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This includes both projects 500-worded evaluations.

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This PDF contains both final outcomes for both projects of Visual Thinking 1.

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21351283 Visual Thinking 1 Final Posters

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This poster has multiple photos within it. Why have I done this? Well I wanted to capture Manchester which is my home now. So I incorporated multiple photos into the letter H with specific editing etc. I like this final outcome, I feel like I've shown a journey through Visual Thinking 1 which I'm proud of. If I were to do this project again, I would make sure the cutting out of the letter 'H' was smoother. Finally this poster was meant too only have two colours at most and I've succeeded at that which I'm pleased about. Black & White never fail to go together. Serious and dramatic.

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These photographs were edited then infused into my final poster. I've decided to go black & white as my last project had similar style too it. I wanted this project too be a similar style.

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I'm enjoying this project. I decided to take a variety of text/leaflets and collage them with pen. Why did I do this? This is good practise for my final poster and now I'm starting to thinking more about what i would like the final poster too look like as I've explored a range of media and topics. I thought these pieces were innovative somewhat. they have been edited on Photoshop. From looking at this padlet I feel like I've done my research for this project and my experimentation.

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Experimentation with photographs I took of Fine Art.

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These pieces I've experimented with were featured in the Manchester Art Museum. I enjoyed doing these yet they are very basic and testing the contrast. Why I picked these? Since being in Manchester I've enjoyed exploring this city and especially these museums. Appreciating the past and what we can learn from it. These were edited on photoshop.

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Experimentation with photographs I took of Fine Art.

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Experimentation with photographs I took of Fine Art.

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Experimentation involving bleach on a black towel, then further edited on photoshop.

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In this project the letter I was chosen was 'H'. From feedback from specific tutors, I was informed that the letters we were chosen had to represent something. Mines is 'H', so for the second part of the Visual Thinking Project I will be making a poster with the capital letter 'H'. Currently I'm exploring different options for the letter 'H', though if it were to represent something? It would stand for home. Manchester is now my home, so my project will feature mostly Manchester and exploring my ideas and thoughts.

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These photographs I took were based at the Manchester Art Museum. I enjoyed exploring this location in Manchester. On the right, I've explained more into why I chose this place.

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What interested me about this artist? Well this designers work is eye-catching to start off with. Barcodes and transparent layers are very common within Chris Ashworth's work which works well. Our brief details that we have been chosen a single letter to create a poster with. My letter is 'H', I have a few ideas of how I will create this letter and the aesthetic of it. Chris Ashworth's interests me and is certainly an option to take into account when doing my letter. He is inspired by Swiss design and currently is the creative director for Getty Images. Perhaps I might make multiple text with layers inside a singular letter?

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Whilst continuing to research into the 'Letterspace Project'. I came across this illustrator/graphic artist called Marion Bataille. Why did this work stand out? Well this artist has a particular book called 'ABC3D'. This book features the 26 letters of the alphabet, all with a twist to them through paper manipulation. References like these are refreshing to see and very useful. Marion Bataille was born in 1963, and lives and works in France. These books she creates and publishes are pop up books. In 'ABC3D', mainly the colours revolve around red, black and white. There is a certain style to this book. Why am i mentioning the colours? For this project our final piece must only be two colours, this reference shows certain colours that go well together.

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M/M Paris is an agency established in 1992 by Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag developing creative communication, image and design. Immediately from looking at this agency's website and portfolio. Very impressive... One project this agency had done in particular has caught my eye. They have created 26 letters through photography and collage. I thought these pieces were incredibly innovative and unique. These pieces aren't in colour, I assume this was done for contrast. When looking at these letterforms, its interesting to see what images actually make these pieces up. Why did they choice these certain parts for the letterforms? Perhaps they are exploring beauty.

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For my second project of Visual Thinking 1, I have been tasked with designing a letterform that is informed by a place, space or location that you encounter in your everyday life.

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Researching symbols/fonts in my surroundings:

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Researching symbols/fonts in my surroundings:

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These photographs by no means are finished. They are intended for research. Research for what? I was given a brief known as the 'Found Alphabet'. This project involves the alphabet, photography and letterforms. I chose to explore my surroundings and take some quick photographs of the fonts and signs. They are quick and are mainly focused on the writing. This helped with gathering my thoughts and sparking some ideas.

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This PDF document contains my practise piece for the 'Found Alphabet'. Why did I decide to make a practise piece? I done this because refinement is always a smart decision to do before making anything final, it allows us to make alternatives and practise our layout techniques.

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BA Hons Graphic Design, A Found Alphabet

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This PDF document is my final poster for 'The Found Alphabet Project'. I'm very pleased with its final outcome. I have purposely tried to make these images coincide yet have a few that purposely stand out. This project for Visual Thinking 1 was exciting and very open to interpretation. There was a massive variety of different outcomes which was interesting to see as we all have our own styles and thoughts as designers.

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Final BA Hons Graphic Design, A Found Alphabet

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I chose the letter 'A' for this photograph.

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These images have all been taken from my 'aesthetica' magazine I have in person. I have cropped and edited all of these images. Why in black & white? Personally the contrast is a lot easier to control which means these images look more like certain letters which I intended.

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I chose the letter 'V' for this photograph.

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I chose the letter 'L' for this photograph.

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I chose the letter 'i' for this photograph.

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I chose the letter 'U' for this photograph.

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I chose the letter 'H' for this photograph.

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When I was shown ‘Type Player 3’, I instantly knew this would be a perfect reference for my brief/project. Why? “Type Player 3 displays the best of types, demonstrating how designers don't just design type, but turn it into a subject of play with letters that go beyond the page to capture the unique needs and aesthetic preferences of designers and brands”. For this brief, I think its very a useful refence especially for thinking outside of the box. As designers, why would we not try to push the boundaries. Type as image is on the front of the cover. Why point this out? This brief is asking us to photograph letterforms. The design of this book is very minimalistic yet full. I’ve looked at numerous pages of this book, its full of contemporary alphabetical letterforms which is very useful for research and where I would like to go with this project.

Gingko Press, INC International Concepts (2015). Type Player 3. United States: Gingko Press. 240.

Rose QR LIN. (2014). Type Player 3. Available: https://www.behance.net/gallery/19441463/Type-Player-3. Last accessed 04/10/2021.

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Why have I chosen this particular agency too look at? In my own opinion this agencies work is very impressive. Are they pushing the boundaries of typography? ‘Studio Dumbar’ makes brands become seen, whether they are new or old. It was founded in 1977 by ‘Gert Dumbar’. This design agency has completed many projects and are very well known in the design community. I thoroughly enjoyed researching into the project they had done with adidas. “Adidas Futurenatural”. This project seemed somewhat dystopian. They partnered with adidas to advertise a new series of footwear for athletes. The symbols that were created were featured throughout the ad campaign photographs. This agency and the adidas global design team featured motion graphics and graphic design together throughout the ad for this footwear. It tied together extremely well. Somewhat organic and meant to be. My last note on ‘Studio Dumbar’ is that, there design method is very well done and very informative and I will take this into the future with me as a designer.

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Reimagining, the design aspect of the alphabet:

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Reimagining, the design aspect of the alphabet:

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When researching into my project ‘Found Alphabet’, A piece of work caught my eye. This piece of work is by an artist called Pascale Bonenfant. This artist, well designer recreated the alphabet through exploring a 7-volume work known as “Pays et Nations, le monde en couleurs”. From photos in this 7-volume work, Pascale saw potential and reimagined certain aspects of these photographs into the alphabet by cutting them out of the pages. Why did this piece stand out to me? I thought it was very interesting and it added more detail to the letters. The photographs are in high detail, in my opinion. I think this piece of work is highly innovative. Pascale Bonenfant now works as a graphic design teacher, though she still publishes work. This artist still very much enjoys working with any paper forms.

Pascale Bonenfant. (2012). Alphabet Hunt. Available: http://pascalebonenfant.blogspot.com/2012/08/blog-post.html. Last accessed 04/10/2021.

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Peter Defty began his career in an advertising studio based in Newcastle. Currently this artist resides in West Yorkshire, where he shoots architecture, interiors, still life’s and portraits. Why have I decided to research into this artist? A certain collection of his work called ‘Alphatecture’ caught my eye. This work is similar to the project we have been assigned, ‘Found Alphabet'. The artist Peter Defty has taken many photos of architecture and aligned them seemingly to create the alphabet, I find this very impressive. This series is all featured in black and white. Why no colour? I would imagine especially for architecture photography; contrast is extremely important. He uses the architectural edges and the white space between the buildings to create the shapes of the alphabet. To add even more of a twist, this artist explores different locations around the world to create the alphabet through his photography of architecture. I assume this is because throughout the world, we as humans have many different styles of architecture which keeps it interesting.

Peter Defty . (2020). Peter Defty: alphatecture. Available: https://www.peterdefty.com/. Last accessed 04/10/2021.

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I've decided to look at Lucy Biggs Project as my initial research into this project. This project is interesting, its a collaborative effort to recreate the alphabet in non typical, interesting ways through design. From my first glance at this, I was thoroughly inspired. This is a great reference for this project, each letter of the alphabet has it own individual designer from around the world. Whilst looking into this, I gravitated a lot to the letter 'N'. Why? This design is interesting yet minimalistic. The colours coincide with each other. This piece was designed by Angela Roche, the patterns we see are taken from everyday items such as bathroom lino, soap tray, throw, kitchen tiles, radiator, blinds, tea towel, shirt, jumper, hair brush and a lamp shade!