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William Klein (Exhibition in Nice, France)
In July, whilst on holiday, my friends and I went to the Nice Photography Museum and saw the William Klein exhibition where the photographs displayed were taken during his time in Nice, Russia and Japan. The Japan section was by far my favourite. These photographs peeked my curiosity as the people's expressions were so intriguing, making me want to know the story behind each one. I even found the way the photographs were displayed in the exhibition clever. For example, an image of a child sat on a buddha was taken at a lower perspective, looking up. The photograph was then placed at the top of a column of photographs so that you had to look up at the image, creating an even deeper sense of the perspective.
Other positioning that I appreciated was a photograph of young children playing and having fun in a small circle placed above a photograph of older people laughing, again in a small circle. I found this a beautiful contrast between young and old, yet the two groups being in a similar format, experiencing similar emotions. The fact that all of Klein's photographs are in black & white makes the viewer really focus on the emotions and expressions of the people, rather than being distracted by the colours of the image. So, you can really feel the happiness and fun in the moments that these photographs were taken.
#william klein#photography#nice#france#nice france#holiday#exhibition#russia#japan#expression#portrait#people#black and white#blackwhite
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Fan Club x Journey to Justice x Decolonise Fest zine
Just a quick post showing my illustration in the finished Fan Club zine that I received in the post, as I was unable to make it to the event.
The zine was printed by Dizzy Ink
https://www.facebook.com/fanclubnotts
http://fanclubnotts.bigcartel.com/
http://journeytojustice.org.uk/
#zine#fanclubnotts#nottingham#notts#fanclub#journey to justice#decolonise#fanzine#zines#fanzines#dizzy ink#risograph
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Label designs for homemade bodycare products
I'm really interested in environmental issues and what I can do as an individual to live in a way that has as little harm on the environment as possible. So, I've been looking into zero-waste living. Products that we dispose of a lot are things like shampoos, shower gels, body lotions, etc. Not only are the plastic containers harmful to the environment when we dispose of them, but the chemicals inside these products are harmful to the environment (when washed down the drain into the sea) and also to our own bodies!
So I've decided to start making my own homemade skin and haircare products when my current products run out. They are to go in glass jars/containers, and I decided to give myself a mini graphics project of designing labels to go on these containers, so that I know what each product is for.
I came up with these water droplet and cloud-like shapes for the labels to link with the products being natural and environmentally friendly. For the same reason, I gave the labels an earthy, rough texture. The simple monochromatic colour palette linked well with the idea that there's no damaging or hidden chemicals in the homemade products, it's just simple natural ingredients and you would understand everything that's inside it, unlike today's products where we don't know what half of the ingredients actually are, or do.
To make all the labels seem more cohesive as a set, I decided to create my own font to use. I only created uppercase letters and numbers (with a few glyphs) as this was all I needed for this particular project. I drew the letters by hand, as I wanted the font to have an organic feel, then I scanned them into Adobe Illustrator and neatened everything up to then create a digital font.
My plan is to print the labels on to matte sticker paper.
#zero waste#plastic free#label designs#label#diy font#typography#environmentalists#environment#bodycare products#bodycare#shampoo#shower gel#body lotion#harmful#chemicals#body moisturiser#moisturiser#face cream#jars#reusable jars#reusable
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'All Women United' Illustration for Fan Club Zine
Last week I saw a Facebook post by Fan Club Notts asking for contributions to a zine about positive activism and also hope and solidarity. The zine is going to be printed with Risograph ink in Fluorescent Orange and Teal. I decided to create an image depicting female solidarity; two women with completely different opinions on how their bodies should be exposed and viewed, standing together united for all women against inequality. The first image of this that I sketched out seemed too realistically styled, I wanted more of a stencil like style to the illustration - especially as it was only going to be printed in two colours, it would be a struggle distinguishing lots of details. The image had to be more simplistic. After eventually sketching out the style I wanted, I scanned my drawings into Adobe Illustrator, added the colour and also a mono-printed texture, to make it feel more low-fi to suit the zine. I think i would rather have created the image in a more physical way, experimenting with mono-printing, screenprinting or lino-printing if I had given myself more time to experiment and also had the facilities at home to do so.
I heard back from Fan Club surprisingly fast after sending the images. Hopefully my illustration will be in the zine ready for one of their events in December and I will be able to pick up a free copy! I'm going to look out for more Fan Club events and design related opportunities, as I love the topics of their zines, like mental health and body positivity.
http://fanclubnotts.bigcartel.com/
https://www.facebook.com/fanclubnotts/
#fanclub#fanclubnotts#nottingham#notts#feminist#women united#activism#risograph#risograph ink#flourescent orange#teal#female solidarity#united#female power#zines#fanzine#zine#fanzines
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BRITA x House of Holland #SwapForGood t-shirts
Around a month a go, I decided I wanted to dramatically reduce the amount of single-use plastic bottles that I buy and use. Previously, I thought that I wasn't doing much harm to the environment as I would buy a bottle of water and then refill that bottle with tap water for a few weeks before purchasing a new one and recycling the old bottle. Then, I found out that this could be really damaging to my health as well as still being bad for the environment. So I've swapped to a reusable water bottle.
Henry Holland from House of Holland recently wrote an article about his view on single-use plastic and about himself switching to a reusable water bottle. House of Holland have now collaborated with BRITA to design slogan t-shirts to discourage and raise awareness about single-use plastic.
Out of the two slogans I prefer 'Don't Be a Waster' as I think this suits a younger audience and is more tongue in cheek, as 'Waster' is an insult people use. The way a plastic bottle has been used as the 'A' in waster is appropriate as it makes it more clear what the slogan is referring to, hopefully making people consider how they can reduce their waste to be more eco-friendly.
In the article, Holland mentioned how even the recycling of plastic bottles causes pollution. This led him to think about how to create the t-shirts in a more sustainable way - using seven plastic water bottles and a bundle of salvaged cotton for each t-shirt. "Without the t-shirts, the bottles would have otherwise ended up in seas and landfill."
I love that the way in which the t-shirts have been made further promotes the message of being more sustainable with plastic. It's made me want to consider how anything physical that I design in the future can be done in a more sustainable and eco-friendly way.
The original article: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/henry-holland/plastic-never-fantastic_b_17550056.html
#henry holland#house of holland#brita#plastic#environment#environmentalists#waste#plasticwaste#plastic waste#plastic pollution#water bottles#water#reusable#recycled#reusable bottle#single use plastic#sustainable#seas#ocean#landfill#eco-friendly#eco
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Colour Palettes: Nice, France
#nice#france#colour#color#colorful#colourful#colour palette#colourpalette#color palette#colorpalette#warmtones#holiday#vacation#architecture
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Illustrator Inspo: Madeleine Welsch
I recently saw an article on Zealous about the illustrator, Madeleine Welsch. I was drawn to her work as I admired the quirky style of her illustrations due to the distorted proportions and perspectives and also the playful colour palettes that she incorporates. She says,
"I love colour, and like pairing strong, warm lights (particularly yellows) with darker, earthier, tones. I think I'd define my 'style' as playfully off-putting."
She uses illustrations to express her opinions and feelings on topical subjects and I would like to start incorporating this into my own practice, as a way to improve my illustration skills and also experiment with realising my thoughts on current issues visually.
In her interview with Zealous, Welsch says,
"My work stems from a need to understand my relationship with the natural world. I believe art can be a catalyst for change: a way to make sense of the complex environmental and social issues I struggle to digest. I have found that visuals make tough questions tangible, or at least worth talking about."
This really resonates with me, as I am passionate about environmental and social issues and I would love for my work to be able to have some sort of impact and perhaps create change.
Welsch seems to create a lot of digital illustrations/animations, but I prefer the more low-fi styled works of hers, especially her sketchbook drawings that she posts to her Instagram account, as they suit her strong nature influences more by being quite rough and imperfect. In the article, she touches upon how with digital drawing it's so easy to just erase things and redo them, whereas things are more permanent with pencil and paper. I'm going to try and create work more physically rather than digitally to really appreciate and consider the marks that I make.
The original article: http://about.zealous.co/articles/meet-madeleine/
#madeleine welsch#zealous#illustrator#illustration#graphic#graphic design#graphicdesign#low-fi#handdrawn#digital#digital art#digital drawing#digital illustration#drawing#painting#sketching#earthy tones#warm lights#yellow#playful#animation
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