Hey Hey!! Ive got the images printed off for tommorra's presentation, the two diagrams and the poster. Will bring them with me at about 10ish!! See you all tommorow!!
Ceri :)
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Tuesday, 23 January 2007
Tips how to help save energy
How to be Environmentally friendly. Useful tips
• Use energy saving light bulbs, these may cost more, but they use far less electricity than normal bulbs, saving you money in the long run.
• Use the kettle to boil water for cooking, instead of heating a pan on the stove. Not only will this be more efficient, but it generally takes less time too!
• Place heat reflectors behind radiators, which are attached to outside walls, this reduces the amount of heat lost to the outside, especially on older houses without so much insulation.
• Draw the curtains at night to keep the heat in (especially if you don’t have double glazing).
• After having a bath in winter, don’t pull the plug on the hot water until it has cooled down (and thus heated your house) it may look dirty, but you've just used a lot of energy to heat up that water. There's no point letting it, and your money, go down the drain. Or using a shower instead of a bath uses far less energy.
• Do not use your dishwasher / tumble dryer /washing machine unnecessarily. They are some of the most energy intensive devices in your home! Make sure you load them up correctly, and do put them on when they are practically empty.
• Switch all electrical appliances off at the plug instead of using the 'standby' function. During standby the appliances are still using electricity, and astonishingly, this accounts for 6% of all electricity usage in the home!
• Think ahead! By applying light throttle and avoiding heavy braking, you can reduce both fuel consumption and wear and tear. Try to predict traffic at junctions and when in queuing to avoid accelerating and then braking. Research suggests driving techniques can influence car fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent.
• It is estimated that about 50% of tyres on the road are under inflated. Aside from increasing the rate of wear, this wastes fuel and decreased your fuel efficiency. Check your tyre pressures every fortnight. Worn tyres will also decrease fuel efficiency (and your safety!), so check the tread regularly. If you are replacing tyres then consider some of the newer ‘Eco’ tyres that are designed specifically to increase fuel efficiency.
• Probably the best way to decrease the amount of petrol you burn, is to leave the car and home, and take a bike, bus, or train, or to walk. A quarter of all car journeys in Britain are less than two miles long, and walking or cycling are cheap and clean alternatives, and healthy too!
• Insulating your walls and ceilings can save 20 to 30 percent of home heating bills and reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 1 tonne per year.
• Painting your house in darker colours can reduce energy usage in colder climates (lighter colours in hotter climates).
• Wrap your boiler in an insulating jacket, which costs just ~£15 and can save as much as 500 kgCO2 emissions per year.
• Refrigerators are responsible for about 20% of Household electricity use. Use a thermometer to set your refrigerator temperature as close to the recommended 1-4 degrees C and your freezer as close to -18 degrees C as possible. Defrost your freezer regularly and ensure that the seal your refrigerator/freezer door is clear and will and sealed tightly.
• Cut down on waste by reducing packaging on items that you purchase. Re-use shopping bags and go to local producers to avoid heavily packaged items.
• Recycle glass, metals, plastics and paper. For every kilogram of waste you recycle, you save energy and reduce emissions of CO2 by at least 1 kilogram. Making products with recycled materials, instead of having to process them from raw materials, uses up to 55% less energy for paper products, 33% less energy for glass, and a whopping 90% less for aluminium.
• Get rid of the petrol mower - old 2 stroke mowers produce as many pollutants as 40 cars, and huge amounts of fuel are spilled each year from filling them - in the US the same amount of petrol is spilled each year from mowers, as was in the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster. Switch to an electric mower, or even better a mechanical push one (although this will depend on the size of your lawn!)
• Switch off lights and unused computers - one computer (standby rating 6.9watts) wastes 60 kWh per year.
• Use energy saving light bulbs, these may cost more, but they use far less electricity than normal bulbs, saving you money in the long run.
• Use the kettle to boil water for cooking, instead of heating a pan on the stove. Not only will this be more efficient, but it generally takes less time too!
• Place heat reflectors behind radiators, which are attached to outside walls, this reduces the amount of heat lost to the outside, especially on older houses without so much insulation.
• Draw the curtains at night to keep the heat in (especially if you don’t have double glazing).
• After having a bath in winter, don’t pull the plug on the hot water until it has cooled down (and thus heated your house) it may look dirty, but you've just used a lot of energy to heat up that water. There's no point letting it, and your money, go down the drain. Or using a shower instead of a bath uses far less energy.
• Do not use your dishwasher / tumble dryer /washing machine unnecessarily. They are some of the most energy intensive devices in your home! Make sure you load them up correctly, and do put them on when they are practically empty.
• Switch all electrical appliances off at the plug instead of using the 'standby' function. During standby the appliances are still using electricity, and astonishingly, this accounts for 6% of all electricity usage in the home!
• Think ahead! By applying light throttle and avoiding heavy braking, you can reduce both fuel consumption and wear and tear. Try to predict traffic at junctions and when in queuing to avoid accelerating and then braking. Research suggests driving techniques can influence car fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent.
• It is estimated that about 50% of tyres on the road are under inflated. Aside from increasing the rate of wear, this wastes fuel and decreased your fuel efficiency. Check your tyre pressures every fortnight. Worn tyres will also decrease fuel efficiency (and your safety!), so check the tread regularly. If you are replacing tyres then consider some of the newer ‘Eco’ tyres that are designed specifically to increase fuel efficiency.
• Probably the best way to decrease the amount of petrol you burn, is to leave the car and home, and take a bike, bus, or train, or to walk. A quarter of all car journeys in Britain are less than two miles long, and walking or cycling are cheap and clean alternatives, and healthy too!
• Insulating your walls and ceilings can save 20 to 30 percent of home heating bills and reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 1 tonne per year.
• Painting your house in darker colours can reduce energy usage in colder climates (lighter colours in hotter climates).
• Wrap your boiler in an insulating jacket, which costs just ~£15 and can save as much as 500 kgCO2 emissions per year.
• Refrigerators are responsible for about 20% of Household electricity use. Use a thermometer to set your refrigerator temperature as close to the recommended 1-4 degrees C and your freezer as close to -18 degrees C as possible. Defrost your freezer regularly and ensure that the seal your refrigerator/freezer door is clear and will and sealed tightly.
• Cut down on waste by reducing packaging on items that you purchase. Re-use shopping bags and go to local producers to avoid heavily packaged items.
• Recycle glass, metals, plastics and paper. For every kilogram of waste you recycle, you save energy and reduce emissions of CO2 by at least 1 kilogram. Making products with recycled materials, instead of having to process them from raw materials, uses up to 55% less energy for paper products, 33% less energy for glass, and a whopping 90% less for aluminium.
• Get rid of the petrol mower - old 2 stroke mowers produce as many pollutants as 40 cars, and huge amounts of fuel are spilled each year from filling them - in the US the same amount of petrol is spilled each year from mowers, as was in the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster. Switch to an electric mower, or even better a mechanical push one (although this will depend on the size of your lawn!)
• Switch off lights and unused computers - one computer (standby rating 6.9watts) wastes 60 kWh per year.
Contact Information
Boo again, here's some more useful websites and contacts I found;
Contacts
Energy Management Solutions Ltd
47 Arlesey Road
Ickleford
Hitchin
Herts SG5 3TG
email: enquiries@ems.org.uk
Tel: ++44 (0)1462 434522
Fax: ++44 (0)1462 435475
SolaSpin Ltd
3 St Helens Street
Chesterfield. S41 7QB
Tel: 0870 350 2202
Head Office:-
Direct Energy Purchasing Ltd
2nd Floor
Capitol House
51 Churchgate
Bolton
Lancashire
BL1 1LY
Ru Hartwell
Address: Pantglas, Llanddewi Brefi, Tregaron, Ceredigion. Wales. SY256PE.
Carbon Balanced Team
World Land Trust
Blyth House, Bridge Street,
Halesworth,
Suffolk,
IP19 8AB,
UK
IMS Consulting
62 Queen Square
Bristol
BS1 4JZ
More websites
http://greenchipstocks.com/subscribe/384
http://www.solaspin.com/
http://www.directenergypurchasing.com/
http://www.treeflights.com/
http://www.enviros.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=100&divisionId=7
http://www.carbonbalanced.org/personal/pcbcontact.htm
http://www.imsconsulting.info/content/view/27/89/
Contacts
Energy Management Solutions Ltd
47 Arlesey Road
Ickleford
Hitchin
Herts SG5 3TG
email: enquiries@ems.org.uk
Tel: ++44 (0)1462 434522
Fax: ++44 (0)1462 435475
SolaSpin Ltd
3 St Helens Street
Chesterfield. S41 7QB
Tel: 0870 350 2202
Head Office:-
Direct Energy Purchasing Ltd
2nd Floor
Capitol House
51 Churchgate
Bolton
Lancashire
BL1 1LY
Ru Hartwell
Address: Pantglas, Llanddewi Brefi, Tregaron, Ceredigion. Wales. SY256PE.
Carbon Balanced Team
World Land Trust
Blyth House, Bridge Street,
Halesworth,
Suffolk,
IP19 8AB,
UK
IMS Consulting
62 Queen Square
Bristol
BS1 4JZ
More websites
http://greenchipstocks.com/subscribe/384
http://www.solaspin.com/
http://www.directenergypurchasing.com/
http://www.treeflights.com/
http://www.enviros.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=100&divisionId=7
http://www.carbonbalanced.org/personal/pcbcontact.htm
http://www.imsconsulting.info/content/view/27/89/
Horrorshow , now thats scary...................boo
One of the briefs we talked about in the group was the horrow show brief. We were asked to design no more than 4 A3 or A4 boards. This has to be a type based poster. We first started playing around with the liver bird, trying to give it an evil look, but after discussion with the group decided that it didn't follow the brief and should move on to other idea. We then discussed about how we could play around with text, to give it a horror feel. NOW THATS MORE LIKE IT!
We started talking about using objects/images from famous horror movies to spell out the name of the festival. This then led to a discussion about using shadows made from monsters to create the text. COLOUR was something we wanted to keep tradional. Basically reds, greens, black and white.
This brief did sound quite fun to do, but I would say that it would involve alot of thought on text which is something I aint good at! shocking! I also feel that our ideas weren't strong enough to get a good start..................................
Alex
We started talking about using objects/images from famous horror movies to spell out the name of the festival. This then led to a discussion about using shadows made from monsters to create the text. COLOUR was something we wanted to keep tradional. Basically reds, greens, black and white.
This brief did sound quite fun to do, but I would say that it would involve alot of thought on text which is something I aint good at! shocking! I also feel that our ideas weren't strong enough to get a good start..................................
Alex
Info for our site
hey you guys, just some info for our site for the facts and links part.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/
http://www.greenmyapple.org/
http://www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk/index-store.php
http://www.earthfriendly.co.uk/
http://www.greenbatteries.com/
I'll research more if needed
and the facts,
FACTS
Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.
We campaign to:
--Stop climate change
--Protect ancient forests
--Save the oceans
--Stop whaling
--Say no to genetic engineering
--Stop the nuclear threat
--Eliminate toxic chemicals
--Encourage sustainable trade
Greenpeace speaks for 2.8 million supporters worldwide, and encourages many millions more than that to take action every day.
As one of the longest banners we've ever made summed things up, "When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish dead, we will discover that we can't eat money..."
Ethanol is one of the best tools we have to fight air pollution from vehicles. Ethanol contains 35% oxygen. Adding oxygen to fuel results in more complete fuel combustion, thus reducing harmful tailpipe emissions.
The use of 10% ethanol blends reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 12-19% compared with conventional gasoline, according to Argonne National Laboratory.
It was pretty hard to find info on the actual lap-top as it only told me wer to buy one!!!!
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/
http://www.greenmyapple.org/
http://www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk/index-store.php
http://www.earthfriendly.co.uk/
http://www.greenbatteries.com/
I'll research more if needed
and the facts,
FACTS
Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.
We campaign to:
--Stop climate change
--Protect ancient forests
--Save the oceans
--Stop whaling
--Say no to genetic engineering
--Stop the nuclear threat
--Eliminate toxic chemicals
--Encourage sustainable trade
Greenpeace speaks for 2.8 million supporters worldwide, and encourages many millions more than that to take action every day.
As one of the longest banners we've ever made summed things up, "When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish dead, we will discover that we can't eat money..."
Ethanol is one of the best tools we have to fight air pollution from vehicles. Ethanol contains 35% oxygen. Adding oxygen to fuel results in more complete fuel combustion, thus reducing harmful tailpipe emissions.
The use of 10% ethanol blends reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 12-19% compared with conventional gasoline, according to Argonne National Laboratory.
It was pretty hard to find info on the actual lap-top as it only told me wer to buy one!!!!
'A Day In Your Life' Website Summery
The brief I recieved was to design and create a website 'A Day In Your Life' of yourself, using innovative web tools and offering a captivating experience.
The media had to also consist of 4 A2 or A3 boards, and had certain requirments for the digital media.
The target audience was not specific and more or less aimed toward anyone over the internet.
We all came up with many ideas for this brief, such as each member of the group to pick a day of the week, which would consist of their day, using a video diary method. We also noted aspects such as;
* inventing a fictional person
* eggaduating the typical day
* create a timeline, morning to night
* multiple page website, a page for each member of the group
* each have a particular sound/song, to sum the person up
The client, Glue London, also offers numberous prizes for the winners and runners up.
I did like the idea of creating a web page as it is something I have never had the chance to do. Though our group and I felt although the 'Stuff 'O' Metre' had alot more potential and more of a challenge.
The media had to also consist of 4 A2 or A3 boards, and had certain requirments for the digital media.
The target audience was not specific and more or less aimed toward anyone over the internet.
We all came up with many ideas for this brief, such as each member of the group to pick a day of the week, which would consist of their day, using a video diary method. We also noted aspects such as;
* inventing a fictional person
* eggaduating the typical day
* create a timeline, morning to night
* multiple page website, a page for each member of the group
* each have a particular sound/song, to sum the person up
The client, Glue London, also offers numberous prizes for the winners and runners up.
I did like the idea of creating a web page as it is something I have never had the chance to do. Though our group and I felt although the 'Stuff 'O' Metre' had alot more potential and more of a challenge.
Climate Chaos Summary!!
I got the 15 steps to climate chaos brief int he envelope given to each of us, the brief asked for us as a group to choose three or four steps from the list of 15 steps. Some included 'love your jumper' and 'dump your dinosaurs', then to produce animations lasting 15-45 seconds each. We found it quite difficult to come up with some good strong idea's for this brief, we had some basic ideas to animate facts like people going through there house switching thigs off at the switches when not in use, another idea was to show a character making a jumper to keep warm, so they save on heating. We realy discounted this brief from the start because we felt if we had to make these animations it would be really hard.
Ceri
Ceri
????5am????
wot u recon?
i tried putting my pdf of the logo but it wont work so i'll show u guys in 1/48th of a day :-)
i tried putting my pdf of the logo but it wont work so i'll show u guys in 1/48th of a day :-)
Team Members
Chris Jobling:
Strengths: Hard Working, dedicated, good illustrations, familiar with illustrator
Weaknesses: Public Speaking, Not the quickest on ideas
Interests: Football, music and socialising
Alex Cross:
Strengths: Illustrations, doesn't take any shit
Weaknesses: Trouble with reading and writing
Interests: Football, music, skating, tequilla
Ceri Jones:
Strengths: Illustrations, Illustrator, hard working
Weaknesses: Public speaking
Interests: Shopping, music, socialising, films, graffiti
Jon Gregson:
Strengths: Flash, detailed drawing, hard working
Weaknesses: Illustrator, public speaking
Interests: Photography: music, film, graphic design, football
Michelle Hird:
Strengths: Illustrations, graff art
Weaknesses: sound + video
Interests: Painting, socialising, eating!
Paul Donnelly:
Strengths: Confident, adaptable, hardworking, lettering
Weaknesses: Just a little bit too cocky, holding paper in the wind
Interests: Band, music, film, work, football, design
Benaiah Matheson:
Strengths: Confidentish, real, not afraid of drawing, big eater
Weaknesses: Lazy, complacent, slow, bad brain
Interests: Creating, colour, trainers, fashion, food, music (jazz)
Strengths: Hard Working, dedicated, good illustrations, familiar with illustrator
Weaknesses: Public Speaking, Not the quickest on ideas
Interests: Football, music and socialising
Alex Cross:
Strengths: Illustrations, doesn't take any shit
Weaknesses: Trouble with reading and writing
Interests: Football, music, skating, tequilla
Ceri Jones:
Strengths: Illustrations, Illustrator, hard working
Weaknesses: Public speaking
Interests: Shopping, music, socialising, films, graffiti
Jon Gregson:
Strengths: Flash, detailed drawing, hard working
Weaknesses: Illustrator, public speaking
Interests: Photography: music, film, graphic design, football
Michelle Hird:
Strengths: Illustrations, graff art
Weaknesses: sound + video
Interests: Painting, socialising, eating!
Paul Donnelly:
Strengths: Confident, adaptable, hardworking, lettering
Weaknesses: Just a little bit too cocky, holding paper in the wind
Interests: Band, music, film, work, football, design
Benaiah Matheson:
Strengths: Confidentish, real, not afraid of drawing, big eater
Weaknesses: Lazy, complacent, slow, bad brain
Interests: Creating, colour, trainers, fashion, food, music (jazz)
Monday, 22 January 2007
hey dudes
hey this site goes into how the efficiency is measured and stuff its all words really no pictures check it out :-)
http://www.fypower.org/res/tools/products_results.html?id=100125
http://www.fypower.org/res/tools/products_results.html?id=100125
Our Insparation
Some Chris Ware Illustrations, as a group we decide to look at chris ware for his unique style of work, he goes into so much detail on certain little things. I also looked at the colour palette he often uses, he often uses very minimal clean colours or keeps it to two or three shades. This was definetly my insparation for the illustrations ive done.
Ceri x
Aims and Objectives
Team Rambo
Stuff-O-Meter
What we were asked to do:
The Stuff-O-Meter asked us to choose a common household item and design a visual representation of its life cycle, from cradle to grave, highlighting the sheer amount of waste produced. The visuals must prompt potential buyers of said household item to do further research into the environmental issues surrounding the product.
What we propose for the project:
· The campaign will take place over three phases. The first, and most important phase is essentially making people care about the project and hooking their interest.
· The second is our real aim: to make people question the absurdity of the level of waste produced by the manufacture of laptops.
· The third phase is then effectively providing potential laptop buyers with the means to discover for themselves the most environmentally friendly laptops, as well as potentially working with leading laptop manufacturers to improve their environmental policies.
How we will do it:
What we propose to deliver for this three part plan is an interactive website kicked off by a poster campaign.
The first phase: Hooking people’s interest:
A striking visual such as this (the “Did you know that this much waste…”) we feel will garner people’s interest.
Variations on this theme can be explored; exploiting the fact that the amount of waste generated during the production of a laptop is the equivalent in weight of three fully-grown African elephants, [at a conservative estimate.]
This sort of image and slogan could also be virally marketed via email.
Hopefully this will generate enough interest for the second phase: the interactive website.
The website will be home to several key features: perhaps most notably an informative yet humorous animation much in the style of Chris Ware. This will break down each stage of laptop production, examining and exploring the actual waste produced.
The animation is represented here by some stills of the sort of style and feel that we wish to achieve.
We feel this is the best and most inviting way for people to make a secondary emotional connection with the project.
[The animation could perhaps be voiced by someone like William Shatner, who could read the script in a straight manner, but with an ironic twist. We feel he would add an urgency and mock seriousness, highlighting the overall absurdity of production methods. A good benchmark for the animation would perhaps be “A brief history of the United States of America” by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, which they made for the Michael Moore film “Bowling for Columbine”, which is humorous and visually appealing whilst all importantly hammering the message home]
The third phase
The Website will also have descriptions of the most environmentally friendly products on the market and links to their homepages. The intent here is to name and shame those companies that aren’t doing so much, into action. A great aim for the project would also eventually be to set environmental targets for the manufacturers to achieve, perhaps then winning a STUFF-O-METER stamp of approval.
There is a great precedent for this working. When people began realising Nike was using sweatshops to produce goods, with exploitative labour policies, Reebok was then first to come out and say that they were the healthy alternative. (They did this despite the fact their sweatshop policies had previously been as bad as Nike’s)
Perhaps then, if there is green to be made out of the green of the environment then companies will take note.
Other features on the website could be a list of tips on how to improve your own environmental contributions, perhaps accompanied by a list of links to MPs’ email addresses so that the website users can ask them what they are doing to help the environment.
Basically, we want to remove that feeling of “but I’m just one man”, and (more importantly for this project) “but I didn’t know” by having all the facilities to judge products, and even, to actually make a difference to how environmentally sound things are, in the one place.
Slogan:
Perhaps the slogan that sums us up best is “It’s your planet; play nicely”
Stuff-O-Meter
What we were asked to do:
The Stuff-O-Meter asked us to choose a common household item and design a visual representation of its life cycle, from cradle to grave, highlighting the sheer amount of waste produced. The visuals must prompt potential buyers of said household item to do further research into the environmental issues surrounding the product.
What we propose for the project:
· The campaign will take place over three phases. The first, and most important phase is essentially making people care about the project and hooking their interest.
· The second is our real aim: to make people question the absurdity of the level of waste produced by the manufacture of laptops.
· The third phase is then effectively providing potential laptop buyers with the means to discover for themselves the most environmentally friendly laptops, as well as potentially working with leading laptop manufacturers to improve their environmental policies.
How we will do it:
What we propose to deliver for this three part plan is an interactive website kicked off by a poster campaign.
The first phase: Hooking people’s interest:
A striking visual such as this (the “Did you know that this much waste…”) we feel will garner people’s interest.
Variations on this theme can be explored; exploiting the fact that the amount of waste generated during the production of a laptop is the equivalent in weight of three fully-grown African elephants, [at a conservative estimate.]
This sort of image and slogan could also be virally marketed via email.
Hopefully this will generate enough interest for the second phase: the interactive website.
The website will be home to several key features: perhaps most notably an informative yet humorous animation much in the style of Chris Ware. This will break down each stage of laptop production, examining and exploring the actual waste produced.
The animation is represented here by some stills of the sort of style and feel that we wish to achieve.
We feel this is the best and most inviting way for people to make a secondary emotional connection with the project.
[The animation could perhaps be voiced by someone like William Shatner, who could read the script in a straight manner, but with an ironic twist. We feel he would add an urgency and mock seriousness, highlighting the overall absurdity of production methods. A good benchmark for the animation would perhaps be “A brief history of the United States of America” by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, which they made for the Michael Moore film “Bowling for Columbine”, which is humorous and visually appealing whilst all importantly hammering the message home]
The third phase
The Website will also have descriptions of the most environmentally friendly products on the market and links to their homepages. The intent here is to name and shame those companies that aren’t doing so much, into action. A great aim for the project would also eventually be to set environmental targets for the manufacturers to achieve, perhaps then winning a STUFF-O-METER stamp of approval.
There is a great precedent for this working. When people began realising Nike was using sweatshops to produce goods, with exploitative labour policies, Reebok was then first to come out and say that they were the healthy alternative. (They did this despite the fact their sweatshop policies had previously been as bad as Nike’s)
Perhaps then, if there is green to be made out of the green of the environment then companies will take note.
Other features on the website could be a list of tips on how to improve your own environmental contributions, perhaps accompanied by a list of links to MPs’ email addresses so that the website users can ask them what they are doing to help the environment.
Basically, we want to remove that feeling of “but I’m just one man”, and (more importantly for this project) “but I didn’t know” by having all the facilities to judge products, and even, to actually make a difference to how environmentally sound things are, in the one place.
Slogan:
Perhaps the slogan that sums us up best is “It’s your planet; play nicely”
Illustrations!!
I really like the layout of the page that Chris has done, i like the white the best i think!! I've just finished doing the three main illustrations for the timeline thingy, Its taken a while doing them in illustrator, so i think i will just draw the rest in my sketchbook then bring them to the studio and see how many i can get in illustrator then!! If we dont get them up on the webpage, i was thinking of just printing them out A3 and doin some nice storyboards to show some of the further ideas that we have!! Some of the shading on my illustrations need to be finished aswell!!
Looking good!! Ceri x
Looking good!! Ceri x
The bugger has turned blue......?
Well i dont know why but the image i have just posted has turned blue!
Not my fault...
Try to imagine how it should look...
Not my fault...
Try to imagine how it should look...
Black or White?
Evenin.
Hey im in the middle of drawing this Stuff O Meter thing and i was wondering what you guys think would be the best colour do do it in? Black, White or something else?
Plus it looks like it might end up being a bit of a squeeze to fit it in the page...! We might have to come up with some magic way to navigate the thing....
NSPCC
NSPCC Brief Discussion
The discussion that followed the NSPCC brief was mainly focused around the 3 age groups and the different types of imagery we could use to get the message across. The group came up with some really nice ideas, based around the idea of speaking out and not suffering in silence. Some of the imagery we came up with included a zip representing the mouth, clearly a play on the idea of opening your mouth to speak about the issues raised in the brief. The zip concept was also used as part of a different idea where a person could shed their skin with the use of a zip (almost like a coat) and have the slogan read, “You don’t have to go to these lengths to open up”.
Strong imagery of a telephone entrapped in its own cord (resembling barbed wire) was also thought up. The idea being that the phone is not your enemy and there is no reason to be scared or self-conscious about talking to someone about your problems.
The general ideas we had for the two older age groups included the use of much harder hitting imagery and slogan ideas. For the youngest age group we thought about using play blocks and children’s fridge magnets to suggest an idea. Something similar to the previous children’s bullying advert that was on TV.
[Jon G]
Stuff-O-Meter
This brief asks us to pick a household object and highlight for potential buyers the sheer amount of waste that is made during that object’s life cycle, from cradle to grave.
Our discussions for this brief were initially stalled, but once the idea of the Chris Ware styling was suggested, it was agreed that this was a brief with great scope; and one that we could push well.
For achieving our aims for the presentation of this brief, we have split ourselves into several divisions; web control; design; research and ideas, with each member of the team contributing to all.
Orange Brief
This Brief asked for a series of images (preferably illustrated) with an optimistic feel to respond to the slogans and key phrases. The concept suited our strengths quite well, as the group is full of image makers.
We decided that small friendly characters based crudely on oranges would form the basis of the campaign.
For example, "your group, your network" could have been a netbag full of these friendly orange characters
on the way back from the supermarket.
The illustrations would have been made by using varied media and textures, almost creating a Dave Mckean patchwork quilt, but much less busy and more focused.
intro page? maybe?
could this be a intro page for the site, by clickin on my bean, the site then opens to the opitions on the website. hows tht sound?
my seeds
now my seeds are on the net!!! this is just playing around with the website, by including the logo, which i think works well with the colours.
LOGO!
well we thought it would be a good idea to make a logo for this website, this includes the quote thing, here is a preview of the logo I had a go designing
Stuff-O-meter Website
Hope you all got my e-mail regarding the website interface for the stuff-o-meter =) I'm posting some screenshots of it on here incase you didn't. Obviously you can't see the interactive elements from the screenshots but I'll show you them in uni. If anyone has any suggestions of how to improve it just let me know. Also when the logo is done, will someone e-mail it to me please and I'll add it in. Do we want any information on this website for the presentation or are we just leaving it blank?
Sunday, 21 January 2007
wash makin
think this web site helps abit with the production part of the stuff o meter. as u can see done on a production line. http://www.miele.com/usa/dishwashers/about_miele_dishwashers.asp?ad_pid=11&bhcp=1
old is bad
found this website of energy stuff and think tht it could come in handy, let us know what you think?
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/equipment/english/page13.cfm
alex
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/equipment/english/page13.cfm
alex
Hey Up!
Just been thinking about how to show the s.o.m , think thts a better name than stuff o meter! But me and chris were talkin in the pub about it and the chris ware idea sounds proberly the best, doing some designs for it though im havin trouble gettin infomation!! still ill try and get something to work. ha.
alex
alex
Dishwasher or Laptop?
Ay up.
I have just pulled this off the net. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5398700.stm
Read through it and see what you think. It seems as though the old dishwasher might not be so wastefull after all...
Perhaps we should switch to using a laptop as the bad guy?
'Some argue dishwashers are greener than hand washing because they use less water, detergent and power per cycle. A dishwasher can cut water consumption by up to 80% compared to hand washing in an average household, according to manufacturer Electrolux.
But others argue that when additional factors, such as the manufacture of the unit, the pollution created during distribution and the energy required to make the detergents used in them, are taken into account, it is questionable what is best.
New models can save huge amounts of water and use 40% less energy, over their older counterparts.
Running a cycle on an inefficient dishwasher costs around 16p; on an energy saving machine it costs 9p, according to the Energy Saving Trust (EST). Some machines even sense the load size and degree of soiling, so they can tailor water and energy use accordingly.
When buying a dishwasher look for the EST's Energy Efficiency Recommended logo or the EU energy label. Compared to a model bought 10 years ago, a new A-rated energy-efficient dishwasher will save its owner £15 each year, according to Friends of the Earth (FoE).
Look for a dishwasher with a long guarantee - up to five years - when buying one as it suggests the appliance is built to last.'
etc.... yawn
I have just pulled this off the net. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5398700.stm
Read through it and see what you think. It seems as though the old dishwasher might not be so wastefull after all...
Perhaps we should switch to using a laptop as the bad guy?
'Some argue dishwashers are greener than hand washing because they use less water, detergent and power per cycle. A dishwasher can cut water consumption by up to 80% compared to hand washing in an average household, according to manufacturer Electrolux.
But others argue that when additional factors, such as the manufacture of the unit, the pollution created during distribution and the energy required to make the detergents used in them, are taken into account, it is questionable what is best.
New models can save huge amounts of water and use 40% less energy, over their older counterparts.
Running a cycle on an inefficient dishwasher costs around 16p; on an energy saving machine it costs 9p, according to the Energy Saving Trust (EST). Some machines even sense the load size and degree of soiling, so they can tailor water and energy use accordingly.
When buying a dishwasher look for the EST's Energy Efficiency Recommended logo or the EU energy label. Compared to a model bought 10 years ago, a new A-rated energy-efficient dishwasher will save its owner £15 each year, according to Friends of the Earth (FoE).
Look for a dishwasher with a long guarantee - up to five years - when buying one as it suggests the appliance is built to last.'
etc.... yawn
Saturday, 20 January 2007
hey you guysssss!!!
hey you guys, my sister danielle has made her own website showing her art work on it and about herself, maybe we could use this idea for the 'my a website in the day of your life'?
here it is if you fancy a mooch, http://www.dannixlouise.piczo.com/?cr=7&rfm=y
here it is if you fancy a mooch, http://www.dannixlouise.piczo.com/?cr=7&rfm=y
Friday, 19 January 2007
he guys check out
HEY DUDES AND DUDETS CHECK THIS SITE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT U THINK :-)
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=dishwash.pr_dishwashers
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=dishwash.pr_dishwashers
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