NCHA- Annual report 2008-2009

This brief, set by Purple Circle, wanted us to design an Annual Report for a Homeless Housing company named the NCHA ( Nottingham Council Housing Association) However they didn't want the usual boring ways of a normal annual report.  It had to be innovated and different from the norm.  

I decided that I would create a 3D annual report with the information displayed on the 3D model.  I designed a net of a box that unfolds to create a house, idea taken from the fact that this company help the homeless to find homes. Taking the information from www.ncha.org.uk here are images of what I designed and created using, photoshop, illustrator, indesign.  I created a pack that would be sent to the customer with a covering letter explaining how to create the box and home and how to read it.

'A Power Smile!' Energy Conservation

Topic : Standby Buttons 

Audience : Office workers, large business places

Message : 'Cut Out' standby! TURN OFF!

Format : Direct mail, Poster & Billboard

I wanted to create a fun way of turning off appliances left on in large office spaces.

I came up with the idea of a 'Power Smile.' Using the power button symbol I changed it into a face.  The receiver of the direct mail would literally 'cut out' the reminder and place it on the corner of the appliance using the instructions provided.  Simple & fun that would look cool in an office environment.

Self Promotion

Business card, self promotion pack.

Editorial illustration - Super Vision

This was an illustration brief for any editorial magazine.  As I chose a topic that was scientific, I decided to use The New Scientist Magazine.  We had to design a front cover and a double page spread.  Text was supplied to us in the brief and we 

had to draw what was said in the article.  My idea is linked very well as I wanted to create an image that was like using inferred images.  This is why I chose black and had vibrant colours for the goggles.  The lines at the side are radio waves and these where created using a digital camera on 50 ISO and a torch in a black room. I overlaid the images on photoshop and produced in InDesign.

MikeJWebb_Design_ website

My website is finally up and running.  It can be viewed at http://www.eyesite.me.uk 

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Self Promotion_Pictograms

I wanted to choose words that represent me as a graphic designer and I have used the shapes of my logo to create small pictograms.  Can you match them? 

Eye for detail, Unique, Creative Mind, Ideas, Team Builder, Computer Literate, All Rounder, Hand Working, Communicative and My Logo

Self _Promo_Ideas

Here I have patterned my Logo to create a background for my self promotion work.  It could be the background to my business card or my website.

Visual Language of Typography Book

A book about the visual language of typography.  Type has a personality and is chosen to match the meaning of the vernacular; Everyday's chosen words.  B.A.L.D  (book layout and design).  Designing the front and back cover, contents, and 3 page spreads.  I produced an introduction, historical type and Sci-fi typography section of the book and printed onto yellow paper as scientific research shows that black looks best on yellow.  As changing the colour of the type can alter the personality of it.  

Self Promotion Logo

My New Logo design to advertise myself as a Graphic Designer. Based on my initials, MJW.