process and production indesign helvetica document, illustrator brockmann poster and photo shop grey scale photos

In todays session of process and production we learned a few basic tools from indesign and photoshop. I will be showing you the work that I created in this session and what I did to create it.

The main techneques we learned were how to covert images into gray scale and also into bitmap, we also learnt how to create a very print looking image in photoshop. As well as learning how to create a layout in indesign and how to create a bouble page spread and recreated the gutenberg bible using the layout and double page spread we had created. 

The images below or my recreations of the gutenberg bible this task really helped me understand using layout, typefaces and text format in idesign. I didnt know very much indesign but I feel I can now confidently use idesign basiaclly within my work.

 After we then further explored layout and type indesign by recruiting this Joseph Muller-brockmann

poster I had lots fun doing this and taught me more skills to use in indesign.

We then created bitmap and grey scale images which I didn't know how to use before this task which also really helped my understanding and improve my skills in photoshop.

Theory as practice genealogy

In this session we were set a group task related to geneology. The task we were given was to come up with an advertisment for a scenario which we could chose ourselfs we chose "what if tinted sunglasses were fashionable" in our product advertisment we decided to creat tinted sunglasses which were very technical which made everyone live in their own world imstead of the real one.

This is the mind map we craeted to show our thought process and ideas for our adertisment and product. I feel like this task benefited me because now I can develop my graphic work in the same way to to show my thought processes through out the development.

Theory as practic manifesto

In todays session we were looking at manifestos and how it might help us apply our own work through out university. 

What is a manifesto?

A public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued an election by a political party or candidate.

we looked at the First Things First manifesto from 2000. the manifesto was set to give designers a useful guideline to work towards. the task was to highlight or underline the parts we thought were important to us and annotate the reason why we chose this. I chose a part which talked about designers only being used for advertising and marketing when in a matter of fact they deserve more and better, This is what I thought anyway below is the picture of the manifesto with all my annotations. 

Intro To Theory

what is theory?
a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained for example seeing comes before words.The child looks and recognises before it can speak.

what is theory and why study it?
Theory is Theoretical framework, critique, reading, analysis and synthesis which means to break down then bring it back together. 
theory is also substance and style, setting your own work apart from others in the competitive and commercial world and critical thinking around your own work and that of others

The praxis theory
Is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realised. "praxis" may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realising, or practising ideas.

How does theory translate to actual stuff?
Theory translates into advertising in commercial and conceptual design as well as concepts and ideas.

oscar wild - "an idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea"