Floor Plan

Hey Guys!

I think it would be great to forward the current FdA floor plan to you. Have a look. The space has been remodelled since - D306 for example now runs as one long room.

Renata

How do you hang?

Postcards sitting on wall slats – the RCA 'secret postcard' show.

Phillipe Apeloig's hanging A0 posters – Paris last year.

Orlagh

Your own research

Here are some links to blogs that the year has already set up for the Term 2 project. It's interesting to look at the ideas and work already done by yourselves as a way of addressing how to design for 80 people, and the talents available. Please add any others not listed here.

Exhibition projects

http://tdrprjct.blogspot.com/

http://stateoftheartevents.blogspot.com/

http://weareposhandbecks.tumblr.com/

http://2x1msquared.blogspot.com/

http://fdacollaboration.blogspot.com/

Publication projects

http://sixpairs.blogspot.com/

http://bsycollaborative.blogspot.com/

http://iercollaboration.blogspot.com/

http://insunnbonita.blogspot.com/

http://fdaandthedrawingroom.blogspot.com/

Promotion

http://wearethree.tumblr.com/

Orlagh

Yale Student Show

Some stuff you can find from the last few years...

http://art.yale.edu/GDShow08. Concept based on a 'ribbon' for typography and exhibition.







http://art.yale.edu/GDShow06/ Concept based on modularity and tiled imagery.



Orlagh

Exhibition invitations blog

Check out this blog, its a collection of the invitations to loads of different art exhibitions all over the world. A great inspirational resource for thinking of what kind of invitation/promotion we want for our exhibition.

http://artpaperinvitations.blogspot.com/

These are some of my favourites from the blog...
Daisy

another survey

Hi guys, I know there have been a lot of surveys going around but if you could take the time to do mine that would be great

Click Here to take survey

it will only take 30 secs. hopefully we'll all be able to share our results in the end so it will help make our show as good as possible. CHEERS daisy xx

sorry these post are all separate. blogger is being a twat.
this is estilo

idea

Kate and I went to the "wouldn't it be nice" exhibition at somerset house a few months ago.
the exhibition design was rather nice. on the signage they had etched onto polystyrene with this sexy font called estilo. and there were polystyrene benches too.

i guess because this is the first year FDA will have its final show at lcc we're going to need to make sure people come upstairs and see our work so thought i'd mention this nice cheap and original signage which could be easily implemented in the college entrance for example...

hope all is going well.

Selvi

idea

Degree Show Project Briefing Meeting:

Here are the notes I promised,

We talked about the difficulties/challenges that the project presents:

Being the designer and client at the same time.
How to design everything for the show (exhibition, publication, website, promotion etc) ensuring that it’s all cohesive and good.
How to ensure every student gets some input.
How to create something so big that’s flexible.
How to create something that allows for lots of different styles of work.

Some questions that arose were:

Do you all have to work in a large group?
Can you specialise in one element for the exhibition (exhibition, publication, website, promotion etc)?
Who do we want to come to the exhibition?
What do we want the exhibition to be – a celebration/social event or a promotion of the work and a chance to find employment?

We then talked about the pluses and minuses for the different elements that you could design:

Printed Item
Pluses:
Can be taken away
Can be held in your hand
Memorable/lasting memento
Holds contact details
Can be a 'precious' object

Minuses:
Expensive to produce
Limited amount
Bulky to store
Wastage - people who 'don't' matter can take them
Organising 80+ people to hand in artwork on time is very difficult
Shorter deadline to have ready in time
Limited space for work

Website
Pluses:
Can be seen easier
Versatile and adaptable
Cheap to produce
Shorter deadline
Unlimited space for students work
Virtual experience of the exhibition could be interesting

Minuses:
Coding and tech stuff difficult
Difficult to get just right
Getting people to notice it/look in a 'sea' of design sites is difficult
Less of a 'luxury' memento
Difficult to get people to submit work and organise them

Exhibition
Pluses:
Can experience the actual quality of the work - touch stuff
Social event with real people in real time.
Opportunity to meet with potential employers.
Opportunity for dialogue and debate.
Can create an atmosphere.
Can be a social celebration

Minuses:
Cleaning the studio
Organising the space and the work
Curating the work so it makes sense
Getting people in the room
Looking after/Security of the work

We finished by suggesting that you spend the time between now and Thursday 30th April researching:

The opinions of your classmates – what would they like to see and what are their ideas etc?
Other exhibitions and degree shows that have been successful.
The opinions of ex-FdA students who are now 3rd year GMD students
The opinions of any industry people you may have contact with – what would they expect or like to see?
Look at and analyse portfolio websites and promotional campaigns for degree courses and designers.

We also suggested after you have collected a large enough body of research that you start generating a large body of ideas – on the 30th April we want to see lots of ideas that we can choose from – not 1 idea quickly mocked up to look finished.

The next all group meeting will be on Monday 27th April at 2pm in the FdA studio – bring all your rough research and we’ll do some ideas generation techniques. You’ll then be in a good position to produce your 8-12 page PDF for the following Thursdays part 01 assessment.

So to sum up

What we want to see on Thursday 30th April

Research into other degree shows, other designer’s portfolio sites, how design groups show their work, exhibition design, show publications, websites and promotion.

Multiple possible ideas to choose from – visualised quickly and efficiently.

Cheerio,

drn

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This is the blog to share ideas and information on the FdA Design for Graphic Communication project to design our degree show. Please feel free to share and upload any views, thoughts, ideas, visuals etc.