Communication is a Virus. Website designs.

itsnicethat.com

Really interesting site.  Moreso the layout, something to think about when designing the website for Oliver Histon.

Opening page.  More visual than layout including an image.

Most sites i've found have this general layout.  Not the most original idea, however, could work in the sense that people wouldn't question it if it was what they are used to seeing.  

http://www.thegreeneyl.com/

http://fieldnotesbrand.com/

The general layout for a few sites was central which generally gives more space for content- something we will be lacking.  

http://portfolio.elenagiavaldi.com/

Again, a left alligned site.  I think that given the type of work in Oliver Histons' portfolio this style would work well.

Communication is a Virus. More awareness research.

Communication is a Virus. Website designs.

Communication is a Virus. Tell a convincing lie.

'The awareness test'

This whole brief is essentially about distracting people to successfully tell them a lie.  Through the lie we want people to realise how unaware they can be.

What is a line? Things of interest.

I found this in the 'resource' section of the site 'Patternity'.  It looks amazing yet also ties in well with my idea of crafting my final resolution.  Seeing as it is a subject area I feel I have neglected it's time I had a go at hand crafting something.  So to do this i'll need to research as much as possible.

Some experimentation with light.  I think it's a good example of how light can make something look totally different- something to think about with my sculptures.

Scanned in from the book 'Stereo Graphics', one that I think will be a constant source for this specific brief.  Makes me think more in a graphic design sense and less in a fine art mindset- i still need to remember that communication is the main aim.

Design is about doing, type research

Online:

Communication is a Virus, Flash mob research.

T mobile ad.


Wikipedia definition for "Flash Mob"
A flash mob (or flashmob)[1] is a term coined in 2003 to denote a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment and/or satire.[2][3] Flash mobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails.[4][5][6][7][8][9] The term is generally not applied to events and performances organized for the purposes of politics (such as protests), commercial advertisement, publicity stunts, that involve public relation firms, or paid professionals.[6][10][11]


The first flash mob
The first flash mob was created in Manhattan in May 2003, by Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper's Magazine.[6][9] The first attempt was unsuccessful after the targeted retail store was tipped off about the plan for people to gather.[12] Wasik avoided such problems during the second flash mob, which occurred on June 3, 2003 at Macy's department store, by sending participants to preliminary staging areas – in four prearranged Manhattan bars – where they received further instructions about the ultimate event and location just before the event began.[13]
More than 100 people converged upon the ninth floor rug department of the store, gathering around an expensive rug. Anyone approached by a sales assistant was advised to say that the gatherers lived together in a warehouse on the outskirts of New York, that they were shopping for a "love rug", and that they made all their purchase decisions as a group.[14] Subsequently, 200 people flooded the lobby and mezzanine of the Hyatt hotel in synchronized applause for about 15 seconds, and a shoe boutique in SoHo was invaded by participants pretending to be tourists on a bus trip.[9]
Wasik claimed that he created flash mobs as a social experiment designed to poke fun at hipsters and to highlight the cultural atmosphere of conformity and of wanting to be an insider or part of "the next big thing".[9] The Vancouver Sun wrote, "It may have backfired on him... [Wasik] may instead have ended up giving conformity a vehicle that allowed it to appear nonconforming."[15] In another interview he said "the mobs started as a kind of playful social experiment meant to encourage spontaneity and big gatherings to temporarily take over commercial and public areas simply to show that they could".[16]


Silent disco
Another example of a well known flash mob was the April 2006 silent disco in London. At various London Underground stations, people gathered with their portable music devices, and at a set time began dancing to their music.[30] It was reported that more than 4,000 people participated at London Victoria station.[31] This had an impact on the regular service of the system enough for the city's police to begin crowd control and slowly clear people.[32] Though no one was arrested, it was reported that the London authorities pledged to counter future disruption of the underground system.[citation needed] Since 2006, there have been several flash mobs in the London Underground, including subsequent silent discos comparable in size.[8]
[edit] Worldwide Pillow Fight Day
Worldwide Pillow Fight Day (or International Pillow Fight Day) was a pillow fight flash mob that took place on March 22, 2008. Over 25 cities around the globe participated in the first "international flash mob", which was the world's largest flash mob to date.[5] According to The Wall Street Journal, more than 5,000 participated in New York City, overtaking London's 2006 Silent Disco gathering as the largest recorded flash mob.[4] Word spread via social networking sites, including Facebook, Myspace, private blogs, public forums, personal websites, as well as by word of mouth, text messaging, and email. Participating cities included Atlanta, Beirut, Boston, Budapest, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dublin, Houston, Huntsville, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York City, Paris, Pécs, Shanghai, Stockholm, Sydney, Székesfehérvár, Szombathely, Vancouver, Washington, D.C., and Zurich.[15][33]


News article on Flash mob in Huddersfield B&Q:
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2011/03/07/huddersfield-b-q-customers-surprised-by-staff-flash-mob-86081-28288638/

Design is about Doing, visualisation of sound.

Visualisation of sound.

'Sound is propegated by means of vibration'.
A way of visualising sound is through vibrations.  An interesting thing to think about would be showing sound with physical objects.  On this I thought of the ad below:

Design is Doing. Wild and Tame.

Opposites within the area of 'wild and tame'.  The theme I have chosen is sound- sound can be loud and quiet, connoting tame and wild within noise.  

Design is about Doing. HOW Books initial research.