Thursday, 8 December 2016

InDesign: Design Creation/Inspiration

Following on from the posters I'd designed, I decided to work in the Product Design studio to garner time to focus and work all day; a discussion from one of the teachers provided me with remarkable design work from as old as 1885. This was hugely fascinating to me, to see how far we've come from print in that era to now. It was also incredible to feel how tactile the work was, as it was so old it was fraying at the edges.





The work, entitled 'Slyvia's Home Journal" shows the beginning of illustrative work and a magazine for women. It was quite humorous to read advertisements for pills, polishing 'paste', tea (which had a completely different currency back then) and many other things. I found I spent ages actually reading the magazine itself out of fascination and then appreciating the design work next. 

The illustrations are amazingly modern looking, given the fact they're from such a dated era. I love the stylised line work, and the use of splashes of colour to given attraction to the piece. Although they're not really related to any of my project work at the moment, it's fascinating to look through and appreciate work from such an old era, particularly the 60's work made me smile; because of the use of language (which is much more open and inappropriate) and the way they're able to get away with things that may not be as appropriate in our era and age. It's amazing really as some of them look like they could have been created on illustrator or photoshop.