This website is simplistic but that works for me due to the fact I can make a link between the style of the site and the artists work straight away and it doesn't look as though he's trying to hard to promote himself.
Monday 20 December 2010
Saturday 11 December 2010
What if...
Due to the nature of this brief we had to carry out a body of research to back up that our chose problem was actually a real problem. We did a range of things to do this such as producing a questionnaire to get public views on graffiti. We also looked for stories in the media, other secondary opinions and then went out and photographed graffiti in our own area. After doing so we could prove that what we want to address is a genuine problem.
Sunday 5 December 2010
Visual Language; the impact of colour in graphic design.
Here i've found various examples of graphic design where colour impacts upon the design.
Sunday 28 November 2010
Collection 100; research.
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz, born October 2, 1949, is an American portrait photographer.
Martin Parr, born 23 May 1952 in Epsom, Surrey, is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and collector.
John Rankin Waddell, working name Rankin, born 1966, in Scotland is a British portrait and fashion photographer.
Here i've looked at three very different photographers so I can get an idea of different techniques that can be used and also styles.
Collection 100.
Fact:
- It’s the financial capital of the North, and one of the fastest-growing cities in the country.
- Leeds Bradford International Airport serves 70 destinations in 30 countries, including North America and Asia.
- London Kings Cross can be reached by rail in just over two hours.
-The city centre has 2 miles of traffic-free shopping and over 1,000 shops.
- Leeds was named ‘Best Place in Britain to Live’ by Henley Management Centre.
- Leeds is one of the top student destinations in the UK and the University of Leeds is one of the UK's top ten research universities.
- There are over 200,000 students here, 64,000 of whom are degree students at Leeds’ two internationally acclaimed universities.
- Leeds Metropolitan University is home to the largest business school of its kind, and is rated in the top 50 globally.
- The city is home to five renowned theatres, 83 restaurants, 133 bars and pubs and 38 nightclubs.
-Shopping in Leeds was rated amongst thirty essential ‘things to do’ for visitors to the UK by the Rough Guide to Britain 2006.
- Leeds city centre has 3.5 million sq ft of retail floorspace, five miles of shopping streets and one of the country’s largest pedestrianised shopping areas.
- The major industries at Leeds are the printing, publishing, engineering, chemicals, and IT electricity.
Leeds has more females than males.
- Leeds has more listed buildings than York.
- Leeds United football club was founded in 1919.
- Leeds is a city in the county of West Yorkshire.
- The city was originally an agricultural market town in the Middle Ages.
- In 1893, Leeds became a city.
- A national survey recently crowned Leeds the UK’s most ‘female-friendly’ city.
- Leeds College of Art has been educating for 160 years.
- Approximately 200 buildings in Leeds were destroyed by bombers during WWII.
Statistics:
- According to the data, the population of Leeds is 715,404 - making it the third biggest city in the UK after London and Birmingham.
- There are more females (369,570) than males (345,834) living in Leeds. www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/features/facts/index.shtml
- Leeds is a relatively dry city, with an average of 660 mm of rain falling annually.
- Leeds College of Art has a modest annual intake, currently at 640 higher education students a year.
- Leeds has seen £3.5bn of investment in major commercial, retail and residential property developments over the last decade.
- Out of a total workforce in West Yorkshire of 936,000, nearly half (that’s 442,000 people) work in Leeds.
- Experian predicts 18% growth in the city’s comparison consumer spend by 2019, the highest of any major UK shopping centre.
- Leeds met has 32,500 students from over 142 countries.
- Latest figures, for 2008, show 691 under-18s fell pregnant in Leeds.
- Leeds is...
89.1% White
5.4% Asian or Asian British
2.0% Black or Black British
1.7% Mixed Race
1.8% Chinese and other
- A weather chart for Leeds shows average summer temperatures around 20º.
- Its supposed to rain for up to 17 days in December, in Leeds.
- The value of the city’s economy is estimated at £13.6 billion and is projected to grow by a third in the next ten years.
- Children born in disadvantaged areas of Leeds have a lifespan that is 8-10 years shorter than those born in more affluent areas.
Opinion:
Sally Robinson - it's got many good highstreet shops, the people are usually friendly, the music scene is good also.
Emily Ward - it has a really good art scene, lots of galleries and everyone is generally friendly.
Steph Morgan - the roads are sooo hard to follow.
Dana Atkinson - good place to go for a days shopping, but hasn’t got much going for it otherwise, it hasn’t got the history etc like york.
Baljeet Samra - It's a vibrant city with lots to do and an amazing Art college.
Sophie Wilson - an exciting, yet homely city which is always crammed with events- a fun and youthful place.
Hayley Simpson - Never been but would love to visit.
James Dowson - It has amazing nightlife and awesome shops!
James Tasane - it has a nice feel to the place and doesn’t feel like a big massive city like london where you could easily get lost.
Rachel Doughty - Female accent is bad!! they are so loud and hard to understand.
Alice tasane - The road system is confusing n not clearly sign posted.
Benji Turgel - Love it prefer it soo much more than london! However the one thing which is annoying for me in Leeds is there isn't much variety to get hold of kosher food.
Melissa Beach - I dont really know leeds. but from the times ive been i think they need more shops! well food shops atleast. went to the armouries and the only food shop close to it was tesco.
Beth Owen - I love it most when it snows!
James Nicholl - Leeds is the bizzle!
Joe Warburton - I was a bit weary moving to Leeds but I settled in quickly. Everything is near-by and accesible and it isn't as big as it is made out to be - though that's probably because I've only stayed in the centre. The only thing I hate is dragging my food shopping over the numerous hills.
Sophie Gerhard - Bad place to be if you have no money and love to shop!
Paul McGee - Got a snowboard slope near there so I like it. Never been to leeds or out properly though just driven through.
Tom Laverick - Pretty nice place, awful to drive through though!
Amy Wade - It's a good city for a social life. Good night scene, good shops. Good facilities for education uses like the uni etc. Bad roads, a bit scary in some areas, but overall quite a pleasant city.
Words:
Vibrant
Exciting
Big
Studenty
Home
Friendly
Busy
Cultural
Musical
Proud
Pleasant
Creative
Entertaining
Happy
Windy
Hilly
Fun
Modern
Expanding
Industrial
Sunday 14 November 2010
No news is good news; message and delivery.
As my idea was going to be based upon informing parents of how their child could be effect by tv I did a bit of research into what has been said about this.
from: http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/tv_affects_child.html
Of course, television, in moderation, can be a good thing: Preschoolers can get help learning the alphabet on public television, grade schoolers can learn about wildlife on nature shows, and parents can keep up with current events on the evening news. No doubt about it — TV can be an excellent educator and entertainer.
But despite its advantages, too much television can be detrimental:
- Children who consistently spend more than 4 hours per day watching TV are more likely to be overweight.
- Kids who view violent acts are more likely to show aggressive behavior but also fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to them.
- TV characters often depict risky behaviors, such as smoking and drinking, and also reinforce gender-role and racial stereotypes.
- two-thirds of infants and toddlers watch a screen an average of 2 hours a day
- kids under age 6 watch an average of about 2 hours of screen media a day, primarily TV and videos or DVDs
- kids and teens 8 to 18 years spend nearly 4 hours a day in front of a TV screen and almost 2 additional hours on the computer (outside of schoolwork) and playing video games.
I've also looked at some mail shots for inspiration.
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