Liz Hickok

While researching the internet i came across the work of Liz Hickok, Liz is a artist and photographer working in San Fransisco and for this particular project she created a to scale version of San Fransisco made out of jelly using individual molds.

Fudge talk

A member of the design agency fudge came into talk to us today, usually when lecturers come in to speak to us we just get a powerpoint of different finished outcomes with this one was different.. in a good way. They showed us what they did as soon as they got the brief, we got to se all the idea generation, scamps and the pitching they went through until they got to there final outcome. There project was to design a new identity and logo for the british tennis and squash association and then we got to see the finished outcome. This was probably one of the best lectures up to now because they showed us the hard work leading up to a final idea which we never get to see.

Glorious lecture

26/02/2009 The design agency Glorious came in to do a lecture for us

Tom showed us a powerpoint of there work which they had done for the tate, Ancoats Urban village and identity and logo work they had done. The logo work was very interesting as it linked in to the project we were doing on identity. It was also good to see the work they had produced for the tate project pitch which they had lost to Thoughful. It was good to see both projects that were in the final to be chosen. The work that stood out to me the most was the pay and display ticket project. These were an invite to a free exhibition in kendals car park. It was a great idea and the typography used on it was clever. Tom also explained the design roster to us which was something i wasn't aware of before,This is where a company who develop in area such as the great ancoats work they showed us, appoint 5 design agencies to work for them.

Email to dinosaur creative agency

Here is an email i sent to Dinsosaur

Dinosaur Creative agency

Dinosaur Creative agency is a manchester based design company, They have wored forclients such as N power key 103, the co-op and alton towers. My favourite work on there site is the work they have done for the cow parade, The posters are quirky and humourous and has shown the manchester element by cropped images of landmarksaround the city. They have also done some adverts for clarks..these were interesting to look at as they link in with our  project at the moment

Hydroseventyfour

While researching the internet i came across this Australian design agency called hydroseventyfour,There work is a mix of rock/punk with an urban feel, there work includes posters,editorial design and typography, i have added the link to there blog http://hydro74.com/H74/clients.php.I think there work is exciting and fresh and all the work has the same feel and theme to it. There client base includes Nike,vans and billabong.The founder of the company is Joshua smith who was recognised as an illustrator for many years before forming Hydro Seventy Four.

Thoughtful talk about pitching

To help with our logo identity brief thoughtful gave us a guide to pitching. i wrote down bullet points of there most useful tips.

• understand brief and client
• ask questions
• always meet with the client and do your homework
• find out and know what budget your working with
• make decisions quick and try stick with them

For the presentation

• do coversheet
• use routes or number ideas so easy to remember
• put your ideas in the environment i.e bus stop e.c.t
• answer questions before being asked