Times Front Covers

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Eureka Research: Times Paper

These are some of the stories/articles I will be using for content of the special edition of the paper, which is meant to have been taken over by scientists in order to get their points across.

Thought Bubble: Crash Course

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An odd find for this context post, as I was trawling youtube for a visually splendrous piece of learning material to eat my dinner I came across crash course. They are 10 minute nuggets of condensed education, using a simple style to get their point across. The website thought bubble do their motion graphics, which is the style I think would compliment the Eureka brief. I have been stuck with the brief and wondering how I could do some sexy editorial work, until now. I was a bit crafty and stole their colour palette, as I think it would work great with the project and move it along much quicker in terms of the principal decisions required in order to make it look visually stunning. Although not sure I could make it stunning, we shall see....

Dee Dee Kid

Love this guy, based in Berlin and rocking some major illustrative talent! Think this will be a great point of reference for the BOTB brief. His style is incredible and where I would like to see myself by the end of this year or at least my first year out. He is also part of the Peach Beach Collective in Berlin, where I will hopefully be going in the summer for a portfolio review and a jam. He uses a lot more crisp and considered vectors, which is something I need to get a hold of, especially the tablet I got bought but have not done anything with yet.
Due to the versatility of his style, I really think that it can be applied to scientific means, as well as having a positive effect on my own work both illustrative and informative in regards to colour palettes.

Picnic Book

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Format and Finishes

Just thought I would catch up with some much needed print knowledge, especially since my SOI declared that I knew alot about the subject and intended to produce work integrated with some interesting finishes.
The book was a great source for some of my briefs and sped up development of the CODE brief significantly. The rest of my annotation can be seen in the PDF.

Schuss Magazine

Despite the content of the magazine, I thought that this served a s contemporary example of how to approach layout design, especially since I avoid it like the plague. The overview of type specs allows freedom within restrictions and would help greatly towards the DC publication.

Matrix for Events

This sort of simple format and layout seems like an ideal little piece that would greatly compliment my heroes of science brief whilst not overcomplicating the content/direction. It also means that the rigid format and structure of the content and colour go hand in hand with its overall effectiveness and how the imagery used supports the impact to the intended audience.

BRuNO Magazine

Good reference for how to use layout to my advantage and to easily envision what sort of grid/approach to use when dealing with content.

Juan Solon

Although Juan's work and application of context spans through a whole range of subjects and themes, I think his style makes the most of a story and manages to communicate perfectly. I love his way of working and the professional look of his work. Lives in spain but his work is seen all over the globe.

Makeshift Magazine

http://www.magspreads.net/2012/03/makeshift-issue-02-mobility.html

"Makeshift is a quarterly print and online magazine about creativity in unlikely places, from the favelas of Rio to the alleys of Delhi. These are environments where resources may be scarce, but where ingenuity is used incessantly for survival, enterprise, and a self-expression. Makeshift believe in an industrial future fueled by networks of makers, from roadside engineers to co-working creatives.Makeshift are documenting a movement of hackers, sharers, and entrepreneurs innovating under resource constraints. Makeshift is about people, the things they make, and the context they make them in."

Really like the layout and the grid they have used to produce the spreads. The composition is something I will be using for inspiration when considering how to apply it to my own work, with the exception of using much more bold colours to bring my own work to life. It is something I strongly believe in and think makes something more engaging when using appropriate colour combinations to enhance overall impact. Especially when dealing with content heavy work.

Eureka Spreads Courtesy of Matt Curtis

Managed to find a blog devoted entirely to the archiving of Eureka spreads, which is a massive stroke of luck on my part I believe!
Really displays such a rich diverse application of mixed illustrative, collage and layout skills which sort of puts me at rest when considering how to approach this brief.
Although I will need to consider how I want my pages to look and how they woudl stand out from what is already out there.

Natalie Wood

For some odd reason, Natalie's work was really hard to find, so I sourced all her info mainly from external sites and got the majority of her work from google image via tagged blogs.
I really like her work, on a visual basis, but once again it the the use of vector imagery to convey and envision complex science ideas works incredibly well. Ok maybe not the squashed drog but you get the idea.
She keeps updating her website with loads of really interesting work which is dominated by her individual approach.

Alan Dalby

Dalby has worked with editorial illustration for a few years now, being only a recent graduate he works freelance primarily but gets work regularly. I like his work as it is a more professional looking version of my own, using simplistic vectors and shapes to communicate what is going on. 

Love his use of colour as it is almost coherent through his entire body of work. A whole load of of his new work can be found on his blog.