PORTFOLIO 2015/16
CONTENTS 3
ISTD PROJECT
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WEB DESIGN
PHOTOGRAPHY
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DIGITAL COLLAGE
2016 ISTD Student Assessment
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Yokohama Chinatown photographic collages
Digital fashion photography 35mm black and white film photography
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INFOGRAPHIC
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CORPORATE IDENTITY
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CLOTHING CUSTOMISATION Hand-painted shoes and t-shirt
TOKYO ONE PIECE TOWER Packaging and logo designs for Tokyo One Piece Tower
Rebrand for data solutions company
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UI DESIGN
CheapCheap mobile application
Vaporwave as hyper-reality
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University work portfolio site
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PACKAGING
SUSU Corn and Barley tea packaging
ISTD PROJECT
Print material designed for the 2016 ISTD Student Assessments,
analysing speeches of South African Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.
< Infographic
Analysing the Nobel acceptance speeches in terms
of word count, common words, content and ages of the Laureates. ^ Postcards
Considering what it would be like to be able to send peace around the world in the form of postcards. Postcards feature quotes from the speeches. > Stamps
Stamp sheet with faces of the South African Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.
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ISTD PROJECT
Booklet
Contains information about the Laureates and excerpts from their acceptance speeches. The word â&#x20AC;&#x153;peaceâ&#x20AC;? is in a different typeface and
weight so that the reader can see how many times the word was used throughout.
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FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
Digital fashion photography
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FILM PHOTOGRAPHY
35mm black and white film photography
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“12,417 lost in the virtual plaza”
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-Reddit’s Vaporwave thread user counter
INFOGRAPHIC
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stage 4: hyperreality These simulator games are vaporwave in their use of retro, colourful, glitchy graphics and in their weird gameplay.
Made popular by Swedish rapper Yung Lean Many vaporwave albums are released as tapes
“Vaporwave might also have changed the way some of us listen and think about listening and opened up strange, provocative glimpses of Utopia.”
Faux-utopian genres present their musical work and imagery as dark dystopias and may reflect certain political views like anti-capitalism.
Concept of a utopian realm where people take part in an exchange of symbols. Gifts are no longer consumer objects but are community, love and friendship.
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Jazzpunk
Gameplay realistic
Gameplay weeeeird
LSD Dream Simulator
400 albums and individual tracks tagged as “vaporwave”
YouTube The most-listened vaporwave song is “MACINTOSH PLUS -
Soundcloud
リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー”
500 tracks, 365 people, and 46 groups tagged as “vaporwave”
1,050,859 views
JEAN BAUDRILLARD: Worried Redditors complain about the seemingly inactive Vaporwave community
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1,130,647 views
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YouTube
The Sims
Tape cassettes
“Vaporwave aesthetics”
Utopian genres use slow and relaxing melodies to romanticise retro and futuristic realities. Music videos often use looping .gif animations of Japanese anime scenes as imagery.
vaporwave forums & communities
Graphics are vaporwavey
80s fashion
VCR tapes
—Adam Harper, music writer
JEAN BAUDRILLARD:
Bucket hats
October 2011
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4 unique tweets hourly using the #Vaporwave hashtag
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Graphics not vaporwavey
philosophically and statistically how it can be a form
hese simulator games re vaporwave in their se of retro, colourful, itchy graphics and in heir weird gameplay.
of escapism for those involved in the subculture.
Not satisfied with meatspace — the present reality — the internet lurker longs for the simplicity of the past.
spark in interest
late 2013 let the Googling begin
google searches for “vaporwave” Aug 2012: The first Vaporwave Google searches (2)
Faux-utopian genres present their musical work and imagery as dark dystopias and may reflect certain political views like anti-capitalism.
“Vaporwave mightApralso have - Jul 2014: Biggest increase in searches (22 to 94) changed the way some of us listen Apr 2015: and and think about listening The most Vaporwave searches to date (100) opened up strange,Numbers provocative relative to total searches on Google at time. glimpses of Utopia.”
Made popular by Vaporwave began online around Swedish 2010 and remainsrapper fairly Yung unknown Lean outside of the World Wide Web.
Bucket hats
Most vaporwave artists edit and Many vaporwave release sampled albumsmusic are under foreign titles. released as tapes
This is often done anonymously.
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80s fashion Tape cassettes VCR tapes
Computer art
Vaporwave forums “I've never met anyone in
(meatspace) who likes va (or even knows what it is
Japanese infomercial
—Damon Verial in a You on S U R F I N G - Deep
Vaporwave Old technology —Adam Harper, fan “Vaporwave music writer sources: image of man: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/heres-just-how-bad-sitting-around-you-n132471. image of baudrillard: http://www.fernandogomezherrero.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jean_baudrillard.jpg. image of eco: http://www.iefimerida.gr/sites/default/fi vaporwave: www.dummymag.com/features/essay-invest-in-vaporwave-futures, http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meatspace www. soundcloud.com/search?q=vaporwave, www. knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/vaporwave, www.last.fm/tag/vaporwave, aesthetics” 80s www.facebook.com/Vaporwave/ and 90s7mus tags-for/vaporwave, www.reddit.com/r/Vaporwave/wiki/basics. Google analytics: www.google.com/trends/explore#q=Vaporwave. hyperreality: jean baudrillard a very short introduction at http://publish.uwo.ca/~dmann/baudrillard1.htm. Eco, Umberto. "Travels in Hyperreality" (PDF). FIJI water
CORPORATE IDENTITY
Rebranding of corporate identity for Point A labs. 1st place student prize-awarded project There are versatile ways to use our logo.
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Stationery and business cards
The bright colours reflect the positive energy in the Point A office. The business cards are friendly and
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The logos can be used vertically, horizontally, as icons, or with or without a tagline.
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CORPORATE IDENTITY
Testimonial (above)
A sleek, bright and easy-to-read testimonial message from a satisfied Point A client.
Rebranding of corporate identity for Point A labs. 1st place student prize-awarded project
Bringing all our brand elements together.
Promotional folder and letterhead back (right) Above is a collection of our brand stationery. The
This A4 folder will stand out on any desk as the “you’ve got mail” to add some of our quirky personality. letterhead is structured and welcoming with the line
brand’s colours are bright and memorable. The featuring the brand smiley face.The business cards are This is brought through in the envelope design as well,
letterhead (back) is simple and should brighten up card reads “Hi, I’m...” followed by the name of the card
unconventional. Instead of a full name at the front, the
the day of any client.
owner. The back has the full contact details.
WeÕre on point!
Print material is important to our brand. An important part of Point A’s print material is testimonials from satisfied customers. The images above and right indicate that our bold testimonials catch the eye and make understanding what our brand does much easier. Posters are a necessary way to
TEL +27 12 470 2200 FAX +27 86 669 1890 WEB www.point-a.com
express information about our brand, and our main poster features clear sections outlining what our brand does. Simple iconography helps make information about our brand clear and easy to understand.
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CLOTHING CUSTOMISATION
Hand-doodled illustrations on t-shirts and shoes. Sold as a personal entrepreneurial initiative
Customised shoes and t-shirt Hand-drawn with fabric paint directly onto the surfaces.
baron neue
typefaces
WEB DESIGN Cousine Regular
simple and sentimental
Baron Neue is a simple sans serif typeface and works well with the quirky Cousine. Throughout the website, the main headings and important words are in Baron Neue and other text in Cousine.
menu The menu is made in a structured, blocky format to match with the logo and other boxes used around the website. It is fixed on each page, and a small triangle indicates to the user which page they are on at the moment.
designssss!
In terms of design, the home page is somewhat different from all design a personal portfolio website other pages.Front-end This page simply acts as of an entry point into the rest of the website. The background image is a photograph from the showcasing my third yearreflecting university design (2015). window of my bedroom in Tokyo, my interest in big projects cities, buildings and Japan.
colours
Third year portfolio website
Example of background colour changes between the contact (above) and about (below) pages The website is based on a slideshow format and
displays projects from both design and illustration modules. The grid layout stays the same on each
page. I used a (iow geometric, modular layout to match Information design 300) with my personal logo (left).
From left to right: example of a page with a slideshow; main Information Design page; example page
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WEB DESIGN
Front-end design of a personal portfolio website
showcasing my third year university design projects (2015).
about and contact pages
lindie botes Information pages
visual identity!
The about page (left) has links to social media and
my CV and portfolio. The contact page (below) has my email, Twitter handle and postal addresses for Tokyo and Pretoria.
logo Features the letter ‘L’ for Lindie, Korean characters ㄹ and ㅂ for my initials and two lines which are Japanese diacritics from my Japanese name, 凛子. The logo reflects my interests and style.
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DIGITAL COLLAGE
Yokohama Chinatown photographic collage series.
Featured at 2016 Golden Bee Moscow Biennale of Graphic Design.
Photographic collages
I was inspired by post-internet and glitch art. I took the photos at Yokohama Chinatown myself and
then manipulated them in Photoshop. The image
at the bottom right was featured at the 2016 Golden Bee Biennale of Graphic Design in Moscow.
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UI DESIGN: SMARTPHONE APP
Geo-location enabled smartphone app helping users
find supermarket specials and promotions around South Africa.
CheapCheap application
Users can search for items to find the cheapest nearby, or search for specials to decide where to shop. Users can add items to a shopping list and select other locations in South Africa too.
sentation animation
about cheapcheap Describing the problem through a quirky illustration style
Describing the problem need with a similar illustration style
Different retail stores have a variety of prices and specials. However, consumers often have a misconception of where they can get the best products for the best value.
The animation contains various graphics to visualise information
The animation contains various graphics to visualise information
The smartphone application is introduced through a series of animated screens
The final part of the animation explains what funding options are available for the USSD system
cheapcheap solves this problem by comparing specials from various stores in a quick, simple manner for users to save money. originalspecials USSD system is and explainedlook throughback a series offor reference. Personas are incorporated into the animation so that viewers Users can Thesave animated screens on a GSM cellphone understand the context and target market of the application Each special has an expiry date and will remove itself from the system once the special is over, thus
application
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TOKYO ONE PIECE TOWER
Logo and sticker box packaging for Tokyo One Piece Tower.
Part of my internship work at COMPOUND.inc design studio in 2015.
Kobun Logo
Logo made by handwritten Japanese brush calligraphy. The logo is placed on various items of merchandise such as bags and cards. These are available for purchase at the Tokyo One Piece Tower.
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TOKYO ONE PIECE TOWER
STICKER SET OF 12
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Part of my internship work at COMPOUND.inc design studio in 2015.
Sticker box packaging
I designed a matchbox that contains various stickers related to the One Piece anime. These boxes are also being sold in Tokyo Tower.
STICKERS
ORIGINAL
STICKER SET OF 12
STICKERS
ORIGINAL
STICKER SET OF 12
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ley Tea
PACKAGING
Susu Corn & Barley Tea
3D renders of packaging for SUSU Corn and Barley tea.
The name SUSU comes from Korean â&#x20AC;&#x153;oksusuâ&#x20AC;? which means corn.
Susu Corn & Barley Tea
Brand message and background SUSU sources and imports corn and barley tea from South Korea for local enjoyment. Oksusu means corn in Korean, which is where the name SUSU comes from. Both barley and corn tea are caffeine free and have a nutty, sweet and toasty flavour. SUSU provides a premium alternative to regular teas and cooldrinks.
Tea Packaging and logo
The brief was to design a package for a drink that
South African markets are unfamiliar with. In order
to introduce South Africans to corn and barley tea, the exoticness of the tea is enhanced by using the Chinese character for tea in the logo.
Logo and visual identity
Susu Corn & However, the cardboard slip and glass bottle design The logo is intentionally left as a black and white frame in which colours can be Barley Tea is minimal and luxurious to appeal to a youthful filled in to suit different and new tea flavours. The warm yellow colour comes
market with sophisticated taste.
from the natural colour of corn tea and the tea and blue provide a fresh, young feel for the brand image. The stylised Chinese character means tea.
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GOOD BYE!
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