Graphic Design Research.
My final year honors research at Massey University focused on themes and tension between tradition vs change and analogue vs digital. My final piece of design was calendar for the year of 2010. The project aimed to create a dialogue between itself and it’s audience that reflects on Graphic Design’s constant technological and theoretical flux.
The calendar presents twelve conflicting fragments of wisdom from designers past, and present, that reflect on the projects central themes – quotes that I feel are worthy of battling with the perspectives and opinions of designers in the wonderful year to come.
I liked the fact that we put calendars up on our walls, despite the fact that we can easily schedule every moment of our day through elaborate computer applications.
It says a lot about our natural resistance to change, it also highlights the sentimental value we place upon analogue objects. The time-based nature of the calendar contradicts this resistance by reinforcing the reality that changes through the months and seasons are an inevitable part of life.
You can also check out the booklet that went alongside my presentation here.
The Calendar is printed on 300gsm Italian cotton paper (the same as my business card) and is printed with a FujiFilm Acuity printer (the first in New Zealand) at 450 dpi with UV inks by the guys from Printtastic and with the help from Diana from AdPrint. The calendar is held together by bamboo binding created by bamboo mad Industrial Designer Chris Johnson. The Cover, Inside cover, March, August, and September were printed with a layer of white first to make the colors pop out that extra bit. I've added close-ups of the calendar to try and express the detail and craftsmanship brought to the project by Printtastic.
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