Mapping the venues In putting together the final pieces for my major project, I felt it was useful to include a map indicating the locations of the lost venues in Edinburgh, so I created an illustration showing the main Calton Road area venues that I focussed on (shown below). Adding a soundtrack I wanted to… Continue reading Final Project – Weeks 20-24
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Final Project – Week 19
Final Production Risography I took part in an introduction to Risograph printing workshop at Out of the Blueprint (a social enterprise offering print services to the local community) in Leith, Edinburgh on Saturday 13th July 2022. I made a series of 2-colour A3 riso prints (2 separations), using red ink + black ink printed onto… Continue reading Final Project – Week 19
Final Project – Week 18
Design Decisions I decided I would like to present the final designed piece in a 7″ record sleeve and have sourced some that I can use. This way it visually links back directly to music. My thinking is that the cardboard sleeve will house either a zine or a fold out poster. I am also… Continue reading Final Project – Week 18
Final Project – Week 17
Design Development Looking at visual inspiration, including the deconstructed type by Joseph Beuys, and the style of distressed album art often seen in alternative music, for example the designs created by Hugo Sundqvist for music recorded by Swedish band Refused. The visual texture of the designs reflect the type of music they make – loud,… Continue reading Final Project – Week 17
Final Project – Week 16
Writing and Reviewing This week was largely a week of consolidating, reviewing my written work and research to date, as well as working on fleshing out the writing of my critical report. Design Tests I worked on testing out some ideas for my final design, using a mixture of analogue and digital media/production methods. Peer… Continue reading Final Project – Week 16
Final Project – Week 15
Edinburgh Zine Library This week, for inspriation, I visited the Edinburgh Zine Library, housed in a section of the city’s Art & Design Library within the Central Library building on George IV Bridge. A Drama in Time Underneath a railway bridge on Edinburgh’s Calton Road is the unlikely home of an illuminated neon artwork called… Continue reading Final Project – Week 15
Final Project – Week 14
UK Club Culture I discovered Clubbed – a crowd-funded printed publication, conceived as a graphic design reference book (but could also easily be considered a deluxe coffee table book) which celebrates the visual side of UK club culture, and features flyers from iconic British clubs such as the Haçienda in Manchester, Cream and the Ministry… Continue reading Final Project – Week 14
Final Project – Week 13
Berlin Study Trip Taking part in the MA Graphic Design study trip to Berlin provided a fresh dose of inspiration for my final major project. Patrick Thomas introduced us to the Open Collab workshop and explained how it works before letting me and my fellow students loose on it. We collected imagery around Berlin and… Continue reading Final Project – Week 13
Final Project – Week 12
Interview with an Arts Critic This week, I conducted an interview with an Edinburgh-based journalist who has been an arts critic, writing about music and the broader creative arts scene, for a number of years. Neil Cooper writes for the Herald, Bella Caledonia, The Drouth, Scottish Art News, Product & The List. His work has… Continue reading Final Project – Week 12
Final Project – Week 11
This week, I set up a survey using Google Forms to collect people’s opinions on independent music venues and their memories of certain lost Edinburgh venues. I put together the above image for the purposes of sharing the survey link on social media, as I generally find that posts with an image tend to gain… Continue reading Final Project – Week 11