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5.7.1 - Exercise: The French Hen | Part 1
Newton and Ridley, the brewers best known for their pub, The Rovers Return, are opening a cafe/wine bar nearer the city centre. The bar...

Amber Houbara
Aug 12, 20203 min read


5.6.3 Exercise - Chance Housing Association | Part 3 Brand Presentation
Brand Presentation If all is well make up a presentation pack to show the client – in this instance your tutor. some articles and...

Amber Houbara
Aug 4, 20201 min read


5.6.2 Exercise - Chance Housing Association | Part 2 Mockups
The Brief The Chance Housing Association has been set up to try and help first time buyers (audience) get onto the housing ladder (aim)...

Amber Houbara
Aug 4, 20203 min read


5.6.1 Exercise - Chance Housing Association | Part 1
The Brief The Chance Housing Association has been set up to try and help first time buyers (audience) get onto the housing ladder (aim)...

Amber Houbara
Aug 3, 20205 min read


Research point - Logos
How many logos can you name? Macdonalds? Nike? Apple? All huge multinational corporations with millions to spend on building brand...

Amber Houbara
Jul 26, 20207 min read


5.5.2 - Exercise: Poster and flyer | Part 2
The Brief This exercise is about how you deal with two different spaces to work in. You have been asked to design an A3 poster and an...

Amber Houbara
Jul 24, 20205 min read


5.5.1 - Exercise: Poster and flyer | Part 1
The Brief This exercise is about how you deal with two different spaces to work in. You have been asked to design an A3 poster and an...

Amber Houbara
Jul 23, 20204 min read


Research point - Posters
Posters have a long and rich history documenting everything from boxing matches to Bollywood films, the Soviet Revolution to punk,...

Amber Houbara
Jul 20, 20203 min read


5.4.1 - Exercise: Birthday list
Brief For this exercise, you are going to make up a poster list for yourself. It is intended that you keep it pinned to a noticeboard or...

Amber Houbara
Jul 18, 20204 min read


5.3.1 - Exercise: Giving information
Find some examples of information graphics. For example bus timetables, city maps, diagrams or representations of statistical data. Look...

Amber Houbara
Jul 17, 20207 min read


5.2.2 - Exercise: Judging a book by its cover | part 2
Choose a book by an author you are familiar with. You are going to design two different covers for it, one using illustrations or...

Amber Houbara
Jul 17, 20205 min read


5.2.1 Exercise - Judging a book by its cover | part 1
Choose a book by an author you are familiar with. You are going to design two different covers for it, one using illustrations or...

Amber Houbara
Jul 10, 20207 min read


Research point - Book Covers
Research point Many hundreds of paperback books have been produced over the years. Look at as many variations as you can find to see how...

Amber Houbara
Jul 7, 20203 min read


5.1 - Exercise: Magazine pages
Choose a magazine, newspaper or journal and work out the grid or grids they have used. You will probably need to look at least four pages...

Amber Houbara
Jul 4, 20207 min read


4.6.3 Assignment 4 - Show me... | Article Design
Context Typographers and type foundries (the companies that commission and produce typefaces) have always had to promote their latest...

Amber Houbara
Jun 30, 20205 min read


4.6.2 Assignment 4 - Show me... | Font Design + Magazine Cover
Context Typographers and type foundries (the companies that commission and produce typefaces) have always had to promote their latest...

Amber Houbara
Jun 30, 20206 min read


4.6.1 Assignment 4 - Show me... | Context / Research type foundries
Context Typographers and type foundries (the companies that commission and produce typefaces) have always had to promote their latest...

Amber Houbara
Jun 24, 20205 min read


4.5.3 - Exercise: Hierarchy/ Book Review
Using about 500 words of Lorum Ipsum (or other dummy text) you are going to design three different pages: • an interview with a TV actor...

Amber Houbara
Jun 6, 20206 min read


4.5.2 Exercise: Hierarchy/ Hardware or Software Review
Using about 500 words of Lorum Ipsum (or other dummy text) you are going to design three different pages: • an interview with a TV actor...

Amber Houbara
Jun 6, 20206 min read


4.5.1 - Exercise: Hierarchy/ interview
Using about 500 words of Lorum Ipsum (or other dummy text) you are going to design three different pages: • an interview with a TV actor...

Amber Houbara
Jun 6, 20207 min read


4.5.2 - Exercise - Lorem Ipsum
Lorem Ipsum is dummy text with more-or-less normal distribution of letters that makes it look like readable English. It has been used for...

Amber Houbara
May 20, 20203 min read


4.5.1 - Exercise: Lorem Ipsum
Lorem Ipsum is dummy text with more-or-less normal distribution of letters that makes it look like readable English. It has been used for...

Amber Houbara
May 19, 20205 min read


Research Point - Collecting Magazines and Brochures
Research point If you haven’t already, now is the time to collect as many newspapers, newsletters, magazines and brochures as you can....

Amber Houbara
May 11, 20209 min read


4.4.3 - Exercise: If the face fits
Part 2 Now identify which fonts you might use in each of the following commissions: • A poster to advertise an after-school club for boys...

Amber Houbara
Apr 16, 20205 min read
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