construction images 2: use of Vario D7 units

construction images 1: use of dot-its

here a matrix of osram dot-its enables the public to make their own symbols and pictures - they turn on/off as you push them. They were placed by using an adobe illustrator file of circles projected on to a wall which we used as a template.

news blackout

Weds night now and the private view is on friday - would love to show you some pics but that would spoil the fun. We have all the work up and 90% of the show is ready. As usual will post some great images when the show starts..

all nighter..

Its currently 23:31 and we're still in the triangle continuing to get stuck in with true grit.
We like the curry and beer.

Mmmm!

Today was a very productive day, as we've been making these little things. They're chocolate sponge with coloured icing and sugar sprinkles. Very big thank you to Melissa's mum as she helped us a lot! She started baking at around 7.30 am and we have taken over in the later morning, finishing up at around 6 pm. I think in total there's around 300 cakes, we tried our very best and really hope you all like them! Bon appetite!

testing pods

big day today

ravi's frame for the indian poster to stretch onto


charlie cares for the prints as they come off





pods arrive and are tested




david sean and matt creating the main bar and the imac bars

The Motion Zone

Initial layout for digital work in the show. On mouse over image it will light up like a flickering bulb and students details to appear in the space below. On click that persons work will open in a new window on the right hand side.

This is rough for now... so some notes:

- Information area to align exactly with the pods... special colours and numbers etc. Also need to add Marqee font here.
- Current thumbnail images are known to be WRONG images and will be replaced ASAP with the final correct ones which will again match up to the pod.
- Name 'The Motion Zone' just a holder... I thought it was nice and seductive sounding, but its not strictly accurate.

Aleister

print deadline today

Here's the files that went to print for the fold-out poster available during the show.

bus. cards arrive..

Thanks to hungs contacts in hong kong our bus. cards have arrived in time, cheap and looking great and £500 for 21,500 cards over 43 students is hard to beat..

poster folding/backlit pods today

Here's how to fold a B1 poster into B4 which is what will happen to our journal this year. Its being printed in a system called picaso which make the print more colourfull than cmyk. I would love to explain the process to you but everytime I type in picaso and print in google you can image what I have to wade through!


heres the photo side of the poster (click to enlarge if you want a digital momento)



aimee and pedro were first to have their pods printed today..


here's us doing some tests with the pods today, waiting for the rest of the pods to arrive along with the actual opal acrylic. We are using the printed side to display the work which is unusual but we want the images to keep vivid colour and have a more painterly-like colour, feels almost like a screenprint this way round...

seduce me looks like...

The name of the show is now seduce me and here is the sign we will be hiring for the show, these images are part of the photoshoot for the cover. This will be hung on the wall upon entry to the show. Thanks electrosign for letting us shoot these.

test image printed for backlit pods

these are reverse prints above, what you see here is the printed side.
When put into the lightbox they appear more like the below image.

vegas neon boneyard pics

where do all the classic vegas signs go to retire..

flickr photoset of the vegas neon boneyard

journal logo progress - poss. use in show ?

courtesy luke greenfield (3d photorealistic render)

electro sign ideas with geoff..

thinking of getting costings on the following signs..

2 arrows for the front inside wall which can be seen clearly from outside when the cargo door is open. have gone for bulbs instead of neon as this means we dont need installation and the signs wont be sensitive to public touch or need safety measures. Arrows point the way into the show.




above the portfolios will go 'seduce me'



..and bottoms up above the bar..




also looking for placement for some of these amazing bits of old signage (examples).

looking in more detail at pod layout -test print

click to enlarge