#openvisualisers

[danielmoduleb1]

Super Graphics Evaluation

This client-based project started of a surprise because I was sick in that week and on the Friday, I came in, I suddenly found out we were going to Sutton College to create designs for their HND room.

Overall, this project challenged me to question my value as a designer. Through this project I have broaden my communication skills with my peers and clients, it helped focus on focused research that is not design focused. What I mean instead of searching other artists I research topics such as braille and the Birmingham flag. It is important that I learnt as this helps me make a more relatable design for my clients Since my clients are corporate, I couldn’t be abstract.

The use of Tumblr for my blogging my work was useful because it allowed me to share digital work quicker and efferently saving paper because I didn’t need to print work for a sketchbook. This sustainability is useful and is necessary to use in the future.

Originally, we were tasked to window designs for two rooms and a HE Logo. When approaching creating the windows for Sutton I wanted to make the designs simple but with an impactful meaning. The library windows were inspired by braille. Through research, reflection, and development of work I made a really simple design. However, I underestimated my clients as when explaining they wasn’t that impressed by the design. Ultimately Peter and Deja worked on that. The next windows were for the HE common room. To be honest I didn’t try that hard. To justify myself I believed that it was more important to make the HE logo than anything else and thus I put the most effort into that.

Despite thinking the logo was good they clients where confused. I used a head to represent the student, but they said it was random. Through this project I learnt that my clients had a desired goal and no matter how much I explained they wouldn’t care. Reflecting on this I realised that as a designer my opinions matter. Although I couldn’t express myself this time in the future, I will learn to communicate a lot better.

Working with Hamza and Matt taught my teamwork skills. Although Hamza was in charge and did a lot of things, I was able to make the video which helped comminate our vision much clearer. In the future however, I want to play an equal role rather than putting pressure on one person.

Throughout this project I had present my designs. This helped strengthen my communication skills.

Overall, I believe I should’ve taken this project more seriously. I underestimated because it was for college but if this was a real client I would have not got paid. I am appreciate of Hamza for making a logo that was suitable. Learning from this project I will be more collaborative in our future exhibition in June.

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Preseneting this to twice taught me alot of thinks about with working with clients. It is important that as creatives we are able to negotiote why our design choices is the best choice for what the client wants.

In the future I will be having to pitch ideas to clients with my projects. This was a good learining experience.

Rather than confidence, explaination is key beacsue as a designer you need to go through step by step to that that clients who aren't creatives. I believe we did a good job. They understood it clearly and the statements they made was to just make more stuff.

Despite this time going well, I shouldn't be too over confident because there will be a time where it isn't as smooth.

[danielmoduleb1]

Going more into the logo.

So after the initial presentations we made individiually. Three groups where formed. One was the HE logo group, which is the group i'm in. Another is creating artwork for Sutton college libary. And finally artwork for HE rooms.

Argubally our task was the hardest because it would have to be accepted by the headmasters since this will be in the newletters, social etc. Really grateful for Hamza for constructing this logo.

My job is to explain the meaning of this logo to the headmasters.

HE Logo meaning - The shield shapes represents the unity of the HE courses. The top left triangle symbol represents the three bmett colleges, matthew boulton, sutton, james watt. The top left zig zag is a link to the birmingham flag because we are based in birmingham. The bottom of the logo is to represent next steps and moving forward in education which is the main point of HE.

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Supergraphics project for Sutton College. Thanks to Hamza creating the logo and Matt choosing the colour, I had created this video animation to represents the meaning of this logo. My intension is that each individual section represents the HE courses all combining to form one unity which is the bmet HE logo. This shows that no matter what course or campus we are united in wanting to further our education.

This video ties in well with the blue colour as blue represents freedom, imagination, inspiration. These are core qualities of a person who is willing to do a HE course.

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For the Sutton campus. We were tasked to design multiple rooms. The career room and HE room. Also we were made to made a crest that will represent the HE courses throughout the BMET campuses.

The careers room I was inspired by brail. For the crest I used a face to represent individuality and crest shapes for the HE rooms.

The results from the presentation was that I was put into the crest group with Hamza and Matt. So we will make a crest that is what they want.

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Process of me making more music visualisers. I was experimenting with type but the execution isn't exactly what I wanted. It looks like an animated visual for promotion not really a music visualiser.