Monday, 26 March 2012

Year 1 Book Covers

The first year students have just completed an assignment to redesign a book cover. They were allowed to chose the book and create their own design using various design methods to present the final outcomes.













Here is a selection from the group.

Friday, 23 March 2012

Food Festival Branding

The year 1 students have just completed an assignment to create a brand for a fake international food festival to be held in Bristol.
The outcomes include a Logo, Stationery, Poster, Leaflet and other promotional materials.























Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Idea and Development work

As part of the course, students experiment with ideas and concepts that can be taken from paper to the computer screen.

Here we see an example of a design for a logo being conceptualised and refined.
Initial ideas in a sketchbook

The favoured idea being drawn up
Ready to be taken on screen







Using Illustrator, you see the design take shape.

Experimenting with type
Adding colour and exploring layouts

The final design is taking a more refined shape.