A short, personal view on the Royal Academy of Arts' In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s exhibition.
Mapping Suprematism – An Artistic Exploration
Mapping Suprematism is a modern-day artistic exploration of the early twentieth-century Suprematist movement. The intention is not to follow the movement’s original ideology but to utilise its visual style to design abstract maps.
London Hydraulic Power Company – Poster
A couple of years ago in London I was on one of my random walk and shoot photography trips. I came across a remnant of the old London Hydraulic Power Company so I took some pictures and went on my way. Then two months ago I saw some poster designs for Victorian companies in a style... Continue Reading →
Work Quirks #1 – An Average Sized Church.
Work Quirks is a small series of events which have happened throughout my working life thus far. Usually they are exasperating situations or ones that you cannot quite believe have come about.
Work Quirks # 1 covers a peculiar phone call I had with a potential client involving a church and a banner.
Airport Wayfinding – Sign Layouts
Hey everyone, another post which shows some of the updates I've made to the airport wayfinding system I am looking into. This week I looked into the typeface weight on the signs and also how they should be laid out in terms of spacing between icons, arrows and text. Below are a few image examples... Continue Reading →
Airport Wayfinding Icons – Updated & Explained
Hi Everyone! I have decided that I would like to revisit my degree project right from the start and expand/improve upon everything I had previously done for it. The first thing I decided to do was to take another critical look at the icons I had produced. Since looking at the icons again I'm not sure why... Continue Reading →
BA Hons Graphic Design Main Project Work
How can the navigational systems within airports be improved to give the flier a smoother stress free travel experience? Abstract: The purpose of this study is to consider airport signage and develop a navigational system, which could be used at BAA Heathrow with a view to form the basis of an international standard. This includes... Continue Reading →
3D Sign Concepts
Just a quick post to show what I have been doing today. As part of my portfolio I have been working on some 3D sign concepts, some vector based 3D created in Corel Draw, and the others were fully rendered 3D images from Cinema 4D. I'm quite excited for handing this module in and starting on the... Continue Reading →
Experimenting with 3D Promotion
Hey all, Just thought I would place up an example of one of my portfolio pieces i have just finished as an example of how I would like to promote my system. This would come after a page which shows them all as 2D items Tom Out!
Project Update
So it's been a long time since I posted, probably because once I get working the blog just isn't on my mind. However, it now is, so this post is just going to update you on what I have been up to. Below is the full completed set of icons. These are what I based... Continue Reading →