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07:   EVALUATION

To sum up:  A reflective overview of your final piece and the journey that you have taken. Show how your project was informed and developed through your research and development. Provide an analysis and pose further questions.

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06: PRODUCTION

What you decided to do and why have you chosen this approach over others. Consider the use of production technologies, processes and materials.

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05:   PROJECT EVOLUTION

https://www.samwoolfe.com/2013/06/ernst-haeckels-art-forms-in-nature.htmlhttp://www.printmakerscircle.com/stef-mitchell.htmlhttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/19/fraction-isometric-music-video-animation-computer-generated-graphics-julius-horthuis/Consider introducing into your research other designers, photographers or artists with differing view points on your subject. This will offer richer, more varied experiments allowing your project to evolve in a particular direction.

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http://www.dailyoverview.com/

“ Daily Overview was inspired by, and derives its name from, an idea known as the Overview Effect. This term refers to the sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look down and view the Earth from outer space. They have the chance to appreciate our home in its entirety, to reflect on its beauty and its fragility all at once. That’s the cognitive shift that we hope to inspire.”

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STEF MITCHELL

http://stefmitchellfieldandhedgerow.blogspot.com/

http://www.printmakerscircle.com/stef-mitchell.html

​“Mono printing from nature, Stef makes prints and artists books that create an edge from which the organic accident and intentional mark can be read. Working within the tradition of nature print she documents place and space. Her book practice focuses on the physical form of the book using cutting and folding to produce sculptural pieces that explore the book as an object creating tension between the read and unread. Small hand held books invite the reader to negotiate their own narrative through the book. After a degree in film, photography and sound Stef completed post graduate studies at Goldsmiths followed by a second degree in Fine Art.”

https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/16603756.new-exhibition-of-work-by-stef-mitchell-at-scampston-walled-garden/

Stef, from Staithes, said: “The focus of a culmination of work after picking and gathering plants throughout the seasons at Scampston has brought a new focus to my work and with access to such a wide range of plants, will be feeding into new work long after my time in the gardens.”

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instalations/ exhibitions

https://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/27/beyond-the-infinity-by-serge-salat/

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Julius Horsthuis

https://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/19/fraction-isometric-music-video-animation-computer-generated-graphics-julius-horthuis/

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3D Fractals Inspired By Faberge Eggs

https://www.iflscience.com/technology/amazing-3d-fractals-inspired-faberge-eggs/

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Ernst Haeckel’s ‘Art Forms in Nature’

https://www.samwoolfe.com/2013/06/ernst-haeckels-art-forms-in-nature.html

Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) was a German biologist, philosopher and artist. He discovered and described thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree of all species (a tree which shows how species are related), and coined several biological terms, such as ecology and stem cell. He published his multi-colour illustrations of animals and sea life in Art Forms in Nature (1899-1904). His illustrations highlight how life forms are often intricate, geometric and fractal in their structure.

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https://www.jacquisymons.co.uk/about.html

Jacqui's practice focuses on multiples and repetitions to explore perception and observation of the surrounding world, encouraging the viewer to approach the familiar in a new and more considered way. She is fascinated by the intricate and the detail, which comes though in all aspects of her work, including printmaking, surface design, installation and sculpture.

English Oak monoprint

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https://sk.pinterest.com/carolstrasser/elisabeth-couloigner/?lp=true

Elisabeth Couloigner

http://l-ivredematieresetdecouleurs.blogspot.com/2018/

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“Observe the outside world, and learn about its inner world. Confront the two in the formal game of composition. Coexist. Separate and bind, establish passages, breaches, ascensional movements, lines of communication, areas of interaction. Gather reassemble fragments and unify them into a harmonious whole. Use imbalances to create new balances. Transpose, extract, sublimate. Then, give a concrete existence to perceptions, transpose them. Shaping optical relief, giving sensoriality to matter.”

https://cannymaker.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/artists-profile-elisabeth-couloigner/

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04:   RESARCH METHODS

This section explores and reflects on the research methods used in the course of the FMP. You will need to explain and justify the type of research methods you have used and outline how these methods best serve the needs of your informed practice. How do your research methods compare to the approaches to research explored by other graphic designers?

https://www.specialshade.com/monochrome

TREES IN UK: https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/a-simple-guide-to-identifying-british-trees-85493

LONDON TREE MAP: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/parks-green-spaces-and-biodiversity/trees-and-woodlands/london-tree-map

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03:   WIDER WORLD CONTEXT

This section of the report will explore the wider contexts of the subject you are investigating through your practice. You should outline the historical, theoretical and social contexts of the issues you are exploring through your work.

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02:   DESIGN CONTEXT

“This section of the report will outline how your practice has developed within the wider field. You should look at how other designers have tackled similar issues in their work and situate your work within this wider practice culture.”

- references and principles relating to subject matter

- designers

- artists

BOOK layout inspiration

scientific charts - origin - character... from book: The Islands of Benoit Mandelbrot, Edited by Nina Samuel

Agnes Meyer Brandis

Katie Holten - The last tree, 2015, Ink on paper

John Isaacs dumb planets are round too November 1 - December 21, 2002

https://www.tilloufineart.com/exhibitions/john-isaac/installation-views?view=slider#4

John Isaacs

Naoko Ito

“A Tokyo-born artist now living in New York city; Naoko’s work draws heavy influence from nature. In this series titled Urban Nature 2009, Naoko uses over-sized mason jars to preserve life.”    

“This series, Urban Nature, examines the relationships between the natural world and the industrial world.Ito advocates that our entire lives are in a constant state of decay and renewal, ...(http://camraleigh.org/exhibitions/2011ito/

Jill Orr

Bleeding Trees: https://jillorr.com.au/e/bleeding-trees

Shinji Turner-Yamamoto 

http://www.turneryamamoto.net/hanging_garden.html

Tom Beddard - sub.blue

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01:   INTRODUCTION

FRACTAL GEOMETRY OF NATURE

How can font design be integrated with architecture of natural environment?

Our detachment from natural environment is never ending issue. At the same time, it is an inexhaustible source of inspiration.

As far as I begin to research deep into world of fractals because I believe it is a platform leading towards more complex understanding of patterns and structures by which our universe is build. Idea of this statement is drawn from numerous literature sources, for instance J. Briggs in his book Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos, collects information on this phenomenon from various perspectives and scientific field as well as art world. Briggs states: “Each of our bodies is a unique signature of chaos. Even in the folds and wrinkles of our faces when we enter the world and when we leave it, we are fractals.” (Briggs, p.129) This thought will be developed further throughout the report. For now, is only meant to present a point from which the design practise will evolve.

Even though many artists constantly use nature as a source of inspiration in their daily work, there is still room to take different routes and perspective of approach.

 Forming image based on smallest particles of fractal dimensions slowly scaling up building objects we perceive with fee eye in our three dimensional space.. 

 Tree is an object that was inspired to become a focal point.

Following areas to cover:

- Perspective of looking down: observing & recording relationship and detachment but also desire of trees being a part of our streets in cities and towns. How they are literally growing from under the pavements marked by cracks in asphalt or concrete as the signs of living, growing, constantly evolving organisms.

- Perspective of looking up: observing & recording forms of tree branches - the ultimate representation of fractals - self similarity of patterns on different scales.

 - developing font design in between these two perspectives - tree ring pattern and signal transmission. Approach drawn from :  „Living Network“ project from V&A Museum exhibition – The future starts here & now.

Tree antennas can function as source of alternative communication in an oppressed society. The font is created out of fluid, organic, free form lines, representing tree ring pattern as well as signal transmission. It is a reflection of bringing nature and technology together without harming an environment.

possible form of introduction (still to be edited:

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” A. Einstein

 I am standing on the road. The flat line of a distant horizon lies ahead. The plain surface without any significant disturbances. Except of small silhouettes of trees and houses sinking in the light blue haze of a cold morning. It is an only additional layer forming the skyline. No hills or mountains to alter the view. Silence. Ever present wind and rain has a strong impact on perception of this part of the world but not today. The stillness creates new space to notice otherwise overlooked details.

I look down the street, the perfect image of symmetry. All objects are lying on one level, meeting their imaginary lines in one single point ahead. The perspective in its sharpest state. What is there to do with this surface? How to process this sudden change of countryside which, at the first sight, seems to have no hidden moments of surprise? Yet, there are so many. All of us have different interests and fascinations. Mine is the nature, being also an inseparable necessity, with which I need a regular contact with to feel alive. We mostly accustomed our lives to closed indoor spaces and somewhat grew to fit it. Some people got more used to it than others. However, we all inevitably need a green space to breathe.  Wondering back to the point of fascination by the natural environments is that as a child I had always been mesmerized by the smallest particles of plants and living creatures. Back then it was a pure amazement of individual shapes and the hidden worlds within. In a present day it is more interesting to discover the connections by which our entire universe is constructed. It might be all just a point of view, the question of perspective.

When diving into the depths of world around you, noticing for instance a simple leaf on the tree, you discover that its veins are flowing on and on in the same pace of a pattern. This phenomenon received a name fractal. Fractals are truly incredible in many ways. To me it seems as a perfect visual representation of infinity. An endless loop of the same or self similar patterns. Never ending.  Constantly ongoing without the beginning and without the end. „A fractal is defined as a jagged or fragmented geometric shape which can be split into parts that are considered a reduced copy of a whole. Although the study of fractals has existed as early as the 17th century, but the term fractal was only coined in 1975 by Benoit Mandelbrot. It is derived from the Latin word fractus, which means broken or fractured. While a fractal is strictly a mathematical construct, it is found in various non-mathematical models such as natural systems and artworks.” (Teach-nology,Inc)  Considering extensiveness of the topic I have decided to concentrate my focus on fractal geometry of plants and its use in design. Also to wonder whether everything we perceive is just an endless loop of same patters over and over...