Friday, 11 February 2011

Design Context Workshop

PRINTED IMAGE
  1. What is the history of Print, can you explain block printing?
  2. What is digital Print?
  3. How do you screen print?
  4. What types of inks are there for printing image?
  5. What uses are there for printed images?
  • What are the print processes
  • What are the limits? scale/ budget etc
  • What different ways/ techniques are there to print?
  • What are other historical references? stencils/ cave painting etc
  • What difficulties are print designers facing?
  • What methods are sustainable- who are using them?
  • What are the costs?
'you can capture an image in many ways.'

IMAGE USED FOR PERSUASION
  1. How is image used to persuade in design for advertising?
  2. What are the psychological associations with colour and colour theory?
  3. How and why are photographs edited?
  4. What products could benefit with an illustrative design campaign?
  5. How to combined type and image for persuasive reasons?
  • Who exploits persuasive image and why?
  • What are the motives behind using image for persuasion?
  • How does the juxtaposition of type with image effect the communicated message?
  • (ways of seeing- John Beger) adding text to change representation of an image?
  • Can the context/ environment the image is put in, effect the message?
  • Successful examples of the use of image in advertising?
  • What are more effective, photographs or illustrations?
'Image can control what you think'
"seeing is beveling"


BOOK ILLUSTRATION
  1. What is editorial design?
  2. In what ways can you illustrate for children/adult literature?
  3. How are books printed on a mass scale?
  4. How does narrative inform illustration?
  5. How is illustration used for promotion book cover?
  • How is colour used to complement narrative?
  • What is the history?
  • Who are successful illustrators and why are they?
  • Define illustration
  • What is more important on the cover type or image?
  • Can type be illustrative? successful examples
  • How can the format, scale, folding, interactivity change the way someone sees an illustration?
"A book is completed with illustration"

POSTER DESIGN
  1. What is the history of the poster?
  2. What uses are there for posters?
  3. How do you produce environmentally friendly a poster?
  4. How can posters be printed on a mass scale?
  5. How is colour theory used on posters?
  • What is a poster?
  • What can they be used for?
  • In what contexts can a poster exist?
  • What formats exist within poster design?
  • Who produces successful poster designs?
  • Where can they be found?
  • What stocks work?
  • Are they always designed for print?
  • What makes a poster design effective? place/ scale/ Type/ message/ limited edition?