Alternative title panel

The title in this is a little smaller than the next version.

Putting the panels together.

Here are some preliminary designs with the two panels. These could change, depending on what happens with the frame set up (it should be in Sarajevo by now from Belgrade, and will take a few days for the printer to have a look at it and get back to me on whether or not the fabrication is possible).

Title Panel with introduction by Dallaire:

Large and small panels.

Panels together.

And Danilo's panel. The blue will change with every panel to a colour sampled from each image:

Large and small panels together.

Large panel only.

Title panel

The title panel is a particularly difficult layout because it's not only for the title and logos, it also has to contain the intro from LGen Roméo A. Dallaire, in both Bosnian and English, of course.

image: http://www.romeodallaire.com/

For those of you who know who the Lieutenant General is, you will know he was head of the UN Peace Keeping Force when they (finally) went into Rwanda. Dallaire has been tireless in his work in genocide prevention and education. More can be learned about his work here: http://www.romeodallaire.com/

Currently, Dallaire is a Canadian Senator.










Well, onto the design. I have made a mock up of the design both with the large and small panel. Rather than having any one image, I've chosen eight, selected from all countries/regions represented in the exhibition.

Two A4 sheets, pasted together, with the bottom bend as the metal will be.

Side view, next to the life-sized version.

Englis text - at about 16%

Bosnian text - 16%

Mock up panel (complete version!)

It's not perfect, and took a surprising amount of time (and patience), but we can now see the first panel at full size. On its own it's nice, but once it's together with all the other images and type in different colours, I think it will look beautiful.

Type is beautiful.

Looking from about 2 metres away.

The type up pretty close. Roman hanging punctuation.

Sorry about the d...it was a little tough getting that last line of tiles together.

Project Management updates

The finals designs begin...

While this research project has a long way to go, the design process is now underway for real. No more experiments! We have all of the information except one little thing that might actually have a large impact on what happens next: the structure of the bottom panel (mentioned two posts ago) also has the printer a bit stumped, so until it comes from Belgrade and he can check it out on person, I have to wait. This means that until I can know for sure, this design might still change.

IF the design needs to be folded with the metal, this version I'm showing you now will change slightly. The graphics at the bottom (the film spools) will be moved to the bottom and folded under with the metal. If the design is not done that way, then I might rethink this, leaving it where it is, and just making the background of the smaller panel black with the same type and colour as the name of the person at the top.

My main worry is if they can't do those panels for any reason, then the breakout quotes either need to be added to the main panel, which changes all of the text again. This is a bit of a worry, because these panels are small than the original ones we were thinking of. The text size is the same as the designs for the other frames, but this is only because the breakout quotes have been taken out. If they need to be put back in...hmmm. Well, we'll just have to wait until next week when the printer will get back to me.

In the meantime, I've designed a large panel, according the the new specs, and printed it out. I kind of messed up the cutting and sticking stage for all the pieces, but I'm going to do it again this afternoon (when I get back from the 100 yen shop with cutting equipment and glue!). Anyway, the real purpose was to print the type to life size and hang it and read it to see if there are any tracking or legibility issues. So far so good, I think! The printing process will make the blue much more vibrant than my printer could come up with, so I think it will actually look very nice.

Here's photos for now - when I make the whole panel later. I'll post some more. I'll also do a mock up of the smaller panel and put them together later - watch this space!

After all the tiles were printed. What a puzzle!

Cutting and lining up the type section was pretty tricky...

Finger, for scale! Very scientific.

From about 3 metres away. You can see that it became a bit skewiff.

Wim Crouwel exhibition

Thanks to the AGDA Newsletter, I came across this interview with Dutch designer, Wim Crouwel this morning. Not only is he discussing type, but also how another designer adapted his type when designing his exhibition. Perfect! Wim Crouwel's prolific work in typography and design can also be viewed in this amazing collection, compiled by Het Geheugen van Nederland. They have beautiful high res images of his work, as well as sketches that are very interesting for viewing how designers worked in the 50s and 60s.

Enjoy the interview!

Interview: Wim Crouwel at the Design Museum 1 from Dezeen on Vimeo.

Interview: Wim Crouwel at the Design Museum 2 from Dezeen on Vimeo.