I successfully moved to London, however current lack of internet in my flat in greenwich means that my blog posts are still as infrequent as ever.
So i'm writing this from work. My job at the Mill is pretty amazing, I am sat by a shelf literally overflowing with D&AD awards, I get to work with some of the best creatives in the world, and within my first 2 weeks and a half i've worked on projects for Playstation, One, and the Mill themselves.
Anyway, more updates soon.
Also, here is a quick screenshot of something secret that I'm working on (if I ever finish it...).
Hi. So yeah, this is my first blog post since MARCH.
Everyone seems to be blogging again now and this makes me feel pretty lazy, so here we go...
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE IVE BEEN LAZY:
I art directed/designed the degree show for my course BA(hons) Design and Art Direction.
I have had work in Grafik Magazine and Flux Magazine.
My font 'A_B_Stochome' is to be released on a disk and featured in a book in Tokyo all about independent fonts.
I graduated with a first class honours degree from MMU. (and managed to not fall over at graduation)
I launched my website www.adam-brandon.com
I got offered 2 jobs in London! I am moving on saturday the 7th to the capital, and start work at The Mill on the 9th!
Soooo yeah. I'm going to update this more often now. I think.
My submission for the don't panic TV brief.
I decided to base my idea on the Evolution of TV hardware, how the design has evolved over time to become what it is today.
I'm quite happy with the overall design. If you like it too, please vote for it here:
I have recently been asked to do some live visual work for my friend - and techno producer - Audibilis.
He is going to start doing live techno sets and I will be creating the accompanying visuals live.
It has always been an area of visual communication I have been interested in, and so I have been doing a lot of research over the past week.
The first thing that really opened my eyes up to this medium was seeing 'The Great Destroyer' by Nine Inch Nails back in 2006: (1:59 onwards for the amazing visuals)
So, inspired by this, I have been researching visuals all week.
I have been playing with the software Modul8 for a few days, and it proves to be a nice VJ-ing tool (i have also been asked to VJ at the 'Bring on the Dancing horses' degree show fundraiser, so I may use this software here...).
However, I have been craving a fuller, more creative visual experience.
I then found out about Derivatives Touch Designer. This appears to be more the kind of thing I have been looking for. However, it is currently windows only, meaning i'm going to have to install boot camp on my mac tonight :(
But, the visuals it creates are amazing. It has a procedural, visual programming environment, where pretty much anything can be synced up to music, and filtered using oscillators, midi signals, and frequency ranges (exactly the kind of geeky stuff I love.)
Some of the best examples of it being used live are by Alva Noto (electronic project of acclaimed visual artist Carsten Nicolai) He uses Touchdesigner with his live music to create amazing walls of light.
I think I could recreate something like this myself. (although, not exactly the same, I want to innovate.)
Plus, as a graphic designer, surely a sense of visual balance is a good transferable skill into live visuals?
Watch this space for more info on this project.
Hello there, my name is Adam Brandon. I have recently graduated from BA(hons) Design and Art Direction at MMU with first class honours, and am now working in London as a graphic designer, art director, and animator. This is a blog of things I do, things I make, things I see, and things I like.
