andrew_dranfield

Sunday, 31 January 2010

New York Visit 1

This was the first of my visits in New York. After getting the subway to Brooklyn with Jack and Jordan, we found our way to a small cafe where we met with Designer Andrew Almeter. As they didn't really do things the same over with the showing of portfolios, there was some confusion to what was expected, but the atmosphere was great and he gave us some great ways to improve our portfolios. One aspect of my portfolio which could be improved was the inclusion of more sketches and general ideas generation processes. He suggested perhaps producing a small book which shows this to go along-side the portfolio. Overall he seemed to really like my work and it was a great experience for us all.

A really, really good idea!

Good Ideas seem to be a recurring theme for my blog (as they should be) but it is becoming more obvious how it is not just design that interests me, as long as the idea is good it is good for me. Based on the idea that different levels of water within bottles make different notes, these guys have gone one step further and made a hybrid using a remote controlled car. Basically, car goes straight with beater attached, bottles have the precise amount of water to make specific note, car plays music with bottles. The choice of Mario as the tune is also a great choice due to values of nostalgia.

Shadow Art

When I first saw these I was convinced they were not real (they were actually that good). The amount of time and effort that must have gone into each one is insane. A light is directed onto a pile of rubbish which uses a wall as a background for the shadow which is created. The main things which interest me about this project is the way the work has almost two functions and dimensions to it. Physically it is two pieces of work, one being the pile of rubbish and the other being the shadow which is created. I guess what interests me the most is the way something (which has no use and looks horrible) can have an ulterior effect due to the way it is presented. Bad instantly being transformed into good.

Alex Grey

Holland and Barrett

Second year Urbis movie 2

This is the second example of the year two work I did for Urbis in Manchester. We had to create an animated end-sting using flash. As I was already familiar with flash software I decided to produce two to challenge what I knew about flash. This one focused on the use of the existing web-based imagery which Urbis uses. I thoroughly enjoyed this brief, and because of which I believe it shows.

Second year Urbis movie 1

This is the first example of the year two work I did for Urbis in Manchester. We had to create an animated end-sting using flash. This one uses the negative space in the typography. For this one I used motion tweening, as it was a requirement of the brief.