MUNKEY IN A KNOT PROD. by Guy Abdallah

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3'ayounik: Jewellery

2009-09-23T03:21:00.000-07:00

Corporate image still in progress. Launch October 09.

Lost: The Cheap & Cheerful Book of Type

2009-09-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

A cheap and cheerful book about being lost done a few years back, but came to my attention the other day when I realized why I had produced this piece.

A play around with a few forms of type, a waist of time on the photocopy machine and loosing ink from my printer, I had came up with a book about my lost senses since my arrival to the capital, London.

I wanted to show how a playful attitude (enlarging, resizing and photocopying over and over) with machinery such as a photocopy machine can produce nice effects. The worn out letter forms and the ink marks make the piece settle well within it self. And could be explained in such that it portrays my thoughts being weirdly assembled at the time.

SADER Law Research Center: Corporate Logo Design

2009-09-01T03:20:00.000-07:00

SADER & ASSOCIATES is an international law firm based in Lebanon (www.saderlaw.com) . With a few sub–groups, they decided to launch a new department for law researches towards the end of 2009.

I was contacted and referred to through a medium and was asked to design the corporate logo for there sub–group SADER Law Research Center (SLRC).

There requirements were simple: To produce an artwork similar to the actual main group's, giving a middle eastern touch and legible. The design must have a corporate standards and use the initial 'S' that stands for SADER.

TOOLS: The Safety & Survival Kit Information.

2009-08-07T04:02:00.001-07:00

'We venture in the jungle with our tools...' (Pendulum)

UNIK: Attempts of introducing & designing a universal currency.

2009-07-04T03:50:00.001-07:00

As the recession continues to trouble our daily thoughts, the world can't seem to find a solution to return to there easy habits.

Unik is a project depicting in a graphical form the few reasons why we struggle to escape this crisis. A universal currency could probably be a reasonable solution, but will it ever show success?

I decided to represent a mockery of the situation with a poster explaining the steps to undertake while designing a new logo/design. Five steps underlining the different requirements to produce such work, as well as an insight on why the world doesn't seem to reach a medium and resolve there financial problems.

London Overground: The ultimate guide to a walk through London's best kept places.

2009-06-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

As our last brief for the year 08-09 at CSM, we had an open brief relating to the Circle Line, part of the London Underground Transport. Our tutor gave us the chance to produce anything from that headliner.

My fear was that I didn't know much about the underground as I have a sort of hate towards it. I am a person who likes to venture in open air and be able to see different things around me. Therefore walk, cycling and bus are the only form of transport that I take within the city.

I took this opinion of mine in consideration and used it for the brief: I suggested a campaign against the usage of the underground and encouraging a walk or a venture around London.

Therefore I produced a look a like map style to the underground one, but with walking distances of Central London. Keeping the stations for references and orientation, I illustrated the exact disctances between them, pointing out some key places to look at (from a personal aspect).

This idea seemed to also work well with the fact that the mayor of London is encouraging its citizens to go 'Green'.

Therefore my production was on recycling paper, keeping the feel a bit natural and playful.

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Pattern Live: Typography is the language of nature

2009-06-21T08:10:00.000-07:00

1. Typography is the language of nature.

2. Everything around us can be represented & understood through fonts.

3.If you graph these fonts, patterns emerge.

'Therefore there are patterns everywhere in nature' (Max Cohen in the film 'Pi')

My passion for type never seeds to find an end. I can keep on going on with how much typography can fascinate the world as well as have a great affect on our usual lifestyles.

Therefore I decided to demonstrate how type is influential and important for us.

Adopting Maximilian Cohen's theory search in the film 'Pi'. I decide to portray my idea based on the pattern and schism sample. And therefore printing it on acetate paper and exploring its capability on different surfaces, demonstrating a consistent Pattern.

Sinioheid*

2009-06-19T02:06:00.000-07:00

Around December 08, I teamed up with Fergus, a class mate, to take on a brief given to us by one of our tutors at CSM. The brief suggested that we produce a campaign, add or anything permitting us to sell a product/idea of our choice. It was well underlined that the product or idea should be well thought of and original, so for the interpreter to be appealed by it and want it.

Fergus and I didn't find much difficulty in taking on this task as we had much in common, one which was our passion for music. We both had a good background in music production and shared the same taste in electronic music. We then therefore decided to produce an add for an instrument yet to be created. A musical tool which permits you to translate your thoughts in musical sound.

The concept of the instrument was illusionary. We had then therefore think about all the different types of thoughts out there in the world. And narrowed them down to four different ones: Pessimist, septic, schizophrenic like and the board like mind.

With little skills in animation or video production, we decided to create a short clip.

SINIOHEID ( 'it's in your head') was the name we gave the instrument.

HP Workstation: It's all about child's play

2009-06-19T01:48:00.000-07:00

The next brief that I chose from the D&AD 09, was the HP Workstation laid out project.

The brief was to produce a piece that explained the capability of the HP Workstation to achieve anything the mind conceals.

I found the topic to be quite interesting and challenging as it can be thought of in many different ways.

Trying to stay out of the 'cliché' norms and avoiding any dull ideas, I put myself in my childhood years, as they are my most creative years. This worked well with the suggested brief, as a young infants consciousness is still fresh and can be playful in its creativity.

I therefore attempted to grasp that fresh mind by producing images of child like acts. The scene consists of an individual and a HP Workstation empty box.

As a child I use to love playing around with left over object. A box would be my most 'fun toy' at the time as I could use it for anything I wished for. My imagination could run for ages none stop while I spent time playing with an empty box.

FCUK: Choose your own f*cking fashion.

2009-05-29T04:42:00.000-07:00

During my 2nd year at CSM, one of my briefs was based on a D&AD 09 competition between all students within the UK.

Out of the few interesting briefs on the site, FCUK had a good project laid out.

It asked the designer to create a new concept/campaign for the brand, which attracts young pupils between the rough ages of 18 to late 30's.

Through my research, I had discovered that the French Connection brand hadn't been at its best point of sales at the time.

Its elegant clothing attracted young professionals that tend to dress smart.

My intentions then were to break free form there norms.

I didn't want to use anything in relation to their old campaign: FCUK=FUCK

I then decided to create a mood book, which encourages the reader to create his own fashion, as the brand had a wide variety of clothing. FCUK, could then prove that it can provide any sort of fashion for its customer.

Once the mood book is opened, it turns into an A2 poster with a quote from the famous movie 'Trainspoting' [with a twist].