The two term major project for our third at Ravensbourne is upon us, and whilst I’ve neglected this space for some time, it’s about to change. I have a few posts lined up for the next few days, and from here on in I’ll aim to keep this site updated with the latest goings on. So the major project, what is it?

The goal of the project is to, in some way, enhance a users experience in a museum or gallery. From my point of view, I see many problems with the way museums are laid out and how they function. Some are too stifling, there is very little interaction between the environment and the user. In others there is a lot to be desired when it comes to the way the museum is laid out; users can often become confused as to where they should go next, often finding themselves needing to retrace their step to get to the next exhibition. The goal of the project is to discover these problems and design solutions. Due to the scale that this project can take, I am currently in the process of research in an attempt to discover a target audience I wish to work with, as well as the type of museum I think would be ideal for whatever my solution may be.

Yesterday I took my two younger cousins to the Science Museum in an attempt to experience what it would be like to be responsible for children, whilst at the same time trying to enjoy the museum for myself. I have to admit that whilst I had anticipated what the experience would be like, the actuality of it was far more than I would have expected. Looking after the children takes all of your concentration, and I often found myself being dragged away by them from whatever it was I was looking at. I’ll post a full write up of my findings, along with images over the next few days.

I found this whilst browsing around Design You Trust just now. I love it.

Spent some time this afternoon playing around in Photoshop. Rather fun.

Photo by: Swisschee Splatter Brushes by: Wickedjess

It’s been an eventful and interesting week, not entirely for the best of reasons. But work has to be done and work has been done. We’ve had the presentation to find out who’s work should be submitted for the RSA Design Directions competition. Unfortunately my work was not deemed good enough for the competition, but since I would like the opportunity to take part, I have entered myself. These are the presentation boards I had for my stamp designs during that presentation.

 

We still have a couple of more weeks to work on the boards before the work is finally submitted and there are a few changes to those boards I wish to make. However in light of feedback from friends and tutors, I’ve decided to go in a different direction entirely. So here’s an example of the new stamp designs. This one features ‘Solar Energy’

So after a rather long afternoon/ evening of working on the presentation boards for the RSA project. I took a break and decided to have some fun with Photoshop. Craig introduced me to an incredible website that goes by the name of Abduzeedo (go there, it’s amazing), so I headed there for some tutorials. In a continued attempt to improve my work with typography I came out with this:

I’m really pleased with the outcome of it. The textures came from Jocosity, Lailomeiel and Cloaks. The sexy swirly awesome vectors are from jlwDesign. So with these newfound techniques, I’ve got some great ideas for this site!