Work placement report design layout.
A current project they were doing for the Mary Rose Trust which I helped out with. Using the App Aurasma which triggered the image to become animated.
For my work placement with ID Group, I had to take photos of a bake sale for one of their clients ‘store & secure’. This is the flyer they showed at the venue.
All I did was draw the circle in the middle, the rest just appeared! Along with a cutout filter on Photoshop.
The Mayonnaise Jar and Two Cups of Coffee
When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous “yes.”
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
“Now,” said the professor as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things—your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions—and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else—the small stuff. “If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
“Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first—the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked.
It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.”
“Visuals for the new Adobe international campaign “Adobe &”. This campaign highlights the power of their tools used by their potential clients of different fields, like developers, designers, typographers, film makers and any kind of creative profile.” http://www.behance.net/gallery/Adobe-/3832267
My Evaluation of the project designed in InDesign using the image of the sound wavelength surrounding it, also including paragraph styles similar to my final outcome. The design didn’t take that long just adding the wavelength and a shape box, same colour as the wavelength background. Using the baseline grid to keep the text aligned perfectly, and at a legible size to read.
This is the type spec of my final design. I did one for each double page as they are all different based on the placement of the text.
Saw this and thought it was similar to the layout of my design, along with the continuous lines across the spreads.The Film Commission Chile was created to promote Chile as a movie production destination, to help choosing locations, to provide all kind of services and a link between government and private companies.
FCCh’s visual identity is inspired in a precise artifact: gaffer/duct tape. The tape is omnipresent in the world of movie production. Tapes unite, join, mark, hold, point, remind and help to work. Due to its flexibility, the lines and shape of the tape resemble the classic movie celluloid film.
The image is drawn up in different directions, taking us to a dynamic universe that conceptually speaks about the FCCh linking mission.
The variations in the color palette represent the diversity of landscapes we can find in the Chilean territory.
All elements combined compose a unique image, with a well-defined personality, perfectly adapted to the conditions and objectives proposed by the FCCh.
After showing and discussing with Mireille Fauchon where I’ve got to with my design, I have changed the colour of ‘Malcolm Garrett’ on the front cover and the questions, so that they come from the colour palette within the wavelength design I created. I think it works much better now as it blends nicely, not too striking. Also another thing was giving more (breathing) space to the actual wavelength as the text wrapped around doesn’t make it stand out as well, so I created 2 columns for each page, which was something I experimented earlier in the project with layouts. I think it’s really effective especially as the columns aren’t too wide, and so this adds to the breathing space of the concertina layout. I’ve also reduced the number of quotes and spread those remaining, further apart. Where they are placed balances the rest of the design.
The next stage now will be to print it out and do a type spec of a spread.
From the final group critique the other day, this was the design that captured most people and one that I thought was effective.
There were a few changes which I had to do, such as turning the hyphenation off, which I meant to do before but didn’t get round to doing it. Another aspect was making the size of the columns of copy text constant, so creating guides with seven columns and making the text fit 3 of them. Also making the quotes so they are aligned like the main copy text. I did also adjust the FAQs page which I changed to make it more of an info page with inks to his website and other pages.
Overall I think it works really well. I had to take bits of text out for it to all fit on.
Spherikal by Ion Lucin
Screenshots of InDesign magazine interview created
Firstly I set up the document as I wanted it:
Then I created the baseline grid:
Then I created the paragraph style:
Then I dragged the copy text I was going to use and placed it in a text box which filled up the baseline grid on both sides of the page:
Then on 2 master pages, I placed one of the wavelength images I was going to use, adjusting the angle and size so that text could fit above and below it:
I then created 2 black boxes to cover up the edges:
Then I created another master page in which I rotated and moved the same image to show a different perspective:
I then created shapes, using the pen tool, around the brighter more jagged lines, and sent them to the back of the document behind the main image. Also with the shapes I used the text wrap so the text on the pages would wrap using the largest area, so it’s not all over the place.
Then going back to the pages I’m using, I arranged the copy text around so it would fit, plus adding colour to the questions from an other paragraph style and adding spacing between the question and answer:
Then I created the title and quotes within the text, adjusting the size of the font using a different paragraph style:
So that’s the process which I did, also for the other possible outcome with the cream background and blue wavelength lines.
This is the other possible final layout I did using a black background light trail image on InDesign.
