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No giving up
If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.
One of the reasons I chose to do this project was because of my interest in helping people to give back from a cause, and simply encouraging the world to give! But more specifically, I am a regular blood donator, so this topic seemed all the more relevant to me.
Today I went to give blood at my most local blood donation centre in New Street (35 minutes away) and was devastated when the iron tests in my blood came back negative and I was told that I am unable to give blood for 12 months.
However, it was not all bad news.. I was able to gather and produce first hand research at the donation centre i.e. taking photographs and speaking to staff. (I also never realised just how inconvenient the donation centre was to get to, which was probably the best research to back up my project!)
Let’s see where I can go from here…
Back to the drawing board…
CLICK HERE FOR LINK – Back to the drawing board…
Having begun to look at potential ideas and make concept models, I am in need of more inspiration to help me design exactly what I need. I have decided on the basic shapes I want to incorporate and what needs to be included in my space, but it’s now time to consolidate all my information to make this the design I want.
I was particularly inspired by Zaha Hadid’s architecture in Baku, as the flow of the curves and shapes sit so beautifully together. Something I want to take away from this design is the flow of the waves and curves that bring a certain peace to the eye.
Concept modelling!
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To create these concept models, I used polystyrene loose-fill for packaging and stacked one on top of the other to build an igloo-shaped model. This incorporates the use of lots of small objects together, as well as the shapes and … Continue reading
Inspiration granted!
After being inspired by MOMO, I looked at the shapes of blood cells in the body to see if this could help with my own design inspiration. I began by drawing out the shapes and curves seen in this photo … Continue reading
MOMO Inspiration
I found this pop-up shop in Hong Kong which inspired me in my work. I like the way lots of small objects e.g. mirror and window frames have been up together to create a much larger object. See link below … Continue reading
Photography 101: Shooting in Black and White
Beautiful!
Our last Photography 101 installment focused on color, so it’s only fitting that today we talk about black and white! If you’ve developed your own film in the darkroom, you know that working with black and white is a fun, rewarding experience. These days, many of you use digital cameras, so we’ll focus here on digital photography.
Over on The Gravel Ghost, photographer Merilee Mitchell wows us with her moody and evocative black and white images and photo stories: she captures vast desert landscapes, particularly in Death Valley and around California. In this post, she talks about her passion for black and white photography — and the power of telling stories in monochrome.
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lucy mcrae + bart hess: lucyandbart.
These pictures make me want to barf… in the good way. The disturbed, electric-skinned, light-headed, border of nausea kind of way. I tried to file these images away and forget them, but they keep slinking their way back into my mind. Into that hard to shake place right behind your eyes where views of car accidents and starving African babies and liposuction operations go. The kind where your conscious mind doesn’t want to be grossed out but the deeper reaches of your brain know that you’ve seen something important, and so you shouldn’t forget it, and so it won’t let you. When you close your eyes, you remember them even more furiously. These are images that challenge you to keep looking at them. In fact, they dare you to turn away…
“Lucyandbart” is a collaboration between artists Lucy McRae and Bart Hess. In it they imagine human bodies and…
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Take my survey!
I created an online survey for primary research to see who my target market is for this project and find out the reasoning behind why people aren’t giving blood. From this research I will analyse the results to help develop my project.
Young people urged to donate blood
urgency!
Young people urged to donate blood article – click here!
This article confirmed my findings from my primary research that young people are not giving as much blood as needed from them. There has been a lack in numbers from the younger generation which is having a negative effect on blood banks in the UK.
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