Monday, 28 March 2011

Finalising the main backgrounds.....

I created an A0 size image in Photoshop. The settings were:
Width: 830
Height: 1154
300 pixels per inch
RGB colour
8 bit
Text size: 15pt
Line width: 4cm Here's how AJ's final image could look....
To test if the text was a suitable size Richard and I printed out the image at A0 spread over 16 A4 sheets
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  1. Anonymous29 March 2011 at 10:07

    Hello guys,

    Very happy to see all the work you have put into the individual boards this week.

    I have one suggestion to make and I'm not sure if it's going to work but it worth it to give it a go. And my observation is that the fact of using the images of the projects in square or rectangular format makes the whole concept of your exhibition dissapear. If you have a close look to a tube map (that by now, probably you have already done, and several times!) you will notice that each of the stops are indicated with a circle. The fact of using your projects' images in the original format (and such big sizes) makes them look over-imposed in such an obvious and outstanding way that it breaks completely the design of your board.
    Lets not be OBVIOUS and then work or may I say, try to force the images in circles. There might be other ways to work with this visual challenge. An example is:

    http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/upload/23408/images/AutomotiveCarTubeMap1.jpg

    Have a look and see how this can be sorted by the disposition of the elements in the map without making it loose its original graphic strenght.
    You might also want to re-think how you're going to include the description of each of the projects. They also looked super-imposed in the board instead of making them part of the original tube map design.

    This link:
    http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://wklondon.typepad.com/welcome_to_optimism/images/2008/03/28/rat_race.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wklondon.typepad.com/welcome_to_optimism/2008/03/rat-race.html&usg=__kJziSZiQTCcFGVHtYCTBCuhXkFg=&h=262&w=350&sz=41&hl=en&start=558&sig2=fO6Pd667BjkWvjyRTxTMgA&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=pRzrYUmew_PFEM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Duse%2Bof%2Btube%2Bmap%2Bin%2Bdesign%26start%3D540%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=3wySTcLBD8a2hAeV_vmdDg

    might help you to understand how this icon has been re-interpreted by designers and artists to translate it to big format.

    Another option is to make use ot the already existing line of the map to surround the images in order to create "frames" for each. And the information for each project to be included as a description of the "line": a blue bar (in this particular example) giving the name of the student and then, underneath it, 3 paragraphs describing each of the projects.

    Maybe you will understand better if you go to:
    http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/rscmap1072.jpg
    (instead of "heroes" you put AJ's name and instead of all the icons and text underneath it, you put the 3 paragraphs.
    Be sure to number each of the images so that it's clear for the visitor what are you talking about at the bottom.

    I'm not sure this could work and if you understand what I'm talking about, but try it and we can see how it looks.
    Remember to follow the visual iconography and text style and colours used in the original tube map in order to integrate your project images properly.

    Hope this helps... and that you actually understood what I was talking about.

    See you soon,
    Mariana.

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