Redesign a Vinyl Album Design

In this project I have to redesign and art direct Al Green 12" album cover in whatever way I want. Not only am I redesigning the front cover but also back and spine. 

Since he is a soul music his songs are very vibrant. He makes you want to dance all night. Its very fun, funky kinda music. Therefore I decided to play with the afro of Al Green by adding colourful designs.

How to...

Mail Art

This project consists of using mail art or creating a new network. I am paired with Sophie and Francois and we have been focusing on creating a new network. 

Ideas: 

- Send letters with small typical british objects to different countries to random people

   and ask them to send a little something of their countries back to us. 

- Find an old mail art project and see if the network continues or if it is actually dead. 

- Send cards with a question and ask to answer through sending me an object.

- Put post-its in public bathrooms and let them continue the conversations.

One night we decided to stick post-its on the bathroom wall in a pub where Sophie works. 

The audience weren't really young and men especially took a very long time to co-operate. Some decided to throw all the post-its in the toilet and urine on it. It was very disrespectful. But as the night went on to my surprise they started to co-operate. However next time we should find a more up beat bar.

 - Send post-its with questions to random people in England

- Send cards with a question and ask to answer through sending me an object 

 xxx

- The toilet network seemed to be the strongest idea and the one which seemed to have the most response. We now decided instead of post-its to use stickers which would be available for the people to stick wherever they want. We created a website and designed a couple of stickers. These are the stickers I designed. 

Shrine Project

This project consist of combining my passion (painting) and my Partner's passion (photography/ Travelling)

• Having some ideas: 

• Doing some research: Went to Coven Garden Market to draw people's portraits. The result was quite disappointing as no one was keen of staying outside and having their portraits taken. We only managed to get one person. I personally blame the weather.

•  We then decided to get a vintage suitcase (travelling), filled it up with paint and two paint brushes (painting). Placed it on a stand to make it look more like a shrine. We also asked people in Trafalgar Square in front the National Portrait Museum to make a wish and toss a coin in the suitcase. I had a lot of fun doing this project. People made it a game some took it seriously, everyone was very curious of this project. I really enjoyed doing this project. 

Manifestos

The first manifesto I designed was from De Stijl. Thus I designed the manifesto based on the style but with a little twist.
De Stijl  movement which as you can see was inspired by architecture:

The manifesto I designed: 

The other one I wrote the manifesto myself and designed it according to the theme. Procrastination.

Photoshop page spread

This project was more of an induction for Photoshop. We had to do a Magazine spread. The only rule we had to respect was to connect the two pages. Since my workmates were from different countries we decided to play with different countries money.

Induction of Photography

For our induction to photography we are to find an iconic image and to reproduce it using ourselves as models. This photoshoot will be taken in the photography studio in Chelsea College. I have managed to gather a few iconic photos which i find interesting. I still need to narrow down my research and pick only one picture.

These are the images I am struggling on choosing:

• "Sense" by Tono Stano:

• Brigitte Bardot by unknown:

• Edith Piaf by unknown:



• Le Violon D'ingres by Man Ray, 1924:

I still don't know which one I should select yet. Hopefully I will make my mind up soon. 

I eventually decided to reproduce the picture of Marlene Dietrich with her cigarette:

This is me imitating Marlene Dietrich. I am happy with my result. However if I was able to redo I would have put a darker lipstick on and bought a better curling iron.