Summer Project Breakdown.

This is my Summer Blog broken down into the best bits, it will involve a total of 8 Linked images all taking you to different posts over the two blogs that I have produced. Involving 4 greatest hit posts and another 4 that I feel reflect me best as a person, showing my interests and also personality in some respects.

Camden Market.

Early Bird & Night Owl.

Music Enthusiast.

Banksy's Gallery.

Urban Movement.

Iain McArthur.

Open Minded.

Third Dimension.

Advertising - Poster Art 150.

I found this book on our bookshelf at home whilst actually searching for the dictionary, so I started flicking through the pages to be pleasantly surprised with what was inside. The book is essentially about 150 London Underground posters from each decade / year from all the back in 1920's. I think that is a great book to reflect on the designs that were used in each decade and also you can see how as time went on, the design industry adapted to their posters making them more engaging and fun for the public as well as very informative. I have picked out a few pages from the book to give an idea of what its all about and also to show off some of the graphics used for the underground posters.

Out of the 4 that I have picked out, this has to be my favourite design, simply because it has the 'London Underground' service, mocking the taxi transport service. Whatever angle you look at it, this poster is TRUE! It's practically saying you could get a taxi and let it take you twice as long to get somewhere OR you could get the tube. I also think its a great that the designer of this poster has interpreted the taxi's as snails - for the main reason being they literally go at " snails-pace " in London. The colours added onto the snails and the overall shape of them are very close to what a taxi would normally look like to make it a bit more comical. Finally, I think that un-like the other posters which include a fair amount of text - this one is great for the reason being all they used to present the poster was the design, the underground logo and finally the the minimal amount of text. Almost because the design speaks a thousand
words and you just need that short caption
at the end to finish it all off.

Handful of Concepts - Adjustable Adapter.

"Adjustable and Extendable Plug adapter."

I know there are plug extensions designed as either a cube or rectangle, but why not go that extra bit further and design a plug which can be stretched out, twisted, pulled to suit your rooms needs. It would make those difficult areas of your room where it needs a plug socket most that little bit easier. 

Advertising - Pre War.

Ever since I played the video game 'Fallout 3', I have always been fascinated by Pre-War / Post-War advertising and how it becomes to be so effective. I feel that retro posters and packaging designs are keen to the eye, it is almost like stepping back in time and for those of the older generation, it could be reminisced in many ways. The design on the right is one of my favourite posters advertising the game, it doesn't give too much detail away, but it does show it in a post war apocalyptic land. Even the concept of 'apocalyptic' can be a long conversation in its self, which really engages me.





Linking in with the 'pre-war' scene, I find retro branding very eye catching and something that is only just starting to be used again in the graphic design scene. Professions such as; Coffee Shops, Barber Shops, Tailoring Shops, Brewery, and so forth, are great examples of businesses that are beginning to use this style of design. I have collated some of my favourite retro / vintage posters and logo's, which I personally find most appealing and engaging, I really like the typography / calligraphy used on some of the images below.

Handful of Concepts - Waterproof Notepad.

"Waterproof Notepad."

For some of us, our ideas come when we are aimlessly standing around doing pretty much nothing, - in other words - the shower. However, whenever I get a good idea I always make myself write down as soon as I get out, but I forget due to other things getting in the way before that. SO, to save precious ideas from going to waste and getting lost forever, it would be a nifty idea to have a notepad which would be waterproof so you could write down your thoughts with ease whilst in the shower, meaning you wouldn't have to worry about writing rubbing away.

Advertising - Interactive McDonald's.

I'd seen this interactive 'coupon / advert' a few months back but it didn't occur to me to talk about it until I re-looked upon it now. I personally feel that this is a great way for McDonalds to connect with the customers, it makes the consumer use their phones and virtually fill up their cups full of chips from the larger screen infront of them. Not only does it make the customer work for their food, but it also sort of brings a friendship closer together. 

Handful of Concepts - Hand Charger.

"Hand charged phone batter."

Seeing as I'm a festival enthusiast, is always becomes a real concern about phone battery, although there are ways of sustaining enough battery over the weekend - soon or later those chargers will run out. You could also pay to get your phone charged up but I mean come one, who wants to pay? Much like the self winding torches which requires hand power to generate enough battery life to produce a beam of light, there could also be something similar for a self winding phone charger. Just plug it in, wind it up and let your battery continuously charge, without having to worry about it running out.

Handful of Concepts - Pizza Fork.

"A pizza roller and fork in one."

The means of combining 2 or more items together to make life easier is become a much higher demand due to the public being more and more lazy. So why not build something that suits their needs, a pizza roller and a fork in one - meaning they don't have to switch cutlery between meals and this also saves vital washing up space.