The T(ea) Book
One of the projects due in 6 weeks for my Book Structures class is a partner project, where each pair comes up with their own book concept and design. My partner, Sara, and I, discovered a shared passion for tea, and are making a tea book. This book will contain tea-related imagery (my strength) and will be printed on fabric (Sara's strength); the pages will be held together with a length of ribbon with a printed quote. The inside of the book will contain famous quotes about tea paired with the imagery. The box will be a canvas or muslin covered slipcase with a lid, similar to a tea box. We will likely stain the muslin...with tea! Because we our book is so simple, we had trouble coming up with a title, but then landed on the simply typographic letter "T." It will reflect the simplicity of the pages containing text.
The Word Book
For the same Book Structures class I mentioned above, we need to complete a final book project on our own. I've been having a lot of trouble coming up with ideas, and this particular idea is still a very tentative one. I have favorite words in the way that I have favorite songs; I hear or see them and I'm comforted, I laugh, or am prompted to think. The book idea I'm proposing will be an entire alphabet of my favorite words; my favorite word for each of the 26 letters. The page containing the word will have pronunciation, origin, definition and whatever other information I feel like including. I may also pair the words with sketches, imagery, or illustrations, although the book will be very typographic in nature.
I have no ideas yet for the cover or binding style, but I might want it to look something like a dictionary (although I don't want to use leather!) This proposal is still very tentative, and I may change the plan at the last minute like I usually do.
My favorite word starting with "N" is nostalgia, and the letter "O" is onomatopoeia. Pinning down my favorite words for each letter will be incredibly fun....which is why I might stick with the idea; it will be entertaining!
Green Production Posters
For my Production Graphic Design class, we have a poster assignment in which we need to conceptualize, research, and design a series of 3 informational posters on some part of production. I decided to incorporate another area of interest of mine, sustainability, and will be going through the steps the designer can take to be more eco-friendly in 3 areas: Prepress/Design, Onpress/Printing, and Post-Production. I'm the only one of my classmates researching this topic, and I'm even more excited about it since more businesses and individuals are now striving to be "green," and the topic is becoming more prominent in everyday life, including the life of a designer.
I have about half of my research done and am still in the sketching process. I'm still not sure about imagery/illustration, but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon enough.
Rough thumbnails:
Music Business Cards
I'm in the process of making music business cards for my Dad, to promote him as a musician for small events, rather than for just executive purposes. These cards will be very simple but dynamic, and clearly emphasize music. I'm still in the sketching process, but I'll start working on them more as my school projects near completion.
A few sketches:
And of course, my portfolio website is an ongoing project, although it hasn't seen any changes in quite some time, especially because I now think it's boring, want to revamp my logo and my entire website design.
Starting shortly, I'll be taking on some small design projects for friends that will help them out while helping me build my portfolio.I'm also applying for an internship with Blue Line Style for Little 500. If I get the position, I'll be one of the photographers documenting the events surrounding Little 500 and the races themselves. I have a meeting on Tuesday to learn more about the internship, so I hope it goes well!
