February 2012
23 posts
5.10am and I choose now to try and decide which essay title I want to write a 3000 word piece on with relation to ‘design’. Got the following to choose from…
The Cult of Lo-Fi
Digital Collaboration and Spectacle.
The Triumph of Curation
Celebrity and Hyper-reality.
‘Celebrity and Hyper-reality’ are No No’s because I absolutely hate anything to do with...
Why can't I just be an average 20 something,...
Rambles.
I’m feeling a bit like I’ve not achieved enough in life so far. I dunno if other people have these big thoughts on regular occasions like I do. Im always wondering if Im doing enough, and usually the answer is no recently. How you measure your life worth is a factor in it I guess, Is it what jobs you have? or what experiences you have? or what places you have been? I think for me, it...
Fantastic Superbowl. Disappointed with the Patriots 4th quarter though. But Great game.
This blog really needs a fresh start. its such a mess right now. I want a new layout but can’t find a decent one and I don’t have time to write one myself right now. Dilemma.
its 2am and I don’t rally have anything to say.
evander:
My amazon wishlist is getting out of hand
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength,...”
– Vince Lombardi (via creatingaquietmind)
Relationships hold people back so much
Twitter?
@JoeGYoung
January 2012
77 posts
I basically have to document, write, layout, design, print and bind an entire book in 3 days. (and design/print my portfolio) well I do like a challenge!…
Fuck.
Ai. InD. PSD. Tiff. PDF. Jack Daniels.
It would be so nice to take a year off and concentrate on the skills that I don’t have the time to develop right now. however I don’t think my parents would put up with it again ha, gonna have to find the time! illustration here I come…
I really wanna do some package design this term.
Anonymous asked: please dont delete your tumblr I love it!!
might get rid of this blog.
had it over 3/4 years now. Im getting a little bored of it.
them ones when you have so much work you just decide you’re not doing it… I wish.
I really really need to try and develop my own illustration style again, I used to be so good when I was at LCF, but now Im just so uninspired or it feels like Im wasting time. looking through some of my illustration books tonight though has motivated me to give it a try again. I know where my interest lie, so I guess I should concentrate there and just see what comes out of it.
Ideas are free, it doesn’t cost any of us to have an imagination. But taking that perfect crystal idea and turning in into something tangible and real and beautiful, that demands something else, that demands commitment and passion and sheer determination. that is what distinguishes the ‘makers’ from everyone else, they are driven to create every day of their lives, it is not...
Things To Do This Weekend.
Another typeface design
Illustrations
Psychogeography research
Document my collection of photos/cameras for Collections project
Publication research
Finish zine
Make another zine
Publication design. (Cover and four spreads)
Practice book binding techinques/Bind books (Gonna send some small ones to people)
Get tattooed
Pick up parcel
Do some shopping
Get art...
“I’ve learned along the way that no matter where you’re at you’ve got to make the...”
– Jason Baldwin, one of the West Memphis Three, who was wrongly imprisoned from ages 16 to 33. (via bohemea)
Excite
Im way more excited than I realised about getting back in the Pit, even though its not my favourite form of photography, I still love that atmosphere and that pressure to get the shot while shooting shows. I can’t stop thinking about it now, really can’t wait! I should get some practice in with a couple of smaller shows before then I think so will have to see whats on.
also I realise...
Desperately need to buy a new diary tomorrow, to much shit to do to remember it all in my head.