Facebook!

Guys, we're finally up and running on our Facebook page!  Check it out!

Almost there!

After the success of the 3D text the other day, the guys decided to make more of it to fit into the landscape.  It has worked pretty well! It is also written into the river to show a flowing effect.  The rural side of the landscape is now fully complete.  All that needs done is for the green base to go down, and everything stuck on.  

Dragons Den

In the business and design class, we had to present a mini Dragons Den exercise where we had to present our business ideas, and the basic design principals of the project and exhibition to a panel. Tori and Gary done the speaking, while |I worked the slide show.  

The slide show was a collection of images that we had complied of the project so far.  We also had a mood board that we used to help generate the idea for the event.  

This is an image of the mood board that we used.  

Leaflets

Today we got our leaflets made.  They feature a handmade font sending out a mass invite to the event, along with the date and place etc. Lennard the sheep also shows an appearance.

The leaflets are double sided printed onto bright coloured card which co-insides with the colours used in the paper landscape.  

    

New Gallery Space

Due to some miss-communication, and double bookings, we no longer have the gallery space in the main foyer of uni.  However, we have acquired the project room, towards the back entrance beside the street.  This room is perfect for what we need.  It is a relatively small area which would fit our exhibition perfectly.  The entire room is white, with a rough industrious feel to it.  This could be beneficial in promoting our theme of the handmade.  

Productivity!

Today, i'm going to admit was pretty successful! =]
We managed to get quite a lot done.  Firstly, the business cards were sent to print.  They should arrive on my doorstep on Friday - just in time for the start of the exhibition. Secondly, the posters were printed and stuck up around the university.  We are going to stick some more up in the local coffee houses, and the SU Bar after class tomorrow afternoon.  This should create more awareness of the event.  A leaflet design was also made, and to save money we are printing them on scrap, and left over pieces of paper from the models.  We are going to use home inkjet printers to save on costs.  Plus it looks just as nice =]  I shall get some photos up soon! But for now, i'll leave you with a picture of Gary hanging up some posters.

Posters!

These are just some of the areas that we put the posters and leaflets etc.  They are around uni, and in local coffee shops.  =]

Tori's models 4

Abandoned cottage, trees, and 3D text.  Lookin' class!

Pre-leaflet printing

This is the layout that we used to create the leaflets.  We made a template for it, and duplicated it 6 times on an a4 page.
We aim to print it onto coloured card and cut it into separate bookmark size leaflets.

Designer Invites

I started making the real designer invites.  This is the result so far.  The pieces of paper are so small! Its really annoying to put together, but it'll be worth it in the end! There are 6 invites in total.

T-shirts

To keep ourselves looking professional, and also to identify ourselves as a team on the day of the event, we decided to make some event t-shirts.

We decided to use yellow, as this seems to be a consistent colour that we find ourselves working with. 

The information that the t-shirt will contain, will the be the website address, and the title 'Unplug'.

The T-shirts themselves were purchased at a £1 each, and for the 3girls are vest tops, while for the guy is a t-shirt.  

We have decided to make them ourselves using image transfer paper - this not only keeps costs low, but further enhances our 'handmade' ethos.  

These are some of the designs that we came up with. Our favourite designs so far are 2, and 5.  

Personal Invites

The group decided that it would be a personal touch if we made some invites for local designers instead of just emailing them.  We thought that a pop up invite, made of card would be much more aesthetically pleasing, and keep up with the handmade craft aspect.  It also sets some level of expectation, and creates an understanding of what the event is about.  

Here is a mock-up that I made of the invite. 

Hand rendered type

Remembering that the idea behind this project, and exhibition is handmade qualities, we decided that it would be best if we created a hand rendered type that we can use to put onto posters and invitations etc.
We looked at some artists who make hand created typefaces like Mike Perry.  These are just some that we looked at:

This is the type that we came up with: