I Have Moved

Check out my new site and blog over at edharrisondesign.com

Finding A Grid

Now I have a bit of spare time I can document some projects from my last 2 terms... this was an old summer project that never actually got handed in...







We were to find and document grids in our surrounding environments, and I looked into grid systems within Retro Electronic Audio Equipment. There are 20 double-sided pages for 20 pieces of equipment- one side a studio shot with the make/ model, and the other side a head on view with the grid of that model outlined. Book binding was closed so I used a basic method of binding that required no stitching or glueing- the prints were done on thick card, all held together by elastic bands and cover boards.

YCN entry

Collab with Morgan for YCN. After changing which brief we were doing 3 times we finally decided on doing the 20th Anniversary of Sonic- with less than a week before the deadline!

We designed an envelope that integrates the value of a poster with the portability of a letter. From the outside this appears to be a traditional piece of mail, but on opening the individual unfolds and reveals a poster of the first ever level, which became the foundation of the game, and is still incorporated 20 years on. This is not a piece of mail that will be discarded, it is a piece that could hang on ones wall, free stand or be simply treasured.

Stop frame animation of opening process to follow soon!

Logo Stamp

Last weeks art of self promotion session really made me want to get a stamp. So I got one!

I love freecycle

A few crates of design mags were offered on freecycle so snapped them up straight away. I got about 150 issues of a combination of Wired, Icon, Wallpaper and Viewpoint magazine- all recent copies from the last couple of years. Banging. Included was a cover of Wallpaper done by Dentsu, one of my all time favourite design companies. Check the photos!

Final Print

San Fran

Just came back from a study trip with GdI, where we had a week in San Francisco which was incredible. I will be making a book of the experience.

Screenprint Induction

Over a year and a half of waiting and I finally get my screenprint induction. We had an afternoon to do a two colour A3 screenprint, so I used a random design that I knocked up the night before. Me and Jono shared a bed. Thats right.

NICE

Finally got a suscription to Its Nice That!

Paper Making

I made my own paper for the first time which was amazing! Here are a few photos of the process- pictures of the final result to follow...

For my bookarts extension studies I am thinking about how to get people reading more through interaction with books in different ways. This is a quick mock-up of a book that could also be used as a bedside lamp.

Letterpress36

I finally got round to getting into letterpress for a few days... her are few experiments based around the number 36

Audio Tooth Implant

I smashed up my teeth in a drunken fall and need to get them replaced... my chance to get one of these badboys! A miniature audio device implanted during routine dental surgery. Information is received from a mobile phone, radio or computer and resonate through your jawbone to your inner ear.

2 BIRDS, ONE STONE

I gathered a load of stereos, record players, radios etc. from around the house to photograph- luckily Ojay collects this kind of thing so there was plenty to work with. I used the photos in a book based around grids in retro audio equipment, but they also double up as research for my personal project. Check out a slideshow of the gear here!

(photos of grid book to follow)

Personal Project Blog

I have set up a blog for my personal project over on Wordpress (sorry Blogger fancied a change). Check it out here!

New Years Resolutions

On the 1st of January (1/1/11) I made the following new year resolutions (in no particular order);

- Don't get addicted to coffee

- Get an internship abroad with a design company over the summer

- Always rubber up

- Design and build a website displaying my work online

- Only work in handmade sketchbooks

Fingers X

Happy 4th Birthday iPod

I got my iPod 4 Christmas' ago and it's still going strong... the screen may be a little cracked but it looks cool and it forces me to listen to music I own but don't usually choose to listen to. Winner.