Visual Poetry Slam by Merve Cagsal Svihla https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam Project One en-us 2020-10-15 13:41:59 UTC 2025-11-24 05:15:57 UTC hello@padlet.com We Are Here Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/832313458 I took this picture in front of a Japan restaurant in Shoreditch. As a part of my Welcome Week task, I was looking for some typographies and this one had my attention. The letters first feel like Japanese letters but then it becomes obvious that it's just the font style and written in English. I thought that for a Japanese rest was a very smart and interesting font style to use and it definitely grabbed my attention. 

]]> 2020-10-15 13:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/832313458 The Ideal Project Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/840587043 What excites me about the brief is that I will be making use of my creativity and I will be able to communicate through visually in 3 different ways. Plus I am really interested in learning Typography. 

My user experience skills will be useful with my design process, especially in the research phase. I've worked with double diamond almost in my all projects as a UXer so knowing process will definitely will help.  

I will be exploring a different kind of posters, publications, animations and suitable themes for my selected poem. I quite excited about this actually because I don't really have experience with creating posters, animations, etc. 
]]> 2020-10-19 11:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/840587043 Statement Of Intent Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/846595464 I would like to develop my Typography skills and have a deeper knowledge about it. I am keen to practice more hand drawing. I have solid experience with Adobe XD, Sketch and Figma so I am very excited to learn and master new software, Adobe InDesign. I am also curious about 2D and 3D techniques. I want to improve my skills especially in digital and working in analogue will be also useful and challenging. 

My scope of ambition is making sure that my design communicates in a right way with the audience and gives the message that I intend to give. I want to solve the right design problems by following universal design principles.
In the first phase of my research, I am planning to look at practitioners like Lakwena, Regular Practice, Rejane Dal Bello, Johnny Hannah, Marion Bisserier, Studio Nari, Spin, Marion Deuchars, Kurt Schwitters, Jim Flora, Alan Kitching, Ceri Amphlett, Phil Baines, A2/SW/HK, Nina Chakrabarti, Berthold Wolpe, Daan Rietbergen,  Rob Ryan, Rejane Dal Bello, Graham Rawle, Ian Smith. I would have additional practitioners to research during the process. I would be interested in finding practitioners that have a common audience and try to give a similar message as me.

I believe my target audience is people who either witnessed or experienced gender stereotypes, especially teenagers, LGBT members and young people. I would reach my audience via social media, surveys and survey platforms. After initial research, I might be able to find more ways to interact with them. ]]> 2020-10-20 20:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/846595464 Celebration of "Me" Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/846828145 I think my style tile reflects me pretty well, I like simplicity and elegance in my designs and also in my everyday life. Finding the right career path is a challenging process but I believe I overcame it. My design career started with UX design and I think it suits some of my characteristics like empathy, usability fan, being a team player and I really love everything about UX and it actually motivated to me learn more about design as a whole and master other design practices like Graphic design. Being a both UX and Graphic designer is and will be a huge part of who I am.]]> 2020-10-20 22:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/846828145 Jonny Hannah Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/855904708 Museums Northumberland

I really like Jonny Hannah’s work, his drawings and paintings reflecting his passions, thoughts. His work feels quite crowded but still easily communicates with people. I think Simplicity and complexity combined together in his work. 

]]> 2020-10-23 14:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/855904708 Lakwena Maciver Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/855921791 The Power Of Girl

I admire her work and I think it is very powerful, bold statements and bright colours are very significant in her work. Despite seeming repetitiveness of her style each of her work seems unique.

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]]> 2020-10-23 14:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/855921791 Rejane Dal Bello Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/855948397 Alzheimer 

I really like this specific piece from Rejane Dal Bello, it's a very clever and meaningful way to reflect this unfortunate illness. ]]> 2020-10-23 14:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/855948397 Netflix ‘Abstract: The Art of Design’ Jonathan Hoefler Reflection Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/865376143  The episode was interesting and insightful. He reminded me that typography is everywhere and we just need to look around us a bit more.  It was interesting for him to examine the typefaces used in old watches and I loved the typeface called "Decimal" and it was fascinating to see it's development. I had no idea how much research and effort went into designing a new typeface and witnessing all the process is indeed very exciting. ]]> 2020-10-27 12:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/865376143 Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/898723617 2020-11-06 18:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/898723617 Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/898731114 2020-11-06 18:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/898731114 Risograph Printing -Reflection Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/898744539 I tried the risograph printing for the first time and it was quite fascinating. Apparently it is quite different than classic printers and in my opinion it requires a bit of more care and effort to set it up.
Some facts are:
First of all it uses a soy ink to print, 

after printing you might have wait a bit to let it dry, 

if you want to erase the printed piece you can actually do it!! (weird!!),

you have to use an uncoated paper instead of a classic laser printing paper.

It was really nice to use the machine by ourselves, we learned how to change the ink, setting up the master, etc. ]]> 2020-11-06 18:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/898744539 Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925107422 2020-11-15 20:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925107422 Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925150717 2020-11-15 21:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925150717 Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925151742 2020-11-15 21:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925151742 WORK RADY PADLET LINK Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925159601 https://padlet.com/mervecs/WorkReady]]> 2020-11-15 21:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925159601 GIFS Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925161380 Today I tried to create GIFS using my thumbnail drawings from last week. I used a website called "IMGFLIP" and it was so easy to create those gifs. I quite liked to see my drawings becoming a gif. ]]> 2020-11-15 21:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925161380 InDesign Reflection Mervecs https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925165638 I designed 3 posters using Indesign for a first time. Right now, I am not big fan of InDesign yet but I can tell that it gets easier with use. I enjoyed seeing the final product after all that effort but still there is a lot of features and shortcuts to learn and hopefully with time I will like InDesign a bit more.]]> 2020-11-15 21:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mervecs/Visual_Poetry_Slam/wish/925165638