Some of the 100 Final Outcomes

Above are some of the outcomes i have created.

16page Catalogue - Final Outcome

This is the final outcome of my 16 page catalogue -part of the Major Project-. I like the fact that each of the double-spreads are different to each other. Each page is different because each final piece is different too. The only common element is the page number and the fonts used for the titles and text.

Final Summary Post

This year is coming to its end and I would like to make a post describing my

feelings about my first year at London College of Communication and more

specifically about my course, FdA Design For Graphic Communication. During the

first days of the university I faced some problems for two reasons. Firstly, the most

of my classmates are older than me, and some of them have previous experience

on Graphic Design, either as students on another course or as freelance graphic

designers. The second problem was about my English Language, as it is the first

year for me living in UK. Although, I faced these problems very quickly -2-3 weeks-.

About my progress and development on my studies I am really happy. I started with

a really bad grade on the first project - Graphic Design Fundamentals- (D) because

I did not know exactly how it works in general. Further more, I had some difficulties

on how to manage my time till the deadline and finally I wasn't very good on Adobe

Indesign. The previous years (IB program) I used programs like Illustrator and

Photoshop.

From the Term 2 till the period now I feel really developed. Firstly, it is very

important the time management I do for each project and the term overall. I have a

schedule and I try to be as consistent as possible. Secondly, I learned a lot of new

things on InDesign as I worked on it on a daily basis. The final and very important

fact that helped me was that I looked and researched on many different projects of

both my classmates and professional Graphic Designers. The development of my

work was obvious for both me and my tutors as my grades increased (B, C). Even

on my blog you can see the difference. It started as a page which was updated

every two weeks. Now the links are more to the point ant the comments about my

work are more professional even if the use of English language is not very good.

On the second year of the FdA I need to work harder in order to make my grades

even better and pass for the top up of the BA. The FdA is a very competitive area,

as the area of Graphic Design Industry in general. My goals for the year coming is to work

very hard and take very good grades. Also I want to start working more on the

facilities of the university like Screenprinting, Letterpress, 3D workshop,

Bookbinding etc. I started using some of these techniques on the third year, for my

Major Project.

Moreover, I want to start doing more creative things on my free time like exhibition

visits. I think that this would be very helpful for both my studies and my future in

general.

Hope you all enjoyed my blog!!!

Screenprint Day!

Today, It was my first attempt on screenprint. I really enjoyed the process and I am quite happy with the outcomes. I decided use the screenprint studios for an opportunity to learn the technique and produce some final outcomes for the 100 finals (Major project). More specifically, the outcomes I produced depicts the Greek Parliament in many different colours.

Bookbinding Workshop

During this workshop we learnt how to bind books in several different ways. Then we created some prototypes for each different way. The first way we learnt was the French Fold Books, but in two different ways (See pictures above). The second way of binding we did was stitching. The last way and probably the one I' ll use for the 16page catalogue (part of Major Project) is exactly as the previous one but this time using a stapler.

French Folding (www.nikolausschmidt.com)

French Folding (www.nikolausschmidt.com)

Workshop - Proccess of French Folding

Contrasts & Locations Workshop

During this workshop we designed quick logos for a series of different themes of London. 

-A non-visual London

-A non-aural London

-A non-verbal London

-London as TIME

-London as SOUND

-London as WORDS

-London as SPACE

-London as SMELL

Above is some designs that I did after the workshop using Adobe Illustrator.

Non-visual London 

London as Sound

Colour in the City Workshop

During this workshop we worked in groups of 2-3. Each group chose and research one word in combination with the word Colour. The word that we dealt with was Opacity / Transparency. So, we started working separately and looking for designers that have graphic works using opacity and transparency. We found a very interesting graphic designer named Wim Crouwel. Above is an example of his work.

http://cartlidgelevene.co.uk

Then, as we asked to present our research and ideas to the other students and the tutor, I decided to design my own design combining the Red colour using opacity. 

Invisible City Workshop

During this workshop we read an article of a city and then we designed a typeface that reflects an aspect of the city. The city I designed for was Moriana. So I tried to represent some important aspect of this city on a typeface. I am happy with the result as it was my first try. I think that I will develop it further because I find it very interesting for a starting point.

16page Catalogue Design

This is the first double-spread page designed for the 16-page catalogue which is a part of the Final Major project. I really like the balance on these two pages. I also think that the typography and colours used  successfully.
The above picture designed on Adobe InDesign.

City Rhythms Workshop

London is a 24-hour city but the cycle of day/night, work/play, noise/quiet, etc create differing moods depending on where and who you are. During this workshop the first we did was to listen a variety of different sounds of London (www.soundsurvey.org.uk/). Then, we selected the most interesting ones and we represented the visually using the given grid/shape sheets. Actually, we had to take away or add components in order to express the rhythm of the recordings that we listened.

Visual representation of Rhythm

Fantastic-Imaginery Cities Workshop

During tihs workshop ‘Fantastic-Imaginery Cities’ we experimented with creating characters by taking inspiration from cities. Cities as monsters, Cities as living bodies, Cities as Letters-Fonts.

We designed a series of prints working with blocks of colours and line: doodling on buildings, making stamps and polystyrene prints. 

Series of Prints (A5) - 10 Outcomes