Triptych - The brief and ideas

STUDIO BRIEF: 3 TRIPTYCH

Brief

“Triptych - a picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together vertically”

Produce one third of a weekly trio of poster designs submitted by the third year Graphic Design students. The trio are selected in association with their individual style of practice, to be appreciated together. No specific concept is needed for this brief, which means no boundaries when creating. The design must be suitable for an A1 poster, to be seen along side the works of Beth Taylor and Ros Halford.

Background/Considerations

Create a design that can be suited to the other two designers.

Take an interest and develop this in to my poster in order to create something more decorative rather than functional

Discussion with the both Beth and Ros in order for our designs to have a connection, with this either being colour palette or theme.

Mandatory Requirements

On-going research, experiments and decision making must be documented on my blog.

Design boards examining design changes and decisions.

Deliverables

A1 file ready to be printed as a poster.

Poster design that works as one third of a trio.

Poster that could potentially be extended into a separate brief.



Initial ideas
The use of watercolour and how the paint is applied to different paper stocks creates an interesting texture, as the poster design will be flat it could be interesting to play with different medias and how they can be applied to paper. Looking at illustration as a starting point and looking into how soft images can be paired with linear designs; research into anatomical illustrations of bone studies is also shown on the design practice blog. Having the idea to combine the concepts of natural forms together was the starting point. 

This brief was set by one of my peers; three individuals chosen weekly based on their creative styles are asked to create a design suitable for an A1 poster, the design being anything we choose. In my group, I was chosen to work along side of Ros and Beth, as we all create designs which originate from a hand rendered style of design. 

Theme/concept

Ros, Beth and I discussed what we wanted to create for our poster, they suggested creating something humorous as we could create anything we wanted, however I wanted to experiment with a different style as opposed to what I usually create. Our poster designs will still include that hand rendered element which will allow the pieces of work to compliment each other, hand rendered style design is much more appropriate for my style of design. 

Beth asked Ros and I for a colour swatch, so that she could incorporate a colour from each  of our designs which we all thought would work nicely once the designs are printed at a large scale. 

For my triptych poster design I wanted to use mixed media, watercolour often appears in my work so I wanted to play around with the contrast of soft, floral watercolours with the harsh lines created on the computer; combining two different styles of design. With the concept for the poster not needing to be explained, I wanted to create an illustrative piece which I don't usually experiment with. 

The poster is to seen as one of three next to each other, as a decorative piece.

The posters are to be displayed in uni in A1 size frames as a weekly exhibition.