exhibitions

Dear diary, part three

| Anna Cull
‘Trash your ash – play the game and everybody wins’ – sketches and final illustration Visual diary, two-page spread (student project, 2011)
‘Trash your ash – play the game and everybody wins’ – sketches and final illustration
Visual diary, two-page spread (student project, 2011)
‘Trash your ash’ mock-ups (billboard and installation) – ink, photography and digital Visual diary, two-page spread (student project, 2011)
‘Trash your ash’ mock-ups (billboard and installation) – ink, photography and digital
Student project, 2011

The brief for this project was to design an anti-cigarette-litter billboard and public installation for the city council’s ‘Future Vision of a Clean City’ campaign. The focus had to be on anti-not-thinking rather than anti-smoking. For the installation, I turned my drawing of Christchurch’s Anglican Cathedral and Chalice sculpture into a pop-up board game that could be played in public spaces around the city. It was a lot of fun putting my illustration into the photo ― I wonder why I don’t do that more often?

The diary pages are from a journal I designed for my Design & Arts College exhibition in 2012. Two years of research, ideas, word maps and sketches had to be reduced to a mere 72 pages. It was no easy task but it’s something I’ll always treasure.

Dear diary, part two

| Anna Cull
Playing cards ‘Sphinx’ and ‘Alchemy’ – refining the compositions and final illustrations Visual diary, two-page spread – ink and digital, student project, 2010
‘Sphinx’ and ‘Alchemy’ – sketches, compositions and final illustrations
Visual diary, two-page spread (student project, 2010)
Playing cards ‘Secret Passageway’ and ‘Ivory Tower’ – refining the compositions and final illustrations Visual diary, two-page spread – ink and digital, 2010
‘Secret Passageway’ and ‘Ivory Tower’ – sketches, compositions and final illustrations
Visual diary, two-page spread (student project, 2010)

The design brief for this project was to create four playing cards based on the word ‘arcane’. And arcane is such a wonderful word:

Arcane – my top ten synonyms
Arcane – my top ten synonyms

The process went something like: figure out what to draw (using word maps and thumbnail sketches), find suitable reference material (photographs of pyramids, camels, medieval suns/moons, monks, castles…), and then sketch and arrange the elements to make a meaningful composition. You can see the final playing card designs here.

These pages are from the visual diary I designed for my Design & Arts College exhibition in 2012. Two years’ worth of research, ideas, word maps and sketches had to be edited to fit a single, professionally printed journal of only 72 pages. It was no easy task but it’s something I’ll always treasure.

The next chapter

| Anna Cull

The course has officially finished but the exhibitions have not. Our graduate exhibition is still on the walls and our portfolios were on display at Tuesday’s grand opening of the new D&A building in Oxford Terrace.

Anna Cull OTL

A big thank you

| Anna Cull

Last night’s Design Detour exhibition was a great success. Thanks to everyone who came to support the exhibiting D&A graphic designers and to all who made it possible.

Lyndon, Katie and Jess preparing for the exhibition.
My corner of the exhibition.

In case you’re wondering — yes, the name Design Detour was my idea. The invitation design was a team effort.