Creative Production: Digital Media
Homework Task #1:
Create an InDesign document of at least five pages, which presents design work you find inspirational. The layout and general presentation of the designs should reflect and be complementary to the aesthetics of the inspirational work.
Each design I have chosen has a different inspiration, I have never used InDesign CS6 software and I found it quite accessible, similar to photoshop/paint which I'm more familiar with.
Design 1. Piet Mondrian (Neo-Plasticism)
Neo plasticism, the term coined by Piet Mondrian was first used in 1919 as a title of a collections of his publishing. It gained its currency as a descriptive term applied by Mondrian's theory of art and to his style of painting in which a grid, filled with blocks of primary colours. I chose this as an inspirational piece as the aspects of design as I've believe its a simple yet effective design, similar to cubism. The piece done by Mondrian below features on BBC's The Hustle, which is when I first saw this piece.
Each design I have chosen has a different inspiration, I have never used InDesign CS6 software and I found it quite accessible, similar to photoshop/paint which I'm more familiar with.
Neo plasticism, the term coined by Piet Mondrian was first used in 1919 as a title of a collections of his publishing. It gained its currency as a descriptive term applied by Mondrian's theory of art and to his style of painting in which a grid, filled with blocks of primary colours. I chose this as an inspirational piece as the aspects of design as I've believe its a simple yet effective design, similar to cubism. The piece done by Mondrian below features on BBC's The Hustle, which is when I first saw this piece.
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| Piet Mondrian's Composition |
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| My Attempt using InDesign |
Design 2. Geometric Triangles/Kaleidoscopic
A kaleidoscope is a tube with loose, small, colorful objects inside. These objects can be beads or something similar. The inside is made using three long mirrors. A person looks into the kaleidoscope through one end and sees patterns created by reflections of the objects inside. In 1815, Sir David Brewster began work that led to the invention of the kaleidoscope. At that time, he was doing experiments on light polarization. I chose this as an inspirational piece due to the beautiful colours and shapes you can see in a kaleidoscope from such simple patterns and colours. I have used pieces of Andy Gilmore's work on my attempted replication of his work using InDesign.
Design 3. Saul Bass
Saul Bass (1920-1996) was an American graphic designer and film maker, best known for his work on titles sequences, film posters and corporation logos such as AT&T and Girl Scouts. I've only recently found out this man existed since beginning this course and I've noticed he's worked on some of the best films with some of the industry's greatest directors. Before Saul Bass was involved in the film industry, title sequences were not important and in some cases non-existent. He is one of the most widely acclaimed graphic designers with a career spanning over 40 years!
Design 4. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
I've always liked Pink Floyd's music and their album/vinyl designs. Especially The Dark Side of the Moon [1973]. The album cover is an image of light dispersion through a triangular perspex, which I studied whilst doing physics at A level, with my dad being my teacher. He's also a big fan of Pink Floyd and I thought this would be a good design to attempt to construct on InDesign.
By George Whale
A kaleidoscope is a tube with loose, small, colorful objects inside. These objects can be beads or something similar. The inside is made using three long mirrors. A person looks into the kaleidoscope through one end and sees patterns created by reflections of the objects inside. In 1815, Sir David Brewster began work that led to the invention of the kaleidoscope. At that time, he was doing experiments on light polarization. I chose this as an inspirational piece due to the beautiful colours and shapes you can see in a kaleidoscope from such simple patterns and colours. I have used pieces of Andy Gilmore's work on my attempted replication of his work using InDesign.
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| The Louvre Pyramid |
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| Andy Gilmore's Geometric Triangles |
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| My Attempt (I couldn't work out how to colour the triangles) |
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| My other attempt on InDesign, |
Design 3. Saul Bass
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| Saul Bass |
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| Poster by Saul Bass |
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| Poster by Saul Bass |
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| My Attempt on InDesign |
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| Poster by Saul Bass |
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| Poster by Saul Bass |
Design 4. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
I've always liked Pink Floyd's music and their album/vinyl designs. Especially The Dark Side of the Moon [1973]. The album cover is an image of light dispersion through a triangular perspex, which I studied whilst doing physics at A level, with my dad being my teacher. He's also a big fan of Pink Floyd and I thought this would be a good design to attempt to construct on InDesign.
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| Pink Floyd's Album Cover |
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| My attempt on InDesign |
By George Whale
