STARTING POINT

Starting point

February 2010

This is a blog I have made for my self, ad anyone who wishes to follow my final project at BAGD, CSM.

As for now I am early in my research fase towards finding out how to structure and what to do with my final piece. As a starting point Ive told myself that I need to do this project about something that I find really facinating, and I wish to channel it out in a way where I can make a final piece where graphic design is a vital element- so that it does not become to conseptual.

Through talks with both teachers, fellow students and people in the industry I have come to the conlution that my biggest weakness and most important focus point in terms of Graphic Design is Typography, and detailing. It is therefor important for me to choose something that is linked to typography in one way or another.

When it comes to what facinates me- looking at what I take most pictures of and enjoy most to look at on the internet and in books is qurky things. Anything that is around us that is just out of the ordernary in a abit weird and facinating way.

I have lately had a facination about church advertisemt signs that you find outside churches- and after a bit further thinking- that is what I wish to start of with. Having church signs and posters as a basis- looking at loacation, number of letters, typeface usage, word usage, color usage, comaprisions, scales, quotations, linguistics, how it expresses itself, meaning, logic etc etc etc. I will also look into public relations- political speaches and so on.. I think...

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What do I want?
To base my final outcome around typography/ mapping/ gosepl church signs in London. I need to work towards a specific theme, where I easely can make a scedule that makes sence. It should be more based on finding and learning by doing then learniing by reading (though a combi would be nesseary). FInal outcome is still very open. I wnat to learn something new and produsce something that will be both valuable for me and be in interest for others to look deeper into.

2: What do I not want?
To base my project around 3 months with endelss research and thinking without knowing wether it is relevant for project or not. I dont wish to make interactive design. I dont want it to be only based on mapping- the "Quirkyness" is my main attraction for my subject.