Hello I'm Rich and I am a student from LCC. I have lived in the UK all my life, and in London for the past 2 years. I love the city lifestyle: the traffic, the noise, the choice, the possibilities. I love London but love to travel, and have been to many European cities. Music and food, other than design, are big passions of mine: I like to cook and DJ.
I have been studying Graphic and Media Design, specialising on the Typo/Graphic pathway. My pathway has taught me a lot about how to think laterally and differently. I believe a strong focus on ideas and concept is important for any type of communication. Details and aesthetic choices should be backed up by an idea, and the beauty of a piece of work will form naturally.
I hope you now know a little more about me. Drop me an email if you fancy a chat.
I have been studying Graphic and Media Design, specialising on the Typo/Graphic pathway. My pathway has taught me a lot about how to think laterally and differently. I believe a strong focus on ideas and concept is important for any type of communication. Details and aesthetic choices should be backed up by an idea, and the beauty of a piece of work will form naturally.
I hope you now know a little more about me. Drop me an email if you fancy a chat.
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Time Machine • Conceptual Installation • May 2009
This brief involves representing the entire text of H G Wells’ “Time Machine”. Picking up on the theme of duality from the book. I explored the ideas of immersion and explosion of the book format. The framed, hanging piece was created to demonstrate my initial thoughts. The larger piece seen below involves all 34,000 words of the book while keeping the intial concept I had developed. I use transparent and mirrored material to change how the viewer reads the text: through other text, in the reverse of a sheet, underneath etc.
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This brief involves representing the entire text of H G Wells’ “Time Machine”. Picking up on the theme of duality from the book. I explored the ideas of immersion and explosion of the book format. The framed, hanging piece was created to demonstrate my initial thoughts. The larger piece seen below involves all 34,000 words of the book while keeping the intial concept I had developed. I use transparent and mirrored material to change how the viewer reads the text: through other text, in the reverse of a sheet, underneath etc.
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Road Maps • 2000 - 2009
Pen drawing of a fictional road system, over a number of years. Recently scanned in and traced. A fictional world with lots of roads, traffic systems, trains, ferries, house and all sorts. This was all draw in sections on sheets of paper, and the ones towards the bottom right are more recent, therefore more detailed and neat.
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Pen drawing of a fictional road system, over a number of years. Recently scanned in and traced. A fictional world with lots of roads, traffic systems, trains, ferries, house and all sorts. This was all draw in sections on sheets of paper, and the ones towards the bottom right are more recent, therefore more detailed and neat.
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Revival • Poster • December 2008
This is an advertisement poster for an exhibition on sustainable design. I first created a 3D sculpture made from print-outs and other work that was thrown out at a Printers. I then transferred this into a digital format, and developed a poster design influenced by the original, by using visuals from the sculpture and a similar method of creation.
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This is an advertisement poster for an exhibition on sustainable design. I first created a 3D sculpture made from print-outs and other work that was thrown out at a Printers. I then transferred this into a digital format, and developed a poster design influenced by the original, by using visuals from the sculpture and a similar method of creation.
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Neu Animal • Typeface • Febuary 2009
This is a dot matrix typeface on a 13x13 grid. I wanted to design an italic serif matrix font where the design was not forced by the grid.
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This is a dot matrix typeface on a 13x13 grid. I wanted to design an italic serif matrix font where the design was not forced by the grid.
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Narrative Cities • Public Installation • Feb - June 2009
After investigating St Mary’s Churchyard Park in Elephant & Castle, I found out that the famous playwright Thomas Middleton, had died and been buried there. I placed his words back into the environment, through putting typography over a light that runs under the path, around the park.
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After investigating St Mary’s Churchyard Park in Elephant & Castle, I found out that the famous playwright Thomas Middleton, had died and been buried there. I placed his words back into the environment, through putting typography over a light that runs under the path, around the park.
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Exhibition Road • 2 A1 Posters • April 2008
After investigating the Exhibition Road underpass in London, these are two posters that reveal my impressions of the space through exploring photography and visual language.
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After investigating the Exhibition Road underpass in London, these are two posters that reveal my impressions of the space through exploring photography and visual language.
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Two Beaches • Two Book Covers • November 2008
I visited two different beaches in Kent. One was a busy tourist destination and the other was secluded and in the middle of nowhere. I then wrote two blurbs for each potential book and designed two large pieces of A0 artwork that reflected the beaches, and scaled them down to form two book covers.
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I visited two different beaches in Kent. One was a busy tourist destination and the other was secluded and in the middle of nowhere. I then wrote two blurbs for each potential book and designed two large pieces of A0 artwork that reflected the beaches, and scaled them down to form two book covers.
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The Spatial Knot • A Sound Installation • February 2009
This collaborative project involved researching two ‘Modern Thoughts’: Knot Theory and Spatial Music. The challenge was to indentify and develop links and differences between the modern thoughts creating a ‘visual debate’. We decided that a sound installation could present a Trefoil knot (as illustrated below) in a 3D space. When you are seated in the centre of the installation the recorded sound clip appears to move around you, sometimes further away or sometimes closer, allowing you to experience the knot. We also exhibited this piece at the Modern Thoughts exhibition. The photos of this are displayed in the first two images below. You can listen to a close representation of this, if you put on your headphones and listen to the sound clip placed below.
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This collaborative project involved researching two ‘Modern Thoughts’: Knot Theory and Spatial Music. The challenge was to indentify and develop links and differences between the modern thoughts creating a ‘visual debate’. We decided that a sound installation could present a Trefoil knot (as illustrated below) in a 3D space. When you are seated in the centre of the installation the recorded sound clip appears to move around you, sometimes further away or sometimes closer, allowing you to experience the knot. We also exhibited this piece at the Modern Thoughts exhibition. The photos of this are displayed in the first two images below. You can listen to a close representation of this, if you put on your headphones and listen to the sound clip placed below.
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Modern Thoughts • Exhibiton / Curation • June 2009
Our Typo/Graphics end of year show was curated by myself and three other students. The exhibition was held for a week in June, in Acquire Arts in Battersea. We developed a poster concept, designed the posters and brochures together and screenprinted them. The labels were designed to be bold, smart and clear. The gallery layout made sure everyone got the optimum space for their work and allowed the viewer to flow through the work and the gallery. The exhibition blurb is below.
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"The end of year show by LCC’s Second Year Typo/Graphic Design students is an exhibition of collaborations, exploring concepts from The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thoughts. Theories from the fields of psychology, sociology and anthropology are explored visually, creating unique platforms of debate between the theories from different perspectives. There are many different types of work, including print, sculpture, moving image, and installations, all displaying a visual debate between two chosen Modern Thoughts."
Our Typo/Graphics end of year show was curated by myself and three other students. The exhibition was held for a week in June, in Acquire Arts in Battersea. We developed a poster concept, designed the posters and brochures together and screenprinted them. The labels were designed to be bold, smart and clear. The gallery layout made sure everyone got the optimum space for their work and allowed the viewer to flow through the work and the gallery. The exhibition blurb is below.
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"The end of year show by LCC’s Second Year Typo/Graphic Design students is an exhibition of collaborations, exploring concepts from The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thoughts. Theories from the fields of psychology, sociology and anthropology are explored visually, creating unique platforms of debate between the theories from different perspectives. There are many different types of work, including print, sculpture, moving image, and installations, all displaying a visual debate between two chosen Modern Thoughts."
Memory • A Typographic Book • May 2008
The book, Memory, was chosen at random. I read the book, a deep analysis of memory and the mind, and failed to understand it fully. I struggled with the content, as the language was written for a particular audience, so I wanted to make it accessible for more people. I used the defined chapters and edited each spread by cutting, pasting or drawing, to illustrate (simply) the point of that chapter. Overall it created a more interactive book, changing how someone reads it.
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The book, Memory, was chosen at random. I read the book, a deep analysis of memory and the mind, and failed to understand it fully. I struggled with the content, as the language was written for a particular audience, so I wanted to make it accessible for more people. I used the defined chapters and edited each spread by cutting, pasting or drawing, to illustrate (simply) the point of that chapter. Overall it created a more interactive book, changing how someone reads it.
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I Love London • Branding • March 2009 - Ongoing
‘I Love New York’ is iconic, and has been ripped off into an I Love London t-shirt. Although using the same typeface and squashed together, it does not hold its own. I am developing an I love London logo. This is still at the very beginning stages, and I plan to design something that is modern and unique to London.
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‘I Love New York’ is iconic, and has been ripped off into an I Love London t-shirt. Although using the same typeface and squashed together, it does not hold its own. I am developing an I love London logo. This is still at the very beginning stages, and I plan to design something that is modern and unique to London.
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How To Spend It • Magazine • November 2009
For six weeks I worked for the Financial Times supplement magazine, ‘How To Spend It’. As well as assisting on some photo shoots, I produced some of the layouts within the magazine. I designed four of the layouts for the January issue, which can be seen here, and contributed to a couple of others.
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For six weeks I worked for the Financial Times supplement magazine, ‘How To Spend It’. As well as assisting on some photo shoots, I produced some of the layouts within the magazine. I designed four of the layouts for the January issue, which can be seen here, and contributed to a couple of others.
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Really Rich • Freelance Illustration • July 2009
This was an illustration job for a friend's website 'Really Rich'. They wanted a cute and friendly representations of themselves as well as a small chihuahua as a mascot. See their site here.
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This was an illustration job for a friend's website 'Really Rich'. They wanted a cute and friendly representations of themselves as well as a small chihuahua as a mascot. See their site here.
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Wunderman Logos • Branding • July 2008
I was given this brief while on my internship at Wunderman Advertising Agency. These icons represent core ideas of the company, and each one was a label for a meeting room.
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I was given this brief while on my internship at Wunderman Advertising Agency. These icons represent core ideas of the company, and each one was a label for a meeting room.
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Dr. Geoffrey Hearte • Wall Installation • October 2008
I created a fictional character and came up with a history and backstory. Dr. Hearte is a detective and pathologist who has witnessed many murders, including his parents murder at a young age. I visualised his mind as a jumble of memories that needed to be navigated. I made a catalogue of the memories that were disturbing and also incorporated information of what the memory was all about, as a grid, to add a new level of information. This allows the viewer to access and understand his thoughts and memories.
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I created a fictional character and came up with a history and backstory. Dr. Hearte is a detective and pathologist who has witnessed many murders, including his parents murder at a young age. I visualised his mind as a jumble of memories that needed to be navigated. I made a catalogue of the memories that were disturbing and also incorporated information of what the memory was all about, as a grid, to add a new level of information. This allows the viewer to access and understand his thoughts and memories.
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