exhibition floor plan + tape

This week, i decided to add tape to the floor plan of the exhibition, just so that when the time comes to apply the tape to the floor of the mezzanine, the group knows were it is going due to a pre-aproved design. if a mistake occures, we may run out of tape.

This is my design for my portfolio, The back page is A4, and they get progressively smaller, this idea came about when i saw my phone book, as it has the alphabet sticking out the sides.

The only issue is when printed, there is a white boarder around the edge, once this is removed the pages were no longer A4 format, and binding it became difficult.

portfolio design

For the design of my portfolio, i wanted to carry on with the black and white colour theme from my business card. also, using the these portfolio design i found on the web.

i like the way that the front page is similiar to a contents page, although the portfolio design i found were electrical.

with or without??

i randomly come up with the idea of turning this logo into a pen pot with a few bit in it...

The design with the blue background is just to show what it would look like with a colour other than white or black, and the black one is just to show the white boarder of the cog.

here are even more possible logo idea's a few have different colours and these would be used in relation to the colour of the business card.

im sorry, but it had to be done :D

personal logo design's

here are a few designs for my personal logo.

This is the top of the box, once it had been printed.

The box

one of the main features of the exhibition is the map box, the purpose of the box is a center piece to the exhibition. On this box, there will be a modified london underground map, one of the lines will be altered to have an extra track, and on this track you will find station, each station is named after a member of the class.

This line will lead to the edge of the box, the line will then carry on along the floor via red tape. This will guide the visitors around the exhibition to each persons work.

The box is made from 18mm MDF sheets and has the same dimensions as a A0 sheet of paper (1141mm x 841mm) this was to make it easier to print onto.

originally the box was to be located on the edge of the exhibition against the wall, but was advised to make it completely flat topped and placed in the centre of the floor.

The box was built on week 7 by Daryl, Paul and Rich, after a few attempts, the sheets were cut to the right lenghts, and all but the top sheet were screwed together.

The next day, Daryl, Adam, Paul and Rich begun painting the first few coats of white, we took 2 hour shifts and gave it around 4-5 coats until the yellow/browny tinge faded away from the colour of the wood.

In week 9 the top was taken down to a printing shop called "fastsigns" which is just down the road from then university, the modified map was printed onto this and the cost was £30, the finish came out very well. the top was the covered in clingfilm to keep it protected and left round Rich's house, this being because, if it was left at the university, it would get dirt all over it.

once i had gone home friday night, i asked a few people which design they prefered for my business card, out of 6 people, 5 prefered the black card with angled text, they all said it looks very profesional.

along with this, i was also given two suggestions for redesigning.

The first being 1 of my origonal cog design, but to change the colours to a black backgrouind, white text and grey/metal cogs.

The other, which was suggested by my sister... was to change the angled text design, use the mint coloured background and add brown text, her thinking behind this, is to make it look like mint chocolate... that isn't a joke...

well here are the two new design's, and i actually quite like the new cog design.

i think using black is the way to go!

and more :D

and more...

Another business card design is this, along with a few colour's. i haven't done the back yet, but i intend to just have the emblem on that, in the centre.