Briefs From My Personal Folder

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This folder contains all the hand out briefs, which I was given by the lectures throughout this year.

Research and References Folder Semester A

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This folder contains all the research and references, which I have used to create my finals projects. It has helped me out to start each projects and ended with the final outcomes.  

I have researched many dance styles via Internet and by publicity so I can find out more information about the dance style and what kind of dance style will be interesting and easy for me to be performed that the audience will be amazed after watching it. After gathering all the research of hairstyles and dance steps, I have decided to look at contemporary dance such as ballet; as it’s one of the best dances to be performed on the stage, whether is telling a story or any emotions or feelings.

I have researched different hairstyles and drew them in detail to see how it would be suitable for the dance steps. For the hairstyles, I have produced a lot of hairstyles that is based on buns, as my researched part of the dance style is Ballet. Through out my research I’ve noticed that in a ballet dancers hair is neatly and softly tied up in elegant buns, which relates to the hairstyle that I've chosen for this project.

The research contains drawings of the dance steps and hairstyles that I've produced for this dance steps called Asian Classical Dance. I’ve chosen a quiff with side plait hairstyle as it looks really classical and beautiful as well as its traditional. I decided to create this type of traditional clothes and a hairstyle because it’s classical which relates to the Indian dance style and hairstyle. In addition, the quiff might represent the skirt of the costumes, as it’s really big and elegant. The reason for the side plait is that all the classical dancers have long side plait at the front when they preform in this particular dance form.

I have taken different images of all the tourist attractions and these are the main ones that I have selected from a large collection of different images. I have also included the site that I have visited to find more information about the places. While I took images of different sights I also gathered information/leaflets/maps from the reception desk. 

Before I went to visit all these places, I didn’t know about many places so this is the map which I printed online which guided me while visiting all the places. 

                                                            

I have collected many different cards design to find out all the information that a single card can hold. In most of the cards, I have noticed that they only used an image and then an address that contains name of the person or place, contact number and a site where the audience can visit to see what’s around. Therefore I would like to see something similar like this in my own calling cards.  

I have looked at the different measurements of the size paper, as my cards will be printed on to an A6. Therefore, it will be useful for me to find out the exact measurements.

 

Below are some of my own sketches of the main attraction in London, which I have used to create an A6 calling cards. My first idea was to use my own sketches and Image Trace them in Illustrator to make them look digital. But unfortunately, because the sketches were really detailed, each time I traced it I was getting unexpected results as it’s shown below. Therefore, I had to change my ideas by using primary images, which I had captured.  

During this project, I visited V&A museum and I saw a typography exhibition, which was really amazing, and Nada Debs and Nasser Al-Salem held it. I was really inspired by Arabic typography work that they have produced and I would like to include some aspect of their work into mine. Debs artwork was exhibited in V&A called Concrete Carpet, 2010 where as Al-Salem was Arabic calligraphy with contemporary art using both words semantics and visual forms to communicate meaning behind the artwork.

                                                   

The research contains primary images of typography poster, a billboard and a t-shirt. I have looked at Billboard outside the V&A, which has Typography all over the large billboard. This has helped me to choose the most suitable colours and other aspect that was relevant to my given quote. It also helped me out to decide what kind of billboard I want for my designer quote. Many billboard that I have looked at outside were mainly designed as an appropriate size and it was landscape.

                                                  

I have looked at different layouts of the T-shirt online, I found out that all typography quotes been placed in the centre of the T-shirt which looks really elegant and it’s easy to read. The main colour that stood out for me was a black and white and I might use these colours in my T-shirt design.

Since I wad a child in India, I have done henna designs for a different occasion and since then I am really fond of creating henna pattern designs. I would hope to see henna in my badge to represent my passion for henna.

                                                    

                                                    

I have looked at the jewellery boxes that it has been designed already, as my idea is to design a jewellery box but something different and unique.

                                                            

I then looked at images of personal diary and letters that I want to include it in my jewellery box to make it more secure where nobody can see it and you can also include any personal products that you don’t want to share it with anyone else.