Brief 01 - Meeting with Fine Art

In the meeting we had this morning with Fine Art, we brought along our layouts for the individual students double page spreads, using the real images rather than 'dummy' images, that we had been using previously. They worked a lot better and helped us to move forward as the FA team were able to point out what they thought worked and what didn't in terms of image hierarchy and the number of images used, to represent the students. Quite a few of the layouts could be stripped down to just one image to define that person clearly, which allowed the image to be increased in scale and more effective. From the 12 layouts I brought along they seemed to like the use of the horizontal line that splits the name with the statements, and that it should be used consistently across all pages at the same level (eye level), however still allowing the text to be moved horizontally across to were it is best suited within the composition. I have changes to make for the layouts I brought, as they said some of the images were too busy, I will explain these alterations in another blog post once I've make the changes.

We also spoke about the stamp, and the FA team decided upon an image for the cover, however they wanted more work still on the stamp and positioning, and also designs for the spine. The fact that the image has now been selected means we can translate that across to flyer designs and begin working on them.


To some up here is the contact report from the meeting:

What we talked about:

Layout

• Line under name (same level throughout)
• Large image with smaller image (if necessary)
• No borders (if necessary)
• Design decision on larger image being on the left or right side
• Contact info at the bottom
• Statement under name
• Point size = negotiated in meeting

Stamp & Cover

• No stars
• ‘Original Rework’ straight, not bent
• Thicker heading
• Decided on the glitch image & colour (experiment with the back page)

What we need from you:

• Special Projects
• Statements
• Images (changes and missing images)

What you need from us:

- Overall cover design with spine & flyer experiments

Next meeting: Monday 5th March - 10:00am