Tuesday 31 March 2009
Monday 30 March 2009
Final Submission!
We spent today organising our folders of work and finishing off the extra boards for our module submission. This is what all 7 look like together:
Monday 23 March 2009
YCN Submission Boards
We spent today finishing off our YCN submission boards ready for tomorrow and printed them in the dungeon. We were in and out of there in under 30 mins which is surely some kind of record?!
Friday 20 March 2009
Final Jigsaws
We decided on which colour variations to use for the final jigsaws. This is how they look when they are complete and with the sim card visible:
Thursday 19 March 2009
Colour Variations
We cut up 2 of the prints we did so that the jigsaws could alternate in colour. This was helpful in letting us see how they would look and which to use for the final stuck down jigsaws.
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Laser Cutting!
Today we were supposed to have a crit on the boards we designed to send to YCN. This is what they looked like:
Just as we were about to go into the crit, Fred told us that Duncan was willing to do our laser cutting there and then so we spent the next hour trying to convert our illustrator files so they would just have the paths that needed to be cut on them. This messed up a few times because Duncan only had CS2 on a PC. When we finally had all the files ready he offered to do them over lunch which was very nice of him. Then we ran back to the studio and Lorenzo very kindly gave us a mini crit of our own over lunch. Our boards had too much stuff on them and we decided that we could cut down the 5 to just 3 and still give YCN a good impression of our project.
However this is when Duncan came back because the laser cutting had failed. Somehow the registration wasn't quite right and the pieces had been cut about 4mm off target. The illustrations just didn't line up with what had been cut. This is how they looked:
Luckily we had printed lots of screenprints and Lorenzo came up with the great idea of cutting these up and sticking them onto the already cut pieces. Lifesaver!!
Just as we were about to go into the crit, Fred told us that Duncan was willing to do our laser cutting there and then so we spent the next hour trying to convert our illustrator files so they would just have the paths that needed to be cut on them. This messed up a few times because Duncan only had CS2 on a PC. When we finally had all the files ready he offered to do them over lunch which was very nice of him. Then we ran back to the studio and Lorenzo very kindly gave us a mini crit of our own over lunch. Our boards had too much stuff on them and we decided that we could cut down the 5 to just 3 and still give YCN a good impression of our project.
However this is when Duncan came back because the laser cutting had failed. Somehow the registration wasn't quite right and the pieces had been cut about 4mm off target. The illustrations just didn't line up with what had been cut. This is how they looked:
Luckily we had printed lots of screenprints and Lorenzo came up with the great idea of cutting these up and sticking them onto the already cut pieces. Lifesaver!!
Monday 16 March 2009
Busy day!
Today we were finally able to screenprint our final designs for the jigsaws. We exposed the screens first thing in the morning but then loads of printed textiles people came in and we couldn't actually get the use of a printing bed. So in the meanwhile we walked down to town to try and get some more research from the O2 shop and see if we could get a sim card to place into the jigsaws. They wouldn't let us take any pictures because of some crap to do with copyright and wouldn't give us any sim cards. But they did give us lots of literature and some bags:
We also got the March issue of the magazine.
After lunch we went back to screenprint and luckily all the beds were free! So we printed our designs onto lots of different paper and card but decided that we liked the blue mount board best.
We then went to see Fred about getting our things laser cut and he referred us to Duncan in Printed Textiles. We showed him what we wanted done and he said it might be possible but we should check the laser cutter in Blenheim Court first. No one was there so we couldn't use it. Then we went back to Fred and asked him to email Duncan about laser cutting.
And finally tonight I finished off the leaflet and envelope designs ready for digital print on Wednesday and the mock-up boards for our crit tomorrow. Hardcore.
We also got the March issue of the magazine.
After lunch we went back to screenprint and luckily all the beds were free! So we printed our designs onto lots of different paper and card but decided that we liked the blue mount board best.
We then went to see Fred about getting our things laser cut and he referred us to Duncan in Printed Textiles. We showed him what we wanted done and he said it might be possible but we should check the laser cutter in Blenheim Court first. No one was there so we couldn't use it. Then we went back to Fred and asked him to email Duncan about laser cutting.
And finally tonight I finished off the leaflet and envelope designs ready for digital print on Wednesday and the mock-up boards for our crit tomorrow. Hardcore.
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