Final images for Silence project promoting free speech.

I have used a simple layout as i would like the images to show the meaning through texture, light, and shapes formed. 

Screen prints for my silence project

Layering up photographs, photocopying, then screen printing over the top creates great shapes and texture to the image. I am now going to experiment and see how these images work for my project with creating hand out booklets and poster design. 

Resistance, Dont Panic

My new project is on resistance, where i am looking at breaking the rules and being different. Photographing thread and layering creates lines and shapes that really show freedom of the individual.

Hamish Muir

Hamish muir came in to talk about his design career and the work he has produced over the past years. hamish co-foundered 8vo with mark holt and simon johnston. Producing many album covers & promotional material for factory records as well as record covers for the band duritti column.

 8vo had a very hands on approach to design, they would make full size collage pieces by hand and stick/paint/cut to size for each project and then document them as they developed the work. most of the work had strong bright typographical elements.

Helen Murgatroyd

helen murgatroyd came in to talk to us about her work and life after graduating from the d&ad couple of years ago. She then went onto do an ma in printmaking at the royal college of art in london after a gap year as a post lady doing sketches as she delivered the post. Her work from her third year at mmu still influences the work she is currently doing at royal college at present. Focusing on the process of creating something & the wonderful journey of experimenting her work has a really nice feel to it and shown above her mapping sketches of a house really captures her style. 

Craig Oldham

craig oldham came in to talk to us about 12in12,a booklet of the twelve things he had learnt in his first twelve months of finishing university. 

the twelve things included:

understand what graphic design means to you

be honest with yourself about your strengths & weaknesses

a portfolio is for life, not just for an interview

placements matter, do them

the design industry is small, everyone knows everybugger else

participate with other people & share your ideas

graphic design is just a job, but being a designer is different

fall off your bike, if you don't fail then you are not trying

life & work exist outside of london

designing is only about 20% of your job

have a life outside of design

work hard & be nice to people

craig use to work for the chase but currently working at design by music. He was really honest and good sense of humour. One final tip was to learn how to make a good cup of tea=-)