have to quickly find a piece of paper and draw what I think otherwise I feel like they might not understand or I can’t say what I want to with just words. I’m also a super visual person, so I really need to create what something might look like to understand it and get a better sense about what it is. Prototype more!

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Backtracking a little to our Zine workshop! I learnt a lot about page numbers that day, which I never thought I would. At first it was super tricky to wrap your head around but after a while of visually making a Zine it became more apparent to why there would only be one double spread per page and why the numbers all didn’t line up. To be honest I still don’t understand it perfectly but hey, better not to question it if it works. Also it was super cool to see a fully printed page that wasn’t cut, it’s so rare to see the behind the scenes!