My final major project is my sentimental journey, hidden symbols. It is a discovery of handmade to digital work inspired by African designs to western flat digital design. I explore creating new symbols with hidden meanings to portray a journey/story. Working with different mediums I was able to transform my symbols into patterns giving each a unique story,
which can then be discovered by the viewer.
Issues, Ideas and Themes:
My major concerns, ideas or themes, and key media I intend to explore in this module. Identify continuities and discontinuities between previous and current interests I intend to explore new ways of communicating visual ideas, using mixed media formats and technologies, experimenting with diverse elements of graphic communication. In my previous mini project Digital vs Non-Digital I explored different mediums, working with handmade designs and CMYK. I experimented with cross-stitched CMYK pieces to merge digital with non digital techniques imitating Evelin Kasikov style of work process. I am very inspired by different artists and how they have implemented old techniques with digital to create new forms of graphic communication.
Over the years I have had the privilege to live in a lot of different countries. Starting in East Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya) for fourteen years, then moving to Rome,Italy for five years. Finally moving back to the Netherlands where I was born, but had never lived. Now being in Plymouth for one year to finish my degree. Through all this moving African art and way of life has always inspired my work. I would like to revisit these ideas and themes of African culture and their unique way of designing. African graphic design is very new, but has an old soul. Because of its very young age she has yet to create an identity. She has borrowed a lot of elements from Western graphic design, but merges modernism with ancient Afrikan art. Dutch design is seen as clean minimalistic which tend to be individualistic, anarchic. They prefer clean, minimalist designs–this is where the De Stijl movement, precursor of the Minimalist movement, started after all. The Dutch are inclined towards conceptual art and contemporary themes. Simplicity is appreciated, and ‘un-design’ is a common design strategy.Merging simplicity with the rich culture of African vibes you’ll get a visual fusion that is fun, unique, soulful and otherworldly.
My major concerns, ideas or themes, and key media I intend to explore in this module. Identify continuities and discontinuities between previous and current interests I intend to explore new ways of communicating visual ideas, using mixed media formats and technologies, experimenting with diverse elements of graphic communication. In my previous mini project Digital vs Non-Digital I explored different mediums, working with handmade designs and CMYK. I experimented with cross-stitched CMYK pieces to merge digital with non digital techniques imitating Evelin Kasikov style of work process. I am very inspired by different artists and how they have implemented old techniques with digital to create new forms of graphic communication.
Over the years I have had the privilege to live in a lot of different countries. Starting in East Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya) for fourteen years, then moving to Rome,Italy for five years. Finally moving back to the Netherlands where I was born, but had never lived. Now being in Plymouth for one year to finish my degree. Through all this moving African art and way of life has always inspired my work. I would like to revisit these ideas and themes of African culture and their unique way of designing. African graphic design is very new, but has an old soul. Because of its very young age she has yet to create an identity. She has borrowed a lot of elements from Western graphic design, but merges modernism with ancient Afrikan art. Dutch design is seen as clean minimalistic which tend to be individualistic, anarchic. They prefer clean, minimalist designs–this is where the De Stijl movement, precursor of the Minimalist movement, started after all. The Dutch are inclined towards conceptual art and contemporary themes. Simplicity is appreciated, and ‘un-design’ is a common design strategy.Merging simplicity with the rich culture of African vibes you’ll get a visual fusion that is fun, unique, soulful and otherworldly.
