Graduate Show 2009, BA (Hons) Visual Communication, BIAD, BCU

for Sarah Jane Coleman sponsored 'Illustration - New Directions' category...she posted this on her blog the other day....


"This week the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, from whence I carved my degree in illustration, rang to tell me they were naming their new annual illustration prize after me.

My first thought was, 'Oh, my God, how wonderful', followed immediately by 'Don't you have to be dead to have a prize named after you?'

Well not so, it seems. I was not only a student there but have taught there on and off for over sixteen years, delivery seminars, workshops, Q&A sessions and just good old-fashioned illustration tutoring. So perhaps it isn't so surprising, and I am, of course, completely floored to be asked (for a second I was welling up).

The prize giving is in June and as I'll be away, my best friend Melanie Tomlinson a fellow BIAD post-graduate and maker of magical metal things, is handing over the award on my behalf. The award isn't just a certificate - oh no - I've organised a handsome trophy in the form of a one-year subscription to Bikinilists, a consultancy with my good mates at The Design Conspiracy, a portfolio surgery and a signed limited print. They also receive an Association of Illustrators' membership, so whichever fortunate student I choose as the recipient will exit the course armed with a fearsome set of tools to make their way in the illustration world.

Damn - I wish I'D had the Sarah Coleman Prize when I graduated! 'Must try harder'...

You can get information on BIAD's degree shows here."

Here's a (very) quick design I've just put together just to get a feel of how the cd packagaing could work. More info needs to go on there (like BIAD, graduating year of 2009 etc etc) Is there a CD inlay booklet too? Not sure if people already have designs for it , so just thought id throw this out there .


Also, do you have any measurements to work with ? and can we print onto the cds?

ps. the 'willkommen, bienvenue, welcome' bit is a famous lyric from cabaret

thanks x

Ok, any suggestions for what we could put up in the gallery space? This is such a good opportunity!

Think we should collect all the posters that are/ have been put around uni regarding 181 (like the poster comp, the events poster, intro poster, logo poster and put these up. Also the Funday graphics would be good too - if we print the funday one A1 and use Holly's signs she made. Also, creature would look ACE in the exhibition ....


along with a montage of how we finally got to the brand idea, mount the mood boards ( has anyone got print outs of these we could use to save on printing costs?), and even stick up the new handouts/ signup sheets just as a record.


Was thinking of going into uni early on Friday and sorting the space/ print anything we need.

Oh yeah, put up 2 new posters yesterday - the poster comp one and a nice logo one .... they've come to £10 each, the foamboard was £6 and the mounting of it (using the machine at uni) was £6 .......

so don't think we should mount everything otherwise it would cost the earth!

Hi guys,


so far it's me, Tommy, Kipp and Holly presenting the roadshow to some of level 5 tomorrow at 2pm. If anyone else is up for helping out then do come along. We are presenting at 2pm in the Phipps building and are gonna meet at half one just to go through the slides etc. Also, we'll need your help during the week presenting to level 6 - perhaps tuesday would be a good day to catch the advertsisers and photography people. When are film/moving image in?

my mobile number is 07525615320

thanks

Sarah

Ok, so here's a sign up sheet for L5 volunteers ...we need to give this to them when we present our roadshow ...

Here's a preliminary mock up of the hand out we could give out on the 'roadshow'! I still need to confirm some information - does the Creature 'blurb' sound ok? Also what are the details for the donations? I will need the number of the online account that students can pay into and also times when treasury people will be around in the gallery area to collect donations.

Also any ideas on the wording are welcome !!!

Thanks guys, hope its ok

Hi guys, thought it would be a good idea to put a presentation together for the 'road show' idea .... are people still up for presenting to different SIGS? (this is just a rough outline, needs to be tweaked design wise)

I tried to steer clear of using bullet points and what not ....cos I reckon that would come across as a bit patronising to some people..... I've kept it simple ... and for each slide, we basically give as much info as poss on each thing/issue .

... it would be good if there was a representative from each team on the committee to be part of the presentation - someone to talk about the publications, awards events etc -

Slide 1 : 181 logo
- introduce the concept of 181/how it represents every one of us on the course/ cabaret glitzy flamboyant theme


Slide 2 : 181 Awards/oscars still

- Explain the idea of the awards ceremony - categories/ guest award givers/ scripts/ presenter/ industry presence / large screen/ paint a picture of the evening, atmosphere, refreshments entertainment ....................>>


Slide 3 : The Midnight Cabaret photographs

- Introduce the Midnight Cabaret as our entertainers for the evening/ atmosphere etc


Slide 4 : Past events

- (I've put the funday in as past events because I'm not sure everyone will have time to do it next week...) - here we could talk about past events, how successful they were ....and stress how important it is for everyone to come to make it a success.


Slide 5- 6 : Creature - Open Beats vs Rehash flyer design

- Explain & promote the event / details / Theme of creature/ give info on exhibition and how to submit work


Slide 7 : 'Please donate'

- As for a donation of atleast £25 from each student / give info on donation collection points


Slide 8 -9 : Poster Competition poster

- invite everyone to take part in this brief/ give info, deliverables and deadline date/ emphasise that winners get great prizes and that the winners are announced at the awards ceremony - and will be auctioned off on the night (and the winning student get the profit)


Slide 10 : '181 publications'

- publications team - tell students that we are working on promotional material to give out/ a dvd including a snippet of everyones portfolio/ possible mini booklet

Thought I'd make an e-flyer of the poster aswell, just really simple ....and landscape so it works alot better on screen. So - there will be one (or more?) A1 poster to be the main focus .... and perhaps 4/5 A4 versions to put around each specialism room ...and this e-flyer to send around to everyone too. Will be printed this week (as soon as the deadline date is confirmed ...cos i made it up !!! wasnt sure when it should be?? and also where to hand it in ....)

Hey everyone, heres a poster I've been working on this week. This is gonna be a large scale A1 poster ...and perhaps a smaller A4 more formal brief could be sent out to all the specialisms - with a bit more detail. But just as a main brief snappy to the point poster do you think it works?? Its alot like the Fun day poster but I've make it look specifically cabaret- the grid structure is made out of a pattern that references lace etc and the side angle makes it more dramatic and showy .... also, I cant remember whether we decided on A1 or A0 for the poster comp??? any more details needed???

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Hey Guys, in case any of you don't know, Sunil heard from Bash Bar today and they have shut down, so the night (next Wednesday) has been moved to The Red Baboon in the Jewellery Quarter. I'm not too sure of any more details but if you can spread the word it would be a great help.

I have put a map on the facebook event, and changed the address and sent emails... I just thought if everyone can let people know that would be great too.

Also we will be in the Vis.Com. reception (by the office) collecting donations and selling tickets on Tuesday between 1 and 2pm.

Thanks

Holly

(I'm signed in on Tommy's account)

this is just a rough draft of a possible poster design... what other details need to be on there? Not sure if you've finalised ticket prices yet?????

Any more info need to be added?? How about the format of the poster? I think these posters would best suit A3/A2? That way, colour could be used - and as theres not much ink covering the page (like the previous posters with a background block colour) they should be cheaper.

If not, this could still work in black/grey and white - and then so on a larger scale. Though, I thought colours would be fun for the fun day!



ps. the cabaret band looks great hehe :)

This is the band i am going to approach for a quote to play at the show.

If you would like to hear their sample tracks visit their website

Hey everyone, just to let you know the new posters are up at uni now...... though, not as good a quality print as the others. I went to Prontaprint in the end - but their cheapest A1 colour was £30 ...!! So I opted for black and white instead which came to £10 for 4 A1 posters. Sorry about the quality of them - they're a bit blotchy and liney - should have asked them to re-print it but they really needed to go up today really - with info about the cake sale etc.

Ooh also, all the advertisers have been putting in a pound a week each to their fundraising pot!!!!! And now the word is out about donations hopefully some more money will be coming in. Yippee!

Decided that it would be nice to have a little blurb of each event etc - Eventhough there is alot of copy - this poster can be a point of reference - instead of just listing events, it perhaps makes the events alot more real etc .

ps. there is a mistake on the time of the Bas Bar event that I have just changed!!

Here's a design I made last night - though it was getting rather late so the copy really isnt up to scratch yet . Was more interested with the layout - think there might be way too much copy on this one - needs to be much short and sweeter. And also, the logo needs to be incorporated too. But ones I get rid of some words, there will be space!!! The format is meant to echo a theatrical program print ... listing points as if they were separate performances ...

very much like the cabaret board from before - but with more of an emphasis on performance and places - music, the concept of being in the spotlight , theatre signage etc