Ruby Meers

Its come to this time of the semester where I’m scrambling to get my assignments done and smash out this final tumblr post for the year. First thing first, Studio one as a whole has been an overall very positive experience. 

Studio Core - I have always had a particular interest in branding and I was beyond the moon to be in Chris’ class where we were able to have creative freedom by choosing to create a hypothetical food festival. I chose to create a festival that lies within my own food passions, so ice-cream festival fit the criteria nicely. My knowledge grew learning about different aspects of brand identity, brand ideas and personality. I truly believe that the skills I was taught will serve me well for when I apply this to my industry practice. 

Studio Essentials - Although a huge task to do a brand identity refresh for Coles, I managed my time wisely. All aspects of this course were extremely beneficial to my practice. Through the proposal I was able to further understand the importance of a proposal and the relationship with the client. Through project management I was able to recognise how I can make managing a project fun and useful. However, most of the time I was just taking a punt when it came to hypothetical steps taken to complete the project. This was a challenge, however I believe I am on the right track.

Bioplastic Fantastic - Between Products and Organisms

This film is part of the speculative Bioplastic Fantastic project, which is an investigation into new types of products and interactions that might emerge from material innovations in the fields of bio- and nanotechnology.

Seven products replace or complement the current food system by providing all nutrients and energy needed for a human to survive. They are made from enzyme-enhanced bioplastics and are powered by artificial photosynthesis.

This sensory enthralling video entails the relationship between products and organisms. The products  that the model is eating is based off bacteria which have similar functions in nature. They use the functional part of the biological circuit (enzymes), and combine this with non-living matter (bioplastic). 

The seven products: 1. ‘Rhod’ – produces fat — biological process copied from Rhodococcus bacteria

2. ‘Cyan’ – produces sugar & oxygen — biological process copied from Cyanobacteria 3. ‘Pseu’ – extracts water from air — biological process copied from Pseudomonas bacteria 4. ‘Caul’ – produces protein — biological process copied from Caulobacter bacteria 5. ‘Gluc’ – produces fibre — biological process copied from Gluconanacetobacter bacteria 6. ‘Lith’ – extracts minerals from rocks — biological process copied from Lithotroph bacteria 7. ‘Lact’ – produces vitamins — biological process copied from Lactic acid bacteria

STUDIO CORE FINAL

This is the finished product of my studio core assignment. 

My visual design language was inspired by previous design movements, in particularly Memphis. I chose to take on a modern design that incorporates the childlike elements but is still very fresh with a clean flat design. Basic shapes and pastel colours were my fundamentals when creating this project. My favourite which is the dripping strawberry ice-cream. I thought this would be appropriate for my brand identity as it is attention grabbing and childish. 

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STUDIO ESSENTIALS

I have complied a few pages from my studio essentials assignment covering E1, E2 and E3

The client I chose was Coles supermarket. Little did I know how much work I would have to put into this assignment. The scale of this hypothetical project is huge and it was a good challenge to try to make it all work seamlessly. 

Week 10 - RAW COLOR 3 - 2008

A series of photography created as a reaction of the earlier research done on the color cards. This is a further examination on the visual structure of the vegetables. It also illustrate the mixing ratio of the color card research.

Source: http://www.rawcolor.nl/project/?id=198&type=ownProduction

I love this photographic series by Daniera Ter Haar and Christopher Brach. It explores a unique relationship between food and design. I love the combination of texture and colour, as the create contrast and visual complexity. 

STUDIO ONE - CORE

Food Festival - Pretty Sweet

TOILETPAPER MAGAZINE

The following images are from the bi-annual picture based publication Toilet Paper Magazine. All these images incorporate food in a unique and artistic way. Creating a rather innocent scene to be really quite disturbing. 

In Toilet Paper, the images might appear to have been appropriated from world’s most surreal stock-photograph service, but they’re all made from scratch. “Every issue starts with a theme, always something basic and general, like love or greed,” Cattelan explained. “Then, as we start, we move like a painter on a canvas, layering and building up the issue. We always find ourselves in a place we didn’t expect to be. The best images are the result of improvisation.”