Tuesday 16 March 2010
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Demon Headmaster
People cool with it? Think you can tell who it is? I think I might put names on all the drawings in the bottom corner, do you think it's needed?
Tuesday 9 March 2010
Monday 8 March 2010
Front Cover
These are just initial experimentations,gonna do lots more.
I know we want something more precise than 'Fads and the Nineties' but I couldn't think of anything so I've just put it in as a placeholder.
I realise some of the text looks too faint, working on it, maybe a darker background.
Foil block
What do people think about the idea of black foil? I think it could look really cool on like a grey/off white cover?
Haven't been able to find many good examples online
Haven't been able to find many good examples online
Sunday 7 March 2010
Thursday 4 March 2010
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Update / Photo success
Hey guys,
Sorry for the confusion today, don't think me or Jed got round to organising anything properly! Tomorrow, we're going to try and photograph the non verbal, physical fads. "Durrr' 'Suck it!" etc etc. We found a cool playground that is in a decent estate down the road towards Battersea, could shoot it there, OR there's an amazing outdoor playground/adventure thing with a trampoline and stuff in Pimlico. It's run by the council though and only has certain opening times, we thought they might be a bit funny about us taking photos in there too. Got the number though and will try ring later to see what it's like. Bought to plain white shirts in Primark today and I think Ali and Dan are down for modelling and playing about.
I've been editing the photos today and they look really good! Will attach a few more below so you can see how they look alongside the text roughly. Obviously the layout isn't going to be like this for everything
Commented in Emma's post but just to say it here again, we might have to consider having the publication as one book rather than three. Mainly because of the way the essay is structured, could just be a leaflet for the first section which will look pretty stupid! This could be good though, will be cheaper and could potentially mean we could look into getting the covers screen printed / UV glossed with the printing! Nothing definite though. And if we do end up with one book would make sure the three sections within are obvious, maybe some endpaper to mark out sections?
Sorry for the confusion today, don't think me or Jed got round to organising anything properly! Tomorrow, we're going to try and photograph the non verbal, physical fads. "Durrr' 'Suck it!" etc etc. We found a cool playground that is in a decent estate down the road towards Battersea, could shoot it there, OR there's an amazing outdoor playground/adventure thing with a trampoline and stuff in Pimlico. It's run by the council though and only has certain opening times, we thought they might be a bit funny about us taking photos in there too. Got the number though and will try ring later to see what it's like. Bought to plain white shirts in Primark today and I think Ali and Dan are down for modelling and playing about.
I've been editing the photos today and they look really good! Will attach a few more below so you can see how they look alongside the text roughly. Obviously the layout isn't going to be like this for everything
Commented in Emma's post but just to say it here again, we might have to consider having the publication as one book rather than three. Mainly because of the way the essay is structured, could just be a leaflet for the first section which will look pretty stupid! This could be good though, will be cheaper and could potentially mean we could look into getting the covers screen printed / UV glossed with the printing! Nothing definite though. And if we do end up with one book would make sure the three sections within are obvious, maybe some endpaper to mark out sections?
Tuesday 2 March 2010
More mock up ideas.
I very much like dan's layout and love the font for the cover mock-up. Below I've included a really nice gradient set, with colours similar to those we were interested in. Also will the cover only be typographic? Or image also? I think it could be nice to have an image of the gay card, but then is this too much "gay" stuff for one cover? I think screen printing will allow us the most interesting cover.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Quick mock up
Playing around with designs, what do people think of this? Would be cool if we could foil block! Design team meet tomorrow?
Friday 19 February 2010
Research
RIck Poyner, writer of 'Obey the Giant'
Neil Cummings writes 'The value of things'
Mark Dione - excavation
Neil Cummings writes 'The value of things'
Mark Dione - excavation
Thursday 18 February 2010
Literature
Ok, I have finally narrowed it down to five. I have tried to choose literature that wasn’t all girly.
Goosebumps
Horrible Histories
Smash Hits (don’t know if it’s very 90’s tho? It first came out in 1978)
Girl Talk
Jacqueline Wilson books, especially ‘Bad Girls’
I don’t know if I should put in ‘one-hit wonders’ books like,
Flour Babies and The Rainbow Fish.
What do you think?
Goosebumps
Horrible Histories
Smash Hits (don’t know if it’s very 90’s tho? It first came out in 1978)
Girl Talk
Jacqueline Wilson books, especially ‘Bad Girls’
I don’t know if I should put in ‘one-hit wonders’ books like,
Flour Babies and The Rainbow Fish.
What do you think?
Audio & Visual Options
Sorry slightly late post, internet playing up last night!
Obviously a lot a lot a lot to choose from in this category! Some really great things, I'm going to put down some of the ones I've chosen and started the write up on, but I was thinking I may just carry on the write ups with some different ones as well if have time, just because there are so many great things to choose from.
Spice Girls
Take That
Gladiators
Fun House
For now those are all I am certain, Im going to finish writing them up, and then tomorrow was hoping to get an opinion off you guys as to what to do, there are just too many to choose from! There are also some great ads, but then a lot of the time Im not sure if they will come under another title, like food/toys etc so don't know if they are appropriate
Wednesday 17 February 2010
Stationary
There's only really one item thats worth talking about for stationary, and that I have a bit of research on:
SMELLY GEL PENS.
There's also these but there really isn't much in the way of research on them:
-Mini Highlighters
-Pencils with different coloured-nibs that you can pull off and stick in the top
-Scented rubbers
-Stamp felt tip pens (that had a shape instead of a nib)
Toys & Material objects
Hey guys,
Here are the choices I've narrowed it down to. Been pretty difficult!
- Pokemon
- Yo-yo's
- Tamagotchi
- Scardox Aliens
- POGs
- Football Stickers
- Shag Bands
I think that's a good mix of different material things, but let me know if you think otherwise. Some that were up there but didn't make the final cut were:
- Crazy Bones
- Trolls
- Big headed football things
- Polly Pocket/Mighty Max
Here are the choices I've narrowed it down to. Been pretty difficult!
- Pokemon
- Yo-yo's
- Tamagotchi
- Scardox Aliens
- POGs
- Football Stickers
- Shag Bands
I think that's a good mix of different material things, but let me know if you think otherwise. Some that were up there but didn't make the final cut were:
- Crazy Bones
- Trolls
- Big headed football things
- Polly Pocket/Mighty Max
Narrowing down Food Case Studies:
Suggested final ideas for the catalogue within food and drink:
- B'N B'N
- Sunny Delight (lots of scope for information from news articles etc.)
- Opal Fruits (specific to 90s due to name change in later years.)
- Cereals+Toys (Had a couple of stories that would be relevant for this subject however need a specific cereal to base it on)
- Alphabites/Potato Smiles (This would allow a link to main/evening meals not just snacks as most fads were)
- Nerdz - specifically Dweebs (iconic of 90s)
- Pez (and their many containers based on popular cartoon characters of the time.)
- Lunchboxes (Would like to include this as it is linked to the subject, unsure whether this should appear in another section.)
Please add comments if you think there are more important fads I have missed or whether you think an of the ideas listed are unnecessary.
Fashion choices
Hi guys so I've narrowed it down, let me know what you think:
-LA Gear trainers
-Scrunchies
-Chokers (I don't really remember this as a big fad though)
-Butterfly hair clips
-Nike ticks and shaved eyebrows
-Platform shoes (spice girls influence)
-Baby G
-LA Gear trainers
-Scrunchies
-Chokers (I don't really remember this as a big fad though)
-Butterfly hair clips
-Nike ticks and shaved eyebrows
-Platform shoes (spice girls influence)
-Baby G
Things to do
Wednesday- By the end of tonight each member is going to choose 5/6 case studies each from their subject to concentrate on. Post up your choices tonight so that other group members can see and agree/suggest on what the choices are.
Thursday- Finish off case studies from the editorial side (personal stories can still be on going).
Friday- Meeting with Kieron, try to produce some sort of "mood board" for style/design, anything you like or think would be appropriate for the visuals. We should have meeting afterwards to figure out what we're doing next.
GO TEAM!
Thursday- Finish off case studies from the editorial side (personal stories can still be on going).
Friday- Meeting with Kieron, try to produce some sort of "mood board" for style/design, anything you like or think would be appropriate for the visuals. We should have meeting afterwards to figure out what we're doing next.
GO TEAM!
food myths
Dr Pepper kills your sperm / is made of pig sperm
the red smarties are made of crushed beetles
the red smarties are made of crushed beetles
Thursday 11 February 2010
Proposed chapters
Here follows the porposed chapters of the publication. Eesearch should now take place by looking at our designated sections in the light of the chapter headings written below in bold.
It has been decided that the publication will feature two voices. firstly that of an Editorial voice focusing on the facts/historical information (though it will not be boring, think more along the lines of the "things that make people gay" post). and a personal voice which will rely on primary research talking to people about the fads and asking them the sort of questions which are written below in quotation marks.
The life and death of a fad
Dual voice approach - Personal and Editorial
The start of a fad
Earliest memories of a fad, “when was the first time you heard about/saw …..” doesn’t have to be date specific could be in relation to an event in life.
The rise of a fad dissemination
When it was at its peak , What extents did you go to? Cost increasing? Demand crazy? Any anecdotes or stories that are relevant?
Copies of fads imitation
Any rip offs coming afterwards. Counterfeits? Did these work? Stories?
Myths of a fad
Scardox Aliens, Tomb Raider nude cheat etc. Statistics. How many people tried these things, anybody actually succeed. Different approaches, geographically? Different methods in different areas?
Physical and verbal fads
Sayings, rhymes, games. Any changes for location? Vernacular? How they evolved? S drawing?
Death of a fad
When it fizzled out. Loss of enthusiasm, anybody still playing? Banned in school. Why banned? Stealing cards, cause injury etc. Growing up, realising it’s not actually as cool as you thought it was.
Fanatics / revival.
Anybody still playing in the current day? Extreme fanatics. Organised play, leagues. World championships. Revivals in school? Fads coming back a couple of years later?
It has been decided that the publication will feature two voices. firstly that of an Editorial voice focusing on the facts/historical information (though it will not be boring, think more along the lines of the "things that make people gay" post). and a personal voice which will rely on primary research talking to people about the fads and asking them the sort of questions which are written below in quotation marks.
The life and death of a fad
Dual voice approach - Personal and Editorial
The start of a fad
Earliest memories of a fad, “when was the first time you heard about/saw …..” doesn’t have to be date specific could be in relation to an event in life.
The rise of a fad dissemination
When it was at its peak , What extents did you go to? Cost increasing? Demand crazy? Any anecdotes or stories that are relevant?
Copies of fads imitation
Any rip offs coming afterwards. Counterfeits? Did these work? Stories?
Myths of a fad
Scardox Aliens, Tomb Raider nude cheat etc. Statistics. How many people tried these things, anybody actually succeed. Different approaches, geographically? Different methods in different areas?
Physical and verbal fads
Sayings, rhymes, games. Any changes for location? Vernacular? How they evolved? S drawing?
Death of a fad
When it fizzled out. Loss of enthusiasm, anybody still playing? Banned in school. Why banned? Stealing cards, cause injury etc. Growing up, realising it’s not actually as cool as you thought it was.
Fanatics / revival.
Anybody still playing in the current day? Extreme fanatics. Organised play, leagues. World championships. Revivals in school? Fads coming back a couple of years later?
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Update
Hey guys,
I think everyone knows what they're meant to be doing, and hopefully it's going well. Just in case you don't here's the list we made of different sections we're in charge of researching in more depth:
Fashion - Jenny
Food & Drink - Emma
Literature - Chrissie
Physical/Verbal - Jed
Toys & Material things - Dan
Stationary - Marine
Television/Film & Audio - Kitty
We just need to try and get as much stuff this week as we can, then we can move onto the more rewarding stages - layout, design etc. Ask your friends if they have any interesting/funny stories. If people still have the things at home see if you can persuade them to send it up.
Within all the sections we're looking at doing a 'Fanatics' sub section. So look to see if the fad is still going, had any funny/shocking stories, featured in the news, any old men taken it too seriously and now are organising UK Pokemon play...
Me and Jed had a quick chat with Kieron and Ben last Friday. They seemed positive about how things were going, and think it could turn out really well. I think we're going to have to meet again this week to have another brainstorm session about how exactly we're going to present the thing, both conceptually and visually. We're on the way though!
They suggested we maybe look at what the whole fad thing says about our society, material culture etc. Having this angle really anchors down the projects and gives it more of a reason to investigate if that makes sense?
So some other things that we should all research over the next day are:
- Fetishism
- Phenomenon
- Material Culture
- Taxonomy
See if you can get an overview of these topics, how they would relate to what we're doing and if there are any interesting points/arguments that we can bring into the publication.
They also suggested a couple of artists:
A book called 'The Value of Things - Neil Cummings'
And an artist called 'Mark Dion' who had something called 'Excavation' on at the Tate Britain, where as I understand he excavated things from the north and south side of the Thames and then anally catalogued, it something along those lines..!
Hope it's all going well! When's good for people to meet this week? Maybe after the Lecture tomorrow?
I think everyone knows what they're meant to be doing, and hopefully it's going well. Just in case you don't here's the list we made of different sections we're in charge of researching in more depth:
Fashion - Jenny
Food & Drink - Emma
Literature - Chrissie
Physical/Verbal - Jed
Toys & Material things - Dan
Stationary - Marine
Television/Film & Audio - Kitty
We just need to try and get as much stuff this week as we can, then we can move onto the more rewarding stages - layout, design etc. Ask your friends if they have any interesting/funny stories. If people still have the things at home see if you can persuade them to send it up.
Within all the sections we're looking at doing a 'Fanatics' sub section. So look to see if the fad is still going, had any funny/shocking stories, featured in the news, any old men taken it too seriously and now are organising UK Pokemon play...
Me and Jed had a quick chat with Kieron and Ben last Friday. They seemed positive about how things were going, and think it could turn out really well. I think we're going to have to meet again this week to have another brainstorm session about how exactly we're going to present the thing, both conceptually and visually. We're on the way though!
They suggested we maybe look at what the whole fad thing says about our society, material culture etc. Having this angle really anchors down the projects and gives it more of a reason to investigate if that makes sense?
So some other things that we should all research over the next day are:
- Fetishism
- Phenomenon
- Material Culture
- Taxonomy
See if you can get an overview of these topics, how they would relate to what we're doing and if there are any interesting points/arguments that we can bring into the publication.
They also suggested a couple of artists:
A book called 'The Value of Things - Neil Cummings'
And an artist called 'Mark Dion' who had something called 'Excavation' on at the Tate Britain, where as I understand he excavated things from the north and south side of the Thames and then anally catalogued, it something along those lines..!
Hope it's all going well! When's good for people to meet this week? Maybe after the Lecture tomorrow?
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