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

ordered folio colourway samples

colour around outside is also the sleeve colour (see pics in pshop)

update: sample arrived today - although the quality is good, the size is not A4 wide but A4 (will talk through order with supplier to correct).

Uncoated Pantone Palette

to see these colours better click on the image to enlarge and drag it onto your desktop then open in photoshop - they really are wrong when seen in a browser.

electro sign: better options for sign hire

electro sign based in london can hire any of these and some more oversize items too - need a quote.

need to make a book?

these guys will make books for you in around 12-15 working days...
Bob Books are printed on 170gsm
semi-gloss paper (silver digital)
with a fully photographic gloss
hardback cover. If you wish to see
more, just click on a book.

Meeting with GTS sheds light on a few issues..

show colours (coated version)

to see these colours better click on the image and drag it onto your desktop then open in photoshop - they really are wrong when seen in a browser.

as ever they dont look exactly the same in blogger but you get the idea. He went for a bluey grey rather than the black just to soften the palette slightly. As you saw from my post yesterday the eighties colours in their full potency need careful handling for a show environment so these were softer alternatives but still neon-like. The pink is leaning more to lavender in the ai file here and the grey is darker too. Teal was chosen and we had it in with a 5 colour palette but dropped it by joining together the black and teal and just having 4. Used about 5 different teals before giving up on it for this selection. Another thing to remember is that the lighting will be darker in the show so these colours will need to cut against that.

last years and this years colours

Last years colour scheme here and some of the ideas for this years scheme all here to help us choose and especially to help us find a colour for the folio. Comments please..

folio colours deveopment..

GTS also suggested the grey for the folio cover and one of the brighter colours for the inside if its possible.

front of triangle in vinyl graphics (click to expand)

Fluorescent tube design in colour variations.
This is made in 2 sizes of template which should make it cheaper to cut multiple sheets.




yellow (fave)





multi colours


Another idea: ask a student (Asya in this case to make a design for the frontage).

shoot experiments

Photoshoot idea for gts to see and dicuss (from david/group/anna)
Clothes from American Apparel - Ravi & Anna popped over to make contact and came back with 2 bags of garments for two weeks!


mood board

this image (not shoot idea) just to show range of items


each student caught in action (name alongside) - this shoot similar to intended idea


options here with trails (in pshop after shoot)


option with neon (models reacting to electrics) (pshop after shoot)


glowing electric flex (pshop after shoot)


bags in office

ceramic wall

Photo: fLORA-flex tile by U.S. participant Evan Douglis, rendering of proposed full-scale modular ceramic wall.

Find exhibition details at the .ekwc website or read on for project background.

playing with 80's colours- strange... but some things are fun?

oversaturated colour care of wonderland magazine

over saturated scheme

GTS List for discussion. (phone & blog meet)

list of things for GTS to approve\discuss in order of importance..
(active links underlined..)

1. folios colour and design/size urgent!
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
2. positioning of show contents including 3d objects
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
3. folio stand design, colour and function
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
4. colour scheme for show and how its used on the infrastructure of the show
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
5. use of pods in show & trailing cables
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
6. ideas for the front of the triangle
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7. how work is featured on the imacs
8. extra pods - use of.
9. photoshoot booking studio now getting hard
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
10. unfound or not working..
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
11. rasterbate images?
links: 1 2 3 4 5 6

just over a month to go..

..until 12th june when show must be up for marking.

longest lead in times..

folios, bus cards, pod delivery, journal

biggest threat to time wasting...

images not in from students yet, print backlit quality issues

unsolved issues...

frontage of show, GTS approval of detail, possible laser/other hire?

Laser logo's

Don't know why we didnt't think of this before but we have a backlit show and have been looking at some 80's and neon influences for colour schemes etc. We threw out the neon because for a small logo of 8"by 40" it would have cost over £400 and for the cover of the journal it is possible to fake a neon sign in pshop/3d. Lasers could give us a logo on the space at any size and with animation if we chose. I will have to investigate the properties of laser light for daytime use but the triangle frontage is dark so it must help? starting link here.