Notion of Trust

"A word so loaded with complexities and textures but so simple at the same time."

"We live in a society that treats an unattended bag as a very dangerous item as opposed to an innocuous object someone might have left behind."

80 artists around the world got involved to show their idea of 'Trust', and through their work was the aim to learn more about the theme and inspire viewers to make their own decisions about what 'Trust' means to them.

"..demonstrate the power of images as a communicative device to overcome language barriers and avoid established pre-conceptions."

How have we as a society developed from being open to judging everything so skeptically, what has lead us to this position? what influences are on us to think this way? (heavily governed? technology? tv? surveillance? laws?)

Are we infact just trying to achieve the perfect society, in which case, who has the right to give us such an aim and to know what the perfect society is?

www.trustmuseum.com
www.emmi.co.uk/work/illustration/trust

Do it without thinking of critics

"We believe that expression should not be fade by the fear of being criticized by others. To illustrate this maxim, we created some large scale types by using only white cloths, paper and thread on natural landscapes as background."

People that walked around the city of Percé would see the whole series of images. I think the concept behind these pieces is interesting, because it's true, people shouldn't feel restricted to express themselves in fear that other people will criticise their opinion/work, afterall our expression in different ways make us who we are.

www.dansedance.com > Things I Have Learned

Disorder Type

Of course it is obvious that this is a production of a typeface, but if put into a different context entirely there could be a whole new meaning that could be taken from it.

In the context of society, it shows our despondence not to conform with the regulations we are supposed to follow, in a world where everyone is trying to be different and unique, to break these laws of living and stretch them ever further.

keepinspiring.me/2010/02/disorder-type/

Block Stories

40 x 40 cm blocks that have been painted on each side.

The idea behind this is so that people can move the blocks around and re-order them to build their own story, therefore every story is going to be unique considering everyone will interpret every image in their own way in the first place, and then also interpret a entirely different story with them.

www.behance.net/Gallery/block-stories/418734

Is there a connection between sound, vibrations and physical reality?

The title used as a question is what I find allows me to make relations to the images, my eyes are drawn to the points in which the lines originate and they always seem to result in meeting at one point.

http://butdoesitfloat.com/263170/Is-there-a-connection-between-sound-vibrations-and-physical-reality

Stargate Showreel

It's amazing how the smallest of things on tv nowadays have been changed or added in to make the final piece. I guess it just opens up for no limits.

Found via keepinspiring.me

Signalnoise Broadcast #3

Another interesting talk by James White, great to see the development of his work throughout the last couple of years.

I have found these broadcasts a great opportunity to get to know the designer himself, which is just as important as the work itself, you can really see where his thought processes and inspiration arise from, and the interesting part is that this process is different for everyone.

Channel 4 3D Week

Not sure how this will go down, should be pretty interesting at least. Chance to see Derren Brown, movies, The Greatest Ever 3D Moments and others in 3D.

3D facts | www.channel4.com/programmes/3d-week

Signalnoise Broadcast #2

''to me I never think of my art as a destination, i never think of it as something that's gonna be finite, because if you think that way and then you achieve that goal your gonna be left with what do I do now''
-James White


Another broadcast from James White at Signalnoise.com, this time I wanted to ask a few questions and join in for a change rather than just view, this way you can get to hear what ever interests you the most, turned out really well.


(20:47) Where do you believe you gain your most valuable inspiration?
comes from everywhere, start everyday flickr, bookshelf stacked with art and design books, online, design resource, big great world of inspiration


(37:31) Did you start out hoping to produce work one day for magazines such as ComputerArts, or was it more of a personal adventure and see where it takes you?
just starting doing a blog, just started making art and uploading it

"to me I never think of my art as a destination, i never think of it as something that's gonna be finite, because if you think that way and then you achieve that goal your gonna be left with what do I do now, so I always, to this day I still see art as a journey, your gonna do this thing and your gonna learn from it"

something that happens as a snowball effect to art that I created to hang on my wall, it would be nice/amazing, "looking at art as a king of path, as a journey, is kind of the only way to go, as it eliviates all this pressure of the goal of getting published, make art for you, do it because you love doing it, never see anything as a conclusion, try to do things as if I would be doing it forever


(54:14) How have you met some of your fellow designers, such as Joshua Davis & nickalexander?
intimidating at first conference, met Josh Davis in April, talked about what working on and inspirations


(01:11:43) Alot of people say mistakes play a big part in gaining experience, is there any you have learnt from? (if any)
you have to screw up alot to know how things work

"never ever stop, the more hours you put in the more powerful you will become"

never ever stop, never get discouraged by a mistake, "watch what other people do", still learning stuff everyday, never have a one rigid process you go through


Other interesting stuff talked about:
How did you first start to get into design?
Do you give out your source files to your client?
What's the hardest part for you in designing a poster?
Getting contacted to create a Google Chrome theme?
Where did your unique style orginate from?
Is the sketch book more important than a computer?

Studios

Looking through this series of photos of people's studios, it's amazing how clean and almost blank some places are, I see a studio to be something where a place for inspiration is.

I suppose there would be little distractions in a clean studio, and being surrounded by the same stuff all the time (unless you change it) could possibly become uninspiring after some time.

http://www.uniteditions.com/archives/your-studio-1-10/
http://www.uniteditions.com/archives/your-studio-11-20/
http://www.uniteditions.com/archives/your-studio-21-30/
http://www.uniteditions.com/archives/your-studio-31-40/
http://www.uniteditions.com/archives/your-studio-41-50/

Design Chat

After watching James White on the Signalnoise broadcast his website lead me to what seems to be a great source of design related chats at http://designchat.info/.

Worth watching to get into the mind of designers.

James White - Signalnoise Broadcast

''don't ever think you need a client to do something''
-James White

I've always followed James White on Signalnoise.com and he has just finished a live broadcast on ustream.tv where he has been answering live questions from viewers.

He gives his opinions to many different design related questions from viewers watching the broadcast, most of which is very much related to what I want to gain in experience.


Some interesting points picked up while watching:

Pricing and time, client satisfaction & working with others.

Inspiration - Although he lives in quite a small area and workplace this does not limit his ability find inspiration, power of the internet, loves retro, things that were awesome when he was a kid, in the morning a cup of coffee and flickr, inspiration is everywhere.

Advice to designers who want to break into the industry - consider the type of work, type of clients, don't limit yourself 9-5, normal priorities after education is generally #1 job in design agency #2 freelance, do your own stuff, don't stop, don't ever think you need a client to do something, you be your own boss/specification, grow portfolio + your only going to get better at what you do

You can't count on a client to teach you new things, unique touch doing your own stuff, if you paint show them your paintings etc, show them what you love doing, never limit your portfolio

Design process - sketch 40 little thumbnails, 30 secs to do each thumbnail which include type logos flare etc, then onto illustrator to produce little colour studies.

Do employers look at education experience rather than quality of work - Ultimately you might have the best diploma in the world but the work speaks for itself - portfolios bark louder than paper, depends on agency.

The Daily Scrapbook

"I make books out of scraps. Does that make them scrapbooks? I suppose they are. At the very least, it's my way of keeping things that come across my desk, making compositions that look interesting. Green is a good color, but orange is even better. Numbers: what graphic designer doesn't like numbers? Is it a pattern that holds everything together, or is it the repetition? All I know is that I find it endlessly interesting to stare at a page and make relationships with color, shape and form."

- Quote from http://thedailyscrapbook.com/

Disseration Example

Dissertation based on Apple therefore has been presented the way Apple packages their own products. The actual dissertation itself has been produced like a product manual tucked inside the packaging.

http://www.maaku87.co.uk/#30901

Lost Shepard

Article from a newspaper about Shepard Fairey, who did the Obama poster, "standout image of 2008".

Fleuron

I’ve been wondering around hundreds of blogs for quite sometime, one of the best and most inspirational blogs I’ve come across so far has to be fleuron.com.

A great section of this blog is the Creative Directory, which is a collection of bookmarks and links to various designers. Also the pixel wall is a nice touch, creating opportunities for designers to get recognised.

Breaking Habits

''We were taught to memorize and take extensive notes. But memorizing takes up mental space and leads to forgetting. Especially as we start to get senior moments, organizing information in a readily accessible manner is much more important than memorizing facts. Memorizing also consumes our precious energy for creativity.''

Interesting reads on the Behance Magazine, where does our creativity come from? how can we develop it? and the more we learn other things do we leave room for creativity?

Full Article - Tip: Breaking Schoolhouse Habits
Full Article - Tip: Pressure Can Push Good Ideas Forward