Design Context: December 2011

Saturday 24 December 2011

3 Designers // Jo's blog task

Kazumasa Nagai
Born in 1929, Kazumasa Nagai is an award winning Japanese designer who has used traditional Japanese artistic styles and values in his work throughout his long career. He communicates his messages using simplicity, elegance, texture and color. He has also been very involved in designing for environmental activism and design. - http://thedailyrag.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/artist-kazumasa-nagai/

Asahi Steinie, 1965

Growth - Life Science Library, 1966

Kōrakuen Jumbo Pool, 1973

Colin Bennett

Graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee. Awarded a first in Graphic Design back in 2005. He pick up Roses nomination and D&AD commendation.

Lives in Glasgow and works as a design director at Stand

Rob Clarke

Logotype creation

Typographic development and refinement
Custom designed fonts

Tuesday 6 December 2011

How To // Skateboarding Research

Some info graphics I found on the internet. My favourite one is 'The Earth's Oldest Trees' I think the colour scheme is more appropriate and isn't too loud in comparison to the most of the others. The Lifemap is also a good example of an info graphic again I think because of the colour scheme.

As we are making an info graphic for our project its relevant we research layouts and styles.

http://www.quentindelobel.com/portfolio/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelpaukner/4353758729/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Michael Paukner. Beautiful.

http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/

Lokesh Dhakar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hasumide/3885317415/sizes/z/in/set-72157621997267754/

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Flowing-data-infovis/190242

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ritwikdey/426048360/sizes/l/in/photostream/

ritwikdey

How To // Skateboarding Research

Bam Margera

Geoff Rowley

Ryan Sheckler and Nick Dompierre

Pro skaters most of them don't wear protective gear when skateboarding. I spoke to Seb in our group who skates a lot and he said it just isn't 'cool'. The culture that goes with skateboarding seems to view danger as cool.

The concept of Jackass was created when Johnny Knoxville first started writing and filming for Big Brother Magazine, a skateboarding-related humor magazine. He performed various stunts such as testing self defence techniques on himself. Comedy Central and MTV bid on the idea and MTV won. Jackass was created. Jason Acuña and Bam Margera are both co-stars and professional skaters. Skateboarding and Jackass are very closely linked.

Monday 5 December 2011

How To // Skateboarding Research

'Skateboarding was, at first, tied to the culture of surfing. As skateboarding spread across the United States to places unfamiliar with surfing or surfing culture, it developed an image of its own. For example, the classic film short Video Days (1991) portrayed skateboarders as reckless rebels

Safety

Skateboards, along with other small-wheeled transportation such as in-line skates and scooters, suffer a safety problem: riders may easily be thrown from small cracks and outcroppings in pavement, especially where the cracks run across the direction of travel. Hitting such an irregularity is the major cause of falls and injuries. The risk may be reduced at higher travel speeds.

Severe injuries are relatively rare. Commonly, a skateboarder who falls suffers from scrapes, cuts, bruises, and sprains. Among injuries reported to a hospital, about half involve broken bones, usually the long bones in the leg or arm^. One-third of skateboarders with reported injuries are very new to the sport, having started skating within one week of the injury. Although less common, involving 3.5% to 9% of reported injuries, traumatic head injuries and death are possible severe outcomes.

Skating as a form of transportation exposes the skateboarder to the dangers of other traffic. Skateboarders on the street may be hit by other vehicles or may fall into vehicular traffic.

Skateboarders also pose a risk to other pedestrians and traffic. If the skateboarder falls, the skateboard may roll or fly into another person. A skateboarder who collides with a person who is walking or biking may injure or, rarely, kill that person.

Many jurisdictions require skateboarders to wear bicycle helmets to reduce the risk of head injuries and death. Other protective gear, such as wrist guards, also reduce injury. Some medical researchers have proposed restricting skateboarding to designated, specially designed areas, to reduce the number and severity of injuries, and to eliminate injuries caused by motor vehicles or to other pedestrians.

The use, ownership and sale of skateboards were forbidden in Norway from 1978 to 1989 because of the high number of injuries caused by boards. The ban led skateboarders to construct ramps in the forest and other secluded areas to avoid the police..' - Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skateboarding

Sunday 4 December 2011

How To // Skateboarding Research

http://www.personal-injury-info.net/skateboard-injuries.htm
I got this from Personal injury info:

The National Safety Council recommends the use of protective gear, such as closed, slip-resistant shoes, helmets, and specially designed padding for elbows, knees and hands. This protective gear may not fully prevent injury but will lessen the severity of the skateboard injuries.

The National Safety Council offers the following skateboarding tips:

1. Give your board a safety check each time before you ride.
2. Always wear safety gear.
3. Never ride in the street.
4. Obey the city laws. Observe traffic and areas where you can and cannot skate.
5. Don't skate in crowds of non-skaters.
6. Only one person per skateboard.
7. Never hitch a ride from a car, bicycle, etc.
8. Don't take chances; complicated tricks require careful practice and a specially-designated area.
9. Learn to fall-practice falling on a soft surface or grass.

The Council recommends that children who ride skateboards learn how to fall. Teach your child that when they are starting to fall, crouch down on the skateboard so that they don't have as far to fall. Also, instruct them that when they fall, to try to roll and absorb the force of the fall by using their arms as shock absorbers. Since wrist injuries are the most common skateboard injuries, make sure your child is wearing protective wrist gear, especially when first learning. One-third of all skateboard injuries occur within the first week, so make sure your child is well-equipped and supervised especially during this time. Irregular and uneven surfaces account for one-half of all falls, so make sure your child is skateboarding on even surfaces only.

Not all skateboard injuries may be preventable, but most can be minimized by wearing protective gear and instilling in the child safe riding habits.

Context of Practice \\ Task 3 Jo

Target - Allan Peters
from his blog:
http://allanpeters.com/blog/?page_id=13
'Senior Art Director at Target, he is a dad and a husband. He’s pretty happy most of the time and he loves design. You can usually find him biking or designing in Minneapolis'

Peters is a Graphic Designer and specialises in logos, branding and advertising. Peters has done lots of work for well known clients such as Nike, Spam and Bacon.

E : allan at allanpeters dot com
AIM/ichat : allanpeters1
Portfolio : allanpeters.com
Linkedin : linkedin.com/in/allanpeters
FFFFound : ffffound.com/home/allanpeters/found/
Dribbble : dribbble.com/allanpeters

Ten reasons why I like the selected individuals work.

I like the way Peters uses a limited colour swatch.
He uses really simplified images which work well and communicate his message.
He has a good blog and website which allows you to look at his work easily.
All the work on his website looks very professional.
His work has a vintage feel which I find aesthetically pleasing.
His websites and blogs look really good, Peters uses Wordpress which I think I will start doing at some point as the layouts look good.
Peters uses cool typefaces.
Although I have never met Allan Peters or know anyone who has, he comes across like a nice guy from his blogs and website.
The colour schemes Peters uses work well together.
The presentation of his work on his blogs and websites makes everything look clean.

Rudi De Wet

He lives between Cape Town and Melbourne.' From his website:
http://www.rudidewet.com/filter/Contact#20221/-ABOUT-CONTACT

'His illustration, typography and design are characterised by their bold and energetic executions. He produces work for all media and environments, for local and international clients from concept to craft.

Email: mr.drdewet@gmail.com
Call: +27.713.404.618
Skype: mr.drdewet. Twitter. LinkedIn. The Loop. Bèhance.

→ For other illustration enquiries please contact The Jacky Winter Group
→ AU: 03.8060.9745⎜US: +1.646.797.2761⎜UK: +44.20.8144.9874

Some clients Rudi De Wet has worked with:

His work:

Ten reasons why I like the selected individuals work.

I think Rudi's work feels free and loose which I like.
I like how his typefaces look hand rendered.
I like the way Rudi uses repeat patterns which compliment the typefaces.
His website is clear and easy to navigate which I think makes a big difference.
His work successfully communicates his message.
The colours Rudi works with look good
I like the way Rudi takes photos of his work.
I like how Rudi has a contrasting range of work.
Rudi is from Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa is a cool place lots going on at the moment culturally. I get the impression its king of grimy and cool.
The typefaces Rudi creates are amazing.

Cathy Hookey
http://www.cathyhookey.com/'I found Cathy Hookey on the D&AD profiles. freelance illustrator, recently graduated from University College Falmouth with BA(Hons) in Illustration.

concentrates on humour, narrative & design, full of shape, texture & very bright colours, with brave compositions & a strong sense of movement, alongside a bit of eccentricity

inspirations include 'cartoons, film (especially horror), people, nature, perfume & books.

When I'm not drawing I like writing, printmaking, cooking vegan food, creepy-crawlies, wine, Pokemon & my breathtaking bronze fennel plant, Bonsly. Add me on Twitter or Blogger if you're into my news/illustration/ramblings!'

Ten reasons why I like the selected individuals work.

Cathy's website is so vibrant when you get onto the homepage, very inviting.
Cathy's comes across like a really fun, energetic person who you could work with easily
I also love the compositions in her illustrations.
I like the textures Cathy overlays on the illustrations. Some of her work is screened giving it a textured effect also.
I like how Cathy's has included images of her sketchbooks which shows you the development of her sketches. Interesting.
Her work feels like it has been carefully produced
You can tell Cathy's obviously cares about what she does and has a lot of passion for illustration.
I like the colours swatches Cathy uses.
The website is neat and easy to access.
I have an appreciation for her drawing abilities.

Friday 2 December 2011

ACLU Infographic: Surveillance Under the Patriot Act

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1fnszg/www.worldcantwait.net/index.php/features-mainmenu-220/police-state-repression/7443-aclu-infographic-surveillance-under-the-patriot-act

How To

Elbow pads and knee pads. I used these as reference images.

How To // Skateboarding Research

http://www.biomedcentral.com

Received:	22 February 2008
Accepted:	31 July 2008
Published:	31 July 2008

Skateboards: Are they really perilous? A retrospective study from a district hospital
This was a retrospective analysis of skateboard injuries encountered by the Orthopaedic unit in a busy district hospital that caters to a population of about 100000, 28% being children. Being a popular holiday haven, the population triples during the summer. The Orthopaedic unit receives about 2200 trauma admissions, performs 1700 trauma procedures and assesses 5000 new patients in the fracture clinics annually.

Over a five year period (2002 – 2006) we included all skateboard related injuries seen by the Orthopaedic unit. Data was obtained from patient records and radiographs. The following data was collected:

We encountered 50 patients with skateboard related injuries during the study period.40 were males and 39/50 were 15 years of age. The mean age was 15.3 years (Range 6 – 50). Patients were divided into 5 age groups: 0–5, 6–10, 11–15, 16–19,20 years.