Kamal's Design Diary

13/6/17 - 4/7/17, Week 11 - Week 13 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Typography and Hypertextuality Final Project Kinetic Typography Lecture Notes Week 11 We had a talk by a Malaysian graphic designer who had worked in the Netherlands. He showcased to us the previous projects he had undertaken, ranging from collections of posters to company logos. He talked a great deal about collaboration work and how important it is to be both open-minded and ambitious in the world of design. He also talked about how they have different work ethics in a place like the Netherlands, especially of how much more focused they are during work hours. The lecture was an interesting experience because we got to meet an actual graphic designer face-to-face with real past experience. Week 12 We didn't have a theoretical lecture. The class time was spent completing assignments. Week 13 We were instructed on how to set up our eportfolio for final review. We spent the rest of the time do...

10/6/17 - Week 10 GCD60204, Hafiz Zamri Illustration and Visual Narrative Project 3: Parallax Instructions Project 3: Parallax Description An undertaking of a series of Illustrations to illuminate narrative spaces and transitions that allow to demonstrate technical and conceptual abilities. Narratives can be conveyed in many ways. Some narratives follow a traditional linear arc. Other narratives loop in time, flash forward and back, restructure sequence or employ aspect-to-aspect transitions. Some view the same incident from different perspectives. Multiple narratives can be spliced together. Events can be placed in random order. Panels can be subverted. And several narrative threads can be simultaneously told. Narratives can be poetic. They can explore internal emotions instead of external action. They can investigate a central theme. Narratives can be shaped around predetermined rules. They can be reversed, labyrinthine in nature, and involve multiple readings with...