Tristan Currie
Brief 03 / OS31 Workshop
OUGD603 / Extended Practice
OS31 Workshop
Brief / Background
Deliverables
Collaboration: Sam Cook
A one day workshop to design and produce a small scale Christmas tree to go along side the tree
Physical Tree
Tony Broomhead had created for the entrance of Marshall Mill in Holbeck Urban Village.
A3 Poster
Bobby Jones
Tony Broomhead, lecturer at Sheffield University. He owns his own architecture practice, OS31. Tony had be commissioned to design a Christmas tree for an office building entrance in Holbeck.
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Tristan Currie
Development
Brief 03 / OS31 Workshop
OUGD603 / Extended Practice
Tree Design
Vector Imagery
The idea behind the design was that the finished tree was made out of flat material, therefore we
For the poster design I decided to create a vector of the finished tree as this would represent the
started to create a 3D structure with foam board. Looking at the different shapes that a Christmas
structure that we had created, not just focusing on the finished product but on the design aspect.
tree resembles we used triangles as the main structure. I experimented with different types of vectors from a more serious approach too a more playful assembly style illustrations.
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Tristan Currie
Final Outcome
Brief 03 / OS31 Workshop
OUGD603 / Extended Practice
Gledelig Jul
Press
The final product ‘Gledelig Jul’. The name coming from Swedish for Merry Christmas. This name was
The workshop was featured on the Yorkshire Evening Post.
chosen to fit with the aesthetic that the tree had. The finished tree was made from white and black foam board, the base being made from black to make it distinctive from the top.
Poster The poster is the designed to put focus on the tree, with the vector image being the main focus.
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