Produce a series of 8 photographs in response to a chapter, “26 April 1905″, from Alan Lightman’s book ‘Einstein’s Dreams’.
A quote from this chapter: ‘In this world, it is instantly obvious that something is odd. No houses can be seen in the valleys or plains. Everyone lives in the mountains.’ (lightman, p28)
Lightman tells us about a world where people built their homes on stilts in the mountains, for the further they are from the earth the longer they would live.
The reasoning behind my images is that I felt that the chapter had a great interest in height and age. I decided that trees were a perfect example in both subjects. Each photograph has been taken to accentuate the height of nature and to give the impression that each tree is looking over you, possibly even thinking that you are ‘spent, weak and shortsighted’.
I tried to capture the age of the trees through their bark. Seeing each crease as a wrinkle and each tear a scar, I witnessed the similarities between their skin and ours.
If we were as tall as them, it may be possible we would live just as long.
I highly recommend this book, it can be found here.
This is my current selection of design books, minus a few that are on vacation. Okay, so my books aren’t stored across my back garden. But they do look quite proud standing there.
At the top of the page, I’ve added a “bookcase” link which shall take you to my virtual library. The plan is to share my two cents on all the books with the possibility of receiving some recommendations for future reading. Hopefully, you may even find some for yourself too.
Keeping along the printing lines, this is one of the first screen printing videos I watched.
In my first year, as a class, we designed a book of type design. We each had our own typeface and we’re asked to create a double page spread to be placed in the book. My face was FF Dax by Hans Reichel.
On a personal scale I plan to remake my spread along with a collection for other typefaces and screen print them into a concertina bound book to be part of my portfolio and a leave behind when I go to visits.
There will be more screen printing clips to come, and maybe some letterpress too.
Since I broke up from college, and before I get my summer brief, I’ve been catching up with some American Dramas. Lost and Stargate mainly.
I finished season four of Lost this morning, and felt I should share my findings so far.
There have been a lot of coincidences through the past few seasons, especially with people being related, and suggestions that our world isn’t so large. Hence we all affect everyone else’s lives.
The story is rather fantasy based and therefore lends its self to many morals.
A few to mention:
Don’t give up at the first hurdle
A belief that things will get better can be as good as it being so
Someone’s misfortune can be your gain
Every decision affects someone else
I think these can be all be related to the design practice:
You should never give up on a idea or project because the client doesn’t like it or there isn’t enough budget
If you believe in the idea enough, the client will be encouraged by your confidence
When someone is struggling with an idea, they are more likely to accept assistance
Never change the project without communicating to other people
Ps. Need to start looking into what I will base my dissertation on soon. Currently thinking along the lines of the benefits of freelance over employee.
