WordS And ImageS
THE WORDS AND IMAGES PROJECT WAS ONE OF MY FINAL AND STRONGEST PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN AND COMPLETED FOR MY 'BTEC ND GRAPHIC DESIGN' COURSE THAT I TOOK AT 'HULL COLLEGE'S RILEY CENTRE' FROM '2001-2003'. WE HAD TO CREATE AN EDITORIAL [FRONT SHOWN 1 AND INSIDE SHOWN 2] BASED AROUND SOME SORT OF HIGH PROFILE EVENT WHICH COULD BE OF OUR OWN CHOOSING. I CHOSE TO CREATE A FICTIONAL EDITORIAL BASED AROUND A FICTIONAL CHARACTER CALLED 'JOSH BARNABY' WHO I DECIDED WAS AN UP AND COMING FASHION DESIGNER KNOWN FOR HIS BRILLIANT STYLE AND TASTE BUT ALSO FOR THE FACT THAT HE KEEPS HIS IDENTITY A SECRET. THE SECRET IDENTITY IDEA WAS BASED ON MY FAVOURITE BAND DAFT PUNK AND THEIR DESIRE TO HIDE THEIR IDENTITY AND LET THEIR MUSIC DO THE TALKING NOT THEIR REAL LIFE IMAGE. THIS DESIRE TO STAY ANONYMOUS ONLY MAKES FOR MORE REASON TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE. THIS IDEA BECAME THE SUBJECT OF THE EDITORIAL ALONGSide THE PREVIEWING WRITEUP OF THE FAKE FASHION SHOW. WE HAD TO DESIGN THE STYLE OF OUR EVENT AND THEN PROJECT THIS THROUGH AN EDITORIAL. FROM THIS I TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER AND CREATED TICKETS / FLYERS / POSTERS / FASHION SHOW GIVEAWAYS SUCH AS PROGRAMMES FOR THE SHOW ONLY TO ENHANCE THE STYLE OF THE FICTIONAL FASHION SHOW.
I TOOK A STRONG 3 COLOUR STYLE OF BLACK, WHITE AND RED INCORPORATING A TOUCH OF A VERY NEUTRAL GREY TO BREAK THINGS UP A LITTLE EVERY NOW AND THEN. THIS COLOUR STYLE CAME FROM SOME OF THE RESEARCH I HAD DONE INTO FASHION SHOWS. KEEPING IT VERY MINIMAL WITH A USE OF A LOT OF WHITE. I CREATED FLYERS / TICKETS FOR THE SHOW THAT WERE SENT OUT AND BROUGHT TO THE SHOW AND WHEN YOU ENTERED THE MIDDLE OF THE TICKET [3] WAS POPPED OUT AND THIS WOULD SYMBOLISE THAT YOU HAVE ENTRED THE SHOW. I BELIEVE THAT THE STRONG COLOURS AND STRONG USE OF WHITE ALONGSIDE THE STRONG LINES WORKED VERY WELL AND I GAINED A HIGH DISTINCTION FOR THIS PROJECT.
PLEASE CHECK OUT MORE OF THE IMAGERY AS SEEN BELOW IN THE POP UP GALLERY [4]. THIS IMAGERY IS EXTRA WORK SUCH AS POSTERS AND DIFFERENT COLOURED BOOK COVERS FOR THE VARIOUS NIGHTS OF THE SHOWS ETC...
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