Author Archives: heathermilnex

I wanted my image to have as much context as possible so it was self explanatory and hard hitting but also instantly recognisable. I experimented with repetition to represent to continuous cycle. However, the repetition diminished the detail that represented the cost of periods and how expensive it is to be a woman. So IContinue reading “PERIOD POVERTY ILLUSTRATION.”

I was stunned by the facts I found out about period poverty in the UK. We know period poverty is prominent issue in developing countries so to find out how prevalent it is in the UK is quite frankly atrocious. As a designer I would like bring awareness to issues like this. Girls with specialContinue reading “PERIOD POVERY RESEARCH.”

I found After Effects hard to work with, however loved the final effect. I do wish I tried to take a more technical approach by using more animation to make it more interesting and express more context. I struggled to mix the bright colours with a more interesting type however I didn’t feel it matchedContinue reading “FILM.”

American visual artist, Obie Award -winning playwright, award winning Emmy screenwriter, and former professional wrestler. As a female artist in the 60’s she received no offers because “women[sculptors] were not bankable at the time.” She made a swift shift to painting in an attempt to gain more offers. She searched through old magazines, posters, andContinue reading “ROSALYN DREXLER.”

Our brief was to create a banner for Chelsea about something that was important to us. I believe that at this moment in time people tend to just show they support something by posting a picture or changing their profile pic with a filter about the cause rather than being proactive and making a change.Continue reading “BANNER FOR CHELSEA.”

Although I like typography I don’t know much about the technical side of it. Over this project I have learnt more about structure, styles and similarities between fonts. With Sakis & Eva we had to research “Garamond”. Garamond is a group of many old-style serif typefaces, named for sixteenth-century Parisian engraver Claude Garamond.Garamond-style typefaces areContinue reading ““GARAMOND””

STRUCTURE: Editorial design & magazines has always been one of my favourite aspects of graphic design. This is due to the structure used within magazines. the layout and grid structure is way more important than I originally thought. We picked out a pages in the magazine drew out the structure and used an old vintageContinue reading ““STRUCTURE & LINO””

I chose to go to University in London because, I felt it would provide me with a much richer environment which I could take inspiration from, through the cultures, food markets, vintage stores, independent businesses, the specific identities of certain areas such as Chelsea to Shoreditch. Different areas have different ways of connecting and communicatingContinue reading ““TYPOGRAPHY WALKABOUT IN EAST LDN.””

Since I was in primary school my mum has called me “the gel pen girl” because I have always spent hours caring more about how my work looked rather than the actual work it self (most of the time). I would think about which colours would compliment each other and help me remember the diagramContinue reading ““THE EVERYDAY STRUGGLES OF THE GEL PEN & THE TIP EX GIRL.””

Due to Chelsea’s great connections it allowed us to visit New North LetterPress in Shoreditch. To say this was an eye-opener would be an understatement. There is a difference between seeing typography on a screen and seeing the draws upon draws of different fonts, letters and decorative blocks from Victorian times to 3D printed letterContinue reading ““A DAY AT NEW NORTH LETTER PRESS.””