Visio – Luxury Lifestyle Brand
A couple of weeks ago, designer Craig Black came into our class to launch a live brief. Not only is Craig an incredibly talented designer but he was also in his final year when I was in my first. I remember his degree work being really excellent at the end of year show and it’s […]
Type – Cycle by Marcel Piekarski
“The greatest ideas are the simplest.” ― William Golding, Lord of the Flies The more I go on with studying design, the more I understand that the simplest ideas are more often that not the best. Typography is a massive part of my studying, not only that but as a complete typophile, I can’t go […]
Testing Your Kerning
As a student, my typography skills have seen a vast improvement over the last few years but I am fully aware that I have a long way to go. Once you start, it becomes impossible to switch off – I am constantly checking for em/en dashes and looking at kerning on posters. It’s almost like […]
Kinetic Typography Animation
As part of my second year studying Graphic Design, I have been taking a class in 2D Animation. Having dabbled in traditional frame by frame animation before (and my goodness it takes ages), I was keen to start learning how to use After Effects. I can’t lie, as with any new piece of software it […]