Thank You Haruki Murakami

I have picked the author Haruki Murakami to say thank you to.  In recognition of his work and the inspiration he has given me. 

I decided that the best way to say thank you is to use the words of the people he admires and thank him in their words.  Murakami frequently uses Western references, musicians and authors in his novels.  The people he mentions are people he respects and admires so I chose four and used their quotes. I have reflected the way he combines Western and Japanese cultures by using a Japanese blossom pattern on the back of the book.

Unfortunately the paper quality isn't as good as it could have been so the ink has gone though from one side to the other so given time I would have used better materials.

Thank You

   For the first project withing 'Visual Communication in Context' I have decided to choose the author Harauki Murakami to thank.  I have read many of his books and did my previous dissertation on the 'Search for Identity within the Novels of Haruki Muakami'.  I have refreshed my knowledge by looking through information on him and looking into interviews with him.  From the information I have read I feel that it is important to make sure I concentrate on his references to Western Culture within his books.

For more information on Haruki Murakami visit here.

Second Year

We have been thrown into this year with a long three part project concentrating on design for print for specific audiences. After a long summer it is quite a shock to come straight back to work towards deadlines but it is good to have some structure again.

This year I would like to improve my technical ability, making sure I follow briefs to the letter and do not miss out on any specifications that mean I may lose marks. I would also like to involve myself more in projects outside university, working on competition and live briefs. I will also try to move outside my comfort zone to make sure I improve and extend my skills. I would like to become more knowledgeable about more practitioners in the field and read and research more thoroughly than in my first year.

Open Garden Poster

Final design for the open garden poster.

Open Garden

The image for a retro style garden open day poster.

Conor Oberst

Devendra Banhart

Springhead Plant Lovers' Day

I've recently been working on designing publicity materials for an event at Springhead Garden. I went there today and took a few photos, it was really great to see people wandering around with the brochures that I had designed.
More photos of the event are here

Tann Westlake

For the second half of my work placement I have been working with Tann Westlake based in Sussex on the re-branding for Littlehampton Harbour. This is a really great project to contribute to and a nice change to spend a long time on one project rather than the quickly produced pieces with Tasty marketing.

Simon, who i have been working with has been really supportive guiding me though what I need to do. I've spent time producing logos and advertisements designed to be in magazines promoting Littlehampton Harbour. the harbour is looking to have a completely new image to appeal at a more liesure boat type market rather than it's current industrial, fishing image. I also visited Littlehampton to get an idea of the place, the weather was quite dull so the photos I took are not wonderful but they were a help for inspiration.

More photos can be found here

Tasty Marketing

For my first work placement I worked a week at Tasty Marketing in the Enterprise Pavillion. This was an interesting week doing very varied work from writing press releases to designing advertisements. This was a useful experience, working in an office related environment however I do not want to do this line of work in the future as it seems very limiting and the idea of working on a computer all day would kill me.

I am incredibly grateful for the oportunity to experience a Marketing company and I managed to produce several pieces that I was pleased with, however I would prefer to be more hands on in my approach to solutions.

V&A

Hanging glass sculpture in the entrance of the V&A

I went to the V&A at the weekend to see the Quilts exhibition, quilts from 1700 - 2010. The exhibition was really interesting and varied, the stories that went with each quilt were fascinating and often moving. The below quilt, 'Punctuation' by Sarah Impey was my favourite, she played between constructing the written word and manufacturing the quilt.

Red Dress

Pencil Drawing