Category: Misc

story telling workshop with Matt – 16-02-17

We did a workshop with Matt based around story telling and vaguely tied memories in with that. It was really fun but out of my comfort zone as we had to do some drama related exercises, but it was good to interact with some of the 2nd year students.We started by playing a shouting game where we had to shout about our favourite place in Brighton/strangest person we’ve seen in Brighton across the room to someone we don’t know and see how much we could learn about them. It was interesting to say the least, and I now have some new places to visit! Another thing we did was create a map of Brighton on which we drew different memories on parts of the map. We gathered stories in a really fun, clever way. We all sat in an outward circle, and were given a name each, which was random and made up. We were then given all of the made up names of everyone in the room and asked to write letters to each other including funny/weird/gross/random memories from Brighton. It was so much fun because everyone was completely oblivious to who each made up name belonged to so we would strike up these random relationships with people and learn lots about them without actually having a clue who you were writing to. At the end the mystery was revealed and we found out who we had been corresponding with, which was amusing. I would love to experiment with this technique again. The map was really fun and looked great with everyones individual illustrative styles. Here are some snippets of the map:

inspiration / fun things – 06-02-17

Here is another list of some of the stuff I have found interesting/inspiring over the last month that I think is worth others having a look at!…

1. Lily Jacobs – girl at autschwitz who found an album with pictures of Jews being taken off the train and selected and she recognised her family and even herself – raw, real, shocking images.

http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/album_auschwitz/lili-jacob.asp

2. A selection of Simpsons scenes that are aesthetically pleasing, good colour pallet and thought and detailing has gone into every thing. I love that it’s really simple stuff that you wouldn’t necessarily associate with the Simpsons if you saw these images out of context.

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/scenic-simpsons-miscellaneous-250117?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=intsocial

3. LOVELY DESIGN!!!! Some branding for an eyewear company with a lovely colour pallet and simple design that is so aesthetically pleasing.

http://www.itsnicethat.com/news/snask-kaibosh-rebrand-norway-260117?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=intsocial

4. Really cute, sweet idea to cheer up Sheffield children hospital, using some really simple and eye-catching design.

http://www.itsnicethat.com/news/morag-myerscough-010217?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=intsocial

5. Yay galentines!!! I love gals celebrating each other, and these cute little illustrations are a great way of sharing the love for each other!

https://www.buzzfeed.com/suzukiuk/galentines-day-cards-to-send-to-your-bff-immediately?b=1&utm_term=.ixLZjDxWoN#.fbkZzP1oxn