Chloe Bryon: 2010

Monday 7 June 2010

Goodbye

Now that I am graduating from Brighton a new era is here and to signify this
I am saying bye bye blogspot and
Hello: http://chloebryon.tumblr.com/

Monday 8 March 2010

As part of my exam project I have started a new blog to help me organise my thoughts and research. Based on the quote from the Dalai Lama: "There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are temples; kindness is my philosophy." The blog explores the way that design uses elements of kindness in various guises.
Take a look at:
http://kinddesigner.blogspot.com/

Sunday 21 February 2010

A Semester of Work: From Research to Ideas/ From Cool Grey to Hot Pink.

Self-Initiated Project.

A four week project to explore a subject of my choosing. I decided to look at a way of making people, 'Work harder of their food.'

'Under wraps' conceals one secret recipie within it's covers. Unveiled from underneath the black plastic are the ingredients needed.

Fast Food, Made Easy, 10 Minute Meals and Pre-packaged Microwave meals.

All of these are tag lines that appeal to busy people. However, it is my intention to slow food down for you. The book is designed to encourage you to work harder for your food. Whether this be working for a few more pennies, using a more complex preparation process or considering the image of food, through the traditions of a still life.

LOOK CLOSELY AND TAKE TIME TO DIGEST.

.1...EGG WHITES...(Separated).........................................................................MERINGUES
.2...CHICKEN BREAST...(Marinated)..................................................SERVING SUGGESTION
.3...APPLES...(Bobbed for)..........................................................................TOFFEE APPLES
.4...FISH...(De-Boned)...................................... FUGU.(Blow fish- The world’s deadliest fish recipe)
.5...STILL LIFE...(For your artistic consumption)......................................................BRAIN FOOD
.6...POMEGRANATE...(Eaten with a cocktail stick)..................................SERVING SUGGESTION
.7...PH EASANT...(Plucked)...............................................STUFFED AND ROASTED.(Scottish)
.8...LEMONS...(Zested).............................................................................................CURD
.9...YOLK...(Separated)...................................................................... HOLLANDAISE SAUCE

I miss you postcards

From a very tight knit family and living quite a distance away from home. I often feel a pang of homesickness. However speaking to them on skype bridges that gap. I find it interesting how the pixelated web-cam image of my family makes the distance dissolve. The postcards are a statement about the change in communication from the written, to the spoken to the audio visual.
'Sorry there is bad traffic' and 'I wish I could say I love you...in person.' shows the limits of technology.

Letter press poster.

Taking the fun out of the game. A fatalistic attitude that everything is 'written'.

Cover letter.

In a time of recession, where newly graduated students are finding it ever more difficult to get employment. I decided to use design as a promotional tool for a Business Management graduate. For jobs where employers are used to getting black and white blocks of text I feel like a little bit of creativity could potentially make the difference.
(Details usually located on the bottom right hand corner but were removed for confidentiality. )

Art Direction

Art Direction Project: A three week project, in partnership with the wonderful illustrator Rosie Gainsborough. The aim was to design the visuals for the music of Oren Ambarchi

We wanted to create a minimal and bleak landscape to replicate the sound scape of Oren's music. We also wanted to find a way to represent that moment in the middle of the night where we awaken, dewy eyed: 'In the Pendulum's Embrace.' To do this we used various layers, glazes and textured glass to blur the viewers vision. The graphics were printed on clear labeling and designed by myself.

We experimented with a few ways of doing this. This is what we have ended up with. I really enjoyed collaborating with Rosie.

Signage brief

A three week project to design some 'signage' for the northern wall of the university of Brighton. It should be White on white, (due to planning permission) and respond in some way to the weather.

To be in keeping with the Modernist building, I decided to create a functional piece. A canopy where people could gather to shelter and to make use of this poorly functioning entrance.

Then to further develop from this idea I wanted the viewer to discover the 'signage' by looking up into the canopy and changing their perspective. I was interested in the connotations of looking up as an empowering posture, during my research I collected a whole archive of powerful, religious portraits of people looking up, groups of spectators and individuals looking up to the stars and into the elements rain or shine. Inside my canopy a spectrum of colour would be viewed (unseen from the outside so not to contravene with planning.) representative of the creativity inside of the university and a treat to look up into.