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Redesigned timeline poster

This is my redesigned timeline poster that has been developed since its vertical form and is intended to be used in my 12 page publication. Apart from changing from horizontal to landscape, I decided to add a lot of line work that represents my artist, Catherine Griffiths, as she often uses similar geometrical line work in her poster works. I also decided to make the dates/years vertical as I believe that this is easier on the eye to read next to the text that corresponds with each year.

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Week 9 Publication layout

This is a concept of layouts I have created for my publication. I believe that these layouts have a good balance between text and images without being to over-complicated. I think that this layout will be very successful and will portray and reflect my artist very well.

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Week 6 + 7 timeline posters

First timeline before refinement

After a 1 on 1 meeting with Karol, she was able to give me some feedback on how I can make my timeline poster more successful. During this meeting, Karol had recommended to make the time more linear by making the year titles more central as opposed to being far away from each other. Karol also recommended to get rid of the outlined text as it would be hard to read from a distance. I also intend to make the texts below the year dates staggered instead of squared as Catherine Griffiths mostly uses staggered texts. Finally, I intend to move the “Designer and typographer” to under the picture of Catherine Griffiths and add a little bio about her.

Poster after refinements

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Week 5 Timeline Concepts

These were my first sketches of potential poster layouts for my timeline. I am instantly drawn to the top left picture, however I don't know how this will translate to illustrator.

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Week 5 refined timeline

During week 5 I felt as if I wanted to refine my timeline to make each event more significant to Catherine Griffiths design career as opposed to her life as a whole.

Below is an extended timeline of her design achievements throughout her career. This timeline has been sourced from Catherine Griffith’s website. https://www.catherinegriffiths.co.nz/00-the-typographer-&-designer.html

Installations / Interventions 2020 — »AEIOU« for HERE magazine, NZ 2020 — »intro/extro/vert« for Rectify This Painting, City Art Depot, Ōtautahi, NZ 2019 — »So far, a map of projects, a drawing«, as part of »catherine griffiths : SOLO IN [ ] SPACE«, The Space Gallery, Shanghai, CHINA 2016–2018 — »Kihi/Kiss«, carpet, Wellington Airport, NZ 2012-2018 — »Light Weight O«, O’Connell Street, Auckland, NZ 2017 — »Collidescape«, Te Kei, Ara Institute, NZ 2016 — »only U know«, Lela Jacobs, Auckland AW17, Paris SS17, NZ 2016 — A bespoke display system, New Zealand Institute of Architects, NZ 2014–2016 — Zion Hill Reserve, a pocket-sized park, Auckland, NZ 2016 — The Blyth Performing Arts Centre, Stevens Lawson Architects, NZ 2015 — »Constructed/Projected«, Typojanchi, Seoul, KOREA 2014 — typ gr ph c ........ a series of occasional workshops, Karekare, NZ 2012 — »Fifth Movement«, Takapuna Beach House, Auckland, NZ 2012 — »The Trestle Leg Series«, Auckland Harbour Bridge, NZ 2011 — »A Hillside Intervention«, Athfield Architects, Wellington, NZ 2011 — »Sound Tracks«, The Dowse, NZ 2010–2012 — Two studios + modest house, with Bruce Connew, Karekare, NZ 2010 — »The Jets«, short film, Paris, FR 2009 — »AEIOU, typo/sound installation«, Wellington, NZ 2005 — Distance markers, Wellington, NZ 2003 — Ponatahi, a house wrapped in a poem, Wairarapa, NZ 2000–2002/2004 — Wellington Writers Walk, 15 large-scale concrete text sculptures, NZ

Exhibitions 2022 — A Vocabulary, Bruce Connew, Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi, NZ (touring, design) 2021 — Poipoi Whakaaro, with ĀKAU for Toro Whakaara, CoCA, NZ 2021 — A Vocabulary, Bruce Connew, Toi Tauranga, NZ (touring, design) 2020 — A Vocabulary, Bruce Connew, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, NZ (design) 2020 — Rectify This Painting, curated by Eve Barlow, City Art Depot, NZ 2019 — »catherine griffiths : SOLO IN [ ] SPACE«, The Space Gallery, Shanghai, CHINA 2019 — »United Korea Flag«, Gwangju Design Biennale, KOREA 2019 — »Present Tense : Wāhine Toi Aotearoa« tour, multiple gallery/public venues, NZ 2017 — »JOHN SCOTT WORKS« (exhibition design), Objectspace, Auckland, NZ (design) 2017 — »So far, a map of projects«, transitionalfieldwork, Auckland, NZ 2017 — Shanghai Art and Design Exhibition, Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai, CHINA 2016 — »A whakapapa, two lines of women«, All Lines Converge, Govett-Brewster, NZ 2016 — »Installation with mirror and line«, transitionalfieldwork, NZ 2016 — »Figures of Speech Display Stand«, Make Something, NZ 2015 — Typojanchi 2015, 4th International Typography Biennale, KOREA 2015 — The False Demographic, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, NZ 2015 — The Alphabet Project, Fitchburg, Massachussetts, USA 2015 — Fête du Graphisme 2015, City Poster Project, Paris, FR 2014 — The Hone Tuwhare Project, NZ 2012 — A View From Where I Was Sleeping, Dowse Art Museum, NZ 2012 — »memento :: motif«, Proyecto de Arte Contemporáneo Alzheimer, Chile 2011 — OLD SCHOOL/NEW SCHOOL, curated by Luit Bieringa, 125 years CoCA Massey, NZ 2011 — »Club de Conversation Keyholes«, Maquettes for the Floor, Dilana, NZ 2009 — New Zealand Identity: le cadavre exquis, curated by Leonardo Sonnoli, TypeSHED11 2007 — »Protest Vessel«, 1/2 Price, (collaboration), Norsewear Art Awards, NZ 2006 — Just Hold Me, curated by Jonty Valentine, Objectspace, NZ 2003 — Conversation Pieces, Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, NZ 2000 — Up:date//The Active Eye: Contemporary New Zealand Photography, PhotoForum

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Week 4 - Poster and Timeline Research

I was drawn to this timelines design as the bold orange ‘TIMES’ type draws in the eye and then carries on towards the orange writing just below. I always like how the timeline is a curvy line as opposed to a straight line so that the audience and viewers are taken on a ‘journey’ through the timeline.

For this timeline infographic the blue and orange spiral with the dates above the colours is very strong and bold, however the pictures and small writing make the page a bit too much to look at in my opinion.

I was drawn to the geometrical shapes in this timeline which create a very strong and bold look. I also like how the timeline details go from the left then alternating to the right, so the page does not feel as cluttered.

I was drawn to the simplistic design of this timeline as it has simple images that link to short but bold time dates. I also like how the timeline takes a curve up showing that life may have gotten better throughout the years, or representing something else.

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Week 3 - Notes

In this weeks lecture we went over a brief intro to adobe illustrator learning that illustrator is a vector based graphics software as opposed to photoshop that is a raster based software. Photoshop is a raster based editing tool meaning that every image and type is made up from pixels where as illustrators type is made from anchor points and lines. this means that type coming from illustrator is much more editable and customisable. Vector based editing is scalable without any losses in quality.

During this lesson we also were given an Illustrator 101 file where all the basics of illustrator, like navigating around, anchor points and paths, groups, colour, strokes etc. were taught to us. This presentation also taught us basic hotkeys to navigate to tools that we would use regularly to make use of the software faster.

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Materials and Media final Brief

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Catherine Griffiths Timeline

1966 - Born

1980′s - She studied Visual Communication Design at Wellington Polytechnic

1990 - set up a studio space with two other graduates, then worked several years in London

1994 — Gold Medal, The $4billion Sheep, Pride in Print Awards, NZ

1995 - She returned to Wellington as a senior designer, and later set up her own studio practice in 1995 which she runs independently

2003 — Finalist, Typography, Wellington Writers Walk, D&AD Global Awards, UK

2007 — Notes on Feijoa (typeface review), written piece

2012 — Winner, submission for a light sculpture, O’Connell St, Auckland, NZ

2014 — typ gr ph c ........ a series of occasional workshops, Karekare, NZ

2017 — Tutor, Porto Design Summer School, PORTUGAL

2018 - She protested against gender and cultural inequities in design, founded the platform Designers Speak (Up), and curated the poster project and exhibition hīkoi, »Present Tense : Wāhine Toi Aotearoa«.

2019 — Mentor, Womentor Programme, NZ/International

2020 - full-time teaching position at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington.

https://www.catherinegriffiths.co.nz/00-the-typographer-&-designer.html 

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Photoshop practice - week 2

During week 2′s Materials and Media class we were shown several tutorials about the basic blending modes and edits in photoshop and how to successfully use them on layers. From this I learnt to change the colour of images, increase and decrease the brightness and contrast on images and also how to change the levels on images.

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Designer Information

Why does she do what she does?

Catherine Griffiths is a graphic designer that is inspired by the environment, diversity and involving herself with people of other disciplines. She tends to do design to ��discover common ground between lines of work, enrich and own thinking”

What type of work do they do?

Catherine Griffiths is a designer in NZ that mainly focuses on typography and implements meaning full type into design to inspire and reach a wider audience.

What does it look like?

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Week One - Me

Hi, My name is Jordan Smith and this Tumblr blog is to journey my Grad503 materials and media paper 1. I am a 17 year old Design student at AUT that just graduated from Westlake Boys High School. Currently I live on the North Shore in Auckland with my parents older brother and my dog, Skye. I found a passion for design when I took this class in high school. I really enjoyed this class and wanted to pursue this passion further. Personally I am very interested music, sneakers and a bit of sports.