velvetglove

I am Jelly

2011-04-07T00:02:00.000-07:00

Alpacas and llamas are the best

Islamophobia Campaign

2009-05-27T07:15:00.000-07:00

Final

2008-11-21T06:27:00.000-08:00

CMC

2008-11-17T14:33:00.000-08:00

HEDKANDI update

2008-11-10T19:24:00.000-08:00

this is a mood board type thing with colors images i feel the new logo can totally pull off and be posh that way. itll fit into this whole new niche... this whole new ideal of what hedkandi is all about. no more bikini beaches! its time for some taste!

NEW HEDKANDI

2008-10-27T15:19:00.001-07:00

after a long weekend of research i finally have something of substance that i can be happy to exhibit

Quick Updates

2008-10-22T11:04:00.001-07:00

We needed to clean up our presentations so heres the cleaned up version although VERY far from being ready!

HedKandi

2008-10-20T16:53:00.000-07:00

Reasearch

2008-10-20T14:25:00.000-07:00

Simple yet interesting packaging plans for Hedkandi

Ministry of Sound

2008-10-20T14:19:00.000-07:00

Momiji

2008-10-15T17:42:00.000-07:00

Momiji

2008-10-15T17:14:00.000-07:00

Momiji is a line of collectable dolls. maybe lacking personality but are meant to be very cute target audience are 'chicks' 18 - 30. theres specail place in the doll that you can place a 'secret in' and pass it on!

we are meant to think of an interesting way to make moving image to market the product.. advertise.. i was thinking of a specific story line.. the doll seems to be misplaced.. obscure. it needs a purpose a reason that someone will pick it up.. give it as a give or buy it for themselves. maybe a better storyline.. but definitely give the dolls more personality. maybe by giving a doll a more human like personality people will be able to relate to it.. if they see a momiji doll that reminds them of someone they love (someone who likes diamonds and discos) they will be tempted to pick it up and buy it.

Hedkandi

2008-10-15T16:35:00.000-07:00

Maybe my favorite brief because of the possibility of being able to think about ways of packaging products.. as in the boxes.. i think i will eventually look into way of places objects in interesting boxes..and also new visual expression for the brand on the cover of the boxes. so far i love lipstick and roller skates.. maybe a repetative textile effect of patterns? well see where it takes us.

Ministry of sound

2008-10-15T13:32:00.000-07:00

Ministry of sound are looking for a new image to go with their coming television channel.
Surround yourself with music fall into the universe of infinite parties! it comes complete with intense music lights and colors thatll make you never want to leave

Somerset House

2008-10-15T13:27:00.001-07:00

The idea simply is to organize an online newsletter, complete with calender, images and regular updates of whats going on in Somerset House. The idea is simple but maybe very effective in alerting the masses of what goes on behind Somerset's walls!

FMP final video

2008-06-11T14:34:00.000-07:00

First edit before editing some moooore

2008-06-03T16:01:00.000-07:00

2008-05-28T15:11:00.001-07:00

Further Developmental Research

2008-05-07T09:48:00.000-07:00

After just completing one interview. Its becoming clear to me I need to find another angle to this project before it sinks and drowns. I continued my sketchbook work and like the idea of being able to flip the words around that both apply to either side of the media world, being someone might believe one true the other false. So who can we trust really??

Then I looked into moving image and typography to create impact with letter forms.. I experimented with flash to create basic links between the 2 major news channels FOX NEWS and ALJAZEERA that in my mind have complexity different news coverage and 'fan base'. Using the ALJAZEERA slogans to star off, they are very similar to FOX and the way it would want to present itself.

Part of me wants to do more interviews but I guess i will have to see how it goes as it doesn't seem to want to work out!

Latest turn of events

2008-05-06T10:02:00.000-07:00

I started comparing differences in the media and how one source would state something completely different from another.

Issues

2008-05-01T13:54:00.001-07:00

People seem afraid of me when they know I have political opinion. Why is it so taboo to talk about current events. I don't know. Maybe I come off as threatening.
Don't be scared I promise I won't bite.

Fox News

2008-05-01T13:16:00.001-07:00

The more people watch fox news the less they seem to know about current events.

AlJazeera Interview with young girl after her family have been killed by the American soldiers

Not sure if this is entirely factual:

Fox News

2008-05-01T13:10:00.000-07:00

someone made a video about fox news:

"Israel is able to stifle free speech, Control our Congress, and even Dictate our foreign policy."
-Paul Findley, US Congressman 22 years

"I've never seen a President, I don't care who he is,stand up to Israel.
If the American people understood what a Grip these people have got on our government, they would Rise up in arms."
-Admiral Thomas Moorer, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"Israel controls the United States Senate.
-Senator William Fullbright

Quick Comparison

2008-05-01T12:41:00.000-07:00

Documentary about how American companies are gaining profit from the war

BBC interview with John Bolton (US ambassador to the UN) video added April 27, 2008

American CNN covering the war in Iraq. (information is very vague) (graph used is very vague)

The Daily Show Clip

2008-05-01T10:39:00.000-07:00

Clip from the daily show with Jon Stewart making fun of how the Bush administration makes errors and basically are a joke. Thought it was an interesting way to flip things around. (could do it with a loooooot of things published by the media)

Interesting Video found on youtube

2008-05-01T10:35:00.000-07:00

Campaign video calling for real middle east peace talks now.
Avaaz.org (Avaaz means "voice" or "song" in Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, and other langauges) is a community of global citizens who take action on major issues around the world. We have members in every country on earth, and operate in twelve languages. Our aim is to ensure that the views and values of the world's people--and not just political elites and unaccountable corporations--shape global decisions.

SERJ TANKIAN - Empty Walls

2008-05-01T10:27:00.000-07:00

Example of the war on Iraq coming into American music.

FMP final major perspiration

2008-04-24T14:53:00.000-07:00

My first plan was to create some sort of campaign on Environmentalism.. That somehow morphed into Middle Eastern Politics.
The second I mention the Middle East, and 'Politics' in one sentence I see peoples faces turn into all kind of strange shapes, I think I know why.
It's a heavy subject. Its touchy. Also, a lot of people (including myself) are very sensitive about it.. Maybe thats a good sign!
Maybe its about time I think about something substantial rather then visually appealing.
I started out looking at different News Channels on SKY. [ FOX NEWS (the worst!!!!!!!!) SKY NEWS (the most shallow) ALJAZEERA (the most popular and the most that i found interesting) CNN, BBC (of course)... and will soon try to find access to Israel news channels and the Arabic AlJazeera because I am told the news on it is a lot more thorough.
Also looked at websites and found startling differences in the way the news was laid out and presented. Reflecting the target audience I would presume.

This is Fox news the website... after searching for IRAQ (headlines didn't include ANYTHING about Mugabe)

CNN had a bit more information of international affairs

Also I must continue to look into History to better understand the subject. But i find myself reading a lot of clashing stories? Maybe I need to stick to one source and not keep switching.
I want to create a Documentary about the young Arab/Muslim students in London and how they feel/cope with the current events. Also I want to educate EVERYONE exactly WHY Muslims do what they do, because I have noticed a lot of misunderstanding and FALSE rumors going around about what makes a Muslim a Muslim. Especially on the subject of JIHAD. WHYY.. i think the question WHY is very important.

First to Last Publications Brief

2008-02-05T05:23:00.000-08:00

Final?

2007-11-25T17:31:00.000-08:00

References

2007-11-23T04:43:00.000-08:00

http://www.atrissi.com/new-site/index.html
Tarek Atrissi Website Contact Details
http://www.arabictypography.com/flash.html
http://www.khtt.net/person-39-en.html
http://29letters.wordpress.com/category/arabic-typography/

Developments

2007-11-22T16:28:00.001-08:00

Designed A Guggenheim Museum to be opened in AbuDhabi.

2007-11-22T06:37:00.000-08:00

The signing of the memorandum of understanding was witnessed by General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The MoU was signed on behalf of Abu Dhabi by Shaikh Sultan Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Chairman of ADTA, TDIC and Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage Authority and Thomas Kerns, Director of Guggenheim Foundation. William Mack, Chairman of the foundation, was also present.

Frank Gehry to design Guggenheim museum
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/07/08/10052308.html

07/09/2006 07:58 PM | By Ahmed Ameen, Staff Reporter

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi is set to become the home of the world's largest Guggenheim museum.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed yesterday between Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) and the New York-based Guggenheim Foundation to establish a world-class museum devoted to modern and contemporary art.

The museum, to be called the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (GAD), will be built in the Cultural District of Saadiyat Island and will cover 30,000 square metres. It is expected to be completed in five years.

The museum is to be designed by the internationally-acclaimed architect Frank Gehry.

Collection of works

GAD will be the only Guggenheim museum in the region and will be larger than any existing Guggenheim worldwide, said Thomas Kerns, Director of the Guggenheim Foundation.

"It will be 20 per cent bigger than our existing 25,000-square metre Bilbao museum," he said.

According to the MoU, TDIC, which manages the authority's tourism assets, will own the museum.

The Guggenheim Foundation will establish and manage the museum's programme, which will include collection development, exhibitions and educational initiatives.

The museum will form its own major collection of contemporary art and will also exhibit masterworks from the Guggenheim Foundation's global collections.

"Today's signing represents the determination of the Abu Dhabi Government to create a world-class cultural destination for its residents and visitors," said General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, at the ceremony.

"This is a major step forward in our plans for Saadiyat Island and its Cultural District which will become an international cultural hub for the Middle East on par with the best in the world."

The MoU was signed on behalf of Abu Dhabi by Shaikh Sultan Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), TDIC, and Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage Authority, and Thomas Kerns.

"Abu Dhabi's museum will join exclusive Guggenheim museum network which currently includes New York, Venice in Italy, Bilbao in Spain, Berlin in Germany and Las Vegas," Shaikh Sultan said.
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Abu Dhabi building - PR from Zaha Hadid Architects 310107:

Abu Dhabi building

Zaha Hadid Architects announce the design of the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre:
a new cultural institution for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on behalf of
the Tourism Development and Investment Company of Abu Dhabi (TDIC).

Zaha Hadid unveiled the design of the new Performing Arts Centre at a press conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE today.

Abu Dhabi architecture

Hadid’s Performing Arts Centre concept, a 62 metre high building is proposing to house five theatres – a music hall, concert hall, opera house, drama theatre and a flexible theatre with a combined seating capacity for 6,300. The Centre may also house an Academy of Performing Arts.

The Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre will be one of five major cultural institutions on the new 270-hectacre cultural district of Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi - developed by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on behalf of the Tourism Development and Investment Company of Abu Dhabi (TDIC).

Abu Dhabi Arts Centre

Zaha Hadid described the design of the Performing Arts Centre as “a sculptural form that emerges from a linear intersection of pedestrian paths within the cultural district, gradually developing into a growing organism that sprouts a network of successive branches. As it winds through the site, the architecture increases in complexity, building up height and depth and achieving multiple summits in the bodies housing the performance spaces, which spring from the structure like fruits on a vine and face westward, toward the water.”

“The Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre is a continuation of the long-standing relationship we have with the Guggenheim Foundation and with the Emirate. We are very honoured to be a part of the project,” states Hadid. “Our first Guggenheim exhibition design, ‘The Great Utopias’, was in 1992 whilst the very successful mid-retrospective of our work closed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York less than two months ago. We’ve also been working in Abu Dhabi for many years, the Sheikh Zayed Bridge was a seminal project for the office and its construction is well underway”.

Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre

Thomas Krens, Director of the Guggenheim Foundation said, “In Abu Dhabi we have had the good fortune to discover a partner that not only shares our point of view, but expands upon it. The plans for Saadiyat Island and the cultural district, envisioned and developed by the Abu Dhabi Government, are, quite simply, extraordinary. When this comprehensive and inclusive vision is realised, it will set a standard for global culture that will resonate for decades to come.”

The Abu Dhabi Cultural District on Saadiyat Island
The Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation has been working with the Tourism Development and Investment Company of Abu Dhabi (TDIC) to develop all five institutions of the Saadiyat Island cultural district. The five institutions of the the Abu Dhabi Cultural District on Saadiyat Island:

1. Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
2. Contemporary Arts Museum (Guggenheim Abu Dhabi) by Frank Gehry Partners
3. Classical Art Museum by Jean Nouvel Studios
4. Maritime Museum by Tadao Ando
5. Sheikh Zayed National Museum: (Architect to be confirmed)

Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre - PR from Zaha Hadid Architects 310107

Research- Merging arabic and western type

2007-11-21T18:20:00.000-08:00

TheMix Arabic Bold - TheMix Arabic font has been designed by Lucas de Groot and Mouneer Al-Shaarani.

This project is a collaboration between the renown Dutch type designer, Lucas de Groot, and the renown Arab calligrapher and designer, Mouneer Al-Shaarani, and with technical support from Pascal Zoghbi.

The design concept.
The idea of matching a western designer with an interest in mixing Latin styles with an Arab calligrapher with the same interest in mixing Arabic calligraphic styles, both proﬁcient with lettering yet interested in more simpliﬁed contemporary design, seemed like the perfect solution at the time. This choice and team also ﬁtted the idea of developing the Arabic version of the hybrid family member of the Thesis font family — TheMix. For me, TheMix embodied some of the subtle experimental approaches to type design ( specially indicative of the typographic design trends of the 90s). I always felt that kind of approach was also necessary for Arabic type design, especially knowing how easy it would be to develop such experiments with a script that is inherently rich with variety and ﬂexibility. TheMix was also the best font to start with since it carried serifs on some letters and not others, and it had some cursive qualities and roman/ humanist proportions and strokes, though it is almost a monolinear sans serif. Both these latter qualities made it more easily compatible with the Arabic lettering tradition. It was also the best font to start from, since it is the one that would eventually be a nice match for both the serif and sans serif fonts of the Thesis family. And so the concept of a fresh and contemporary- looking Arabic typeface was born.

Looking below. The first set is SADA and the second is TheMixArab. Sada is based on the Naskh style while TheMixArab is based on the Kufi Style. Notice the guidelines in each typeface. Since Sada is based on the Naskh style, the letters are more flowing and they do not all have the same heights. In Sada there is two tooth heights, two loop heights, one ascender height and two descender heights. On the contrary, TheMixArab has one guideline used for loop height and tooth height, one descender and one ascender. Since the Kufi style is more geometric, TheMixArab does not need as much guidelines as Sada. The Naskh based typeface is more calligraphic then a Kufi based typeface and hence needs more guidelines to make all the letterforms harmonious. So depending on the Arabic typeface designed and the purpose of its design, the guidelines will be decided on by the type designer. There isn’t one rule that fits all Arabic typefaces as in the Latin typefaces. The guidelines in Arabic type designing replace both “Nizam Al Dairah” and “Nizam Al-Nuqat” in calligraphy. The third writing system “Nizam Al-Tashabuh” is replaced by components. Components in type designing are pen strokes that are used to create several letters. Examples of letters that use components are the same as the ones listed in “Nizam Al-Tashabuh” previously. In the Arabic alphabet there is 17 basic pen strokes that build up the whole alphabet.

Inspirational

2007-11-21T15:11:00.000-08:00

Here are some very interesting Arabic typo, and the first one looks like its arabic when it really isnt.
Maybe I could research more into Logos that have double meanings and are universally understood.. or at least between 2 languages. Also, still not sure if this is the direction I want although i know i should have a clear idea by now!!!

confused

2007-11-20T14:45:00.000-08:00

what interests me about peggy?
mainly the fact that she lived such an interesting life and im still stuck and confused on what aspect to look into. well, one idea was examining the way she perished, which was sad. its my ultimate fear, dieing alone without anyone.. well she had her dogs. but im not really a dog person.
another idea was working on Freehand (which ive been trying to master) and creat something interesting that illustrates her life, kinda like a dedication to peggy.
also she reminds me of my mother just a little. peggy was an heiress she could of just spent the rest of her life spending money.. instead she found interest in art and wanted to collect as much as she could. mainly her interests were in the modern and contemporary artists of that time. like pollock. she made him.. she advertized and presented his work to the masses. which i think is cool. artists flocked to her.. were gratful just to have her look at their paintings which means she had an amazing reputation.
also another interesting thing i discovered is that a guggenheim museum is going to be opened in dubai! also the louvre... which im not sure if its just gossip or really going to happen. maybe i can try and design a logo or identity to represent peggy to the arab nation? so confused.
i need some direction!!!

BIOGRAPHIES

2007-11-08T09:24:00.000-08:00

(August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979)

Final

2007-11-08T08:27:00.000-08:00

Just in case the text isn't easy to read this is the clean version of it
Alternative London Map Step-By-Step
Most maps are used to depict geography, this one is different, it’s an alternative map of London. Skewed and distorted due to the fact that the scale isn’t in Km or Miles instead it is in steps. It is for a specific audience who want to know how many steps it will take to get from one place to the other. I wanted to create a balanced and readable representation that communicates instantly. Using my stride to measure the distance between different tube stops attempting to map out London. In the process gaining a reference to help decide whether a journey should be taken by foot or by any other means of transportation. Also, it demonstrates the benefits of walking instead of using, for example, the bus. One can burn calories and save just enough money for a rainy day. Other than benefiting a person financially, a brisk walk can count towards a persons’ daily exercise activity, which can prevent long-term health risks. All data on this map is based on a shoe size 38, and a stride that measures 79.5cm.Your pace affects the amount of calories burnt, a faster pace means more calories burned and a slower pace means fewer calories burned. Your current weight may also affect the amount of calories you burn. By no means is this map universal, it is very individual to myself. I had different thoughts of including measuring tape for the viewer to compare his or her stride to mine. Also this exercise proves that the quickest way to get from one place to the other is through straight line. This specific map was chosen because of the lack of curves and turns in the route. It is in central London thus everyone will be able to recognize the course. After researching, it was expected that there would be a lot more steps needed to get somewhere if there were a lot of people on that road. Instead, looking at the data there doesn’t seem to be a lot of difference (example Oxford Street). I felt very healthy after walking around London and if I had more energy in one day and more time I would have visited more areas and made the map a lot bigger in scale. Maybe I would have added landmarks to make a road more distinguishable from others, or the various pit stops I took. In the end I felt all those things too distracting from the final message, which is walk more when you can.

Helpful Websites

2007-11-01T15:24:00.000-07:00

Interesting website where theres a dynamic view of Manhattan
http://www.skyscraper.org/timeformations/intro.html
Helpful website to help me know exactly how long my journey will take me in meters
http://www24.mappy.com/sidlPvPjoSELJbMn21w/D?out=2&xsl=hp&fb=http://www.mappy.com

Alternative Road Map

2007-10-31T11:55:00.001-07:00

Religious Maps

2007-10-31T11:51:00.000-07:00

These are 2 interesting maps of the world, color coded indicating the different faiths around the world. Then a closer look at the sects within Islam (this map is not completely correct!)

Latest Trial

2007-10-25T16:11:00.000-07:00

Experimenting with the idea of a book

2007-10-24T13:47:00.001-07:00

First experiment

2007-10-24T13:46:00.000-07:00

Personal Geography

2007-10-20T11:57:00.000-07:00

Man is called by the ancients a world in miniature and certainly this name is well applied, for just as man is composed of earth, water, air and fire, so is the body of the earth. If man has in him bones which are the support of the flesh, the world has rocks which are the support and armour of the earth; if man has in himself the sea of blood, in which the lungs rise and fall in breathing, so the body of the earth has its oceanic seas which also rises and falls every six hours for the world to breath. If from the said sea of blood spring veins which go on ramifying throughout the human body, similarly the oceanic sea fills the body of the earth with infinite veins of water. --Leonardo Da Vinci

Mapping The Territories

2007-10-18T13:26:00.000-07:00

"The anatomist is the allegry of curiosity. He is the invador of private spaces... By repute he is one down in the socail hierarchy from the barber-surgoen and two down from the gossip-mongering midwife... is it surprising that contemporary fiction in the forensic lab gives a specail life to the Anatomist? He is commonly a misanthropc philosopher, or a laughing melancholic, or a most common-sense atheist, or all three, and we understand perfectly well why that should be."
Peter Greenaway, 100 allegories to Represent the world. (Merrel Holborn Pubishing 1998)

Amazing Advert!

2007-10-10T14:52:00.000-07:00

2007-10-09T15:45:00.000-07:00

I miss Bahrain so much right now. That beach, that muddy sinking sand. The humidity and constant traffic. I wish I could have 7 more days back home before it gets cold so I can sit in the sun and feel my skin tingle and burn. I want to be able to sit there and think about how little I have to do and think about. Then maybe have some rice. Should be good fun.

Self Crit

2007-10-09T14:18:00.000-07:00

The program I used to create the slideshow can be found here: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/
FOTOMAGICO is used for slideshows and scrensavers and I stumbled across it after I download istopmotion and found it not suitable for the kind of effect I was going for with this brief..
I experiemented with istopmotion and ended up with this unflattering piece...

Back to the brief..
Do I even like this? Looking at it right now I wish I did so many things differently. Maybe a storyline would have made a massive difference and maybe if the images were more in tune with the soundtrack it would have made it loads more effective.
I love the idea of it though
There are 74 Reasons to why things are the way they are (according to the book I've been writing)
One of these few reasons is the 90s.
Why am I who I am? Maybe it's because of the things I've done back in the 90s. The things I've watched, the things I've bought. What do I like? Dislike? Does that make me special? Does that make me who I am?
Not sure
But well find out soon enough.
END

90s Movie

2007-10-09T14:15:00.000-07:00

Here I am
or rather this is where I want to be
These colored panels are from my sketchbook and are my scribbles.. skip the research and below you'll find the final funky video!
ENJOY
Music: Poison by Bel Biv DeVoe