SO&SO Humans of Leeds Exhibition

SO&SO was created to celebrate the anonymous Human of Leeds photographer, who is devoted to capturing the lives of strangers, familiar faces and the unsung heros of our city. 

The exhibition is housed in Lambert's Yard, the oldest timber framed dwelling in Leeds, successfully encapsulaying snapshots of the present day in a building that has seen over four hundred years of Leeds history. 

The walls really spoke and you would see the image in a differently after reading about the person, a fascinating exhibition showing the variety of humans in Leeds. 

Study Task 3- Disobedient Objects North

Layout 1- Minimal Text / image: A5 flyer

Specifications:

Format: A5 – Portrait

Title: Disobedient Objects North

Sub-Title: In Association with the V&A

Date: August 3, 2015 - August 29, 2015

Location: People's History Museum, Manchester.                                                            

Image: Single exhibit-based image, People's History Museum logo, V&A logo, 

Use of two colours only: Black and white

(Use embedded InDesign file and follow grid.)

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Disobedient Objects is an exhibition about the art and design produced by grassroots social movements. It will show exhibits loaned from activist groups from all over the world, bringing together for the first time many objects rarely before seen in a museum.

Type: Bold

I need a bold type that stands out here are some that I am thinking of using

Grids and Layout: 

I have taken out two helpful books from the library about grid systems:

Making and breaking the grid, Timothy Samara

Grid Systems, Kimberly Elam

A layout and grid that I like, it's simple and effective and I like how the type is on it's side but still fully legible 

Here is my A5 flyer design using a grid layout for Disobedient Objects North, I have used two fonts, 'intro' and a monospaced font that I will use for the concertina leaflet as body copy. 

Layout 2- Text heavy / imagery: Concertina spread (10x A5 pages)

Background: This text/image heavy layout will ask you to utilise body copy, title, date, and location, heading, sub heading, imagery, indexes, highlighted quotes. The amount of text allows for the use of imagery and the type to serve as the main visual elements.

Brief: You are to layout and design a 10-page concertina folded brochure for a forthcoming exhibition titled ‘Disobedient Objects North’ at People's History Museum, Manchester. All images, copy and branding are included. You have to create a visually stimulating layout that showcases the artists’ imagery but does not sacrifice important information in this process. The images and information must flow harmoniously and offer a taste of what is to be expected during the exhibition. One further consideration may be whether you emphasise the 'North' aspect: whether the materials need to offer a distinction between this and the V&A (London) exhibition from 2014-2015.

Branding elements must be kept to black and white. Images must be unaltered and in colour.

Considerations: Headings, headlines, body copy, grid, type, colour, image sizing, bleed, margins, flow, audience, narrative, language, purpose, size, external print methods, preparing for print, stock, distribution.

Specifications: Format: A5 x10 – Portrait – Concertina spread (front and back).

Title: Disobedient Objects North

Sub-Title: In Association with the V&A

Date: August 3, 2015 - August 29, 2015

Location: People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER, United Kingdom

Type

I have chosen to use the type 'Fira' in my leaflet I think the monotype font suits the exhibition well 

Layout and Grid

Grids are something I would like to spend a lot more time looking at as I think they are useful and I like how not everyone instantly recognises them when you read magazines/ books but if you know they are there then you see them instantly. Throughout this excersie the use I have used a lot of books about grid as I have found that is the easiest way to learn more about them. 

A column grid is a basic grid that can get quite complex

I found it interesting how more complex grids have the use of shape with image inside

This is one of my favorite grids, a simple grid with almost a portfolio style, a grid for a nike magazine

This grid uses a lot of image but thats what I like about it, I also like how the body copy isn't just in basic columns it has a use of shape

The grid that was given seemed a bit too over complicated and I wanted to make it simpler so I modified it a bit

I modified it to look like every page on the left with larger horisontal columns for my space for varied image size

Above is the final layout, this is a layout that I wouldn't normally create but after reading and refering to several books I designed a grid and came up with this layout that overlaps type and image on some creases. 

Poster

For additional advertising and to look into layout further I created a poster based on a grid that I admired in one of the books I borrowed from the library. 

I have really enjoyed doing this task and I think it has been valuable to learn more about grid and layouts, I am happy with the designs I have created with the use of grid and the careful placement of type and image. 

Workshop- Methodology

Methodology- a system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity. 

In graphic design methodology the way you go completing a project and solving a problem. 

How having a methodology effects me being a graphic design student? 

efficiency with your time 
more targeted approach 
research collecting information and funnelling it 
what is it that you are trying to get out of it?
moving your work on 
test my understanding 

Whilst your design practice outlines the procedure that you adhere to when doing design projects, methodology aims to interrogate these procedures in terms of their effectiveness and sustainability. 


My Methodology: 

My methodology for design is normally quite straight forward, but I feel as if I need to add more concept to my design in the future instead of just making things look good. 

Before I start to design I need to know how much time I have and plan my time so I can use it efficiently. Time is an important factor when it comes to design but planning it can be even more important and valuable. Making the most of my time is crucial. 

Research into the topic and project gets you thinking and develops your design in the long run. Thinking the ways in which I research for the particular project is essential. If I am primary researching with a questionnaire I need to make sure I am asking all the right questions and am I going to get the answers I need to develop my design to become more conceptual and valuable. My secondary research usually involves the library and the internet. I would like to develop my research practice by holding more interviews as I find them valuable. When researching I normally aim to find out something I didn't previously know, making my knowledge larger, collecting information and funnelling it effectively into my designs.  

Sketching is another big part of my methodology, thinking of how I would like the end product to look like. If it is going to be a print product I need to think about what stock, what sort of document I need to create and how I am going to bind it before I start my design. Designing for print can get quite tricky remembering all of the small things such a bleed and making sure everything is in CMYK for it to print correctly. 

Designing and mocking up ideas ready for crit for feedback and development can completely change your idea and make it a stronger concept. Getting other peoples thoughts is essential when designing as I am designing for my work to be out there in the real world so I need to know what people think of it. 

Mocking up, testing and putting my work in concept is valuable to see where it would fit in the real world and whether the target audience it correct. I need to review and evaluate my work and it's effectiveness.


3 aspects of your feedback/ assessment that you wish to develop and identify. 

A more focused investigation of specific areas of Graphic Design would help you to make more effective and informed design decisions. 

I would like to investigate further into grids and publication in the future as this is something I am interested in and I feel would develop my design. 

You have shown a consistently high level of project management, organisation and

documentation of individual and collaborative projects.

Documenting my work can sometimes take longer than actually designing this is something I would like to get better at, actually documenting my work in detail faster and do it as I design so I can add more comments about my problems and issues. 

In order to improve I suggest developing your approach to research and using this deeper research to inform interesting and unique design work.

Deeper research is something that I want to do as sometimes I do just research on the surface and then design, deeper research would make my design have more depth.