For one of my final projects at Ravensbourne, we had to create our own pieces of self-promotion, and my idea was to team my own personal morals about design with examples of my work, to show ‘what it is’ about my work over ‘what I have done’.
I feel that designers should put more thought into their work, or perhaps more-so the repercussions of their work, choosing not to contribute to the downfall of society, instead making it a better place.
The small piece of self-promotion was designed in a way to make it look authoritative, despite it’s size (A3 folded down to A6), and was printed onto a 60gsm bible paper to give it an extra special look and feel, with the text glistening when it catches the light for a really nice quality feel to the small publication.
More photos to be uploaded soon.
July 3, 2009 at 3:39 pm |
Oh, really? More powerful than politicians, presidents and a democratic society? So, let me get this straight, you’re a graphic designer (self-proclaimed since you’ve bumbled through a couple of courses) and you are, according to your little self-printed booklet, one of the most powerful people in the world? One of the most deluded, maybe. One of the many thousands of kids knocking about who subscribes to whatever BS is currently popular (wearing scarves in summer, shades indoors and using a Mac at any damn time) who thinks that graphic design is a really meaningful art form and not mostly just a way to manipulate people into doing and buying things.
Stealing a bollard and scribbling on it isn’t a statement but I suppose it IS an expression; an expression of total ignorance. Do you really think that means something? Jesus…
You aren’t a celebrity. The only people who like this blog are people who also get carried away with themselves by decorating things and trying to ‘communicate’ ideas through obscure, unintelligable monstrosities created in Quark Xpress or Adobe Photoshop.
Some tips for living a more meaningful or at least less detestable life:
- Stop being the ‘whole package’. I don’t know you but I’d bet my life on the fact that you dress in a very contrived, conscious way. Tight jeans, silly white gym pumps and mass-produced ‘fashion’ t-shirts. Stop it. Just stop.
- Stop acting like you love graphic design because it’s so meaningful and functions as a way for you to express your creative side. Nothing on this blog is any more creative than what you see at GCSE level.
- Don’t take this message as inspiration to be better and more creative. Doing so would just be another mistake.
Bye.
Oh, you should also go back to school. Learn the difference between “it’s” and “its”. Your CV, as well as this whole blog, is totally littered with embarrassing errors.
July 3, 2009 at 11:57 pm |
Right then…
Where do I begin with you sunshine?
I think probably with the extremely uncalled-for manner by which you deemed yourself able to ‘attack’ a lighthearted opinion. Lets face it, the title is never going to be completely factual, but instead formed a statement with the intention of solely catching an eye. We were told as graduates that our promotional pieces would face a 5 second test, to either keep our audience reading on, or for them to throw it into the nearest bin – as simple and ruthless as that.
So therefore my piece became focused around my opinion that despite the mutterings, commands, or rulings of governments, presidents or any other persons of power, graphic designers are some of those with the ability to stand up and speak for themselves, or on behalf of the general public to make the world a better place.
I haven’t, in the slightest ’scribbled on my bollard’ to create a statement either, it was purely a spur of the moment reaction, and if anything, a different format to doodle on.
I’m not a celebrity, nor have stated that I am a celebrity.
And if you think that randomly attacking blogs makes you bigger or better than me, you are really quite mistaken and rather deluded yourself.
You may call yourself ‘Truth’, but you both look and sound ‘Foolish’ – perhaps that is better suited?
My blog is nothing more than a bit of fun, a place I can simply drag and drop images of some of my work, and I know by doing which It leaves me open to attacks of this nature, but surely, if you are here questioning my current existence, what kind of low-life existence must you yourself be living?
Bye.
(P.s the message was not taken as inspiration to be better or more creative, but instead as an example of the sort of people (like yourself) who prowl the internet with nothing better to do than try to belittle others. You sound like a fool, grow up.)