Identities: Functionality

I've described the function of my web design in very basic terms in this document. I guess its a good way to communicate your ideas if your clients aren't computer literate. It shows how I plan to make a smal, cyclical site. The basic idea for each of the different pages is the same. A simple, easily ammendable set of forms with the same linking functions. The design will variate on the themes that I am about to discuss meaning that the colour scheme, images and finishing touches will change according to which of the three offshoots of Trent Media is being depicted.

View basic-site-function.gif

LIVE Performance

Well we finally got it out of the way and made time for our Ident project. I think the performance went really well. Everyone seemed confident about it and there was alot of enthusiasm. Apart from the massive cock up with the printed handouts on the day and actually missing the main performance, everything went well. I'd watched them rehearsing for ages so I know what I missed. On that note, missing Jools and Dom was a bit of a faux pas. I ended up sat on Maid Marian Way for two hours waiting for some fresh hand outs and by the time they were ready the group had moved on to another performance in Sneinton. I'd set up all the images on te street at 08:30 and it was disapointing to miss the show.

Above are two of the illustrations I used in conjunction with the poem that Sherri wrote. If you look carefully you should see the links to the verses.

Identities: Making Life Simple

In the document below you will find a brief insight into the problems I am encountering on this project and how I plan to solve them. They are mainly accessiblity issues for both the user and the programmer and if I can overcome them the project should be a great success.

It contains alot of imagery so its nearly a 3MB file. Stay patient folks.

Download MM_web_research.doc

LIVE Performance: The Setup

Alongside a verbal presentation we aim to provide a small amount of imagery that subtley relates back to Darwen. Ideally we wanted to find a location that was over looked by or in somehow related to a moon. This turned out to more difficult than we thought. We had to stray too far outside of our designated area to find one so we figured it would be simpler to create one of our own. We are heading down to the building next to our location to see if we can steal some of their power to possibly run a digital projector. Using this we will project an image of a moon onto the adjacent wall. We should be able to animate it so that throughout the performance, it slowly shifts from the left to the right. This is supposed to signify the huge lengths of time the members of Lunar Society spent together under the full moon. More to come later...

LIVE Performance: Location

Last week, we determined which area of town we will be using to host our live performance. We chose a spot on the steps outside St. Mary's church in The Lace Market (opposite the Galleries of Justice). It seemed a poignient place to hold it because of the connection between Darwen and the Church of England. The church heavily criticised Darwen's theories and also tried to have his book, 'Zoonamia' banned. I had previously made connection between Darwen and The Lace Market, citing his involvement in the Lunar Society and its respective members. Read the following document for extra clarity.

Download Live-Pefrormance-Idea.doc

This is a group project. Check the links below to see what the other group members are up to.

Alex Morgan Townley
Sherri Lombardelli
Tom Nightingale

Identities: Feedback

Before I start any real design work I want to find out what sorts of images work best. What does the eye find most appealing, a square or a circle?
The following test is potentially the answer to that question. I'll attach it to a revised version of the questionaire I showed earlier in the journal and get on the streets to score the feedback.
Help me with my studies and take my 'most pleasing shape' test. View the test and leave a comment on this post. Leave the number relating to the shape you prefer along with any other thoughts you have.

Identities: Exploration of Corporate ID

Justifacation of the Identity. I've been trying to look from Trent Media's perspective. Figuring out what works best at a commercial level. Read the document linked below for more insight.
Thinking laterally. Download Fly FM - logo-blurb.doc

Identities: Fly FM Launches (again)

Its been a while since we heard anything from the fly camp. Whatever drove them underground has certainly been beaten and they lived to broadcast another day. They've stepped up the space they have on the NTUSU site but its far from perfect. Respect to them though as in the same day, they registered a myspace page. As much of a cliche as it these days, it should allow them to find an audience and give a direct feed to the studio. Assuming they're broadcasting live, we'll never know.

Judge for yourself. Check out the FlyFM improvements

Mister Bump

For those of you who don't know, I've made some choons under the psudonym 'Mister Bump'. I had to list this one because I'm quite proud of it and anybody that says it a house tune is a moron. There's a breakbeat mix coming shortly too.

Listen To Audio Track. Mister Bump - 'Dust Funk'

Fileden: Image Hosting

For those of you who will actually read this journal, here's a quick review on how to host images properly on the web. This relates to using images and linking to documents on your blog.

Create an account at fileden.com. Its completely free and takes less than 5 minutes to set up.

You've now got access to 500MB of high bandwidth storage. This means there is very little delay on your images appearing in the place you want them to.
You can host any kind of file format and allows you to create sub folders so you can organise and keep track of you stuff. You can host music, images, word documents, flash animations, hey you could even build you own site using fileden as your server space. All you'd need would be the domain! In short, its real easy and means you can post higher quality images on your journal.