Self Expression Poster
by Al Holt (4565)
Monday, 29 September 2014
Sunday, 21 September 2014
Concept
Poster Concept
By Al Holt (4565)
With a slogan such
as “Me Designer” I wish to take a more broad approach to deliver
a visual representation of myself. What I have put together on my
mood board will lead to the eventual construction of my poster, all
the characters and ideologies have been an inspiration for me at one
point or another, therefore I intend to give a sort of dark
stylisation to my creation. On top of that I also hope to give off a
gritty, dirty persona to the poster, or at least one that will
inflict those feelings in the viewer. Christopher Hitchens once said
in an interview, “If you can write, you can talk”, I intend to
base my poster around this ideology. Where does design come into
play? Well in terms of design, the construction of language uses the
principles of design as much as any image. I intend to follow Gestalt
Law as I construct my poster, implementing factors such as “closure”
and “similarity” for maximum effect. Now this idea is still raw,
but by combining typography and facial structure I hope to compose a
gritty and descriptive image, think the poster for Pink Floyd's “The
Wall”*. The poster hopefully be composed of text (original),
although at this point this is highly theoretical as I do not know
whether it will be able to convey the grotesque.
Pink Floyd "The Wall"
http://s.ecrater.com/stores/233341/4ed024c5ae60e_233341n.jpg
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Works of Stefan Stagmeister
Works of Stefan Stagmeister
Written by Al Holt
As I was looking at
the works of Stefan Sagmeister, I noticed that for the most part they
all share similar elements (or at least design principles).
Stagmeister's use of the Gestalt law of proximity is very apparent
throughout his creations. The three selected works of his that I
uploaded are some examples of his designs.
“Gun Punctuation”
definitely grabbed my attention the most and I would gladly say that
this is my favourite of his works. It is a very bold and solid image,
yet it is composed of many smaller figures. As well as having all
these shapes fitting together very flush, they also appear to have a
gritty texture, giving the image a further industrial appeal.
“Studio: SGP” is
what I can only assume is an album cover. It is not the most
extravagant of works, however it does have its own appeal.The use of
symmetry and perspective (font) make this work stand out, rather than
being bland and flat it has a certain pop to it.
“Abstract” is an
example is Stagmeister's interactive work. Again, this is a very
symmetrical piece, yet in this example it is very fulfilling. The use
of colour brings it more contrast from its surroundings. The design
on the back of the cover also works as an instruction manual, but
it's precision is very appealing, thus making it an artwork in
itself. These instructions (as simple as they are) seem like a
heavily thought out mathematical equation, a robotic mindset.
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
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