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Project 1 Task 3: Colour Exploration
For colours, Michael said that I should make the colours brighter instead of it being so dull. Thus I tried to change from the original nude skin colours and went ahead to explore the triadic colour scheme. The triadic colour scheme causes the colours to pop and made it more vibrant which fits my theme even more.
Here are some Read more →
Task 2: Translating and exploring Design
Design Aim: Develop a logo design for ‘Art on the move’ programme intended for application on button badges worn by volunteers.
Programme Background: ‘Art on the move’ is an initiative by Ng Teng Fong General Hospital to incorporate Art as a form of therapy and positive distraction for patients. The activities for this program are mostly arts & craft sessions that allow Read more →
TUSK 2
T R A N S L A T I N G & E X P L O R I N G D E S I G N
Moving on from the mood board, we were tasked to produce at least thirty concept sketches. It’s pretty straight forward so there really isn’t much to explain or elaborate so I Read more →
Task 2 Translating and Exploring
Moodboard and Concepts: https://oss.adm.ntu.edu.sg/dho010/task-1-information-gathering-and-idea-generating/
Typeface Explorations: The feedback I got back was the placement a little too chunky and could play more on the placement.
Others: Michael suggested I could remove the center line since the letter ‘A’ is pretty obvious.
Refinement: Explored different placement and adjusted the kerning for certain characters.
Week 4 : Presentation Preparation
Final Presentation Process
In my final presentation, I prepared a set of explanatory cards along with a prototype of the final badge. This way, I could see how the badge look in real context and support my explanation during the my presentation.
In addition, I placed the badge onto an image of the volunteers. Allowing others to see how my designed badge Read more →
Project 1 Task 2: Translating and exploring Design
In class, we did some sketches. These are some of the sketches done in a class activity:
Visual Ideation:
Visual Metaphor Matrix:
After I brainstormed about what I wanted to portray for my 3 concepts again, I came to a conclusion to focus on:
Spread Love and Care Fun and Happy Sense of protection/homely/safetySo this is the first concept, Spreading love and care:
Task 3: COLOUR EXPLORATION
Black and white outline version:
Black and white filled version:
Different colour choices:
Pink and yellow work best compared to the other that were too dark or competed for attention against the turquoise vest. I changed the red to pink as the red was not an exciting colour and may have been misinterpreted as the colour of blood.
Task 3: Colour Exploration
Design Aim: To design a badge for volunteers- to convey a message: Volunteers who willing to give unconditional love for patients, caring them as much as they can and accompany them. Also, to deliver the message of Art on the Move program. For example, volunteers carry out the activities with patients at their bedside.
Aim of Art on the Move: To Read more →
Task 2: Translating and Exploring Design
The initial research brought me to look at 3 predominant ideas: the adventurer, the spirit animal and the lighthouse.
Adventurer:
Although I managed to mould it into a more ambiguous form, it did not feel complete. The feedback I received also included the fact that some of the final versions of the sketches were too complicated.
I realised the potential Read more →