Dario Ricordo Photography: Sense of Place

For this weeks themes, I came up with two separate ideas concerning Material and Sound, with Form being intertwined between the two; for Material I came up with differing ideas, but settled on how people may see money as a sense of identification, which in turn lead to consumerism and eventually satire. Therefore I chose designers that approached satire in different manners.

Material

Traversing through Pinterest once again, I stumbled upon John Holcroft- whose satirical content and 1950s aesthetic intrigued me; his content ultimately narrowed my decision down to satire, and would make a good starting point to delve into this genre. The simplistic design allows the design's message to be expressed clearly without prohibiting the overall effect.

I chose Barbara Kruger as my next artist due to its upfront messages concerning society, and dramatic stylisation she uses through photography, harking back to the days of film noir. This will add another dimension to this project and enable various design ideas.

The vivid colours and Japanese style of Tadanori Yokoo's work caught my attention, since it was unlike any other graphic design I had seen; his aesthetic pop art and contemporary critique will add a different level to this theme.

Because of the artists I have chosen- it will allow me to either incorporate or narrow design ideas down through experimenting with style, and the message I am ultimately wanting to convey.

Sound

For Sound, I wondered how I could incorporate sound within my work, thinking from the literal to the abstract, until- through the selection of my artists- decided to represent a place through sound (from either silence and tranquility in the countryside to the hectic life of a city).

The literal sense of linking sounds to appropriate images is what drew to these posters created by Saxsofunny, a sound company, with the simplistic design and interactivity of the poster drawing the viewer in.

Letter Home
2011
Jennifer Cantwell

I stumbled upon this design because of its mysterious and innovative decision to represent a letter through sound wave; the message is entirely up to the viewer therefore, due to the suggestion of the title and layout.

Tang Yau Hoong's first piece intrigued me through its creative collaboration of negative space to create two images in one design. Once I looked further into his work, I stumbled upon his negative space work concerning cities and this developed my idea further to represent and advertise city through sound.

By using different ideas concerning sound, it will allow me to experiment once again with design ideas and see what would be appropriate for this project.

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