one week to go!

Heeey!
Britt and I did heaps of stuff, spread 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8 is DONE!


So what's is there to work on for Wednesday?

- Britt & Diana finish drawings = teamwork to get them done.

- Dan, add your illustration, check for mistakes in texts, captions, headings etc.

- Jade, run a test print & final mock up to check that everything is cool, maybe we could even run that by Matt if we can find him? We didn't have time to sort out the pull out quotes today so maybe you could have a look at those too..

- New headings? Jade sent a few;
A Place for Community
Village Life
A Natural Balance
A New Standard of Community Living
Which one could we use where? Any other ideas?

- Feel really good about ourselves and all the hard work! We sould celebrate wed night when we've finished it ey??

x

Deadline

Hello Friends :)

So we've all got our sections under control. Fantastic work so far, we've all worked really hard which is sooo nice to see. The mock up last week didn't quite show everything we had but that's alright. Now we just concentrate on Thursday and finishing this baby off.

Not long to go! xx

Meeting Wed week 13

Hello
"The secret heart of Manly" (is that a heading we could use?)

Individual parts to work on:
Dan - Write 'problem' and 'solution' section (ask Peter to check and give advise)
Diana - Write 'interviews' as quotes for the 'people spread' in mag
Jade - Work on 'history' and 'signature story' (ask Peter to check and give advise)
Britt - Prepare picture spreads, 2 spreads of 'people' one of 'space' and one of 'problems'

We'll check our initial layouts with Matt and ask for guidance when it comes to name for mag. (Peter, which word could we use instead of 'problems'?.)

Things we worked on Wed:
-Layout
-Photos
-Mag ideas
-Mag name brainstorm
Corner
Sanctuary
Village
Local
Escape
Bend the truth
Print
Context
Crazy cool
Sold
Sweep
Oasis
Open
Reason
Haven
Ambiance
Parallel
Vibe

Environmental inspiration - Glebe

Was walking around in Glebe when I realized, isn't this veery similar to the style of buildings we were talking about for maket place?

Interviwes

Hey

I went to manly today, i spoke to the librarians but they didn't want to answer any questions even though I explained that I was a student etc...

I spoke to the historian and she gave me a little bit of info and a pic of the car park which was there before..

I also took pics from the inside of the library and from the second floor viewing out over the space. GOD I HATE the fire escape!!

haha.. anyway, see you in the morning. Britt and Dan how did you go with layouts and picking fonts? Jade you ok with writing?

Thursday w10 meeting

On Monday we'll work out when to meet up and work on this before Thursday.

FOR NEXT WEEK:

Name of mag!! IDEAS?
Decide on which fonts we want to use for our mag.
Show a packaged set up indesign file of the mag to Matt.

We decided on a letter mark. yeeeey :)
And we discussed the layout and decided against a newspaper, instead its now a magazine focused on typography to connect to the library target market. :)

I'd like to go to a bigger library or something, i feel like i'm still not sure what was there before?.. anyone agree?

xx

More Mag Layouts

Photos..

The weather was filthy and I was finding it really hard to get a decent picture. I'll probably go back tomorrow, it's meant to be sunny.. Here's a few.. I shot in a few different styles. Maybe tomorrow (thursday) we can decide on a style and I'll go shoot it in the afternoon, usually the best light at that time..

Its a differnt Direction I know, but I like it.

Tuesday 28/4 Meeting.

In Thursday's class (Week 10) we'll DECIDE on the shape and size of our Mag!? Bring any ideas you might have. Brittany will bring a Manly Daily Mag that we can have a look at, we were talking about maybe distributing our mag inside the Manly Daily as a separate section?

Britt will also bring pics that we'll have a look at and start paring up pics to texts.. :)
Jade is interviewing the architect Feiko Bouman who designed the library building and market place. SO COOL! Hopefully he'll agree on giving us a photo of him and he can be one of our signature stories.
I will conduct a few more interviews with locals on the weekend.

Oh and don't forget to bring final lettermark ideas done in ILLUSTRATOR ready for use more or less. :)
See u then!

"Entrance" - First draft

Thursday w9 meeting

- Letter mark has come down to 4 finalists which we will work on separately for next Thursday when Matt wants to see a hole heap and we can make the Final decision.

- Peter said our initial drawings & ideas look good, he was very positive.


When is the next meeting?
We talked about meeting up on Sunday but the logistics of it didn't work out. Instead we will meet up at uni on Tuesday morning 8.30. We have 2h to plan out how to divide the magazine / what to put in where (which we've sort of started we just need to get more specific). We will also divide tasks when it comes to writing and interviews more. Jade has started on the history bit and Peter clarified today that it's more a narrative and not a history lesson. And the interviews "make it fun". An engaging intro and a conclusion that ties in to the beginning.

Thanks everyone! We're getting more and more done and we're on time which is great!

lettermark

I really like this one D!

logo tests ?

Triangles, Circle, It reminds of the architecture existing and some of them look hand drawn which draws back to the library. The M could be an open book?







My internet was down all last night, and is acting really weird now. (SO ANNOYED)
But I did some tests with one of the sketched logos. Comments?

Bike racks

I like the circle ones Diana if they werent silver. Here are some I found

Things That Need Improving..

Definitely feeling the hazardous vibe here..

I know the red poles are necessary to keep the cars in   line but there are a few poles that are just randomly placed around and the look kind of stupid hanging out by themselves..

We need to create a happier vibe... everyone looks depressed..

..and the bins. Maybe we could design a cage or an area where they can be stored? They're everywhere and smell. We don't want them covering up that beautiful mural..

Magazine Layout

Newspaper Paper

Yesterday I went and spoke to Dashing Print in NS and the thinnest paper they carry is 70gsm, it can be done in any size, but I can't be double sided and its a bright white colour..

I've contacted Arrow Printing and he stocks 'News Print' . I'm waiting to hear back about whether it can be double sided or colour. We will still have to find someone able to print on it.

Tomorrow I'll speak to Dave and possibly the guy whos work Matt showed us

Brittany lettermarks

Arch Renderings attempt..

I like the second one, but wouldnt keep it green maybe just iron normal colour, and I'd also get rid of the poles, but I they are meant to look like 'bollards' that they use on wharfs and also iron. Maybe we can use them instead of things stopping cars now?
Any thoughts?