Printing Printing the signs was definitely a learning experience. Once I test printed multiple times on the laser printer, I placed the signs in 18 x 24 inch illustrator files since I was printing on bristol paper of this size. I sent it to print but sadly, the colours looked very faded off even though…
Category: Signage
Signage : Refined versions pt.4
I worked on further improving the photographs. So, I first made a set made of 2 floors and I placed an escalator and a few plants to make it feel as if it is a mall or some actual indoor setting with an escalator. I had to remake the clay figures because the older ones…
Signage: Refining initial sketches pt.3
Since I was making staircases with cupcake wrappers, I immediately thought of making people with clay as clay texture is similar to fondant texture. Just as fondant goes on top of a cupcakes, the clay people walk on the cupcake escalators. One thing I was not expecting was the challenge to make clay figures!…
Signage : Material studies pt.2
For the next class, I made illustrator sketches of signs for my topic but I was so surprised when our professors told us to do material studies and make things and explore different ways to make the sign. Partly because all the signs I have seen up till now are all simplistic and look like they…
M&P : Signage pt.1
The research for this has been very interesting. From the time the professors explained this project, I knew I wanted to design a sign for the closing and opening signs in an elevator. For some reason, the sign always confuses me and I have to look at both to understand which is the opening or…