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Mica Charlotte ConnellyGraphic Design

Overview of the Semester

I respond best to short briefs, because I find it more stimulating for myself. I enjoy open briefs, but I can work equally as well with ones with clear outlines and demands.

This year in particular I have managed to harness my ideas more, and tone down my ‘hoarder’ problems I have had in previous years. Mostly manageing to catch the baby before throwing the bath water over the balcony.

I am a very indecisive person, but I think that the way I use design to help this is mainly in the development process, and from HAVING to let ideas go.

I enjoy designing around my interests, so for example I am doing some projects on the planets, the first being ‘Jupiter’s Moons’, next to be ‘Saturn’s Rings’

I have started to realise that a lot of my work is oriented around documentary content. I find the content of a design to be very important, as it is essentially my job to make a block of text interesting.

As I personally don’t like reading anything which is lumbered into a block letters (except Harry Potter of course) I find it interesting to learn new ways to play with hierarchy and reflect the content within the design. The down side is I do have to read it all initially, but I don’t mind if I get to design it, as when I am reading through, I can see what I want to emphasise.

I would like to expand into doing more editorial and exploring and playing with ipad apps, as much as I love print design and want to do more with all sorts of printing processes and formats, I feel that the opportunities to create great editorial for screen is there.

I will have an idea of what the final piece will look like before I start drawing anything, then as soon as I put pen to paper more ideas will start flowing.

When deciding on which design or format to put on screen I will have three to six different sketched designs, then I go with the one I feel most drawn too.

Once I have started to put key ideas on screen, I then do research, rather than at the beginning, as I will know what elements I am wanting to learn more about. Any project is a learning curve to me.

I generally find that minimal colour plays a great part in my designs, with only black white grey and a hint of a colour throughout. I like it that way.

Type of brief

Success

Personality

Integral Elements

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S I L K K I S S E D- L i n g e r i e -

1. Watermark 2. D&AD Typographic Circle 3. Summer Show Poster 4. Dissertation

5. D&AD Little White Lies 6. Grow Your Own 7.Ink Splat Typeface 8. Just Satin

8.Silk Kissed

12. Marks and Spencers

9.Jupiter’s Moons 10. Rosie and Tom 11. Penguin Books

Visual Project Summary Page

Watermark

This was a live brief, it is a publication for the Keswick Words by the Water 2012 festival

held at the Theatre by the Lake.

The design was collaboration between myself, Gary Nicholson and Sarah Gill.

WatermarkWatermark

D&AD Typographic Circle

A competition brief, to create supplements for the Typographic Circle Magazine.

Watermark

Watermark

D&AD Typographic Circle

Summer Show Poster

A one day project/competition brief (won), a poster, and invites to the 2012 Summer Show

Watermark

Watermark

Summer Show Poster

BA (Hons) Wildlife & Media

BA (Hons) Photography

BA (Hons) Illustration

10.00am–4.oopm 6th june–13th june(12.00–4.00pm saturday the 9th june)

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

BA (Hons) Fine Art

BA (Hons) Film & Television Production

BA (Hons) Production

BA (Hons) Event ManagementBA (Hons) Digital Arts

BA (Hons) Contemporary Applied Arts BA (Hons) Adventure & Media

University of CumbriaBrampton RoadCarlisleCA3 9AY

University of CumbriaNewcastle StreetCA2 5UF

for more information: www.cumbria.ac.uk/theexhibition TWITTER.COM/CUMBRIAUNIARTHU #THEEXHIBITIONfacebook.com/uocArts

FdA The Art of Games Design

FdA Stage ManagementFdA Performance Festivals and Events

FdA Light and Sound

FdA Furniture Crafts

FdA Drawing

FdA Costume

summer exhibition

2012

Dissertation Design

A design for my dissertation on shock tactics and photo manipulation.

WatermarkDissertation Design

D&AD Little White Lies

An illustration of ‘Joe’ from the film, ‘Super 8’ for a competition brief, Little White Lies magazine.

WatermarkD&AD Little White Lies

Grow Your Own

A collaborative Brief with the Illustrator, Loren Harrison. Seed packets for people who don’t

normally grow plants.

WatermarkGrow Your Own

Ink Splat Typeface

A typeface for the Puffin book cover, ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest’

WatermarkInk Splat Typeface

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Just Satin & Silk Kissed

Logo Designs for the Lingerie Companies, ‘Just Satin’ and ‘Silk Kissed’.

WatermarkJust Satin & Silk Kissed

Jupiter’s Moons

A supplement for the Sky at Night Magazine, as an info graphic poster book, first of a series.

WatermarkJupiter’s Moons

Rosie & Tom

Wedding invites for Rosie and Tom, including the RSVP and picnic the day after. There will also be place

cards, order of service and Evening invites to come.

WatermarkRosie and Tom

Penguin Book Cover

A book cover for Ken Kesey’s ‘One Flew Cover the Cuckoo’s Nest’ focusing on the physiological element to the story.

WatermarkPenguin Book Covers

Marks and Spencers

Picnic range for Mars and spencers aimed at celebrating the Diamond Jubilee.

WatermarkPenguin Book Covers

WatermarkMica Charlotte Connelly

Work Experience

Freelance:Silk Kissed LingerieJust Satin LingerieTom and Rosie’s Wedding The Musical ViewThe University of Cumbria

Work Placements:Edinburgh Woollen MillMoulton Printing

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