Ferguson Voices

This week has been a little on and off with getting the design brief finished, but actually, it has been useful to have a few intense days of research, followed by a couple of days when I've had to get on with other things. What has been useful is having time away from the research to think about it, and one aspect of Ferguson - and in particular the idea of Ferguson voices - keeps coming back to me...

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Getting to know you...

Sitting here this morning, another beautiful, hot and peaceful day begins where I live (OK, maybe a little too hot already, but I know if it gets too much, the beach is not far away). I know that I have a job to go to. I can estimate that my drive to work in a short while will not include the stress of being targeted by police - in fact by multiple police forces in one city.

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Rescuers @ the ArtWalk

As the design for PROOF's exhibition, The Rescuers, at the ArtWalk in Port Macquarie gets underway, so too does the testing of the CHaSSMM Method of analysis that aims to support the interpretive practice of designers when working on difficult exhibitions.

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Unearthed Typography: Heading

Textual analysis can play an important role in interpretive design. I begin with a look at key words taken from the design brief document, and then explain where the focus will be when the typographic decisions will be made,  and provide some preliminary examples.

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PJ 2015: the wrap up

In this post-design examination of some of the processes behind the design of Broken? Picture Justice 2015, the importance of the design brief and having time for the interpretive design practice is revealed.

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