Creative Meanings

My final book for the Creative Meanings project. A piece of information graphics about my radio alarm clock, title taken from its product name/code 'AJ3121'

After receiving audio feedback from Ruth, I can see where improvement can be made to this project, having said this I do still feel I had a strong outcome.

The final outcome was a book with information graphics on my radio alarm clock that sits on my window sill next to my bed in cardiff. I enjoyed almost every part of this project. The photography is something I have always been interested in and having a chance to get into the studio for a project is always great. With many different aspects being tackled I was also able to get stuck into some vector graphics to illustrate the object, something I have experiemented with before with an iPod with some pleasing results. The layout was a challenge as there was a large amount of information, I in fact had even more that had to be excluded. The information that was included, I agree with Ruth, could have been a little more entertaining/interesting and possibly flowed with a better narrative through the pages.

Aesthetically I am very pleased with the outcome, but the tint of the type is to light, an error I can learn from and one that occurred through priting. Always make the tint 10% greater as its appearance on screen is clearer than that when printed! I definitely will not forget this for the future and have learn a valuable lesson on reflection of this project.

If learning these lessons and developing skills isn’t what education is about then I’ll be flying to the moon tomorrow. This project in particular taught me some hard lessons and developed all manner of design knowledge and skills.