TY1DP1: Part 1
Design Practice
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New work from our Part 1
BA Graphic Communication students
Narratives | Lettering | Images | Monograms | Covid | Penguins | Type design | User-focus | Listings
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A client has written a novel and asks you to develop a concept that enhances the visual dimension of the story through the book’s form and materiality.
Labyrinth book narrative
Staircase theme
Obsession
Noise
A walk into madness
Obsession
Labyrinth
Floating Comic (Staircase)
Obsession
Staircase
Obsession Through Pages
Cambridge Institution
Noise
Infinite Labyrinth
What’s That Noise?
Staircase
Stairs
Loop…
Obsession
Broken Narratives- a staircase story
something was there…
Stairs
Labyrinth
Labyrinth book narrative
Never ending narrative
Looped Labyrinth:
Obsessive behaviour
The maze beyond the gaze
The staircase to success
Simplicity is Key
Loop – A book redesign
Labyrinth
A book without words
Labyrinth
Grab and Tear it all
Endless Labyrinth – Endless Book
Burning Pages
A Noisy Book
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Lettering – in the form of letters, words, messages – is everywhere, indoors and out.
Caution
Information Signs
Indented typography
Lettering – Signs in Public Places
Lettering in Warnings
Eye-catching letters
R in the Environment
Instruction signs
Everyday signs
Blue Letterforms
Colour in the Wild
Simon says no?
Primary Colours
Textures of lettering
Drain Covers and Raised Lettering
Letters in environment- Colourful sans serif
Raised and Indented Lettering
Exploring Patterns in Signs
Lettering in perspective
Materials and Context Photography Across Campus
Eye Line
Serifs and Texture
Signs Observation
Eye-catching Sign boards and Letters
Lettering in the Environment
The Little Things
Font Finding
Typography iSpy in UoR
Lettering Around Campus
Eyes on the Little Things
Lettering in the Environment
Lettering in the Environment
Opening my eyes to the words around me
Tell me where to go and what to do.
Bleak, Boring, and Grey
Letters in the Wild
My Journey with UOR Lettering
Variety in our everyday life
Exploring Lettering Forms Found on Campus
Noticeable Type
Worn and damaged lettering
Things I often overlook
Lettering in the environment
Contrast
Attention and caution
Lettering around university
The Good, The Bad… but not The Ugly
The forgotten
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Two images to illustrate a ‘given’ noun. The second image adds _one element_ to change the feeling or meaning of the first image.
Are the Government making change happen?
Social Media
Fragile Happiness
London – Olympic Underground
Love/abuse
Christ or the Antichrist?
Money
Pregnancy making waves
Are they still a family
Education system
Boris
Royalty
Protests
The Dark Side Of Gaming:
Pain
Religion – Free the Uighurs
Politician
Education Inequality
Exploration of the word ‘War’
Money (makes the world go round)
The Hardship of Being a Woman
Work
Britain
An exploration of protest
I can’t tell where “d” ends and “D” begins
TK
Monograms – Illustrator design task
Transmogrification of my initials
My name and finding ways to shape it
Pairing ‘m’ and ‘b’
My job was easy
DC
CH monogram
Transforming Letterforms
Transmogrify – HS
AP
E R
Initial Transmogrify
Initials Monogram
Initial Identity
RW
Initials monogram
Are monograms always supposed to be uppercase?
Lettering and development of monograms
KH
Structured and geometric design
A, S Or A, C – Initials
Transmogrify
A learning curve
Transmogrify
Hannahsmithosis
Monogram – LMJ
The H in my name deserves the hierarchy
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How is graphic language being used to communicate public health information in a global pandemic: collecting contemporary communications
Italy, Spain, Germany or the UK?
Safety signs
COVID-19 – Blue or Yellow?
Bunny coronavirus signage!
Illustration Vs Typography
Hands, Face, Space: Covid-19
Covid Colour Signs and posters
friendly Cautious
UK Government vs Australian Government
Approaches
Varying amounts of formality in Covid communications
Covid in Britain
From Political to Social issues
Poster: Icon vs Typography
Wear a mask to stop the spread
‘Caroni’
Safe in space
The Signs of COVID-19
Social media in a PANDEMIC!
Covid 19 In Reading Town
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Inspired by the work of David Pearson, Harland Miller and others who enjoy playing with established design classics, create a perfect copy of a classic Penguin … then have some fun …

The Great Gatsby

A Night at the Movies

Cinderella Penguin Cover

The Great Gatsby

Good Omens

Milk and Honey

The Tiger Who Came To Tea

The Great Gatsby

‘The New Library’ Penguin Book Design:

Great Expectations

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby Penguin Cover

The Dracula

Peter Pan

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Great Gatsby Penguin Book Cover Design

The Great Gatsby

Great Gatsby

Penguin Book Cover

The Great Gatsby

Bravo Two Zero

The Great Gatsby

Elmer and the rainbow

The Great Gatsby

Trainspotting Penguin Book Cover Design

The Shining

Peter Pan book cover

The Voyage of Argo

The Secret Garden

Great Gatsby Rendition David Pearson

The Day of the Triffids

Dracula Coverpage

The Little Prince

The Cat In The Hat

Fault in our Stars & Penguin

The Great Gatsby

Penguin Book Cover

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

Harry Potter

Kung Fu Panda

Twilight

Creation of the Penguin Cover

The Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Penguin Cover

The new library:

Eat, Pray, Love, Repeat

Stuart Little

Alice in Wonderland

A Penguin Book cover with a twist

Coraline Penguin cover transformation

Penguin Covers

bunny’s penguin book cover 2

Pinocchio

The end of Club Penguin R.I.P

Happy Feet

Emily In Paris

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Matrix

PULP FICTION

Stranger Things.

The Curious Incident of the dog in the nighttime.

Sharp Objects (and a dangerous penguin)

The Handmaid’s Tale

Psycho

The Borrowers

Bang! And The Dirt Is Gone!

Blood Orange

Harry Potter

The Shining
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Starting with just six glyphs from a given font, design additional letterforms in the same style by careful analysis of the existing shapes.
Typeforms
Typeface drawing
Letter Shaping and Font Replication
Practicing letter forms
Subtle variation in typeface
Recreating typeforms
Letterforms
Copying letterforms
FF Tisa Pro
Extrapolating Type
Platforms of letters
Do our eyes deceive us?
The Devil’s in the detail
‘Hesion’ sounds like a good tequila
Minding the gap is a tricky task
Please mind the gap between your letters
Minding the Gap Can Get Tricky
Recreating Type
Typeface Design
What letter is it?
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Get to know another student on the course, and user what you learn about them to design them a perfect present.
Shark Outfit Generator
Damien’s Ideal Gift – Tiger Trophy with other statues
Apples, sausage dog and travel
Plane Ticket to Mexico
Band on Call
Dairy free chocolate bar
Kitchen cleaning elephant
Karaoke Jewellery box
Ideal Gift Project
Touch Screen T-Shirt for Matt
A mysterious camera
Toy dog diving game
Peaky Blinders Inspired Whiskey Bottle Speaker
Funko Pop Vinyl Eminem Speaker
Flavour From Home
Philippine Skateboard
Multi-Function Journal
Medicine Conveyor Vending Machine
Bluetooth Tap Dance Shoes
Custom surfboard
Portal
Magic map of magnolia
Dior invitation
Safety Bubble Gift
Music box lamp
Scribble-as-you-go Backpack
Electronic Easel
Design for Portable Guitar Chord
Lakers Jersey
Ideal gift (Kim’s project)
Space ship
Rolling Stone Race Car
How to create the perfect present
Japan in a Coffee Cup
Flying Car
A Bone-Breaking Clown
what is your ideal gift?
For someone who likes skateboards and records.
Shoes design present
House Rolfe -GOT
For someone who loves to travel
Temple disc and Smart ring
Drake’s choice
Cateye
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Start with some completely unformatted (and horribly copy-edited) text, and turn it into a coherently presented document that articulates an information hierarchy and supports user goals.

RFT

Formatting Cinema Listings

RFT Poster for a Father with two Children

The Text Does Not Control You!!

Cinema Listings

RFT flyer for a Swiss Professor

Family Friendly

RFL 02

RFL 01

What’s on in Autumn 2017? – RFT flyer

Movies!

Blue and Pink Cinema Listings

Autumn Film Festival

Joyful Theatre

Cinema Listings Development

RFT Listings

Techniques learnt from Indesign

Techniques learnt from Indesign

Movie time!

Cinema Listings Development and Presentation

Listings for young adults

Reading Film Theatre Cinema Listing

The hidden help

CINEMA.LISTING

Challenging

Cinema Brochure

Print it out

Exploring Typographic Hierarchy

command, return

My Film Flyer

Reading Movie Time

Information design is fun

Popcorn Time!

Reading Film Theatre

A list for Reading Film Theatre

Bunny cinema listing

Managing space – Flyer Design

En dash!

Modernist Style Cinema Listing

Pre ‘Coroni’ 2017 listings

Reading Film Theatre Flyer

TWA Travel Poster

New York Hotels

Circus Poster

Memorial cards

Circus Poster

Funeral invitation

Funeral Card

Comparing the designs on Menus

Paper wheel charts

B.O.A.C

1870s Vintage Sheet Music

The Ritz Menu

Real mermaid

Grand Concert and Dance

Trade cards

National Theatre Poster

Retro logo

Working with technology

AK Design Studio

Zee Graphics

New Minimalism

70s logo

70’s neutrals

Polka Dots Logo Type Trends

70s Logotype

Logotype trends 2022

Minimalist Logo Concept

Brown Design

70s Retro Themed Logo Design

Logo – 90’s Theme

Minimalist Branding

70’s Retro

Nature Inspired Logo

Abstract Logo

Self Branding

Shades of green

Multiple shades of green

Green, nature inspired

Fox Design
