Portfolio, update 02/06/10

Graphic design, book design & illustration

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Christmas PostcardsDesign direction and collaborative project with Tim Wan. Course-mates submitted designs around the theme “If you could do anything this Christmas..”Collated and hand screen printed in red and gold. 16 designs were produced and split in to two packs of eight, and sold.

Chromatic: The Colour BlueChromatic takes seven swatches of the colour blue, ranging from the green side of the spectrum to a deeper, dark blue.In an edition of ten, Chromatic is a hand stitched Japanese-bound book, documenting the colour by associating each swatch with a series of typography, illustration and photography.

Visual Map of LeedsWay-finding project for new students; an infographic map of Leeds. Resolve has two parts, an A1 CMYK colour separation silk screen print, identifying buildings around Leeds, and an A2 ‘key’ on trace, to be placed over the top of the visual piece. Each building is in location, categorised by type, and contains other data displayed within, revealed by the key.

Intimate VenuesEditorial and packaging project. Promoting live music in intimate venues around Leeds. Box and outer sleeve holds a pocket-sized book detailing five intimate venues around Leeds (info, interviews, gig listings etc.), a pair of earplugs and travel-size deodorant. Booklet’s elastic band bind allows it to be read as a whole or as individual booklets.

CMYKA set of four visual data posters based on the process colours and geometric shapes. The informational posters educate young children on colour mixing and blending. Three posters are individually printed at A2, with the fourth poster being a four-layer (CMYK) overprint.The posters fold down and come bound as a set.

Nottingham: An Infographic City GuideThis piece is a printed publication consisting of 100 data visuals, all displaying information on the city of Nottingham. Split in to ten key topics, each piece of infographics is unique, displayed over a series of double-page and fold-up spreads. The publication is held in a hard case and accompanied by silk-screen posters with spot varnish finish.

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