Design for Print

Current Historic Trail Leaflets: All of the leaflets are well designed and fit the style a historic trail would present but they all look the same, they all have the same colours, similar layouts and similar fonts used. I want to try and design something which still fits in with the historic trail persona but is a more visually stimulating and stands out over these boring leaflets.  I want to try and bring more photography into the leaflet as i feel the trail in which the leaflet is for is such a beautiful place that no illustration could really do it justice. For this i will walk some of the trail myself and take photos as i do, these photos i will then edit and include in the leaflet. Also using photographs brings a sense of maturity which i think this trail needs, i wouldn't want to try and illustrate the leaflet and end up with it damaging the character in which a historic trail has.  Below are inspirations i have found from other leaflets...

Above is my initial mood-board full of inspirations that i have seen in person or online. All these images have given me some sort of inspiration for my project. I will be looking more in depth into everything but first of all i like to collate images that trigger a creative spark in my brain, which give me initial ideas. 

Last week we were given this task. I chose to do the WARNING sign for a near by nuclear power plant as i felt it would be a lot more interesting and complete different to anything i had done before. Before i started to come up with ideas i researched existing warning signs and many follow the same forms. The majority of warning signs all use a triangle and as you can see from the variety of warning signs below they all use the same colour code and very simple pictograms.  For my design i wanted to adhere to these rules and keep with the triangle form, bright yellow and contacting black colour and also use clear/simple pictograms.  I thought i was going to find this task quite challenging as it was something new but i feel i produced a good sign and i am confident in my design.  below is my design for the warning sign to an upcoming nuclear power plant:  Below is my sign placed in a realistic situation for where it may be used:...

Wayfinding and signage design.  Wayfinding - a specialist design area that combines science, psychology, semiotics and graphic design skills. Human Navigation: landmarks - humans often navigate using landmarks for example, a hill/mountain, river, tall building this can help to give the person a rough idea to where they are or where they have to go. Types of signs:  orientational - maps, exploded views, plans, landmarks informational - time tables, industrial estate boards directional - navigation systems, hospitals, airports identification - labeling devices i.e. certain buildings, work of art  - statutory (regulatory) - rules, safety, legal notices - fire regulations etc  - ornamental banners, flags, commemorative plaques

For this task we had to pick out of a hat a Graphical sequence which would then have to go away and draw up. the graphical sequence i had was - From water to powered flight: the process of a water rocket, take off and landing.  Below is my graphical sequence which i came up with: Because this is a water powered rocket and can be built at home from scratch i wanted it look as if it was drawn up by a father for him and his child's elaborate weekend plan. A crazy sketched up dream! Also because it was only a water rocket i wanted it to look like a real life metal rocket which shoots out flames - as if a child has dreamt it up it needed to be simple with all attention of the actual rocket and process - not backgrounds etc.  I feel i created a good graphical sequence which clearly explains a water rocket process through imagery and minimal text. 

Graphs - they represent data  normally used to back up an argument or statement made also used to show stats  Graphical Sequences -  explains process supports information given on the page step-by-step visual guide Maps - express geographical relationships ordinal surveys (o/s) show contour lines - representing the height of the landscape shows rivers and lakes shows roads and walk paths normally gil sans is the font used on maps Strip Maps -  read in columns  easy to understand  simple Glance Boxes -  simple boxes containing key information  Diagrams -  visual instructions  basic - normally black and white simple layout use of arrows  magnification used in more detailed areas we also looked at Minards chart and how well designed it is, even to this day.  Minards chart is considered the best chart in history according to graphic s...