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To remove the clay stands I was going to mount the boxes to the wall using wire and a wooden block. However when I was measuring the size of the boards used for the installation and working out where to position the boxes I placed a spirit level on the wall and found that the boards are bowed and not level. With the boards not being level the boxes would have not been very level and would be suspended in places away from the board which wouldn't look very professional. So Im going to use the clay moulding stands because they are the correct height for the perspective installation to work best.

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Due to colour matching the paint that I have used to paint the graphics on the boxes and the cube I had to print the Using mount board I mounted the six A3 branding pages to give the branding a professional appearance .

If this was a professional brief set by a client I would have gotten the paints made by sending them the colour codes of the colours used with the design and then paid to get the branding printed externally to improve the quality of the appearance of the final design.

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For my Final Major Project (FMP) I was looking at The effects that global warming is having on the Polar Bears, I wanted to create a perspective installation that changes depending on the angle that you view the installation at. I was influenced by the channel 4 Mitsubishi indents “changing perceptions with documentaries on channel 4” which I came across during my Being Human Project research. This gave me a chance to challenge myself, pushing my creative ability. My main aim for my FMP is to develop my knowledge and understanding on how to design and set up different perspective installations. For the perspective installations that I have designed, I designed a series of branding for the information presented within the installation. The information presented I worked with typography which is a area of design that I have developed my Knowledge and understanding of throughout the year within contextual sessions and the different projects. For research I have used a range of sources, books (Pretty Much Everything by Aaron James Draplin, Logo by Michael Evamy for example), internet research looking into different artists (Saul Bass, Lance Wyman and Kazumasa Nagai for example). For banding research, I am a subscriber of the Computer arts magazine, and gain inspiration off the different projects presented within the magazine.

For my FMP I have been getting feedback off my tutors and peers throughout the project which has influenced the final design of my project because I from the group criticisms I was given the feedback to watch the OK GO music video The Writings On the Wall which lead to me finding out about different types of perspective installations that I have gone on and used for my final Installation. For the branding I was given feedback to simplify my design which has allowed me to create a very powerful brand. The feedback that I have received throughout has helped and allowed me to complete my project objectives. To develop my project further I could look at creating smaller perspective installations and position them separately to see what effect the smaller perspective installations have on the viewer.

To ensure that my FMP was presented to the highest quality I got my boxes and the cube laser cut for an accurate finish, I colour matched the printer colour to the paint posts so that the colours was the same ensuring that my designs was consistent and to a high quality. From completing my FMP I have developed an understanding of different methods of presenting my graphic based information instead of just producing a poster for example. The skills I have developed for my FMP I will be able to use in the future for my university project presentations and for my end of year shows.

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Using folding office clips that I got from Raymans in town I attached four to each corner of the A3 sheets that i have printed. To connect them together I got a piece of wood to use for the distance between each piece of the branding and then cut and tied a length of fishing wire. I have six A3 sheets for the branding of Polar meltdown to present within the installation, so I'm going to have two columns of three on each. To attach the branding to the boards I have a length of fishing wire from the clips on the branding to the top of the boards using board pins to tie the fishing wire to.

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Website URL - www.polarmeltdown.co.uk

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ITS ONLY TOOK ALL DAY TO MOUNT ONE CUBE!
Its been a frustrating final day fixing the before the exhibition opens.

All i had to do was create something to wedge the cube into position however I couldn't find the correct material or seem to cut the wedge to the correct shape. It had gone past two and I still had to present my branding. To not waste anymore time I did some sketches of different methods I could try to mount the cube into the correct position. Dave then passed me a piece of insulation board.

Using the insulation bard I first created an impression of the back corner that was going to be resting against the back boards and then cut the impression out and extended it to cover more of the back corner of the cube. I then cut the back of the insulation board to fit onto the back boards because they wasn't level.

To make the Insulation board look presentable I painted it white to match both the walls and the outside of the boxes and the cube.

To wedge the front corner of the cube I then used a cork that I cut in half and painted white.

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Position of my Installation Development 

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Position of my Installation Development 

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When John and Dave was allocating the spaces for the us to put our installation or work up,I am now going to be in the back corner of the 2D because it gives me more space to present my work. I am now going to set up the perspective installation and branding together. I was originally going to be in both the 2D and 3D studio having the branding and perspective installation separate.

I think tho now having the branding and the perspective installation together will strengthen my final installation and make it look more professional.

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For Images of polar bears  I used the website below showing the polar bears in their true habitat. For my to actually go and take pictures of plarbears I would have to goto the zoo however this wouldn't have the same effect as the images of the polar bears within the artic.

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Download polar bear high definition free images for your pc or personal media storage. Browse more polar bear wide range wallpapers

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For the Layout of the website for Polar Meltdown  i have chosen the Linear structure because it runs in chronological order from the beginning to the end which can consist of one page or numerous pages as the elements are linked in direct succession with  ‘Next’ and ‘Previous’ button at the bottom of the page. The use of the linear structure will make the website easy understand and use.

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Evaluating the Use of typography within my FMP 

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Evaluating the Use of typography within my FMP 

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Throughout the year within contextual sessions and my Projects Alternative Miss World and Being Human I have constantly been looking at typography, from the use of typography in DADA to the London Underground typeface. I have found that my research and work that I have done throughout the year has given me the information that has allowed me to use typography within my FMP to a high quality that the Typography presents a massage and doesn't need explaining.

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Currently I had decided to place the boxes and the cube in the 3D studio at college and have the branding for Polar Meltdown set up in the 2D studio. Leaving the Boxes and cubes as the point of sale to inform the viewers of the effects that global warming and the branding as the branding of the project.

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Below the Boxes I was going to place a poster explaining what the graphics meant and both dave said that as a graphic designer you should be able to create a graphic that explains its self without the poster saying what it is all about.

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In the back of 3D I was testing different layout of the boxes and the cube for the perspective installation using a chair and some polystyrene blocks to the angle the cube into the correct position. After a range of different arrangements. I have found that having the boxes either side of the cube, is really effective because when you walk past from distance the graphics on the boxes and the cube are all moving and align at differ positions. This makes it really eye catching when you are walking past.

However I can't use the chair and the polystyrene blocks for my final installation because they don't look very professional. When it comes to setting up my perspective installation I will have to work out how I'm going to mount the cube in the correct position.

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Reflection on the Perspective Boxes and Cube Illusion

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Reflection on the Perspective Boxes and Cube Illusion

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Overall I am not happy with the finish of the painting of the graphics onto the boxes. It doesn't look very professional because of where i have gone over my guide lines and the paint marks left by the masking tape. From a distance however the graphics look really good and line up for the graphics to be readable from a distance. The graphics look really professional when you take a photo, the lines look crisp and accurate. Out of the two boxes I am happy with the 2050 however the end of life box could have done with a bit more time spent on the design however I ran out of time.

Im really impressed by the overall quality of the cube and it would be something that I would do again in future projects.

The painting of the graphics, within the industry I wouldn't have to pain the graphics onto the boxes my self because I would design the graphics and then I would pay someone who specialises in the area to paint the graphics onto the boxes. This will result in a high quality finish.

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Using wood adhesive  I assembled the box joining the boxes together using the finger joints. I waited 30 mins for the adhesive to dry to allow me to then paint the remainder of the inside of the box white and the outside faces of the boxes white so they match the boards that will be up for the installation.

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Assembling and Painting - Painting the Graphics

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Assembling and Painting - Painting the Graphics

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Using the smallest paint brush I could find at home I painted the graphics, using masking tape to keep my paint lines as straight as possible. I disassembled the boxes and as accurate as possible I painted the graphics on the boxes faces.

After a couple of coates of paint on the graphics for the boxes I assembled the boxes toegterh using wood glue and left them to dry for 30 mins

Once the glue was dry I then painted the inside edges of the boxes and the outside of the boxes to match the boards for when I set up my installation.

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Assembling and Painting - Drawing Graphics onto Centre Columns

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Assembling and Painting - Drawing Graphics onto Centre Columns

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When projecting the graphics onto the boxes I found that the centre column graphics was perfecting too low because of the distance it was away from the projector and the scale of the design. so to move the graphics up I taped a sheet of paper to the centre column and sketched the graphics accurately onto the paper. By sketching the design on the paper I will be able to move the graphic up the centre column to ensure that it will align with the rest of the graphic so that the perspective installation will be the most effective to the viewer. Once the graphic for the centre column was in position I cut the graphic out leaving a template for me to then draw the graphic onto the centre column.

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Assembling and Painting - Drawing Graphics onto Boxes

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Assembling and Painting - Drawing Graphics onto Boxes

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Now that I had decided what graphics I was going to present on the perspective boxes, I aligned the projection and accurately drew the graphics on to the boxes. I hadn't glued the boxes together yet so i was able to disassemble the boxes for when I paint the graphics on to the boxes the painting will be a higher quality finish.

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Hello and welcome to my Padlet for my Research and Design Development for my FMP

If you scroll to the bottom of the list you will find my initial research. Select the Polar Bear Research Pin and it will Pop up into the centre of your screen. Then using the next and Previous arrows at the top of the page you can look through my Research and Design Development for my FMP in chronological order.

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After looking at the different words and layouts of the graphics to be projected and then drawn on to the cube. for the first box I feel that the 2050 1b design works best and graphically explains the message that by 2015 over two thirds of the population of the polar bears will be extinct, this is presented with the use if the logo circles for the 0's using the first circle from the logo for the 20 and he third circle for the 50 because around two thirds of the circle if covered in the water blue because the sea levels are rising.

For the second box I wanted to finish with a key word or phrase. Looking at vulnerable and endangered they didn't really fit with the 2050 and the circles from the logo didn't seem to fit within the design. Looking on the online thesaurus I first looked at endangered and then branched off onto in danger then extinct and i came across End of Life.

"2050 End Of Life" seemed to work and using the circles off the logo I used the fourth circle as the O which meant that the circles within the design are in chronological order. Now I have worked out what graphics I am going to put on the  boxes I will project them on and draw the outline for each character.

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Using the first circle from the polar meltdown logo i then inserted the text Endangered and projected it into the box to see what it would look like.

When looking at the projection inside the box I found that there was too much going off and the viewer would not interact with the perspective element and it would take along time to draw and paint accurately.

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Looking at the circles within the logo and the polar bear information about the scientist prediction that two thirds of the polar bears population will be extinct by 2050 I found that using circle 1 for '0' in 20 represented the polar bear population now and then instead of circle 4 I used circle 3 for the '0' in the 50 because two thirds of the polar bear and the circle was covered by the water levels rising in the icon. I felt that the new layout explained the information i wanted to present explaining its self well compared to the Box perspective graphics 2a.

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When looking through my polar bear research scientist have predicted that by 2050 over two thirds of the population of polar bears will be extinct so I put together the type for 2050 using circle 1 from the logo as the '0' in 20 and circle 4 for the '0' in 50.
However when I was looking if the graphic explained its self it. The use of circle 4 explains that the polar bears will be extinct by 2050 where actually scientists have predicted that two thirds of the polar bears population will be extinct. so the make the graphic explain its self clearly I will see which of the other circles from the Polar Meltdown logo will work best

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When looking through my polar bear research the polar bears extinction risk is Vulnerable.
Using the second circle from the polar meltdown logo i used the circle to replace the A in text Vulnerable and projected it into the box to see what it would look like.

When looking at the projection inside the box I found that there was too much going off and the viewer would not interact with the perspective element and it would take along time to draw and paint accurately.

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I then painted the inside faces of the boxes white so i didn't have to paint around the graphics once I had drawn and painted them on to the boxes because it wouldn't have looked very presentable. So I painted the white on first. I avoided the edges of the sides so the paint didn't effect the size of the joints resulting in the box not fitting together

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When I first assembled the boxes for my perspective installation the centre column didn't fit because when I was drawing the design up in 2D Design, I forgot to add tolerance to the joint to allow the centre column to fit. After a long amount of sanding the centre column slotted into the joints on the top and bottom panel.

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Once the wood adhesive had dried I then used masking tape and taped the white area off and painted the thick black lines into the cube, to allow the cube illusion to come to life with the graphics positioned within the cube.

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After changing my design of the logo and icons I have updated the net to be related to the design. I added on two faces the first circle and the fourth circle within the design to show a progression where the polar bears are now and where they will be if we don't make a change. I then printed it out to see if the shapes work with the cube illusion and it did.

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Action Plan for assembling and Painting the Boxes and Cube

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Action Plan for assembling and Painting the Boxes and Cube

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Plan of Action - Boxes
1. Prime all the MDF
2. Assemble the boxes and tape together
3. Project the Graphics onto the boxes and then draw the outline in pencil
4. Disassemble the boxes and paint the graphics on in detail
5. Reassemble and use wood Adhesive to glue the boxes together to make them stronger
6. Wipe away excess glue
7. Paint the outside of the boxes and inside in white around the Graphics.

Plan Of Action - Cube
1. Prime all the MDF
2. Use Wood adhesive and assemble the cube together
3. Paint the graphics in the relevant colours and the centre of the cube in white and the lines in black

Once complete I then need to work out how I am going to poison and start the boxes and cube on to work best within my installation.

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Design Idea 2 Circle Multiply effect Trail

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Design Idea 2 Circle Multiply effect Trail

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I layered all four circles above each other and changed the layer style to multiply which created an interesting graphic which looks like the polar bear is

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To paint the graphics on to both the Cube and the Boxes I took a print out of the colours used within the logo and looked through Wilko's paint samples and came across Lupin for the Light Blue and Sonic for the Dark Blue. These was the closest colours to match the printer that I could find. If I was to do this projects again or if i had more time I would send of the colour codes to get the paint mixed to that specific colour.

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Assembling & Painting - Painting the Cube

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Assembling & Painting - Painting the Cube

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Before I glued the circles onto the cube face I painted the cube faces white and then I painted the graphics in the correct colours. After I had done a couple of coats of the paint I used wood adhesive to glue the graphics onto the cube sides. I left the glue to dry then assembled the cube side together.

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Using an MDF Primer I sealed the MDF so that the material doesn't absurd water and the paint. If I didn't seal the MDF it would have taken a long time to paint because it would require a lot of coats of paint. For the sealer I added two layers, the first layer followed by the second 30mins later. After the second coat I left the MDF for two hours so I can then apply the Paint.

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Polar Meltdown Branding - Business Cards

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Polar Meltdown Branding - Business Cards

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Something quick and easy to give to the public is business cards, containing contact information. Using the pattern to show consistency within the brand for the front of the business cards and then the logo and text on the back of the business card.

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When talking to my neighbour she had just set up her own business "Laser Hill Creations" who uses the laser cutter in her garage to cut accurately different designs out of wood and acrylic. I have been given access to the laser cutter to cut my 6mm MDF for my different perspective installation parts. Before I can laser cut the Installation parts I need to draw the designs up in 2D Design.

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As well as posting my work on behance I also use twitter. Using my graphics twitter account throughout my FMP I have been posting updates on my progress, getting likes and retweets on my tweets to help promote myself as a designer and to make my work known. By gaining the likes and retweets this gives me the feedback that I am creating work that people like.

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To share my work, with the intention of getting feedback and to get myself known within the industry I have shared my work for my FMP on my behance profile.

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For my FMP at college I wanted to make people more aware of the impacts of Global Warming on the Polar Bears. So I created the Brand Polar Meltdown. The Graphics I will be presented using different perspective installation techniques.

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Like WWF, Polar Meltdown is a Charity that would take donations, which the money raised goes towards protecting the Polar Bears with the end goal of preserving the life of the polar bears taking their Extinction risk status from vulnerable to least concern. When a donation is made to Polar Meltdown the person who makes the donation receives a gift bag which contains the information pack about the Polar Bears. It comes with a t-shirt, pin badges and Polar Meltdown Business cards.

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Since posting my designs on behance. I was showing Matt my brand for the Polar Meltdown he suggested creating little 25mm pin badges which you can order from awesome merchandise. (http://www.awesomemerchandise.com) Using Adobe Photoshop I mocked Up each of the pin badge.

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A common theme when Inhale been looking through ranges of branding for inspiration such as
https://www.behance.net/gallery/38416317/Le-Fruit

https://www.behance.net/gallery/37517385/Mon-Choco

After looking at the designs above and other examples of patterns in branding I used the 4 circles from the logo and rotated them by 45 degrees ad then duplicated the graphics until they covered the whole page.

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After seeing the flag in the marina in Lagos Portugal I mocked up a flag design located within the artic. This mock up puts the Polar meltdown brand in a real scenario with the flag planted within the artic, stating an protected area for the Polar Bear. With the artic ocean and ice cap in the background.

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Below is the t-shirt design for Polar Meltdown. I positioned the logo in the centre of the t-shirt to make it stand out to the views and I selected the t-shirt colour of white to represent the ice caps and the cloud of the Polar Bears fur

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Instead of having the sea level rising up the circle, dave suggested why not see what it looks like if the water levels was rising around the polar bear and the circle would be the ice cap melting and getting smaller towards the centre of the circle. However I found that this design could be really confusing and would probably not have the same effect as the designs within my design development and my final design.

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For the Final Design for the Polar Meltdown logo I positioned the circles into a square and positioned the text below.

- Circle 1 is the polar bear outline with the ice caps / skyline behind. (Endangered)

-Circle 2 is the water level rising over the polar bear with the ice caps / skyline behind. (Going Extinct)

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The sea levels are rising up the circle the white is the ice caps melting and the light blue is the skyline behind.

- Circle 3  is the water level rising over two thirds of the polar bear with the ice caps / skyline behind. (Going Extinct) (2050)

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The sea levels are rising up over two thirds of the ice caps melting and the light blue is the skyline behind.

- Circle 4 full the sea level has risen above both the ice cap / the polar bear (Extinct)

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to compare the differences between the different logo combinations I mocked them up on to tshirt designs.

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In Adobe Illustrator using the vectors that I had created for the icon of the logo and then using the typeface with the characters Polar Meltdown I repositioned the text and icons to see which combinations worked best as a logo design for the brand. As a trial I layered each of the circles in order on top of each other and adjusted the layer style of the vector parts to multiply and got the bear with multiple levels over the polar bear outline. I then mocked up the different logos on t-shirts to look what design was the most effective. Using Aaron James Draplin's designs as influence

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For the logo of my brand Polar Meltdown I chose to used the font Bebas Neue because It wasn't a sans serif typeface with no slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter. I also chose Bebas Neue because the plain block letters are moonlike, meaning that they demonstrate the hardly any variation in the stroke width throughout the typeface. This is similar to the London underground font created by Edward Johnston's typeface called Johnston Sans.
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/bebas-neue

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For the logo after looking at the different colour combinations I found that the colours R:152 G:213 B:233 and R:40 G:141 B:193 and the use of a R:255 G:255 B:255 background. I have used the blue colours because the darker blue represents the water, and the lighter blue can represent the ice caps and the sky. The use of Blue also works because blue can stand for peace and perseverance and the purpose of my project is to make people more aware of the effects of global.

The white represents the polar bear within the image but the white also means critical and innocent. Critical because by 2050 over two thirds of the population will be extinct. Innocent because the polar bears haven't contributed to the causes of global warming.

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To find out what the public think of my design idea 1 I went out and asked members of the public if they understood what the logo and the different icon was all about they found it hard to understand because there was too much going off within the logo. This is because designers see things differently and find the logo and icons easy to understand, however if you are not very creative you might find it difficult to visualise the message an to understand the meaning of the logos and icons.

From this feedback I think i need to go back to the drawing board and work on simplifying my designs to make it easier for the public to understand. To simplify my designs i am going to go and look at the different meanings of different colours and shapes. I will also look into Aaron James Draplin who is an artist that I gain inspiration off.

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Perspective Installation - Cube Illusion Graphic Trail

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Perspective Installation - Cube Illusion Graphic Trail

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After assembling the net for the cube illusion I attached it to the Cardboard cube from my first trial and looks to see how well the graphics worked on the cube.

When I asked for feedback about the graphics on the cube they said the cube illusion is still easy to see, you sometimes have to squint its just the text doesn't seem to fit and work with the cube illusion.

From this feedback I had a go at adjusting the angle of the logo and the angle of the text however I found that the new angles of the text didn't look right and beth said the same. So I went back to the original angle of the text and the logo.

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Cube Box Illusion - OK GO Writings On The Wall Music Video

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Cube Box Illusion - OK GO Writings On The Wall Music Video

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From the video I found that the cubes were one of the most difficult illusions to create. They were designed in a 3d virtual software from which building plans were created.

From this I wanted to challenge myself and see if I can create a cube illusion

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OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall BTS: Cubes Montage

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To watch the video, and for a virtual tour of the video shoot featuring dozens of behind-the-scenes videos visit http://okgo.net/wotw/

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Diorama - OK GO The Writings On the Wall

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Diorama - OK GO The Writings On the Wall

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One person pushed the rolling camera rig, while another pulled Damian on a dolly and everybody counted, large number plates stuck along the length of the set-up helped everyone to keep in line.

In the Video the images was captured using a camera which rotated however I believe that this would be a good way to present the information about the effects of global warming to the public because it will make the viewer want to find out what the installation says and then they will remember what the information because they will be able to interact with the final installation

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OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall BTS: Dioramas Montage

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For the Cube illusion now that I have tested the illusion I wanted to add graphics to the cube. To do this I created a net in Adobe Illustrator and placed the graphics in the correct places and printed and assembled the cube to see if the illusion worked. For the graphics I Choose to use Design Idea 1 Logo and then the use of text saying "Population 20,000 - 25,000 Left in the wild" to inform the viewer which is the purpose of my installation.

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Reflecting on what I have done so far for my FMP

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Reflecting on what I have done so far for my FMP

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Rejecting on what i have done solar, after conducting the research into different types of perspective installations. I have then gone and worked out how to produce 3 of the perspective installations. For the each of the installations I have designed graphics for them and then graphics to be presented around the different installations, however I need to develop more designs for the installations to make the design and brand for Polar meltdown stronger. From Nigels work I have managed to get big sheets of 6mm MDF that I can use to build my final installation. However if I am going to use the boards I will have to get access to a Laser Cutter, which will allow me to have a nice clear cut and accurate finish to my work. Once I know that I have access to a laser cutter I will be able to draw the different faces of the boxes, the cube ect in 2D Design. I think for my Final installation I am going to produce the cube Illusion and have 2 diorama installations. I have worked out the dimensions of the Boxes being 500mm wide and 320mm depth and 320mm high. I just need to work how the projection would look within that space.

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Is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water.The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface.

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Magic Mirror, 1946
The Magic Mirror is a lithograph print

The painting is a mirror standing vertically on wooden supports on a tiled surface. The perspective is looking down at an angle at the right hand side of the mirror. There is a sphere at each side of the mirror. The main focus of the image is a procession of small griffin (winged lion) sculptures that emerge from the surface of the mirror and trail away from it in single file. Both the angular reflection of the tiles and the offset between the reflection of the sphere in front of the mirror and the sphere behind it prove it is a mirror. Yet the reflection of the griffin procession continues to emerge from behind the mirror. The griffin processions of both sides loop around to the front and enter a tessellated pattern (A tessellation of a flat surface is the tiling of a plane using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellations can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of geometries.)on the tile surface.

This Piece of Maurits Cornelis Escher's Work caught my eye because of the Use of the mirror within the image and it reminded me of the feedback that a received in the group criticism 1 was to look at mirrors  for my perspective work.

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Drawing Hands,
Drawing Hands is a lithograph print

It depicts a sheet of paper out of which, from wrists that remain flat on the page, two hands rise, facing each other and in the paradoxical (seemingly absurd or self-contradictory.) act of drawing one another into existence.

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To get a bit of feedback at the time Matt and Jordan was working in the 3D Studio I asked them to look at the design idea development 1c to see if they understood what the 4 circles represented and they both said the sea levels are rising due to the ice caps melting causing the polar bears to become extinct because of the end circle being a full block of one colour.

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Aaron James Draplin is a Graphic Designer from Portland Oregon. He is the founder of the Draplin Design Company (DDC). Draplin studied eat the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. After leaving college in 2000 he got his first job working for a Snowboarding Magazine. In 2002 he was asked to go and work at Cinco Design Office who create designs for Nixon and Gravis. At Cinco Designs he became senior designer. Whilst working for Cinco he was also taking on Freelance work which after 2 years started to compete with his day job. It was then he realised he could make more money off the clock in his own time. And In April 2004 he made the leap and went completely freelance. During his freelance career he has created designs for Nike and Obama. Although as Aaron calls it Getting call up to the Big leagues he says that sometimes the work he does for no money, just to help a friend start his own company (Cobra Dogs) far outweighs doing work for thousands of pounds. Draplins biggest client is him self creating Field notes, and different pieces of clothing, and merchandise which are available on his website and when he does his public speaking. In May Draplin released his first book. "Draplin Design Co. Pretty Much Everything. Aaron James Draplin" Which tell his story from the very beginning and presents his work that he has designed over the years.

Draplin collects old boxes of packaging, pin badges and other product that out
people would think are junk but he loves to look at the styles of design that was created a long time ago and uses it for inspiration when designing.

I am inspired by Aarons James Draplins style of work because of the vector style of his work within Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop for his images. I first came across Draplin on youtube and since then I have been following his work. His passion for design is inspiring and really makes you want to get designing and be like Draplin.

http://www.draplin.com

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After designing the Design Idea 1 I started to look at the text and then name for my brand that will inform the viewer about the effects of global warming. For names i wrote a list of the different ideas that I had:
-Polar Problem
-Polar Preservation
-Polar Meltdown
-Melting Polar Impacts
-Polar Protection
-Polar Preservation Program
From the list above I found that Polar Meltdown was best suited for my project because polar bears are effected by the melting of the ice caps which is caused by global warming which is reducing the polar bears habitat causing their hunting areas being cut off or too far away.
Once i had found a name for the brand I started working on the typography for the logo finding out wha would work best with the icon.

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Impartial: White suggests fairness and neutrality because of the balance and equality of all the colors contained within it.

Rescuer: White rescues us from the dark. It is the white knight, rescuing the damsel in distress.

Futuristic: Symbolizing a clean slate, we can envisage anything with white.

Efficient: White is clean and clinical, giving an impression of efficiency and organisation.
Innocence and purity: White is the beginning of everything, before anything is muddied or thinking is 'colored'.

New beginnings: White represents the clean slate, helping us through times of stress, and allowing us put the past behind us and preparing us to move on.

Equality and unity: White represents the positive as well as the negative aspects of all colors. It contains an equal balance of all the colors of the spectrum.

Positive keywords include: innocence, purity, cleanliness, equality, complete and whole, simplicity, immaculate and neat, self-sufficient, pristine and open, new beginnings.

Negative keywordsinclude: sterile, stark, fastidious, empty, isolated, cautious, plain, distant, unimaginative, critical and boring.

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Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect.

Communication: Blue relates to one-to-one verbal communication and self expression.

Peace and calm: The color blue induces calm and peace within us, particularly the deeper shades.

Honesty: Blue is the colour of truth.

Authority: The darker the color blue, the more authority it has.

Religion: Blue is the colour of devotion and religious study.

Wisdom: Blue enhances the wisdom of the intellect.
Conservative: The color blue is a safe colour - the most universally liked colour of all.

Predictable: Blue is not impulsive or spontaneous and it doesn't like to be rushed - blue needs to analyze and think things through, and to work to a plan.

Orderly: Blue needs to have direction & order- untidiness and unpredictability overwhelms it.

Rigid: Blue likes familiarity. It doesn't like change and will stubbornly do things its own way, even if there is a better way.

Positive Color Meanings in Business:
loyalty, trust and integrity, tactful, caring and concerned, reliability and responsibility, conservatism and perseverance, idealistic and orderly, authority, devotion and contemplation, peace and calm

Negative Color Meanings in Business:
rigid, deceitful and spiteful, self-righteous, superstitious and emotionally unstable, too conservative, predictable and weak, unforgiving and frigid, manipulation, unfaithfulness and distrust

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Perspective Installation Research - Mitsubishi Behind the scenes

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Perspective Installation Research - Mitsubishi Behind the scenes

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From behind the scenes I found out that for each of the videos no CGI was used to create the different perspective adverts, all that was used was a camera on a set of tracks which the camera moves along to a different position to reveal the perspective  illusion within the video.

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The Making of Mitsubishi Channel 4 Sponsorship Idents

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Mitsubishi Motors UK have produced a new set of short films (idents) as part of our sponsorship of Documentaries on 4. Each film features a series of illusions, in which our great range of cars feature from start to finish. These thought provoking new films build on the established 'Changing Perceptions' theme associated with the sponsorship.

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Circles commonly represent unity, wholeness, and infinity. Without beginning or end, without sides or corners, the circle is also associated with the number one.

circles can also mean: Protection, Ouroboros, Sun Symbols, The element of Spirit.

By using a circle shape for the logo of the brand for my FMP it can mean Protection. Protection of the Polar bears population to ensure that they don't go extinct.

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http://okgo.net/wotw/ After watching the OK GO - The Writings on the Wall music video I will now look through the behind the scenes videos for all of the 20 different perspective installations and then test the different installations that I believe would look best for my installation for my project.

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Looking at different colour combinations for the logo / icons

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After looking back through my research, designs and the different meaning of the colours and shapes I started to simplify my designs.
Speaking with dave about simplifying my designs we used the graphics that I had already created in Adobe Illustrator and looked at having several circles.

I chose to go with circles because it can mean Protection. Protection of the Polar bears population to ensure that they don't go extinct.

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When looking over my research I liked the designs for Nylon De Mexico By Lance Wyman, 1971 because of the way the that the Nylon De Mexico was branded, inspired me to create the branding mock ups for Polar Meltdown.
For the the Brand Polar Meltdown I will now look at designing at t-shirt design pin badges ect

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Whilst on holiday over the spring Bank half term I went to Portugal and in the marina in Lagos I came across a flag which had a circular logo on which consisted of waves, this gave me the idea to produce and present my final logo design onto a flag which I could position within the Arctic to give the brand a professional appearance to the viewers. The logo design on the flag is similar to the designs of Expo '75 Ocean Exposition and The Living Seas, Epoct logo designs.

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Using the laser cutter you send you drawings that you have created within 2D design to cut the your drawings out of a rang of materials

Time wasted trying to figure out the settings of the power and speed to cut all the way though the material.

Finally after a couple of hours we figured that the power had to set at 99% and the speed had to be set at 4%

Laser cutting the MDF 6mm took a long time per face of the boxes and the cube because of the thickness of the material resulted in the setting having to be reduced speed to ensure that the laser cut all the way through the material.

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TechSoft2D Design is a 2D drawing and design software that allows the user to draw their designs using the tool bar to the left hand side of the workspace. from 2D design you can then send your designs to a laser cuter which you can produce your designs in a range of materials up to 20mm thick (wood, cardboard and acrylic for example). Using 2D Design I designed the boxes and the cube drawing actually each side aligning the finger joints which i will use to assemble the

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Perspective Installation Trial - Diorama

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Perspective Installation Trial - Diorama

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To produce the trail for the Diorama installation I used a cardboard box which I then inserted a centre column to create perspective part. For the perspective to work using a projector I projected the graphics into the box and then draw the graphics into position. For the graphics i was working with a bit of typography slicing the text and moving the text up a level using the L in polar and meltdown. I then coloured the graphics in and tested the perspective and when you look at the box in a specific position and angle the words align and say Polar Meltdown. I found it difficult to draw the graphics on because my arm was creating shadows over the projection which prevented me from drawing the graphics on. So to

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From my second group criticism I got the feedback about my Perspective installation trails was that the cube illusion was just the cube illusion what was its purpose for my project. The diorama installation hard to read and understand. This is because it was being read as ar poltdown mel due to the positioning of the text.

From the group feedback I will make the Diorama easter to read if that means simplifying the graphic content, or adding colour to the background or a coloured boarder around the text. For the Cube illusion I will see what effect adding graphics to the cube face has on the cube illusion.

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Perspective Installation Trail - Cube Illusion

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Perspective Installation Trail - Cube Illusion

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For the Cube illusion I used a corner of the cardboard box and used a glue gun to secure the sides of the cardboard together and fix a pencil to the back for me to hold to move the cube illusion so people could see the cube illusion effect. Using black paint for the black lines and white for the fill of the box. I then clamped the cube to a table and had it fixed at a specific angle so the cube illusion was clear and easy to see. When positioning the cube i spent a lot of time working out what position had the most effect to the viewer. If i was to produce this for the final installation this will be harder to produce because the cube will be to a bigger scale.

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From my group Crit 1 Jordan suggested that I Watch the music Video By OK GO for their song The writings on the wall

The Music Video is series of 20 different Perspective installations. This opened my eyes to more opportunities for my final design form FMP and the different options on how to present the information on how global warming is effecting the Polar Bears. However when watching the video it is hard to work out how the different Installations was designed and then created. When reding though the description of the video i came a cross a link to the behind the scenes website made especially for the music video.

I will now use this music video and the behind the scenes to continue my research into the different sections of the music video and work out which installations would work best for my designs.

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OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall - Official Video

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Perspective installation research - Text 

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Perspective installation research - Text 

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When searching for different types of perspective installations I came across Images of text perspective installations and how the different shapes come together to make the the letter come together and spell the name of something, if thats a brand name a specific word. an example is Moca which the designs was first built out of lego to test the design, to see if it works and then was scaled up for the full installation.

I am going to trial building the text for the brand using either Lego or Wire and see how effective the design is for a perspective installation.

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Lawrence Chang | Graphic Design Portfolio

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I was made aware of the work of Maurits Cornelis Escher when discussing my project so far with Dave.

Maurits Cornelis Escher is a Dutch Graphic Artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints.
Maurits drew inspiration from nature, making studies of insects, landscapes, and plants such as lichens, all of which he reused as details in his artworks. He travelled in Italy and Spain, sketching buildings, townscapes, architecture and the tilings of the Alhambra and La Mezquita, Cordoba, and became steadily more interested in their mathematical structure.

His work features mathematical objects and operations including impossible objects, explorations of infinity, reflection, symmetry and perspective

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Perpective Installation research - Shapes

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Perpective Installation research - Shapes

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After looking at triangles I was looking at different I came across this bike perspective installation which uses the shapes on individual rods which from the side look like individual shapes when looked at from the side. However when you look at the shapes all together from another angle the shapes form together a bike.

I could next look at the different shapes and see if this method of perspective works for the designs I will create for my FMP

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From the bear vector that I had used to trail the Perspective Installation on I noticed that the design was built up of different sizes of triangles.

Triangles have different meanings - Gender, creativity, harmony, proportion, ascension, manifestation, illumination, subjectivity and culmination.

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Tim Noble & Sue Webster are both artist who work collaboratively together to create their work. Their work can be divided into the 'Light Works' and the 'Shadow Works'

The Shadow Sculptures incorporate diverse materials including household rubbish, scrap metal and taxidermy animals. By shining light onto these assemblages they are transformed into highly accurate shadow profiles of the artists

The light sculptures, created in tandem with their shadow investigations, are constructed out of computer sequenced light-bulbs that perpetually flash, sending out messages of, often simultaneous, love and hate. The sculptures reference the iconic pop culture symbols of Britain and America, recalling carnival shows and signage typical of working-class sea-side Britain, Piccadilly Circus, Las Vegas and Times Square.
http://www.timnobleandsuewebster.com

When looking at their work I feel that the shadow sculptures would be best suited to the perspective

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From my Group criticism about my work so far I got the feedback off my Peers:

Suggestions on what to look into next for my Perspective Installation was to look at the use of Mirrors and Lights
Perspective work on different Buildings
The use of wire
Using waste products and the shadows they create to create an image.

Artist relevant to my work was Tim Noble and Sue webster who had been suggest to me to look at their work and see if i can enouperate it into my design.

Jordan suggested that I watch the music Video for OK GO's The Writings On The Wall

From my group criticism 1 of my work so far I will act on my feedback of suggestions for people to look at. First I will look at the Tim Noble and Sue Webster and see how their work would influence my work best. I will also watch the Music Video for OK GO's The Writings On The Wall and see how the content within the music Video will help develop my work forward for my FMP.

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After watching the Scout association video I taped two cardboard boxes together at a right angle and then scaled and painted the polar bear vector shape onto the the different faces, for the perspective effect to work effectively the different parts of the polar bear have to be positioned correctly, this took me a long

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Negative space is an inspiring field in the design world, where designers use the alternative colour in a graphic to make a dual imagery and representation of a product. This allows the logo designs to incorporate multiple meanings in to their logo designs. An example of this is the WWF logo and the Guild of Food Writers, where the logo incorporates a spoon within the design of a quill.

https://designshack.net/articles/graphics/80-clever-negative-space-logo-designs/

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When looking into the information about the effects Global warming is having on the polar bear I came across the Information that By 2050 the population of polar bears would be extinct. To show the effect of this information I used the black and white design idea 1 and created a series of designs that showed the sea levels rising and the Polar Bears slowly disappearing as the black rises and fills the circle. The graphic shows a series of developments between now and 2050 with the water rising which means the ice caps are melting and the polar bear habitat is disappearing result in the polar bears being endangered. This collection of graphics is a form of presenting an infographic.

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Polar Bear (Ursus maritimes) Located in the Artic separated into 19 subpopulations. At this current time the Population of the Polar Bears Left in the Wild is around 22,000 - 31,000. With an average rate of 800-1,300 pounds a length of 6-9 feet.

Polar Bears are excellent swimmers, but their preferred habitat is on top of the ice that covers the artic seas for most of the year. This is because that is where they mate and rear their young.

Polar bears are at the top of the food chain and have an important role in the overall health of the marine environment. Over thousands of years, polar bears have also been an important part of the cultures and economies of Arctic peoples. Polar bears depend on sea ice for their existence and are directly impacted by climate change

Polar bears extinction level is Vulnerable (exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.)

Since 1979 the artic sea ice has decreased by 13.4% and this rate is rapidly increasing.

Scientists have predicted that by 2050 over two thirds of the population will be extinct.

The Distance from college is 2,947km

From the information above I will now develop my FMP to present specific information relevant about how global warming is effecting the Polar Bears. I will be presenting my work using different
perspective installations and create brand for my work.

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Using a combination of the Monroe County Pure Waters Agency Logo and the Bear hands logo I made the circle be completely covered by the waves and then inserted the bear outline into the waves changing the colours from back to white and white to black which allowed the outline of the polar bear to stand out within the logo / Icon. My initial design ideas can be found in my sketch book and note book

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Perspective Installation Research - Scout Association

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Perspective Installation Research - Scout Association

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When Scrolling through Facebook in my news feed I came Across this video which uses Box sections postponed in specific angles splitting the Scout association logo into 3 parts. Which are painted on the different faces of the boxes and the wall behind. this allowed the viewer, when looking at the installation straight on the different parts of the logo don't line up correctly. However when the viewer changes the viewing angle the different parts of the scouts association Logo line up presenting the logo to the viewer.

After watching this video as a trial for an idea for my final Perspective Installation i would like to trial this method and see how effective the image is.

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Perspective Installation Research - Mitsubishi Idents

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Perspective Installation Research - Mitsubishi Idents

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I initially got the idea to produce a perspective installation for my FMP after watching the channel 4 Mitsubishi adverts all about changing perceptions with documentaries on Channel 4 (which i had research back in the pathway stage of the course for being human), with the use of the camera angle movement from one side to the other, making the different elements of the scene come together to  create the complete scene.
The Videos included optical illusions using water to change the direction of an arrow. Cube Illusion.
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/04/30/mitsubishi-sponsors-channel-4-documentary-programming-1

http://callumshutt.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/changing-perceptions-through.html

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From the collection of WWF posters that I have found when looking on the internet I found that the posters uses Human references such as home less (animals on the street because they have no habitat left)

Each poster has a slogan / tagline which is portrayed in each of the posters

"Fashion claims more that you think" - The use of Fashion labels on Wild animals for the imagery of the posters.

"give a hand for wildlife" - The use of Hands painted like the different wildlife.

On my Blog I have posted about the different WWF posters that I have found.

http://callumshutt.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/wwf-posters.html

From looking at the posters I have found that in the right hand corner of next to the slogan the WWF logo is positioned next the the slogan in most of the poster that i have come across.

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When searching though Pinterest I came across this logo a bear with a bow tie on.

Bear Hands Studio was formed in 2011 when Steve Conlan and I decided to work together to create iPhone apps.

Our initial plan for Bear Hands was to create iPhone and iPad games for children. However, we started to receive emails from clients about working on apps for companies. As a result, our current branding has a more formal, professional look but still works as a logo for products aimed at young children.

Like the WWF logo the Bear Hands uses negative space to portray the outline of the bear. From this logo I extracted the Bear Outline and edited the different anchor points and created it my own version of the bear which I used to represent the polar bear in design idea 1

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The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of humanity's footprint on the environment.

WWF is renowned and recognized by its famous Panda logo which was designed by Sir Peter Scott, a British conservationist and ornithologist, in 1961. It took off as WWF-UK, the first of the many national organizations within the WWF international network.

DESIGN ELEMENTS OF WWF LOGO

Shape and Color of the WWF Logo:

The WWF Panda logo is an alluring image, which portrays the caring, credible and responsible image of the global environmental NGO. The appeal of the logo brings an inherent emotional feeling and switches the attention to the organization’s causes for a better planet. The WWF logo commands a great commercial value that reflects its appeal and core values.

The organization’s logo actually got inspiration from Chi-Chi, a female giant panda at London Zoo. The simple Panda logo uses only black and white colors, therefore significantly minimizing printing costs.

The earliest WWF logo was designed by its founder Sir Peter Scott, famous British naturalist and painter, in 1961. The original logo was, however, marginally simplified in 1978, and overhauled yet again in 1986.

The current WWF logo was introduced in 2000 with a slight change in font.

The logo uses the design method negative space

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Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and Academy Award winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.

The average lifespan of a Saul Bass logo is an powerful 34 years. Some of his work is still active today and hasn't been replace, for example the designs for Kosé Cosmetics (1959), Kibun (1964), Warner Communications (1972), Girl Scouts (1978) and Geffen Records (1980). With designs as solid, thoughtful and timeless as these, will live a long lasting legacy for the company and the Saul bass design style.

I am inspired by Saul Bass because of the long lasting legacy of his design work and i would like to create design that are as solid, thoughtful and timeless as his logo designs.

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Monroe County Pure Waters Agency By R.Roger Remington, 1976

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Monroe County Pure Waters Agency By R.Roger Remington, 1976

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Like the Living seas, Nylon De Mexico I came across the the Monroe County Pure Waters Agency logo when I was looking through the Book:
Michael Evamy 2007. Logo. Laurance King

This logo caught my eye because of the fluid wave shapes rising up the circular shape of the logo and the use of the black and white within the logo. The waves within the logo i would like to use within the logo for the brand that I am going to design to go along side my final Perspective Installation. The waves for my brand would signify the rise in sea levels.

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Kazumasa Nagai is a Japanese printmaker and graphic designer. He co-founded the Nippon Design Centre. He was known for his Japanese poster designs.

His style evolved from presenting abstract forms to organic ones, animals and plants have become a frequent topic. He is true to the traditional graphical techniques and animals presented on the posters often have symbolic meaning and refer to the tradition of Japanese art. Kasumasa Nagai gives his animals an original form, often simplified and composed into vibrant colors.

http://japanesedesign.pl/2011/kazumasa-nagai/