For those of you familiar with my website, you might remember my old logo was plain text running at the top of the page. I have since updated it in line with taking a module in business.
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I've been meaning to make this post for a while now, but I think now is the best time to do so, as I am excited to tell you all that I have won an award for my entry into the Goldsmiths Craftsmanship and Design Awards! So backtracking a bit… for my first module on the Design For Industry course we were undertook a live brief for one of the categories in the Goldsmiths awards. The category was CAD Presentation. The brief was to design a movable object using computer aided design (CAD). The item created must utilise CAD to its fullest extent and showed the potential for manufacture in new technologies. When I first got this brief I looked at the things that inspire me most to influence my initial sketches, and then develop a design from there. I am really interested in nature but not in the traditional sense. I like looking at things which have structure, repeating patterns and symmetry. In the past I have looked at leaves and their intricate veins. This time however I wanted to look more at butterfly chrysalis's as I find them fascinating, and there are some very unusual tropical butterflies that have chrysalis's that look like gold! I really like drawing, so I did some studies from my mood board and my designs developed from there. I ended up looking at butterfly wings and developing a Chrysalis like form that opened and closed to reveal a beautiful Malachite gemstone. There is a multi functionality aspect to my design as it can be worn as a closed locket or an open necklace.
The worldwide banking corporation HSBC is moving its UK head office to Birmingham! This is a significant event for Birmingham and HSBC as the revival of the Midland Bank which was bought by HSBC in 1992. Their new headquarters will begin construction in June 2016 and will be ready for early 2018. To commemorate the event HSBC are burying a time capsule at the site where their new headquarters will be built. For this they have commissioned the School of Jewellery to create a medal to celebrate the event which will be placed inside the capsule. This was then put to the students of Design For Industry to come up with a design. When I first received this brief I was a little lost. So I started off by doing my research and looking into the history of it all. I found out about HSBC's values in supporting business's world wide and also their commitment to the community. So I started to think about a few of the things that could represent this visually on my coin. I decided that the best way to record Birmignham was to go out and take pictures myself! So I headed out to look at the old Midland Bank headquarters, to the town center and the beautiful town hall. Then on to the more recent iconic buildings of Birmingham such as the Library and then to finish off my tour back, to the Jewellery Quarter and the recognisable clock tower in the center. Below are some of the pictures I took. |
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