My Moonfruit Website: That's More Like It

I have made some amendments and changes to my moonfruit website. I feel that it now better matches my graphic identity. The dark background with bold colours in the foreground draws on the themes used in my blog.

I have also added a welcome page which I think is inviting with an air of mystery.

Source: www.annekuforiji.moonfruit.com

Self Promotion: Help Anne!

After looking at various ways of promoting myself through business cards, I have come to realise that business cards are more suited to establish professionals; they are appropriate when trying to to establish yourself rather than getting your foot in the door. As what I need is work experience, and for people in the uindustry to give me a chance to prove myself, I have decided to start a campaign inspired by Stephen Woowat.

Modelling his 'employment campaign' on the charity appeals that we are so familiar with, the humourous “Help Stephen” campaign“appeal pack” includes “I Helped Stephen” stickers, a badge, mug coaster and an interview appointment card.

I could change it up by including 'Help Anne' badges or even a stylish, well designed 'I helped Anne' wrist band!

Source: http://www.woowat.com/05.html

Art = Rubbish = Art = Rubbish = Art = Rubbish = Art

I have recently cone across the work of Oliver Bishop Young. These hilarious and (almost) beautiful installations show how anything can be recereated and regenerated.

Source: http://oliverbishopyoung.co.uk

Ideas for My Business Card: Economy and Environment Friendly Business Cards

Succeeding in a challenging economic climate, as well as a desire not to destroy the earth's climate, require an innovative approach to promoting yourself. This is why I think these business cards by Leornardo Borges for http://www..com/ are such a fantastic idea.

The business card is about the third of the size of the average card . This has clear environmental benefits in terms of reducing your contribution to deforestation. That's all in addition to being cheaper to produce.

I also like the idea of having multiple designs. Especially in terms of a creative profession like mine; it enables me to give different examples of my work, designs and ideas on different cards

www.anne.kuforiji.moonfruit.com

This section of focus week consist of me creating my online portfolio during this time I was able to explore different ways to show all of work you have been doing throughout the year in the form of a digital portfolio. This gives me the opportunity to present my work to a wider audience and represent myself through the work and layout I eventually choose.

I found a website by Form Associate who are a Landscape firm. There website has been done in flash and what I liked about this website was its clean clear layout and use of bold colours throught the website. The graphics are clearly identifiable to them and their graphics clearly communicate their proposals. All round I really liked this website and I will take elements such as colour and layout continuaty into considereation whilst designing my website.

http://www.formassociates.eu/index.php

I also looked at some of the moonfruit website pages created by last years Landscape Architect Students. The majority of them were easy to navigate around. I really like the simplicity of Kaori Kishi's website :

http://www.kkishi.moonfruit.com/

In terms of creating a clear graphic identity for myself which I have seen on Form Associates I will make sure that this is done taking into consideration my Blog which I have already created since last year. I will make adjustement to have a consitent colours and layout on both my blog and website.

IOC Visit to London

On a there recent visit to London, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) praised the 'astounding' progress being made on the London 2012 Games.

The construction of venues is proceeding quickly and relatively smoothly.

The Chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission, Denis Oswald, commented that:

'Seeing the transformation that has taken place in the Lower Lea Valley is nothing short of astounding, and this area will be a great legacy for the people of London and the UK.'

However, as I am exploring in my extended essay, the aims of the IOC and the requirements of the Games can be quite contrasting to the desirers of the local population and the requirements for a positive legacy. In terms of the Chairman's comments, I feel that it is far too early in the day to claim that a 'great legacy' is definite.

The "Rocking Chair" ... But Not As You Know It

Furniture for public spaces is always a challenge. There is a need to appear to be a natural addition as well as standing out. Rainer Mutsch's Rocking Chair seems to meet both.

The chairs are made out of hollow rotomoulded plastic and come in a variety of colours.

According to Rainer: "The concept of the Rocking Chair is the artificial, technical interpretation of natural rock formations. The chair reduces important ergonomic sections to a polygonal structure, thereby minimizing material and weight. The concept was to analyse the ergonomically important zones of a chair, reducing them to the very essential ones and to substitute them eventually with exact, plane surfaces and triangles."