Project Three - Open Letter

Below is my letter to Geoff Ross, founder of 42 Below.

For a reader friendly version click on the above letter.

Project Three - The Poster

Starting with the below precedent image as a guide, I developed this poster in line with my argument of Geoff Ross being superfluous in his actions.

The money depicted in the poster is floating behind the astronaut to show that the money has no loyalty and there is no allegiance between the two, unlike if the astronaut had created real relationships with real people. The ‘floating’ of the money also represents that the value of money fluctuates (on earth) and is never constant, therefore unreliable.

The astronaut is shown gravitating away from the earth to show that in his greediness he is now lonely. By putting money before his relationships he lost the respect from his fellow peers. I have depicted him in space to show that he got to the top of the world, stepped off and is now lost in the Tarantula Nebula.

The idea of being lost and lonely in space is contrasted with the planet earth in the background, home to people and relationships.

The words ‘Money floats. What do you have now?’ were chosen to demonstrate that this astronaut only held value for money, now that he has lost that, he has nothing.

Poster in situ

I have chosen to photograph this poster in the Wellington CBD during morning rush hour. This end of Lambton Quay is home to many companies that generate large amounts of revenue. The CBD is full of CEOs, CFOs, CIOs and COOs. The poster reinforces my idea quite nicely as I'm sure if I were to ask any of them they would prefer to be with friends and family rather than surrounded by money and stress.

Project Three - Precedent image

Sourced from 7thfold

Project Three - The Word

SELLOUT

I have chosen the word ‘Sellout’ to best depict my stance towards how I feel about 42 Below. When Geoff Ross decided to accept Bacardi’s offer he was gambling with 42 Below’s integrity, morality and principles.

I have used a photo of myself to create a grid by duplicating the photo. This is to illustrate the action of ‘selling out’ where the person or product is no longer special or unique. The heights differ along the grid to show that each person was once an individual before they sold out. Their eyes are also closed to show that they have lost their own identity.

The thread is a series of brandings (or tattoos) of two-dollar coins. The brandings of these coins have left the person looking ill with burn marks and black eyes, showing that these brandings are infecting them. This is to demonstrate greediness being a disease that is hard to forget once it becomes part of you.

The photo has a raw quality to it, which depicts that these brandings are telling the reality; there is nothing fancy for the fallacies to hide behind.

Project Three - Group 15 second clip

View the 15-second clip here

Our 15-second advertisement demonstrates our product in action. The robot is a prototype designed by Dr Hziaogokzaki. The robot enters the impure mind, cleanses it and then exits with all the secrets safely contained in its memory. The mind becoming pure is represented by the clothes changing to white, resembling purity, cleanliness and innocence. We have shot this commercial with a brick background to give an underground feeling to show that the product is still in testing stages.

Team members:

Aimee Lander

Matthew Clough

Chris Hughes

Project Three - Studio 19

SPOT CLEANING COMPANY

‘Your secrets are safe with us’

Spot cleaning company utilises a mind cleansing robotic tool dedicated to cleaning people’s minds of impure thoughts.

Once upon a time the Church could rely on traditional methods to maintain a pure society but as society developed it became more difficult to enforce this. In a desperate attempt to maintain authority the Church began to research and discovered a mad scientist Dr Hziaogoukuzaki, and his radical new neuroscience. Dr Hziaogoukuzaki has developed a small robot that enters minds to cleanse them of impure thoughts. With the financial help of the church, Spot Cleaning Company will be launched on the 16^th of May 2020.

Although frowned upon by many members of society, the ones that are devout followers have given positive feedback in order to keep their minds free of dire thoughts.

Team Members:

Aimee Lander

Matthew Clough

Project Three

The Clip

Here is my final clip for Project Two, but it is better if you view it on Vimeo here.

'It still starts in your mind'

Design idea

My personal stance on design is that no matter how far technology advances and how many different programs are released (although they do make life easier for a designer) the first step of design, a brainstorm or an idea/concept, still comes from a person's mind. Technology doesn't generate ideas but assists designers along the way.

Quotes

"I would say my biggest pet peeve related to the industry would be people focusing on technology instead of design, standards instead of users, and validation rather than innovation. Web standards and best practices are noble goals, but all too often in our community people forget they are a means to an end, not the end itself." - Jeff Croft

"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can’t invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes." - D. H. Lawrence

"It is far better to adapt the technology to the user than to force the user to adapt to the technology." - Larry Marine

"You can’t do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously." - Wim Crouwel

Technology over technique produces emotionless design. - Daniel Mall

Quotes taken from Design was here and Quotes on design.

RESUBMIT

Stop Motion - First attempt and Storyboard

This here is my first attempt at stop motion. Although not 2 seconds (please find the Vimeo link below) I thought this one was pretty simple yet effective.

Two second clip:

For some reason Blogger is not allowing me to upload this clip. But you can view it on Vimeohere instead!

Note: Clips were uploaded six days late but I had received an extension.

Storyboard

Just some things...

Here are a few examples of why I like media design:

This sketch was done in Processing via Mitchell Whitelaw's upload, a remake of Mr Doob's 'Harmony'. See it here. Below is the code used to create the above image.

I find it quite amazing that a piece of code can create different images.

More Processing sketches follow.

http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=2615

This guy here is part of a collaboration called 'Processing Monsters'. This project is interactive and quite cool. View them all here.

The above images are parts of three posters, a collaboration effort between Krzysztof Domaradzki & Piotr Buczkowski inspired by 'The Voice of Energy'. They can be found, along with lots of other great stuff, here.

Photography, animation, film, social media, music production, and the future of technology are all other examples of why I am interested in media design. The experience, interaction and/or reaction that people receive from design motivate me to generate more ideas.

Project Two - Mind Map

MIND MAP

Sorry it's quite hard to read - click to enlarge.

Quote

This quote was spoken by Erik Spiekermann. The full quote is 'It's air, you know. It's just there. There's no choice. You have to breathe, so you have to use Helvetica.

The font is supposed to resemble air, hence why it is not completely bold. It is not supposed to be intruding but you still know it's there.

Typography

Project One

Ex 1: Identity

Ex:2 Draw

Ex 3: Hatch

It says 'HATCH' through the center.

Ex: 4 Section

Ex: 5 Sketch

Ex: 6 Axo

TEST

Test post.