Purple Cobras

Today we had interim presentation. The two concepts we presented were a Gameboy from the 90s to show a generic toy that many of our target audience will associate with their childhood. The second concept is Cynthia from rugrats which is using a character from a 90s tv show and showing how we have grown up since then. The feedback we got is that the Cynthia one may be a little inappropriate but the game boy concept could be developed further. We need to think about incorporating the embassy building into our design concept more to tie in the fact that this event is to support the theatre. We have decided to continue on with the Gameboy idea but use Tetris as well to create an interesting composition. We are going to try out different vector styles but these are some initial iterations.  Some concept ideas for our flyer section of the event: Wireframe of NZ opera website: After receiving some advice on our concept, the text size is ...

Possible Themes: · Lion King · Cartoon Network · Nickelodeon · Disney · Pokémon · Dragon Ball Z · Sailor Moon · Gameboy · Pokémon yellow, red & blue · Spyro · PlayStation 1 · Sega · Super Nintendo · Mortal Kombat · Cartridges · Magic School Bus · Snake/Space Invaders/Tetris · Ren & Stimpy · Barney · Yugioh · MTG · Furby · Uno · Slinkeys · Tamagotchi Poster Information: Save the Embassy 90's Night, 18th June. Poster Critique  For homework, we created some posters of our concepts. We have decided to use a 90s themed night to attract locals to the Embassy theatre. This is to increase involvement with the theatre and raise awareness of the shrinking audience. From the feedback we received, we need to specify why they should come to the event and why it is happening. We should also say what the next step is like visiting the website.  In class, we started to write down a list...

Week one: KOHA Design for Good Simpsons Exercise: The Simpsons characters exercise is a way to think of a wide range of audience types and therefore a wider range of ideas. Brainstorms Neighbourhoods: Families Students Children Couples Working professionals Older people Live there Park School Shops Food Pool Classic suburban middle-upper class Tsunami, earthquake, flood, volcanic eruption First aid kit Food and water supplies Torch Emergency kit Meeting point Neighbours phones Might be helpful in an event More friends Sense of community Easily borrow a cup of sugar etc Safety of the neighbourhood Feed the cat, collect mail on vacation Lend tools etc When neighbours know each other they are more likely to look after one another. This is especially important during and after a disaster, like a storm or a large earthquake. There may be people who could need more help than others i...