Level 5 to Level 6
CoP3
How have the 1980s technological ideas and inventions influenced todays graphic design?
Extended Practice
Brief 1: 80s TV channel 1980s televisions shows and films are still much loved today but have no dedicated channel to support them like there is for music and other film genres. Your task is to propose and design a channel concept that would show only those programs from the 80s. The channel would need to bring 80s shows into the 21st century TV perspective.
Brief 2: Leeds Cat Rescue Produce branding for Leeds cat rescue and consider a range of products that could be used to promote the work of the charity to the relevant target audience.
Brief 3: 78violet Produce a re brand for the band after their recent change in name, from Aly & AJ to 78violet, and change in musical direction for their first album release in 5 years. For this you will also need to produce a range of products that uses the re brand you have designed to promote their album and potential future tour.
Brief 4: Books still? Produce a graphical piece which communicates across print and web that demonstrates and considers how we read in the 21st century.
Brief 5: Wizard of Oz series To produce a set of 4 book covers based on a selection of books from the Oz series. Over the years this has been a popular book and with this its cover has been re designed hundreds of time.
Brief 6: Yorkshire documentation This brief will require a great understanding of Yorkshire in order to document and show within a publication the positives and negatives of the county and its tourism. The publication should be educational, factual and documentative.
Brief 7: Yorkshire restaurant Produce branding for the new opening of a restaurant based in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. For this you will be asked to produce all materials that will be needed for the opening and running of the restaurant. As the restaurant will serve only Yorkshire cultural dishes and food sourced from the county this needs to be ideally visually represented in your design throughout.
Brief 8: Coeliac campaign This brief is a research based project and will require a great amount of understanding of coeliac’s disease to produce suitable and educational outcomes. For this you are require to present your findings in the form of an informative publication. The research gathered in the first part of the brief will then allow you to create an awareness campaign both suitable for a young audience and their parents. The range of products produce should use or display some of the research gathered and you must consider an effective way to do so.
Competition/collaboration
I am a graphic designer with a focus on digital design with an interest in branding and design for children.