#extendedpractice

The website is functional, albeit needs more fiddling with responsiveness.  http://memoryinterface.eu/

Final mock-ups of the design. Only the left side has change since last blog post on the posters. 

Mock-up of the pad.

I finally managed to write and clean up (with Stephen) the text for the poster/envelope. Here is the final result:

‘Manual Memory Interface’ is an attempt at visualising connotation.

You can read the interface in your own unique way.

You are invited to interact with the interface.

You can take home as many parts as you like to create your own poster.

The envelope design:

I have prepared visualisations for the page I plan to have fully operational till the end of the year. 

I ave decided on the colour scheme and created the final designs, they are also almost fully cleaned. Unfortunately I still am not sure what to do with the left, not interactive, side and what to write on it. The text there should be simple and enough and eye catching that the audience understand what they are viewing and go ahead and interact with the interface.

I have also decided to replace oval dots in the typography with the background hyphens. It changes the type slightly and also adds another link between the poster’s elements.

A gif to show the possible outcomes.

I also printed the full designs and was very happy withe the new blue tone and overall the colour choice. 

The type of design I decided to create has a lot of potential typographic “disasters” and I spend a lot of time cleaning them up. A lot of it depends on choosing the course of action, what to move around, whee should I clean up the background or how close the pattern of hyphen should come near the letters. 

The irradiation of white is also an unique problem. White letters need to be scaled down a bit (5% in this instance) to account for them looking always slightly bigger than black ones. As I am using white and black letters in close proximity I need to be very cautious when deciding where do I want the letters to be white.  

I have printed out various new and old colour compositions and tested them in full scale. It was the first time I had seen the design almost 1:1. I still have a series of doubts if it is the right size and ratio. 

The various symbols that could be a replacement for the hyphens did not work as well as the hyphen in my opinion. The pattern in different percentages of black just added confusing colour t the mix, so I decided to use black hyphens as before. 

I am still undecided when it comes to the colour. I really liked the slightly orange yellow and red, so I will try to compose a triad based on them. 

After a tutorial with Harriet I am more confident my work is going the right direction. She said that the designs seem more streamlined and more cohesive. We talked about different hanging options for the piece. I should test out various stubs and glues before the degree show as well as the longevity of the compound glue. 

Harriet suggested using also small scale type on the piece. It is a neat idea, but I have no idea what text it should incorporate this way. Still, a thing to consider, especially because it would provide an additional level to interact with.