Emily Smith - Graphic Design.

5 Weeks to go! This is whats happening

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:32:20 -0400

I’m busy with the last few weeks of third year now, but i’ve updated my website quite a lot lately so take a look! Theres a couple of new projects on there.

www.emilysmithdesign.co.uk

Also I was among the top 15 entries for JKR Juice, see this project on my website too.

I've got a domain name!

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:28:00 -0500

www.emilysmithdesign.co.uk

check it out, tomorrow once it transfers, need to get some 3rd year work on there though!

Pedal Prawn

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:55:00 -0500

During my placement at Harrison & Co over the summer. I spent most my last week working on something quite unusual, which enabled me to have full creativity and go a bit wild! The brief was to design an exhibition space for Brighton to promote themselves as a place for conference venues. The intention was to make Brighton’s space stand out from the rest and represent it’s big, buzzing personality. I explored the city taking lots of photos which got me really inspired.

After experimenting with several ideas, I proposed a few to the designers, and we decided to develop one, the Pedal Prawn. Pedal Prawn was inspired by Brightons promenade and the seafood they sell down there, and decorated it with patterns to reflect the creative culture and colours of Brighton. The idea of the bike came from Brighton being an eco friendly city, there are bike lanes all around.

At the end of the week I left them with a proposal for Pedal Prawn, some images shown below.

Following this I found out that although the proposal for Pedal Prawn didn’t get picked, they have managed to squeeze him into the exhibition stand, and for the time being has become Harrison & Co’s Mascot. Which I’m delighted about. It’s great to see some of my ideas being used. Below is the development of the prawn since I left:

Check them out: http://harrisonandco.com/ or their facebook https://www.facebook.com/HarrisonAndCo they are on the look out for interns!

Been A Bit Quiet Here..

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:36:00 -0500

Well I’m right in the middle of the third year, dissertation deadline rapidly coming around and soon to start Semester Two.

Heres something small I’ve been working on, among several other projects.

A few propositions about self inflicted illness excuses (hangovers!). An idea for a rebrand of Alka Seltzer.

Excuses

The Sympathy Packaging

Recovery Kit

Hello!

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:31:00 -0400

So, I’ve just started using this again, I’m now I’m my 3rd Year of University. I thought now I’d use this of more of a blog, and not to display my portfolio. So if your looking for that, it’s here:

http://cargocollective.com/emilyrosedesign

Alternatively, I’ll bit updating here with the latest updates on my Graphic Design, and a few random things :) If you scroll down far enough I’m sure you’ll find some old stuff :P

Follow me on twitter too if you fancy:

https://twitter.com/MillySmith91

Enjoy!

Won the Shine Award

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:18:00 -0400

Following being shortlisted for the Shine Awards, I was given a brief, to re-design the gift packaging of Chivas Regal 18. I went to the awards night on 25th October to find out I won, which includes a 3 Month Placement at Coley Porter Bell, soooo exciting!

Read the write up about it here:

http://www.cpb.co.uk/blogs/2012/12/emily-smith-sparkles-to-win-shine/

Falmouth’s Post: http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/151/news-from-falmouth-university-5/media-releases-47/top-tipple-design-win-for-graphic-design-student-5196.html

Harrison & Co

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Feature on Harrison & Co Blog, following my placement with them in August.

http://thisisharrisonandco.tumblr.com/post/29120493933/this-is-emily-who-has-interned-with-us-for-the

My New Portfolio

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:35:00 -0400

Hello!

For my most recent work, have a look at:

http://cargocollective.com/emilyrosedesign

More to come here soon..

Emily

Sparks Studio

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Had a fantastic 2 Week Placement at Sparks Studio in July 2012.

Springetts Brand Consultants

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

In April 2012 I had my first placement at Springetts Brand Consultants. It was great, got to work on some really exciting packaging design.

Typographic Detailing, Just My Type Posters

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:49:00 -0500

A range of posters showing how typographic detailing can link typographic elements together. Designed with Sarah Knight, last summer.

The posters were designed to highlight the importance of typographic detailing. Explaining how these small considerations in typography can make a huge different. It shows how these elements can bring the words together and clarify their correct meaning.

Posters to highlight the importance of typographic detailing. Explaining how these small considerations in typography can make a huge different. It shows how these elements can bring the words together and clarify their correct meaning.

Man Up, Cleaning Products for Men

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:05:00 -0500

Playing on the personality of my consumer, the young male, who stereotypically only clean when they really have to: in an emergency.

My brand is all about helping facilitate this, I don’t want to change my consumers habits, I want to bring humour into cleaning products by assisting them in their ways, playing on for example, them only cleaning when they’ve got a visitor, and they absolutely have to. A kit for an emergency clean sweep.

Man Up presents products for super speed and super simplicity in cleaning, verging on cheat methods. Man Up elimates the the trauma of choice, and even the drama of going down the cleaning aisle. Man Up provides the essentials, the perfect product for what a man needs to do. The product will be promoted in the beer aisle, where my typical audience would pay regular visits too.

The three cleaning products.

The Kit, products packaged in a beer box, with a beer to help you chill out after the trauma of the cleaning.

Exhibition Catalogue for the National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:49:00 -0500

Using the given content which was unedited text, I was to produce a catalogue for the Maritime Museum’s 10th Anniversary. This involved deciding on the hierachy, designing, photography, book binding etc.

Pencil Packaging for Museum of Emotion

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:34:00 -0500

The Museum of Emotion, a temporary exhibition in London asked the questions where and how do we express our emotions? Artists were commissioned to evoke emotions through creating interactive environments. An ephemeral experience was created by light, sound and installation exploring how feeling is lost, found and express through the context of the museum.

Asked to design the Packaging for a six pack of standard sized pencils for the museum, I focused on using eyebrows. Eyebrows are a key element in expressing emotions, therefore I though pencils which can manipulate and show your emotions would be fun. The pencils communicated 6 major emotions, happy, sad, angry, shocked, serious and confused.

My dog even tried them out!

Final Memories Book, 'Buttoned Up'

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:01:00 -0400

‘Buttoned Up’

Linking to the memories I had of being really shy when I was younger, the book is about, growing to cover up the shyness. I have memroies from every age linking to being shy, as I got older these horrible memories got lesser, and less prominent. I grew inconfidence and became more myself as a person, this helped me hide the little shy girl away.

My book is about typographically representing these memories, using a height chart.. as a means of symbolising the growing up and away from the shyness. The book is taller than me and folds to fit into a matchbox, allowing the reader to originally be presented with a small reserved designed matchbox, which they will then open up to find a book which grows and grows.

This is the final mock up, after at least 10 previous ones. Getting 6 foot of paper to fold into a matchbox has proved quite difficult. It is to be printed onto ‘drafting film’ a thicker, matte alternative to tracing paper, using a laser printer, which will hopefully give a higher quality print.

Falmouth SAandD, Badge Design.

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:32:00 -0500

Badge Design for Falmouth School of Art and Design.

Traditional Seaside Brighton

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:56:00 -0500

Poster highlighting the main attractions of seaside Brighton, encouraging people to enjoy it’s retro seaside environment. Produced using hand-rendered typography based on that seen in Brighton today.

Induction, Week 4. Thinking Visually. Data

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:46:30 -0500

Design some sort of system which documents every item of clothing you have with you in Falmouth.

I got all my clothes out and made a huge table and recorded everything, size, colours, price, where they were made, shop etc. I discovered all sorts including how much they cost me which was horrific as a thought. The interesting thing I found was where they were from. I decided to plot these on a map, obviously some countries had made lots of my clothes such as china. I had the countries and the amount of items from each in another table, i plotted these with the amounts. I decided to represent the amounts with different sized buttons. I then sewed the buttons onto a canvas with a map of the world, I later removed the map and was left with an abstract piece.

Induction, Week 1, The Design Process

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:23:00 -0500

4 day project.

Brief-Design a Mnemonic which commmunicates the design process, as a visual device to help you remember and apply this process in all the projects you undertake.

I decided to represent the elements with shapes, which i then put on playing cards to make them more visually interesting.

Star-Identifying Needs (Pointing at them), Heart-Research (Gathering), Pentagon-Analysis, Triangle ideas (3 concepts), Square-Design Proposal, Circle-Evaluation (Round everything up)

Falmouth University

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:17:19 -0500

I finished college, had an amazing summer. I then began my degree course in Graphic Design, it was time to submit another scary photo for the student card.