Sunday, 1 November 2015

Product, Context & Function

Product and Packaging





Product: Juice drink cartons
Context: Food packaging / General supermarkets
Function: Appeal to children (by looking fun)
Product: Rum packaging 
Context: General supermarkets 
Function: Decorative, Limited edition poster & box to appeal to tattoo enthusiasts

Product: Tea
Context: Box and tebag wrappers. 
Function: Hold tea, Decorative, appeal to intended audiencs (most likely women, these designs are typically feminine, and feature a female body)  
Packaging design
Caleb Heisey
Product: Liquor packaging
Context: Shops, 
Function: Decorative, Illustrate folk tales, appeal akvavit to an american audience



Product: Tote Bag
Context: online store, conventions
Function: humour, fashion
























Product: CD/ Record
Context: Record Sleeve / CD Case, I'd class this as packaging for a CD. Music shops
Function: Communicate the tone of the music, decorative (I've bought CD's based on the cover before)



Character and Narrative

Product: CD Cover and booklet
Context: CD Booklet artwork (?) 'concept art' kind of
Function: Goes along with a concept album, illustrates narrative & characters of the songs




Product: Video game (Fallout) & Paraphernalia 
Context: Mascot for in game corporation "Vault-Tec"
Function: "provides iconic representation of stats in game (skills, perks, etc)", recognisable - can be applied to different products as merchandise. (Bobblehead pictured above) 




Product: Illustration of Gandalf by John Howe 
Context: Book Illustration (& Concept art)
Function: To entertain, to illustrate a scene of a story. (& to base and develop the costume & look of  the film character on) 





Product: Emily Carroll's - "His Face All Red" 
Context: Webcomic, physical publication- Through the Woods, 
Function: To entertain, to scare the audience



Product: Jack Skellington concept art
Context: Nightmare Before Christmas concept art, film production, Disney?
Function: character creation, informing model makers, storyboards & film production.






Editorial and Reportage



Theresa Berens
Product: Omaha World Herald, Editorial Illustration
Context: Newspaper
Function: Set the scene for & 'Illustrate' an article - (This one about the psychology of sad songs) 


Jillian Tamaki

Product: Sunday Review (cover)
Context: Newspaper & online article - Editorial Illustration
Function: Illustrate article about damage on wildlife from hiking & outdoor recreation of humans. 
Inform & Draw in reader. 

Product: Reportage Illustration by Greg Betza
Context: Online blog/ portfolio
Function: Capture the event - The Tour De France 2007


Learning Charisma
Sebastian Thibault 
Product: Editorial Illustration, for article about learning charisma
Context: Premium Magazine
Function: Illustrate article in a non-literal sense. (quote "Transform yourself into person others want to follow" is features with the image on his website)





Product: Reportage Illustration
Context: personal / initial research for a more final "journalism comic" on human trafficking 
Function: to inform the public and create awareness about human trafficking. 




Publication and Book Design




Product; Through The Woods - Graphic Novel by Emily Carroll
Context: Comic shops, conventions, online 
Function: To entertain, to be scary as heck.
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Product: The Anonymous Sex Journal (Masturbation issue, illustrated by Laura Callaghan) 
Context: Specialist art book shops, 
Function: to entertain, (real life) storytelling. 

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Product: The Crumpled City Junior - Illustrated Maps for Urban Jungles 
Context: bookshops, travel shops(?), specialist art shops
Function: It's a map! A funky map!





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Product: Fold out box / book by Alison Woodward
Context: specialist art bookstores, conventions
Function: to entertain, decorative 





Product: Soppy - Zine by Philippa Rice
Context: conventions, zine fairs, online store 
Function: to entertain, being cute.






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