TETRALOGY-THE RESEARCH BEHIND IT.

CONCEPT

OUR CONCEPT:

AMAZING WEBSITE FOR HEADSPACE.

BRAINMAPS.

TOKION MAGAZINE.

#LOVE QUOTES WITHIN, WOULD BE GREAT WITHIN VISUAL ZINE. RELEVANT TO TOPIC.

#LOVED SOME OF THE ARTWORK IN HERE:

ESPECIALLY THE USE OF COLLAGE EFFECT IN THE LAST ONE, SO BEAUTIFUL, WANT TO HAVE A PLAY AROUND WITH LAYERING AND COLLAGE.

SPACE COLLECTIVE

#AMAZING WEBSITE SPACE COLLECTIVE. SO MANY BEAUTIFUL SPACE RELATED IMAGES, MAINLY OUTER SPACE.

also quotes:
“Within thirty years,we will have the technological means to create super-human intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.”Vernor Vinge

#QUOTES CUT OUT OF RELEVANT IMAGES?!

#VISUAL INSPIRATIONS

#GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR: MICAH LIDBERG LOVE THESE ILLUSTRATIONS OVER PHOTOGRAPHS. IN ZINE WANT TO SHOWCASE AS MANY CREATIVE SKILLS AS POSS EG DRAWINGS, GRAPHICS ETC...

#THE LAST MAGAZINE: VIDEO OF LATEST ISSUE.

#THE HOLSTER:AMAZING WEBSITE OF LOADS OF ZINES

#ARTKIP: LISTS AND IMAGES OF BEAUTIFUL ZINES/MAGAZINES

#MONGROL NATION:VERY COMPUTER FEEL/3D DESIGN IMAGE WORK

IF WANTING TO MAKE ZINE MORE VISUAL: NEED TO ENSURE ONLINE PRESENCE IS IN KEEPING WITH PERSONA. TUMBLR ACCOUNT? BLOG? OR MORE WEBSITE FEEL ? DEF HAVE TWITTER FOR QUICK UPDATES AND EASY CONTACT WITH INDUSTY CREATIVES.

NAME.

#WANT THE ZINE TO HAVE QUITE A GEEKY/CLEVER NAME AS OUR CONCEPT IS PRETTY SCIENCY, THE MEANING OF WORDS ETC.
ITS GOING TO BE A SERIES, A COLLECTION, SO THINKING OF SERIES OF THINGS:
-TRAFFIC LIGHTS
-ROMAN NUMERALS
-ALPHABET
-PHRASES-READY SET GO

ITS A SERIES OF 4-QUARTERLY-WORDS THAT MEAN SERIES OF FOUR? AS FOUR ISSUES WILL MAKE UP THE YEARLY COLLECTION?

TETRALOGY=SERIES OF FOUR. (0NE UP FROM TRILOGY)

GIVES THE READY A HINT THAT THE ZINES WILL BE A COLLECTION, IN KEEPING WITH EXPLORING WORDS THEME.

CATCHY+A BIT GEEKY. THUMBS UP.

WHAT WE LOVED IN LONDON.

# THE LIK+NEON STORE WAS AMAZING IN TERMS OF ZINE LAYOUT, WITH ZINES COVERING ONE OF THE WALLS. THE SALES ASSISTANT WAS LOVELY, GETTING ALL THE ZINES DOWN TO LET US HAVE A LOOK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE WERENT ALLOWED TO TAKE PHOTOS. I BOUGHT "ITS NICE THAT" WHICH FEATURED SO MUCH TALENT AND AMAZING WORK:

ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS ILLUSTRATION: SPACE DIVEDED TO AMOUNT OF UTILISATION, AND THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO INCLUDE IN OUR ZINE AS ONE OF THE "SPACE" MEANINGS.

#WE ALSO FOUND NO ZINE WHICH I LOVED. THE ISSUE IS BASED ON THE NUMBER IN THE SERIES, AND THE ONE WE LOOKED AT WAS ISSUE 2, EXPLORING THE NUMBER TWO WITH CONTENT INCLUDING STUFF ON TWINS, MUSIC NUMBER 2'S IN THE CHARTS, AND MORE. LOVED THE USE OF ONE COLOUR THROUGHOUT AS WELL, THE TURQUOISE IS BEAUTIFUL AND LINKS ALL THE CONTENT SO WELL.

NOW STARTING TO LOOK TO IMAGES AND BOOKS AND BLOGS FOR MORE INSPIRATION. THINKING OF MAKING OUR ZINE MORE VISUAL AND HAVING CONTENT ON A BLOG/TUMBLR?

WENT TO LONDON

#WANTED TO GO AND SEE ZINES FOR REEEAL IN LONDON. CONTACTED ALEX VIA TWITTER:
alexzamora: @JoannaLT Hey Joanna, start off with Lik + Neon, @tattydevine in Brick Lane and @beyondthevalley in Carnaby Street

#IMAGES:

@LIK+NEON

WE WENT TO BOTH PLACES ALEX RECOMMENDED, AND ESPECIALLY LOVED LIK+NEON WITH ALL THE ZINES ON A WALL. SPENT A GOOD HOUR LOOKING THROUGH THEM ALL, SO WHAT DID WE LIKE BEST? SEE NEXT POST.

GOING WITH SPACE

#WE SAID WE WANTED TO EXPLORE A WORD, SO THINKING OF EVERY SINGLE WAY WE CAN EXPLORE THE WORD SPACE, DIFFERENT MEANINGS, WORDS WITHIN IT, STARTING TO THINK OF ALL THE IMAGES THAT COULD BE INCLUDED, WITH FEATURES WRITTEN ABOUT THEM, ASKING ARTISTS THAT USE SPACE, INTERVIEWS, WRITE ABOUT THE SECTIONS, MAKE IT PERSONAL.

TOP TRENDS FOR 2010

LINK HERE: WOLF OLINS:

WOLFF OLINS IS A BRAND AND INNOVATION BUSINESS.

ON THEIR WEBSITE THEY HAVE A LIST OF TRENDS THEY THINK WILL BEEN SEEN IN 2010.

EXPERIENCE THE UNIVERSE
Google has given us Google Earth. Now Microsoft takes us into outer space. With WorldWide Telescope, you can explore the stars from your laptop. The software combines images from a range of telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope, so that you can fly past Mars, or zoom in on distant galaxies. After a couple of years of earth-bound anxiety preoccupations, WorldWide Telescope reminds us all of the bigger universe we live in: it’s awe-inspiring and mind-stretching.http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/

WHATS GOING ON IN THE WORLD?

#LOOKING AT FUTURE TRENDS TO SEE WHAT WOULD MAKE THE PERFECT TOPIC FOR OUR ZINE. WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT WORDS. A MORE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH. ABOUT A SERIES, WE WANT IT TO BE QUARTERLY, SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS TO THAT?

WHAT WE LIKE/WANT TO INCLUDE

#DIFFERENT TOPIC PER ISSUE
#INSPIRATIONS
#QUOTES
#DOODLES
#NOTES
#AMAZING IMAGERY
#CONTIRUTERS
#FOCUS ON ISSUE NOT NAME
#IMAGES MADE FROM TYPOGRAPHY

HOW DO WE WANT READER TO FEEL?
INSPIRED.

GENERAL INSPIRATION

#LOVE LAYOUT AND STRUCTURE. FROM FUTURE LAB.

#LOVE PACAKAGING AND FREEBIE IDEA.

UN DEMI ZINE

#LOVE THIS ZINE, AMAZING IMAGES AND CREATIVE STYLE, ESPECIALLY USE OF SPACE AND COLOURS MIXED WITH SIMPLE FONTS. LOOK HERE

"1/2 is a project of artistic exchange between four french graphic designers/illustrators. 1/2 is Laure Boer, Anne-Pauline Mabire, Lucie Pindat and Chloé Thomas.1/2 lives in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam and Vienna.1/2 is anywhere anyway."

#LOVE THE IMAGE ACROSS TWO PAGES &MAP STYLE CONTENTS.

#WHAT OUR ZINE SHOULD EXPLORE

#WANT TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT TOPICS. ONE PER ISSUE.

#BRING IN PEOPLE WE KNOW/CONNECT.

#WANT TO SHOW WHAT WE ARE ABOUT AS PEOPLE/YOUNG CREATIVES.

#WANT TO INCLUDE QUOTES TO SHOW THEME.

#WANT ISSUES TO FLOW.

#CREATE A BLOGSPOT FOR THE ZINE. NOT TUMBLR AS WANT IMAGES TO BE LARGE, AND WANT TO CREATE OWN BACKGROUND ETC.

#WEBSITES FOR INSPIRATION.

http://www.123buero.com/profile/

#123buero™ is a Berlin based graphic design studio set up by Timo Gaessner after graduating from Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam in 2002. Focused on analytic thought and detailed craftsmanship, 123buero™ works for commercial and institutional clients across a broad variety of visual media, processing from content to form.

#LOVE SOME OF THE GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK FROM THIS COMPANY: