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dis•po•si•tion (thesis 2010)

Posted by Aprile on 2010.04.11:

It has been a really long sleepless week...! I can honestly say I'm finished this time, though I have a few other things to finish up. I'm so excited for regular life again, school really is not my thing. I can't wait until I can work on my own projects without feeling guilty about not doing homework. I have this HUGE list of things to do when I am finally out of here... And I'm excited about that.

Meanwhile, here is one of my books to go along with those displays I showed you. There is another book, and yet another (a process book). They are quite lovely and I'll take a picture of them soon (they have presentations to give and places to be)! I have my final presentation tomorrow which of course I haven't prepared for very well. I planned on being prepared but once those books were printed I was just finished...

Hope you like this book, it's my favourite! The photographs are self-portraits from Chelsea Jade, aren't they amazing? They really make the book extra beautiful!

(There are some imperfections in the digital version because it was compressed, but I assure you the books are p-e-r-f-e-c-t. Yay)!

P.S. Thank you for all the lovely comments on my last thesis post, it's so nice to know what people think! xoxo

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experimenting is exciting

Posted by Aprile on 2010.02.04:

Phew! It's so hard to get caught up. Posting will probably be sporadic this season, because I'll be working on my thesis and of course my millions of other projects I distract myself with.

I'm quite excited about my thesis project, which is analyzing independent retail stores and creating an affordable, modular display concept. Which, hey, guess what, I am building BY HAND. I am perfectly capable but I am realizing just now what an enormous task this is... Wish me luck. I have to document my process so I hope to share some of it with you.

Here's a start, some inspiration-based layouts/experiments I am trying out for my final output (a catalogue).

The above images in the layout are from pony_tail on flickr. (Copyrighted, hope their not mad, I'm not actually using these layouts for anything)

Above main photo via willow ships via anabela. I am super jealous of how fabulous this girl (Chelsea Jade) and her photography and her band (teacups) are. Like wow. I still wish I was in a band, though I think that opportunity is long gone now!

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anthro annual

Posted by Aprile on 2009.07.14:

Hello! It's been a while! I have been so busy working and finishing up school projects, I have had hardly any time for the internet. I dearly miss the internet. At least I have some homework to show for myself! This is a final project for the Editorial Design course I posted about earlier (the Natural Living book).

We had to design an annual report for a company, and since I'm not really that interested in "companies" as opposed to independent businesses, I just had no other choice but to do my report on Urban Outfitters Inc. which is the least "corporate" corporation I can think of! Also, I love it, and I am currently working at Anthropologie—which is where I focused my report—as a temp for the Yorkville store opening. So naturally, you know. (Click on the above image to view the entire book page by page at Issuu).

I did all the collage illustrations (fun!) and the financial layouts (not as fun!). It was a great project and I'm really proud of how it turned out. I printed it on this natural-textured cream coloured paper, with little flecks of brown in it. Let me know what you think!

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house

Posted by Aprile on 2009.05.08:

See, I told you I would share some things I found for my tumblr over here as well! This place, House, I don't know much about. I haven't learned Japanese that quickly (though I am slowly trying). I know they make amazing things by hand, like leather shoes that look like they've been worn for centuries already (in a beautiful way, not a gross one). The aesthetic of this place just amazes me, so earthy—could be all the plants they seem to have hanging around. Anyway, this is on my list of dream places to visit.

And I want these shoes! I love that the label is a hand-drawn "House" on the sole.



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alice gabb

Posted by Aprile on 2009.05.07:

I just came across student Alice Gabb's work via Just Us, and may I just say, I love her! Every single project on her website had me in awe. It makes me want to look my work over again and reassess, there is no way my school work even compares. I really feel like some of the best graphic design comes from the UK. And it's amazing what you can find at 2 am while scouring the internet researching for a presentation on designing travel guides that is due the next morning...

I've been staring at "make portfolio" on my to do list for quite a while, and her little box portfolios are inspiring me to get to work!



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oh sweet woods: part 1

Posted by Aprile on 2009.03.28:

I told you I would show you what I did with the stencil, : ). I have actually used it for a bunch of things. Some fabric would be nice. This is some of the work I'm doing lately, it's for a school project but as you can probably tell I have free reign. That's what I like about the last few semesters, you are considered smart enough to do what you want (at least I think that's how it is).

I was talking with my teacher about ways to "design" this project. It's going to be a book—because I love books—of collages, drawings and maybe photographs. He said it was important to make sure I distinguish myself as a designer instead of a fine artist, and we talked about different ways to do that. I've never thought about it this way before, and I'm glad we had our chat. I have this designer vs. artist identity crisis sometimes. I think that's allowed.

The book project is called Oh Sweet Woods, and I am even going to hold out a little bit longer to tell you why I chose this name and theme for it (I like suspense).

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