Sam Wallbank http://s-wallbank0912-dc.blogspot.com
My design practice revolves around an investigation into layout with the focus on branding and typography. I am interested in how layout can be manipulated through various print formats as well as how this could be applied to web. Print processes, stock and other finishing processes are increasingly important to my pracetice.
I am attending adavnce print workshops, which deals with InDesign in more depth, it will teach me how to set up documents ready to be sent out to professional prints, this will be increasingly important in relation to my design practice. The workshop will also allow me to focus on easier and quicker ways in which to use the program, in affect will help my work flow and time management.
The web sessions are something what I feel I need to attend as I plan to create my own website and want to have the ability to create websites for others, not just design them. Gaining knowledge from the web workshops will allow me to know what is needed in designing web which links into my design practice.
I plan to use the oportunities of visiting lectures/professionals to the full potential using there experiences and advice to help improve and inform my design practice. I hope to create and maintain contact with releveant professionals, which in turn would benefit my experience and prepare me for when I finish I also open up opportunities to collaborate.
As the focal point of my design practice is heading towards layout and type I want to broaden my knowledge and understanding of both these areas as it allows me to experiment with different ways to portray the content. I think that the various books on the reading list will be a good start and the combination of various type and layout books will help me to get to grips with the mechanics and techniques of type/layout so I can use them more effectively.
Studio Visits Professional Printers Relevant Exhibitions
Making and Breaking the Grid How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers, and Three Dimensional Designers The Designer and The Grid Studio Culture: The Secret Life of the Graphic Design Studio The Production Manual: A Graphic Design Handbook
Creative Review Graphik Magazine Computer Arts
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Interviews to support dissertation