Thursday 22 December 2016

OUGD602 Email to Outside The Box (Brief Two)

Below is the email that I sent to Outside The Box. It reads:

Hello!
My name is Amelia Bramwell and I’m a student currently in my third year at Leeds College of Art studying graphic design. Outside The Box was recommended to me by a friend and I instantly fell in love with the style of work!
I was wondering if by any change you offer internships to students? I would absolutely love to get some experience in your design studio. 
You can check out some of my previous work here:
Thank you for your time, I hope to hear back from you soon!



For this particular studio, I decided it would be best not to include the animation of my own logo design, as I don't think the company would really approve of self-branding, as it is apparent that they only want their company name to be used; no other names are used on the website.

OUGD602 Outside The Box (Brief Two)

Outside The Box is a creative advertising and marketing company based in Headingley in Leeds. I came across this design studio through a friend who was looking for marketing jobs and came across this studio. The studio is very corporate and it is clear from the website that it is a big company with lots of people within it.

Although this studio doesn't really have a similar style to my own, I thought it would still be good to try to get in contact and get an internship or studio visit.




Wednesday 21 December 2016

OUGD602 Email to Future (Brief Two)

Below is the email that I sent to Future. It reads:

Hello!
My name is Amelia Bramwell and I’m a student from Warrington currently in my third year at Leeds College of Art. I came across your work when searching local design studios and instantly fell in love! I particularly enjoy your packaging design for Crushed!
I was wondering if by any chance you offer internships to students? I would absolutely love to get some experience in your design studio. 
You can check out some of my previous work here:

Thank you for your time, I hope to hear back from you soon!
Amelia Bramwell






OUGD602 Future Design (Brief Two)

The next studio I found that I liked was called Future. This studio is also Warrington-based, however I like this company for a different reason than Diagram; Future creates very slick, clean and corporate design. This studio is a lot different from other corporate work that I have seen, as it is clear that they still enjoy using very bright, bold colours and iconography. 

I am going to email this studio and see if I could potentially get an internship or studio visit. 




Monday 19 December 2016

OUGD602 Email to Diagram (Brief Two)

Below is my email to Diagram. It reads:

Hello!
My name is Amelia Bramwell and I’m a student from Warrington currently in my third year at Leeds College of Art. I came across your work last year when I received a Revolution 'I Love Vodka' poster and instantly fell in love with the design style. I have been looking ever since for the creators, and I've finally found you! 
I was wondering if by any chance you offer internships to students? I would absolutely love to get some experience in your design studio. 
You can check out some of my previous work here:

Thank you for your time, I hope to hear back from you soon!



I will update the blog if I get a response.

OUGD602 Diagram Design Studio (Brief Two)

Diagram is a design studio based in Warrington. I came across this agency when looking into studios that are local to me; this one came up as I was looking into studios around Liverpool, Manchester and anywhere in-between. This particular studio stood out to me due to their bold icons and use of colour. I've never seen a studio use so many colours (other than Studio Moross) and I think it's really inspiring.

I have also recently discovered a love for iconography, so this studio really stood out to me. I am going to email them and see about potentially getting an internship or studio visit.





http://diagramdesign.co.uk

Sunday 18 December 2016

OUGD602 Personal Branding (Brief One)

This is my personal branding from first year. When presenting to the class, it became apparent that this wasn't a good logo design as it reminded the class of something else, I won't say what. I originally thought it was successful, however hearing this I decided to change the idea completely in second year.


This is the logo design that I came up with in second year. It's a lot more successful as it is clear that it represents my initials a lot more than the previous design. However, looking at it with fresh eyes as a third year it is clear to me that the logo design still needs a little bit of work, as the gap between both letterforms isn't even and therefore wouldn't rescale very well. I don't really know how I didn't notice this in second year.


This is my revised logo design. It's based on the exact same shape as the logo design I came up with in second year, however it is altered so that it is a lot more clean and minimal, and it will now rescale perfectly. I also made sure that the logo design was measured out perfectly, for example the bottom of the 'A' is on a 45 degree angle, which I aimed for last year but didn't quite know how to make, so I just guessed. This year I realised how to do this perfectly, so this is a new addition to my logo design. I think the logo design is really successful. It's clean, modern and minimal and I think it really shows the style of design that I like to create - I enjoy focusing on negative space and creating really minimal designs.


Saturday 17 December 2016

OUGD602 Live Website (Brief One)

My Squarespace website is now live!

ameliabramwell.com

I have included my work, which are all click-through links to more images of the work, an about page and a contact page. I'm really proud of this website and I think it's definitely an investment that will pay off. It also means that I can now email studios about getting an internship and look a lot more professional, which is always an added bonus.


Sunday 11 December 2016

OUGD602 - Website on Squarespace (Brief One)

I think it's important that I not only have a Behance that is up to date, but I also keep a website up to date. To do this, I am going to get a Squarespace as this is a website that creates websites specifically for creative people, as it is owned by Adobe. I have a 14 day free trial, in which I can edit and upload the contents that I want on my website, and then I can upgrade to make my website go live. Having worked this out, it will come to around 80 pounds for the year, including a domain name. This is quite expensive for myself as a student, however I think it's definitely worth doing as it is a lot more professional than Behance and will be good for sharing my work for the world to see, as I can link it all over my social media platforms.

Here is the editing site with all of my work added. This took an awfully long time to do, however I think this is just because I was adding all of my portfolio, and it would be a lot quicker adding one project at a time as soon as it is completed.



Monday 5 December 2016

OUGD602 Dr Me Workshop (Brief Two)

Today the design studio Dr Me came in to speak to us about their collages, and then set us a brief in which to create a publication using the collaging technique. This was a task that I really struggled with as I generally prefer to work digitally as I find it a lot more forgiving and easier to experiment, however I did eventually create a publication that I'm really quite proud of. I decided to create a small zine about myself, entitled 'designer with a c***'. The zine was also a reflection upon feminism, as I am currently doing my COP dissertation on feminism and I'm discovering a lot about myself through this. 




Sunday 4 December 2016

OUGD602 Behance (Brief One)

Here is my behance all set up now that I have looked through all of my work and selected what to upload. I'm really happy with this, and will be adding my work from third year to it as I go as uploading it all at once was a bit of a hassle.


Sunday 27 November 2016

OUGD602 Portfolio Selection (Brief One)

Before adding work to my Behance and getting my work ready for my website, I thought it would be beneficial to look through my work and get an idea of what would look good in my portfolio and what wouldn't. I think at this point my portfolio will be quite small due to me developing my style and design skills through-out uni, I am not particularly fond of a lot of the projects that I completed through-out first year and some through-out second year. This is what third year is about, however, as I think by the end of third year I will have a complete portfolio that I am really proud of.

This particular project was completed for my COP project in first year. I'm not a huge fan of this, I think it's very basic and my style has changed an awful lot since creating this. It also doesn't really fit with my own ethos - I am now a vegetarian and I don't think meat should be branded as I think it's important for the environment that meat consumption is cut down an awful lot.


These are the typefaces that I created in first year in response to the theme 'mature'. I think these are actually quite successful, however I'm not very proud of them and I don't think they represent myself as a designer - I have never done type design after this project and I don't think I ever will - I don't particularly enjoy doing it, however I do have an appreciation for typefaces. This is more shown in the typefaces that I use and not in my own design.



This is another project that I created in first year. It is absolutely awful, I have no idea what I was thinking. My design has come along so much since this project. 


These were also from a project in first year based on conspiracy theories. These are quite successful poster designs, however my style has also changed a lot since then and I don't want these to feature in my portfolio.


This is a publication design that I did in first year. I'm still really proud of this publication design and it will definitely feature in my portfolio as it is probably one of the most successful screen prints that I have ever completed - and even better as it was 4 colours!


These were also designs from first year, and were designs for the inside of a photo frame. I'm not a huge fan of these designs anymore as I don't think the composition of the photographs is very good, and also the actual setting of the photographs isn't great.




Put simply: NO CHANCE IN HELL. Awful design; not typeset; awful illustration. Overall disgusting design.


This was a group project in first year. I think this design is quite slick, however I don't want to include it in my portfolio as I don't think it's amazing and I want my portfolio to showcase only the best of my design work.


This was a map design for the North Leeds Cycle Trail; this was a one day brief set by Hungry Sandwich Club. I am actually really proud of this map design - it's slick and very my style, even though it wasn't the winner of the one day competition. This was group work, however this particular map was designed solely by myself. I don't think I will feature it in my portfolio, however, as it isn't amazing and I plan to create a map in third year, I won't include this in my portfolio.


This was a book cover design for The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Brighurt. I will definitely include this design in my portfolio as the colour scheme works really well together, and also the concept of the cover is very successful - it's based on the elements of Helvetica crossed with the elements of Arial.


These were vinyl record designs that I submitted as a Secret 7 entry. I think the concept for both was quite strong, however I'm not going to include them in my portfolio as they didn't get selected to be exhibited as part of Secret 7, and therefore they mustn't be that successful.


These were poster designs that went along side a publication created about living with annoying housemates. I won't be including these in my portfolio - they don't represent myself as a person anymore as I feel I am a lot more relaxed than I used to be - I used to be a bit OCD with mess and living in an awkward environment. 




This was a poster design that went along with the publication about the Lesbian representation in television, and how the misrepresentation of lesbians is very damaging for younger viewers who are watching the television show purely too see themselves represented.


This was a one day brief for HORT to create a 'gift' that would be sent to them in a publication - however me being deaf I thought the task was to create a .GIF. I still really like this response personally however, it has a story to it and it's executed well. I don't think I'll include this in my portfolio, however, as it's very basic and would've looked far better if it was an animation and not a stop motion.


This was a video that myself and Izzie filmed of CryBabyCry playing an intimate gig. It's quite successful, however filming in there was very awkward as it was at a radio station so everyone had to be really quiet when they were filming, meaning we couldn't move around and therefore a lot of the shots are very similar.


This was part of the branding for Screeeeen, a project for PPP last year. It's really successful and the idea would've been really good, however none of us stuck with it and therefore there's not much point in including it in my portfolio.


This was a branding project for Kickstarter. I still really like the logo design that I created for this project, however the collateral for the project isn't great so for this reason I won't include it in my portfolio.


This was a publication I created for Type in context; I'm really proud of this publication and will definitely include it in my portfolio.


This was a brief set by ONLY studio, in which we had to design a website for a band's past album. I think this project was actually quite successful, however I don't think I will include this in my portfolio as I really dislike web design and don't want to pursue it in the future.


Finally, this was a small publication that explained my own personal design process and development. The publication is well designed, however it's very boring and there's not much to the project as it was a one day brief, and therefore I won't be including it in my portfolio.