Design sheets

http://issuu.com/ryan_daley/docs/meme_book/1

I have created design sheets explaining the process I have journeyed through designing my response to my essay. 

These sheets go into detail about the fields which I researched, why I researched these specific things and scratches the surface on the design choices I made.

Initial ideas of responses to my essay During a tutorial with Simon Jones we reflected on the content of my essay and I asked Simon to suggest design responses which would work well in relation to my research. With the focus of my essay being around Graphic designers' role on social media, internet culture and also the popularity of memes, a response which was brought up was redesigning the layout of a meme to correspond with being 'graphic designer friendly'.

Ideas considered for my COP practical: Archive of most successful internet memes

Screen printed t shirts aiming to profit from internet memes

Redesigning meme layouts

Creating a graphic designer friendly meme layout Designer approved stamp/certificate

I created mock ups of a meme archive book to demonstrate how that finished product could look, the content of the book involving a picture of the meme, the title and some information on how the meme formed. [Fig 1]

Also I considered redesigning memes from a graphic designer’s angle, using the font Helvetica and experimenting. [Fig 2]

I began by researching into the Trend list website writing down the rules of this trend design such as gradients, neon colors, exposed content etc.

I would combine these styles with internet memes to create a publication called Trendlist.org memes.

The book would fully be based around trendlist principles. [Fig 3]

I chose the memes which I wanted to redesign from the Knowyourmeme website and moved on to researching the visuals and disciplines of trendlist’s rules. [Fig 4]

Focussing specifically on styles which make use of the rules such as gradients, neon colours, center alignment, frames wiggles etc

From this stage I was then prepared to design the memes and consider the layout of the meme publication. [Fig 5]

I chose a variety of memes from photographs to illustrations of which I redesigned the layout, added a gradient filter and incorporated some neon colour into each of the memes.

I began by researching into the Trend list website writing down the rules of this trend design such as gradients, neon colors, exposed content etc.

I would combine these styles with internet memes to create a publication called Trendlist.org memes.

The book would fully be based around trendlist principles.

In total I redesigned 6 memes following the trend list principles, this gave me content for 2 front and back pages of my meme publication.

I experimented with various stocks despite the fact the printed wouldn’t print on certain paper types.

The final printed publication was printed in half A5 size and another which was half a4 sized. [Fig 6[

The publication conveys the style that I had researched, in that sense I feel it was successful, the design style isn’t something I find aesthetically appealing.

The meme book was an appropriate but disjointed response to my essay but I enjoyed designing  in this style for a change.