6 of 1 and Half a Dozen of another

For our Twelfth project, titled '6 of 1 and half a dozen of another', we were asked complete several tasks for the brief: we were firstly asked to to work on and extend a previous project- I decided to extend my 'Big Issues Project' and create new designs as well as placing my final billboard design into different formats and distribution methods.

For my 6 extensions I decided that I wanted to portray and illustrate my thoughts about the Iraq War from the perspective of an Iraqi civilian and wanted the designs to be urban and contemporary so that every generation could understand the message I was trying to communicate.I decided to explore graffiti and the connotations of graffiti, this seemed to be the best way of creating a contemporary design that could be quickly interpreted. I analysed Banksy's work, since some of his work has a political agenda also.

This is an A3 research sheet that I created to summarise Bansky's styles

I also researched Arabic calligraphy and decorative typography, to explore which style would give the most effective aesthetic.

6 of 1

Here are my 6 graffiti stencil extensions, of soldiers which have been juxtaposed with Arabic typography that says 'Freedom', I particularly like the way in which the red spray paint has created a spluttered effect which resembles blood, this makes the images emotive and strong.

I then further developed the graffiti designs to create one final billboard design

and placed this within an actual billboard, using photoshop

I also placed some of my other designs into different billboards and formats for distribution

and...Half a dozen of another

For the second half of the project we were asked to research various artists, companies and design magazines and create summary sheets about them. The first A3 sheet analysed 4 design magazines: these were 'Design Week', 'EYE Magazine', 'Grafik' and 'Creative Review'

And a summary sheet about, David Carson, Sony Bravia, BBC channel Idents and Nick Knight