Tuesday, October 14, 2014

FREEDOM PARK-The Insightful Journey

The experience at freedom park was eye opening, personally I gained insight on the origins of human kind from an African perspective and also apartheid.

The //hapo a story of early Africa, the early civilizations that existed then and a magnified look at South Africa pre and post colonization. It's more about the experience more than the theory, as the focus was on capturing the lives of people through imagery, sound and objects that they would have used.

Entrance at Freedom Park

Scale model of //hapo


Freedom Park is made up of //hapo, an exhibition and a park with various installations. Walking around the park was a serene experience that is enhanced by the instillations that appropriate some of our country's cultural customs.

We got a chance to walk around the main memorial called S'khumbuto which highlights the eight conflicts that occurred in South Africa. Around the memorial we got to see the Wall of Names which is various walls that acknowledges those who took part in the various conflicts and the Reeds which can be seen from afar.

Inside the //hapo exhibition
View from a Freedom Park walkway 


My time at Freedom Park was enjoyable and what I took from the entire experience is that it is important that we reflect on our past. I was humbled and learned that there is a lot to love about this country, South Africa.

I plan to go back to Freedom Park soon and along my family as well, I'm sure they'll enjoy it as much as I did.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

FAULT Magazine

For the past few weeks a particular Magazine caught my attention. When i buy magazines I usually go for ones that are about cars and video games, things that interest me. Topcar magazine and Gear have been my main supplements after comic books but now there is Fault. This is the first fashion magazine that has manage do catch and keep my attention.





 


 




Images were sourced from their website http://fault-magazine.com/

Layout: The layout has a nice uniformity that is aided by a three column grid and this gets applied throughout the pages that have text, an exception being a page with a single column and an image. 

Type: The typeface used creates legible pages and there is an appropriate use of bold text. This is applied to sentences such as questions in one of the many interviews conducted with each issue. The legibility is also  reinforced by the use of a san serif font.

Content: Being a dominantly fashion magazine, the content includes numerous pages with posing models but also images of well known personalities from various industries.


Branding

Here is an illustrative image that shows many of the well-known global brands are owned by big corporations.

Branches of brands
http://alazygirlgoesgreen.com/2014/07/25/10-ethical-brands-owned-by-big-corporations/

Below is a screenshot that highlights the aspects that form part of branding and its definition
Branding
http://www.brickmarketing.com/define-branding.htm


Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Something about logos

I went on on a site that i thought had some interesting insight about logos, something I should keep in mind the next time I work with logos.

Principles of Logo design
Timeline of a timeless logo

http://justcreative.com/2009/07/27/what-makes-a-good-logo/