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Black n white for a #classic joint. Sir @realblackcoffee, you're certainly not a #darkhorse anymore. Keep doing beeg tings out there and we shall follow thy footsteps! Playing the album's in reverse... #piecesofme to #homebrewed to #haveanotherone to #blackcoffee #musicdept #musicislife #ilovethebeat #werkperks #myjobismypassion #musiccompiling (at Capricorn FM Studios)

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Saturday night mixing session of @cashandraj's EP. Her voice cuts across the music beautifully & @soulnheart killed the keys on this record. Glad I was hired to produce this EP. There's a lot in store for 2014. #HowardUniversity #SchoolOfFineArts #MusicDept

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"I'd never seen anything as chaotic or as exciting and rebellious" - Peter Hook on seeing the Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall

Experimenting with punk style, newspaper type and my scanner for the music dept, type mural brief.

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Typographic brief for the music dept

After our talk by David Bailey last Thursday, myself and Lee popped down to the Adelphi basement to see the proposed space for the music department mural.

As mentioned, one thing that I took away from the talk by David Bailey was about how he interacts with and used the environment around his murals to benefit them, so the aim of this visit was not only to get a sense of the space we would be painting, but how we too can use the space to benefit our designs.

So after having a look around, there were a few features, like vents and doors that maybe the illustrators could consider using directly, however in my case, I think I need to consider how features like this could effect how my type could be laid out and displayed. For example, my design could run underneath notice boards and up walls or spiral around vents or doorways etc.

Within this vast spaces, there’s also a lot of turns as you come along the corridor from the stairs, so the position of the designs could effect the order in which they are read or viewed, which could be a good point to consider.

However, as well as all these features throughout the basement, there is also a lot of simple, big flat bits of walls perfect for big and bold type (and illustration) designs, so it’s the best of both worlds.

Overall, it’s a big bit of space with plenty of possibilities, so now that I have an idea of the space and the quotes I want to use, I can now start to draw up my design ideas, which I’ll start to post up this week.

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Typographic brief for the music dept

I've been looking at potential quotes that I could use for the focus of my type designs, and I've found about 8-10 strong quotes that I'm going to draw designs up for, which, even though we're only presenting 2 ideas, will give me more options.

So in terms of the quotes, I've opted for ones that I feel can be effectively represented through how I illustrate them. For example, I have a quote that uses the word chaotic within it, so I plan for that word to be represented by a 'chaotic' typeface.

The majority of the quotes that I've chosen to work on are based directly on, or can be tied back to, Salford in some way or form. For example, the majority of my quotes are based around Joy Division and Tony Wilson and that era of music, which I feel is one of the most iconic eras in The history of Manchester and it's music. However, although we associate that era with Manchester, a lot of bands and important people around at the time were from salford and that's how my quotes tie back to salford. I also want my quotes to kind of say "it wasn't just manchester, it was salford", which I think is important for this project. What I also think is important is that, several of my quotes, I feel, would work nicely in a recording studio/music dept environment, as they are quotes that a based around Martin Hannett and the recording of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures.

Overall, I'm happy with the quotes that I have chosen. I feel that they're probably far away from enough that they'll stand out and no one else will have them, but they tie directly back to Salford. I also feel that these quotes will give me some really nice typographic outcomes, now I just need to get drawing.

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