COVER TRIALS

Two colour screen for the case. Very saul bass, me. i like it al lot. the text is developed from my dissertation posters from last term into a full alphabet. Out of the colours selected, the red and black represents my work most successfully. It is a bad habit of mine to be doing this all the time but it is a habit that seems to have stuck.

Contents of Context Pack

7 inch pulpboard case, I designed and cut this out myself. Holds everything together very nicely. Will have a lovely screen print designed to cover both the front and back of the case.

Flaps to contain contents in the case (screen printed side down in this image).

Full contents!

• A folded information poster (double sided with cover design) about poster design and designers that I am interested in.
• Double sided sheets that show CD packaging and design, then an interview with the designer on the reverse explaining their non-mainstream approach to design for music.
• Booklet that explains books based on lo-fi/DIY culture and social theory but also looks at zines and contain interviews with zinesters.

THE ART AND POLITICS OF LO-FI DESIGN

Since my work mainly covers "design for music", "design for publication" and "poster design" all with a Lo-Fi yet clinical aesthetic and a general theme of social theory and political awareness, i have chosen to produce a pack of relevant products rather than a book.

The pack will be in the format of a 7" single - more robust and substantial than my usual CD format. It will contain a selection of examples of DIY music packaging with an interview with the designer and an explanation of the product itself. A folded poster investigating some posters designers whose work is relevant to my own, either in style or content. And a booklet investigation publication designers and political theories that inspire my work.