Whatever you think, think the opposite - exhibition.

This was an exhibition I went to on March 28th at the Arden and Anstruther Gallery in Petworth.

The inspiration for the exhibition  came from the famous Paul Arden book and the exhibition is a tribute to his memory.

                                                            Joanna Bell.

                                                             Tan-the-man.

The Last Taboo.

These are the development stages of a photography project I started at the beginning of the year.

I began looking at femininity and how women are perceived as glamourous and sexual beings. The reality of being a woman is very different to this perception, for example, menstruation. Using this topic I focussed on used sanitary products to reveal the natural beauty of being a woman and to break down the taboos surrounding women's periods. It is a topic that we should all embrace as it is a normal and natural cycle - yet it is still regarded as 'dirty' and 'impolite' to talk about.

Wiz Types

Kirsten Razzaq an myself became typography tutors for a couple of days in February. We were guiding the first year graphic design students at Kingston through their Wiz Types projects. The brief was to celebrate an aspect of their given typeface, with individual A3 sheets that must work together within their given groups. They also had to design a relevant packaging device for their groups work.

      Gill Sans Packaging.

                                                            Bodoni's Group Work.

It was alot of fun working with the first year students! We learnt so much about them and we helped them take their hand-rendered designs into a digital format. We were really pleased with the results and how hard they had worked.

A night at M&C Saatchi

In February 2009, a group of photographers, designers and artists were invited by Graham Fink to M&C Saatchi, to present out latest projects. 

              The beginning of my photography project.

It was a great opportunity to visit their studios and get feedback on our work so we can push them in unique and unexpected directions.

My photographs make me laugh...

Barceloneta - Barcelona 2008

Provokateur

We had a talk today with Joshua Blackburn from Provokateur which was really insightful into the world of more ethical and sustainable design. It is good to see someone actually doing work that they really care about and that makes a difference.

www.wewanttap.com

Beosans Drawers

We recently had a typographic project set by Julia, which they gave us a typeface and we had to illustrate one unique aspect of it. We had Beosans, which is a very modern typeface that uses Post-script 3 technology to enable it to be printed differently every single time. The typeface is made up of many vectors and the printer choses at random, these vectors.

We illustrated this function by producing three brand new drawers into an old metal type drawer unit. Three different Beosans were chosen, 21-23, ranging from not very flexible, to extremely flexible. When the drawers were opened, the typeface would change with the movement.

 Beosans 21.

 Beosans 22.

Beosans 23.

In collaboration with Poppy Hennig, Tom Wrigglesworth, Jenny Carter and Julia.