newfound interest//zines

zineswap have an exhibition of their collection on at the gallery above the amersham arms on at the moment. ending iminently though, so that might be another plan for tomorrow. i like the look of this happy birthday series (apologies for the sidewaysness)


also, im about to send through a payment for this zine i stumbled across, n.c.m.c. or nobody calls me chicken. looks just like a nice little collection of photographs and for the price of a couple of postage stamps you cant go wrong.


its blogged here. once this final major project shindig's over with im gonna start a recurring zine. im sure the suspense is killing you already.

a few changes.

since writing the project proposal i have decided to focus purely on the homeless because i cant really cover everything id set out to, and i feel a better outcome would come from a more specific and detailed project.

one other thought i have had is the need to be sensitive with this subject and not to take advantage of the homeless in order to satisfy my aims.


theres a lot for me to learn here.

FMP.

Project Proposal: Forgotten England

Progress and Achievement:
Since the start of the course I have picked up a greater understanding of the importance of design and communication in our society. Graphic Design is essential for conveying concepts and emotions between one another and although we cannot always change others' points of view it is important to inform them of our own.

Context:
Over the course of the year, I have grown a desire to express the voices of those that cannot always speak for themselves, or who are more often than not overlooked and unheard. During the "interrupt" project I found it very interesting to explore political and social issues through the medium of visual communication. Artists such as the "Guerrilla Girls" and the "Art of Asbestos" take existing and often iconic imagery and play around with the debates that they can provoke by subverting the imagery.

Project Proposal Aims, Methods and Realisation:
For this project, I propose to investigate the lives of the forgotten people of our society, be they the unemployed, undervalued or unloved. In the working world we have problems with poor working conditions, unfair pay and inequality. Often people who experience these problems are doing essential jobs which our society relies upon in order for basic function. In my opinion the labourers, factory workers, bin men and civil servants are the unsung heroes of England. Outside of the working world England experiences high rates of unemployment and homelessness and everybody knows these are pressing issues yet they are never solved. Through in depth research and investigation I intend to bring light to these issues and to the stories and lives of those who really experience Forgotten England. I will use whichever processes are necessary for conveying the concepts i come across, but will stick mainly to visual and print media as well as film if possible. It is essential for the success of my work that i go out into the city and talk to people, get a real feel for the hardship that people of our country go through, and document my findings in detail.

Evaluation:
I will evaluate my progress and consider my approach to the project through the use of a blog, which is a useful tool for multi-media display of my ideas. I aim to link the blog up with other internet users so that my progress can be evaluated and criticised by them. I will also keep a logbook with me to note down thoughts as and when they happen. Furthermore, interim critiques at college will prove vital for the development of my work through discussion with tutors and other students.

stumped.

this time round i've got two weeks to answer a brief [well, 1 week and 3 days left now] but it seems the more time ive got to get work done, the harder it is. the idea is to catalogue everything. well not exactly everything, but everything within certain confines that i can set. once ive collected all of these things they have to be catalogued or organised in some way which i imagine should be relevant to the confines.

i have no idea what to do.

i listed all of the books dvds cds games and videos that i have on a few shelves in my room, and im photoshopping a sort of mindmap of them and finding ways to link them all together, but it doesnt look very good and i dont really know where it's going.

i guess what i want to do is something related to consumerism and waste, maybe about the throwaway nature of clothes nowadays, somehow linked to the poor conditions in which sweatshop workers make them.

meh.

titles

i gathered that since you're able to replace the title and description of the blog with an image i could create my own little number to make the blog more 'me'. i started playing around with the rosewood font but concluded it was probably too similar to one already out there, which i rather like;its actually a pretty good music blog too, check it out - http://ppelectro.blogspot.com/ although i'm sure if you've got any taste in music you've already stumbled across it.

i'll have another go at my own, more original title, some time in the not too distant future. then again, there might be something on the telly.