Aesthetics

1. 

Ansel Adams - Geyser Pool, Yellowstone National Park

 2.

Schmidt Hammer Lassen - The Black Diamond

3.

Gustav Klimt - Lebensbaum

 4.

Max Ernst - La Grande Forêt

 5.

Susan Derges - Stream

Words to describe the imagery:
1. depth
2. reflective
3. familiar
4. captivating
5. experimental

5 Carefully Considered Criteria for Aesthetic Judgement - The Things I Look for in a Piece of Work:

1. simplicity
2. texture
3. spontaneity
4. vibrancy
5. experimental

List of Designers, Creatives or Agencies

1. Sveinn Porri Davidsson
2. Keeta Dean Dixon
3. Jakob Holmsberg - Liquid Minds
4. Rikke Otte
5. Jonathan Calugi
6. Kasper Pyndt
7. The Campana Brothers
8. Sarah Jane Williams
9. Jonathan Barnbrook
10. Michelle Brook
11. Hiromura Design
12. Mike and Maaike
13. Diane Gromala
14. Jenny Wilson
15. Nancy Nowacek
16. Fred Flade
17. Marian Bantjes
18. Bruce Mau
19. NR2154
20. Kasper Ledet
21. Bjørn Ortmann - Daddy Studio
22. Matthew the Horse
23. Monsieur Cabinet
24. Bethmadethis
25. Noah Z. Jones
26. Peter Cusack
27. Mattias Adolfson
28. Sophie Henson
29. Michael Munday
30. Asako Masunouchi
31. John Gilsenan
32. Irma Gruenholz
33. Caroline Waite
34. Kristin McFarlane
35. Havas-City
36. James Datz
37. Brian Ulrich
38. Massimo Vignelli
39. Triboro
40. Frank Chimero
41. Norse Projects
42. Dansk Dynamit
43. Elmgreen & Dragset
44. Daniel Slim - Flydende Lava
45. Emil Hartvig Studio
46. Kontrapunkt
47. Christian Zander - The Emperor of Antarctica
48. Philip Dam Roadley - Battin
49. Knud V. Engelhardt
50. Kristian Grove Møller - Kriss Creol
51. Viggo Mörck
52. Fabien Barral
53. Stefano Joker Lionetti
54. Viktor Hertz
55. Ramona Todoca

Group/Company/Agency:

NR2154

NR2154 is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Copenhagen and New York established by Troels Faber and Jacob Wildschiødtz.

NR2154 creates visual identities, logos, typography, exhibitions, books, magazines, websites, films and campaign material. NR2154 is a project number emphasizing that the project always comes first.  The collaboration was initiated in 1996 with the launch of several magazines and the design studio that later became NR2154 was founded in 1999. Today Jacob and Troels are based in New York and Copenhagen respectively. They work independently and together on various projects in the framework of NR2154. 

DENMARK

Vesterbrogade 69D 2sal Baghuset 1620 Copenhagen V Denmark T +45 33 12 14 04

USA

628 Broadway - Suite 400 New York NY 10012 USA T +1 212 203 5806

10 Reasons Why I Like NR2154

1. one of my biggest inspirations
2. designing for companies etc that I know of from living in Denmark
3. love the simplicity of their designs
4. love the colours and lines they use
5. have designed things which I see on a daily basis, such as the Nordisk Film logo
6. won the COP15 logo design competition
7. like that their work has a concept behind it
8. like the concept behind the names they give each project and the name of their group
9. love the way they design to promote sustainability
10. love how all their work is clean and very modern looking

R2207 / COP15 Copenhagen / United Nations

NR2501 / Planet under Pressure 2012

Visual identity for the international science conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge.

NR1334 / Bruun Furniture

Furniture design company.

Visual identity, misc. printed and electronic matter

Male Designer:

Massimo Vignelli

Massimo Vignelli (born 1931 in Milan, Italy) is a designer who has done work in a number of areas ranging from package design to furniture design to public signage to showroom design through Vignelli Associates, which he co-founded with his wife, Lella.[1][2] He has said, "If you can design one thing, you can design everything," and this is reflected in his broad range of work.[3]

Vignelli works firmly within the Modernist tradition, and focuses on simplicity through the use of basic geometric forms in all of his work.

10 Reasons Why I Like Massimo Vignelli:

1. pioneering designer
2. he isn’t afraid of using a good idea twice
3. his product designs are practical rather than overly decorative
4. simplistic
5. works in many different disciplines 
6. his work never gets old
7. he focuses on the client rather than his own needs
8. he has been a massive influence in the American design industry
9. his branding work is everlasting
10. subtly beautiful work

Female Designer:

Ramona Todoca 

“I am a visual communicator who believes that society and culture can be shaped through 

design. My work reflects this view conceptually across a variety of mediums. My interests include branding, design for sustainability, museums graphics and semiotics. I am currently based in New York city and work as an art director on the IBM account at Ogilvy & Mather.”

Based in New York

Speaks Romanian, English and French

Studied in Savannah, Georgia, USA

10 Reasons Why I Like Ramona Todoca:

1. she is knew into the graphic design industry as she has only just graduated so her work is “fresh”
2. her designs are beautiful
3. she uses lots of different textures in her work
4. she creates work which allows the audience to interact with it
5. her work is uplifting and makes me happy 
6. she seems to thoroughly put her own personality into her work
7. her work has a subtle humour to it
8. it is all very clean and simplistic, yet she adds textures and extra features to the designs to give them more personality
9. i like how most of her work involves books and making the viewer experience the work
10. she reflects culture and society in her designs and believes strongly in communication

Made in Germany

Inner Labyrinth

Tazo Artea

TASK 4 AFTER SESSION

Cocktail recipe books research:

(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Book-Cocktails-Complete-Bartenders/dp/1904292739/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323221631&sr=1-13)

These sample pages from the book "365 Cocktails" by Brian Lucas reflect the way I feel that cocktail recipe books should look. The photographs used evoke a sense of elegance and sexuality, which is also a general connotation with cocktails. This is the sort of sense I am trying to capture in my illustrations and design for the cocktail recipe booklet, yet the only problem with this theme of elegance is that the designs also have to work for the book of drinking games we're creating. 

This elegance and simplicity of design is also seen in other books of cocktail recipes:

(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hamlyn-All-Colour-Cookbook-Cocktails/dp/0600610209/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323223362&sr=1-1)

Chilli pepper products packaging:

(http://www.behance.net/gallery/Chili-good-food/1152747)

I think the simplicity of the designs with the more fun style type works really well for this subject and is a direction which I feel could be quite effective for my designs for our booklets.

General information on growing vegetables in containers/pots:

Dig In - Windowsill

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/digin/your_space/windowsill.shtml)

Choose windowsills that get plenty of sun - five hours a day or more during summer preferably.

The wider the sill the better, as you'll be able to get bigger containers onto it. And if it catches the rain as well, that's even better - it'll save on watering later.

Don't be too ambitious - plants hate being crowded and will be weak and small if they haven't got enough space. Containers need to be at least 15cm across for basil, while a couple of beans, a handful of carrots or a scattering of salad leaves would each suit a 25cm pot. Choose the deepest pots you can.

Plant pots and windowboxes are easy and cheap, but why not use your imagination and recycle - how about using decorative tins for salad leaves, or wooden boxes for basil?

The deeper your windowbox, the greater the variety of veg you can grow. Make sure it's properly fixed and supported, as it'll be very heavy once it's full.

A 20cm deep windowbox is fine for salad leaves and 30cm for the Dig In carrots and beans. Very few windowboxes are big enough to suit a courgette plant - they need a lot of room.

If space is very tight, grow some basil indoors on a sunny sill, and a pot or two of salad leaves outside. Basil will appreciate the warmth, while the salad is a bit tougher. A small, shallow windowbox is also fine for salad leaves.

If you've room, try 25cm wide pots or boxes planted with a handful of Dig In carrots or a couple of bean plants.

Remember, bean plants need something to climb up, like a cane or some string, and will get up to 1.8m high. These veg will grow well in deep windowboxes too.

Use compost specially designed for containers, as it will hold onto water better and have extra nutrients to get your plants off to a good start. Things to look out for on packaging are; soil or loam-based composts; extra nutrients or plant food; and water-retaining granules.

Put a layer of stones, bits of broken pots or, if you want to save weight, broken polystyrene packaging in the bottom of your pots and windowboxes to help excess water drain away. Then add the compost and lightly firm it down. Give it enough water to be just moist, and you're ready to start planting.

Water can be a big problem on windowsills - containers dry out very quickly, and often rain can't reach them because of roof overhangs. Water often, but don't overwater - that'll kill plants too. Test if you've got it right by poking a finger into the compost. If it's slightly moist just below the surface, that's perfect.

Don't forget to give your plants an extra feed once they've got going. Living in pots and boxes, they'll soon use up all the nutrients in their compost. Get a liquid feed and use once a fortnight at least.

Lots of veg like being planted with flowers, and some - like the Dig In beans - have pretty flowers too. Brighten things up by planting a few flowers among your veg - French marigolds are particularly good because they discourage pests as well as looking pretty. Or you could even slip veggies among your flowers - how about a frilly edging of salad leaves?

Compiling information on how to grow each of the 5 vegetables we have chosen to include in our project from the list of vegetables Jenna made which can be grown indoors in containers and from seed.

Tomatoes

How to Grow Tomatoes
in your Indoor Garden

(http://www.jasons-indoor-guide-to-organic-and-hydroponics-gardening.com/how-to-grow-tomatoes.html)

Learning how to grow tomatoes indoors can be very rewarding. My own organically grown produce always tastes better than the store bought. My mouth waters thinking about my next fresh tomato salsa or the smell of a garlicky homemade spaghetti sauce simmering. Mmmm, let's get started!

For an indoor garden, you will want to choose a crack resistant variety. Not only will these tomatoes do better indoors under lights, but these varieties also tend to be the better sauce/paste tomatoes.

Seed Starting Soil Mix

The first step to learning how to grow tomatoes is preparing a good starting soil mix. The mix I always use is a standard potting soil mix with about 10% worm castings added. Standard potting soil is usually equal parts perlite, vermiculite, and sphagnum peat and is adjusted to the right Ph by adding 1 teaspoon of hydrated lime for every gallon of soil mix. I actually like to Ph adjust my mix this way for tomatoes because the lime is a good source of calcium, which prevents blossom end rot in tomatoes later on.

I moisten the initial mix little by little, using plain water and Thrive Alive B1. The mix is just right when you squeeze a handful and get a few drops out of it... but only a few. If you mix it a little too wet, just add a little dry vermiculite and remix.

Starting your Tomato Seeds

Starting seeds is always a delicate part of growing anything, and learning how to grow tomatoes is no different. Start with a regular nursery tray full of your soil mix. Tomato seeds should be planted 1/4 inch deep, and about 8 seeds/inch. You may want to cover them for the first few days to keep them from drying out.

Tomato seeds germinate best at 80 degrees, and should be mostly up in 5 to 12 days. Remove any cover you may have on them as soon as they begin popping up. The fresh sprouts should be kept 4 to 6 inches underfluorescent lighting. The light should be kept on 18 to 24 hours a day. When they are 1 1/2 inches tall, carefully transplant them into their own 6 inch containers.

Tomato Plant Care

The easiest step of how to grow tomatoes. Keep them under 2 or 3 fluorescent lights that you leave on 18 to 24 hours every day. I usually feed them Maxsea 16-16-16 at this point, although they could probably use even more nitrogen (the first number). The strength of the solution is about600 ppm, which is 1 rounded teaspoon of Maxsea/gallon. I also add 10 ml/gallon Thrive Alive B1.

The ideal temperatures for growth are 70-75 degrees during the day and 65-67 degrees at night. When the plants reach 12 inches or more, they may need transplanting to one gallon containers. After 6 weeks or 8 weeks, your plants should be just about ready to begin fruiting them.

Begin Flowering your Tomatoes

Flowering is one of the trickiest parts of how to grow tomatoes indoors. You will need to be familiar with how to force flowering in plants. Some tomatoes flower in 60 days and others take up to 80 days, beginning from the time you force flowering. Just as you begin this process, you want to make your final transplant into 3 gallon containers.

For the first two weeks, you want to feed them heavy with a 10-52-70or similar fertilizer. Each time they need water give them food also at800 ppm, which would be a little over half of the recommended "full strength" on the directions. Keep in mind you are feeding them each time you water them. For the rest of the season, feed them 16-16-16 or similar at 800ppm.

Tomato Flower Pollination

If flowering is the trickiest part of how to grow tomatoes, than pollination must be the trickiest part of flowering. As soon as flowers develop and begin to open, you must pollinate everyday while it is warm and humid. Ideally, the humidity will be 65 to 70 percent. Greenhouse growers usually do this between 11:30am and 12:30pm (basically noon) when these conditions occur naturally. For them, early and late day pollination often will not produce proper crops.



This is a tomato flower. Part A is the male anthers that will drop the pollen. Part B is the female carpels that will catch the pollen. The little red arrow is where it all takes place.

Most male anthers produce their pollen on the outsides of the anthers, making it easy to release pollen into the wind for pollination. In the tomato plant, however, pollen is produced internally, as if trapped in a straw. This is the biggest problem for tomato pollination.

The plant needs vibration at the right frequency, such as the buzzing of a bees wings, to dislodge and release the pollen. The best way I have found to do this is to take an electric toothbrush to each support truss and main branch. The more pollen to successfully fertilize the plant, the more seeds will be produced in the fruit (and therefore the meatier the tomato will be).

Final Indoor Tips

Just some final ideas for you on how to grow tomatoes. Flowering plants need stronger light to grow properly developed fruit. Check out high pressure sodium lighting tips if you have any doubts. Also, always use a little lime in the transplant soil to prevent blossom end rot. A dose of Cal-Mag once your tomatoes have fruit set would not be a bad idea. Finally, the vines that grow from leaf axials are called suckers, and should be prunned off throughout flowering. They suck up food that would normally be used to grow nice tomatoes. In 60 to 80 days you should be enjoying some homemade spaghetti sauce yourself!

How to Grow Indoor Tomatoes

(http://www.tomatodirt.com/grow-indoor-tomatoes.html)

You can grow indoor tomatoes during the off season and have a continuous supply of fresh tomatoes all winter long!

Advantages to growing indoor tomatoes

• Taste. Fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes taste much better than store-ripened tomatoes.
• Health. Fresh tomatoes grown indoors can be preservative-free.
• Fun. Growing tomatoes indoors can satisfy your green thumb during the cold winter months.
• Prep for spring. Indoor tomato plants provide the opportunity to take cuttings in late winter to give your spring tomato patch an early jumpstart.

Where to grow indoor tomatoes

There are three places to grow tomatoes indoors.

1. On a windowsill. While a window is the easiest and cheapest place to grow tomatoes inside, make sure it faces south to allow enough light. Watch out for drafts to keep plants warm.
2. Under grow lights. A controlled light source allows tomato plants to receive their needed 12-16 hours a day.
3. In a greenhouse. A glass enclosure lets in plenty of natural light. With a reliable heat source in the greenhouse, plants can grow well.(Find greenhouse plans here.)

What you need to grow indoor tomatoes

Tomatoes need two things to grow successfully inside during winter.

Light
Indoor tomatoes require 12-16 hours of light a day. Even plants in a sunny window or in a greenhouse may need a few extra hours under grow lights during winter’s short days.
Heat
Indoor tomatoes grow best when the air temperature is between 65º-85ºF. If your house thermostat is set lower, your house is drafty, or your greenhouse isn’t heated, keep plants warm with a space heater or seedling heat mat.

What kinds of tomato plants should you grow indoors?

Cherry or plum tomato indeterminate varieties perform best indoors.
Why indeterminates? It can be tempting to choose compact tomato varieties to grow indoors because their size is, well, compact. But most compacts are determinate tomatoes, which produce a finite amount of fruit within a short time of about 2-3 weeks and then stop. Indeterminate varieties, on the other hand, continue to grow throughout the winter and will produce fruit in abundance. Never fear - you can choose indeterminate varieties that may not be labeled "compact" but won't create a jungle in your family room.
Why cherry or plum varieties? Small fruited plants (cherry or plum tomatoes) produce a large number of fruit and ripen quickly.

Best tomato varieties to grow indoors ...

Ways to start tomatoes indoors

Choose from three ways to get your indoor tomato plants started

1. Start tomato seeds midsummer either at in a windowsill or undergrow lights
2. Root tomato cuttings from your summer plants
3. Buy tomato plants mid-season