Showing posts with label BRIEF 12 - OS31. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BRIEF 12 - OS31. Show all posts
Monday, 22 December 2014
Friday, 19 December 2014
BRIEF 12: YORKSHIRE EVENING POST
The OS31 workshop was a fun and alternative experience from the usual briefs I have done before. The benefit of this brief was our work was featured in the Yorkshire Evening Post! As well as a cheeky mug shot.
Overview
This is the first piece of press I have ever had with some work and it was an exciting prospect and as a result I want to continue receiving these opportunities and in the future I will capitalise on this by continuing to get involved with other workshops and looking into outsourcing some.
Thursday, 18 December 2014
BRIEF 12: EVALUATION
Overview
The OS31 brief was something I really didn't expect, I initially thought the brief would be something to do with art direction and possibly help curate a project with Tony Broomhead. However it was a completely different experience, with us creating sustainable christmas trees. Although this was different from what I expected I think it was a brief that allowed me to have a break from my usual area of graphic design and channel other avenue such as product design and architecture which was a good challenge for myself.
The skills I have developed through this brief is working with product design, this brief has been very hands on with working with measurements and crafting. This year I have worked solely digital and this area of design production was beneficial in allowing me to see the capabilities of working like this again and working in an alternative format.
The approaches to this brief is I have never really considered sustainable issues in my practice and by doing this brief it allowed me to gain a better understanding and new found appreciation which I can take forward into my other work.
Simply improve upon the crafting skills and network more with the visting professional, I didn't really contact Tony after the brief and I felt that was someone I could speak to about curation, for future products. Now knowing this I can possibly contact if it is relevant to anything I pursue in the future.
The OS31 brief was something I really didn't expect, I initially thought the brief would be something to do with art direction and possibly help curate a project with Tony Broomhead. However it was a completely different experience, with us creating sustainable christmas trees. Although this was different from what I expected I think it was a brief that allowed me to have a break from my usual area of graphic design and channel other avenue such as product design and architecture which was a good challenge for myself.
What skills have you developed through this brief and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
The skills I have developed through this brief is working with product design, this brief has been very hands on with working with measurements and crafting. This year I have worked solely digital and this area of design production was beneficial in allowing me to see the capabilities of working like this again and working in an alternative format.
What approaches / methods of design production have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
The approaches to this brief is I have never really considered sustainable issues in my practice and by doing this brief it allowed me to gain a better understanding and new found appreciation which I can take forward into my other work.
What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
The strengths within this brief was definitely working together as group, we all contributed and set tasks for one another which helped the productivity of the brief. Another strength was also pushing the brief further and using other materials to make our initial concept more refined. I will continue to work in this format as group, I think it's really important to delegate roles to ensure that a brief is successful! Also I think sometimes thinking outside the box for the brief and pushing outcomes allows a project to be more interesting and the results more beneficial so I will look into how I can do this for other projects.
What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
My crafting skills still need improving, but for this brief as a group we felt it would be most appropriate to outsource the woodwork station to ensure that the final product was a success. I will challenge this weakness in the future by continuing to experiment with packaging as a source of trial and error.
Identify things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
Simply improve upon the crafting skills and network more with the visting professional, I didn't really contact Tony after the brief and I felt that was someone I could speak to about curation, for future products. Now knowing this I can possibly contact if it is relevant to anything I pursue in the future.
BRIEF 12: HOLBECK URBAN VILLAGE
Today we visited Holbeck to showcase our designs to hang up. Holbeck had series of different design and digital agencies that I definitely will look into further.
Holbeck Urban Village
Communitree — Our final tree.
Aside from our tree's there was a multitude of creative sustainable tree designs and it was really nice to see how different people interpreted the brief.
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For the day we had our photo's taken for the Yorkshire Post, which was an exciting prospect to be featured in local news for our work! Also Steve the manager of Holbeck was really impressed with the tree and enjoyed both of our concepts.
Overview
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
BRIEF 12: WORKSHOP
After the presentation Tony then briefed us on what the workshop was going to consist of and the purpose of the brief.
To create a sustainable christmas tree for life, using card or foam board to create a 3D design to be used in Holbeck Urban Village. The workshop was to work in groups so we decided on girls vs. boys and this was fun alternative due to never working with Laura and Ellen before and also increased our competitive side because we wanted to beat the boys!
Holbeck Urban Village
Research
To start the brief I researched into existing tree designs as a source of influence, while some of the members started to mock up potential ideas of how the tree could look and it's function.
Design Milk
Concept
After some idea generation, we decided to come up with the idea of created a stacked tree that allowed business cards to be placed onto the design, so that the workers within Holbeck could network and establish their business through the festive season.
This tree would either work on the front desk near reception or work as a centre piece within the entrance of the main area of the building.
Practical
With our concept set in stone myself and the group began experimenting with cutting triangular shapes and piecing them together with wire to assemble the tree into an upright position.
We used A3 sheets of card and cut them out to create four triangles out of each, as shown in the photograph above.
We experimented two designs and with the hinge idea it was hard to keep the shapes in a strong upright position and was becoming quite complex to use for the final design. We then experimented with anoter design cutting the triangles half way and slotting them into one, another to create a more sturdy design which proved successful and decided to go ahead with this approach.
Once we had decided on our final design, Laura started cutting out the final thing using foam board. We decided initially to use the black foam board for the main structure, and then the shelves using white.
This is what the two pieces look like when they are apart. We had to initially cut the line half way up on each piece and then Vicky was responsible for cutting out the width of the line to make sure that they would comfortable fit into each other.
While all of the crafting was taking place, Ellen considered how she could add a digital aspect to our work. She has thought about how we could apply a QR code to the tree to make it interactive and encourage people to not only hang a business card, but to also explore the Holbeck Urban Village website.
Once the main structure had been made, we had to make sure that all of the business cards would be able to hang loosely without being caught by one of the shelves. I measured the total height of the tree and divided it by four so that we could calculate where the shelves should be placed and how much we room we should leave for each one to be able to fit on the tree.
Further Production
In doing the workshop with Tony he provided constant feedback on how we could develop the design further and things we could consider.
The brief was influenced by what Tony had done for the Holbeck Urban Village in Leeds where he created a really cool sustainable tree that allowed other plants and objects to be held within it.
Research
To start the brief I researched into existing tree designs as a source of influence, while some of the members started to mock up potential ideas of how the tree could look and it's function.
Design Milk
Ecor
This simplistic arrangement of this tree really works, I like the simple two triangles that slot together to create a sustainable tree.
I really liked this concept of constructing beams to create the tree, which could be used with cutting foam board into strips.
Concept
After some idea generation, we decided to come up with the idea of created a stacked tree that allowed business cards to be placed onto the design, so that the workers within Holbeck could network and establish their business through the festive season.
This tree would either work on the front desk near reception or work as a centre piece within the entrance of the main area of the building.
Practical
With our concept set in stone myself and the group began experimenting with cutting triangular shapes and piecing them together with wire to assemble the tree into an upright position.
We used A3 sheets of card and cut them out to create four triangles out of each, as shown in the photograph above.
We experimented two designs and with the hinge idea it was hard to keep the shapes in a strong upright position and was becoming quite complex to use for the final design. We then experimented with anoter design cutting the triangles half way and slotting them into one, another to create a more sturdy design which proved successful and decided to go ahead with this approach.
Myself and Vicky began to experiment with using hollow squares as well as full squares to create a shelfs for the business cards to sit on.
However in the process we decided not to use squares for the shelves as it would be too hard to create accurate designs hand when cutting out the foam board. So we considered using cirlces instead that we experimented with through a protractor.
Once we had decided on our final design, Laura started cutting out the final thing using foam board. We decided initially to use the black foam board for the main structure, and then the shelves using white.
(As you can see by my facial expression I am really enjoying this workshop!)
This is what the two pieces look like when they are apart. We had to initially cut the line half way up on each piece and then Vicky was responsible for cutting out the width of the line to make sure that they would comfortable fit into each other.
While all of the crafting was taking place, Ellen considered how she could add a digital aspect to our work. She has thought about how we could apply a QR code to the tree to make it interactive and encourage people to not only hang a business card, but to also explore the Holbeck Urban Village website.
Once the main structure had been made, we had to make sure that all of the business cards would be able to hang loosely without being caught by one of the shelves. I measured the total height of the tree and divided it by four so that we could calculate where the shelves should be placed and how much we room we should leave for each one to be able to fit on the tree.
Further Production
In doing the workshop with Tony he provided constant feedback on how we could develop the design further and things we could consider.
He suggested that we should consider creating a box made for the base of the tree to keep it stable. He asked whether it would be possible for us to have this produced in time for Wednesday next week and whether we could approach woodwork with our idea. The reason for us creating this box would be to not only keep the structure stable, but also to have a drawer to put a hole punch and string in to encourage people to interact with the tree by punching a hole in their card and hanging it on the tree.
With this idea pitched to us, as a group we decided to push the brief further and ask woodwork to help define our idea. Myself, Laura and Ellen went to woodwork and asked if it was possible for our design to be created and luckily it was! The girls decided to pick up the tree the next day and we would all work on putting it together on the Wednesday before our visit to Holbeck.
Ellen also designed a QR code star to put on top of the tree which I printed and we all assembled to tree for it's final outcome.
Final
With our group outsourcing and taking advantage of the college facilities I think our final design came out amazing and I was really pleased with the end result! Although the brief initially stated we should only use foam board, we decided to push the brief a little further and experiment with more sustainable materials and this definitely benefited the end product for the brief.
BRIEF 12: TONY BROOMHEAD
This workshop was lead by Tony Broomhead who is apart of OS31 a design and architecture agency in Sheffield. For the workshop myself and 6 other students had put their names forward to partake in his workshop. Tony presented some of the work that his agency do and the work was amazing! definitely something I am interested in, in regards to art direction and curation.
During his presentation I noted some key points about the agency and him.
- OS31 is based in Sheffield (this is where he works alongside two others)
- Teaches at Sheffield University
- He created a restaurant on ice which is currently being build and will be open in January in Canada
- He has also worked on a building which has a projection on the side and is operated by people's text messages
- Worked on Leeds Light Night a couple of years ago
- Manchester pop up installation
- Children's play area design - When the cushions are placed in the correct sequence this triggers a movie to start playing
- They have also done a lot of work in Holbeck - Holbeck Urban Village
- Designed a pop up park for 6 months and 6 years later it is still there
- Inside the Marshall Mill at Holbeck Urban Village, they designed a tree for life - It has a framework to put plants on
- Tony also mentioned that he always creates paper mock ups before starting any project - This made my eyes light up as this is what I love to do!
Saturday, 29 November 2014
BRIEF 12: OS31
Today I received an email about a possible workshop working with a studio and Holbeck Village. The workshop was directed at people who where interested in Art Direction and Curation so I definitely wanted to get involved, because this is the field I want to work in. This opportunity was provided by my tutor Amber and below is the initial email and contact.
Contact
Overview
Although i'm unsure of what the workshop will entail I am excited at the prospect of doing something within a feild I am very interested in and can build my knowledge and skills within this field by participating.
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