workshop 4.

In this workshop everyone had to recreate a bit of London map using only type. Then when they were done paste them all together to create a large map of London. Simple. Everyone had a different style and technique of doing it so it turned out varied but looked pretty cool. We were only allowed to use Helvetica and Red.

pics from apfel.

workshop 3.

In my 3rd workshop we used stenciling to do some prints of type, to try and transform the letters over a few prints. We used just two colours and a roller to print the word 'London'. Unsure how to go about extending this workshop apart from by doing more prints.

coat.

of arms for Harrow which we based the snake idea from.

Might go to Harrow sometime for a bit of an extension to this workshop, and do something snakey. Would be fun.

workshop 2.

Workshop numero 2 was pretty fun, a more lighthearted workshop. We had to get into groups, pick a London borough, find a load of junk from around the college and then use said junk to create a creature/character that represented the particular borough.

Our group picked Harrow. Not sure why. No one really knew much about it, must have been intrigued. Or all the obvious boroughs had been used. Whatever.

Here is a picture or 2 of the pile of junk and card we found.
















So after doing a little bit of research of Harrow we found the coat of arms and the fact that Harrow meant the word 'temple' in some language. So, being the smart graphic designers we are, we thought POW!! let's combine the two! The coat of arms contained a snake wrapped about a stick, which is a creature so we set about making a snake that lived in a temple with the cardboard boxes and rubbish we had.

Here are some photos of Harold being built and stuff. And him next to 'Louie' from Lewisham the chicken leg which another group made.

workshop 1.

The first workshop I did for my final project was a simple one to show you how to lay out the grid of the book on InDesign as well as show how the book must be bound. The book we make must be A5 and bound using two bolts and must be French fold.

The book must follow the theme of 'London through the eyes of a designer' and there must be a chapter in the book for each workshop I attend. The chapter must contain images and text from what happened in the workshop but then the ideas learnt must be expanded and followed up after the workshop to produce pieces of work.

I also need to make a poster to act as a wrap around cover for the book.


So... anyway in this workshop we got shown how to lay out the paper and the margins for the A5 book. Obviously the final grid is down to whatever you want. But for this workshop I just did a simple one. Then threw in some placeholder text and some random images on my memory stick to fill a few pages.

Then, using a holepuncher and some book binding bolts, I bound the few pages together to give an idea of how to make the book for this project.

So to 'extend' this workshop for the chapter, its basically gonna be the experimenting with the layout, paper and putting the book together which I've already started doing.

Here are some photos of the dummy pages I made in this workshop.