stamp project brief
(I was given the subject British design pioneers)
To capture the essence of your subject on the smallest canvas
Create a set of 6 - 8 brilliant, beautiful & intelligent special issue stamps for Royal Mail
Create two hand stamps to work alongside these.
To capture the essence of your subject on the smallest canvas
Create a set of 6 - 8 brilliant, beautiful & intelligent special issue stamps for Royal Mail
Create two hand stamps to work alongside these.
research
Stamps
Design pioneers
I wanted to choose a pioneer from as many areas of design as possible, so i began to look into this.
I wanted to choose a pioneer from as many areas of design as possible, so i began to look into this.
Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood (1941 - 2022) was a British fashion designer who aimed to raise awareness of important political matters through her designs.
She focused on issues such as climate change, equality, and freedom.
Vivienne is famously known for stating "The only reason I'm here is to destroy the word conformity."
Vivienne Westwood (1941 - 2022) was a British fashion designer who aimed to raise awareness of important political matters through her designs.
She focused on issues such as climate change, equality, and freedom.
Vivienne is famously known for stating "The only reason I'm here is to destroy the word conformity."
peter saville
peter saville (1955 - present) is a british art director and graphic designer, he is best known for his work on factory records album covers.
saville has worked with some of fashion's most iconic names, such as burberry, stella mccartney & dior.
he is known for stating "you can sell anything with a logo on - that needed to be questioned" after destroying lacoste's crocodile logo when asked to come up with an 80th birthday design for the brand.
peter has stepped away from commissioned work, to focus on his own path.
peter saville (1955 - present) is a british art director and graphic designer, he is best known for his work on factory records album covers.
saville has worked with some of fashion's most iconic names, such as burberry, stella mccartney & dior.
he is known for stating "you can sell anything with a logo on - that needed to be questioned" after destroying lacoste's crocodile logo when asked to come up with an 80th birthday design for the brand.
peter has stepped away from commissioned work, to focus on his own path.
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN (1969 - 2010) WAS A BRITISH FASHION DESIGNER WHO'S WORK LARGELY REFLECTED HIS STATE OF MIND.
he wasn't afraid of creating something beautiful from the darkness.
HE WAS FEARLESS, CREative & PROVOCATIVE, he was known as a pioneer of catwalk theatre.
mcqueen famously said "You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition."
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN (1969 - 2010) WAS A BRITISH FASHION DESIGNER WHO'S WORK LARGELY REFLECTED HIS STATE OF MIND.
he wasn't afraid of creating something beautiful from the darkness.
HE WAS FEARLESS, CREative & PROVOCATIVE, he was known as a pioneer of catwalk theatre.
mcqueen famously said "You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition."
Margaret calvert
margaret calvert (1936 - present) IS A BRITISH graphic DESIGNER and typographer WHO'S WORK INCLUDES DESIGNING all current uk road signs.
pre 1965 there was no unified road signage system in the uk.
CALVERT'S FIRST PROJECT WAS HELPING JOCK KINNEIR DESIGN THE SIGNS FOR Gatwick AIRPORT.
the type face 'transport' used on all signage was also designed by calvert and kinneir.
sHE stated "you should be judged by your work, not by your gender. i don't want to be hived off in a woman's group."
margaret calvert (1936 - present) IS A BRITISH graphic DESIGNER and typographer WHO'S WORK INCLUDES DESIGNING all current uk road signs.
pre 1965 there was no unified road signage system in the uk.
CALVERT'S FIRST PROJECT WAS HELPING JOCK KINNEIR DESIGN THE SIGNS FOR Gatwick AIRPORT.
the type face 'transport' used on all signage was also designed by calvert and kinneir.
sHE stated "you should be judged by your work, not by your gender. i don't want to be hived off in a woman's group."
Jonathan ive
jonathan ive (1967 - present) is A BRITISH product DESIGNER WHO'S WORK includes designing the ipod, iphone, apple watch and the ipad.
jony was chief designer of apple until 2019, when he left to start his own design firm - lovefrom.
before his work at apple he designed all manner of things.
ive is known for his clean, effective product design.
he is known for stating "there's no learning without trying lots of ideas, and failing lots of times."
jonathan ive (1967 - present) is A BRITISH product DESIGNER WHO'S WORK includes designing the ipod, iphone, apple watch and the ipad.
jony was chief designer of apple until 2019, when he left to start his own design firm - lovefrom.
before his work at apple he designed all manner of things.
ive is known for his clean, effective product design.
he is known for stating "there's no learning without trying lots of ideas, and failing lots of times."
ZAHA HADID
ZAHA HADID (1950 - 2016) was A BRITISH architect & DESIGNER WHO'S WORK INCLUDES DESIGNING the riverside museum in glasgow, the london aquatics centre, & the invest-corp building at st anthony's college.
she has designed many buildings world wide.
she was known for exploring movement in architecture.
before her, architecture was dominated by straight lines and traditional materials.
hadid said "You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices."
ZAHA HADID (1950 - 2016) was A BRITISH architect & DESIGNER WHO'S WORK INCLUDES DESIGNING the riverside museum in glasgow, the london aquatics centre, & the invest-corp building at st anthony's college.
she has designed many buildings world wide.
she was known for exploring movement in architecture.
before her, architecture was dominated by straight lines and traditional materials.
hadid said "You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices."
James dyson
james dyson (1947 - present) is an industrial designer, inventor, and entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to solving problems.
in 1974 Dyson created his first invention, a wheelbarrow with a singular wheel, which did not take off.
since then he has gone on to create the bagless vacuum cleaner, the blade-less fan and much more.
dyson is known for saying "at dyson, a designer and and engineer are one and the same."
james dyson (1947 - present) is an industrial designer, inventor, and entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to solving problems.
in 1974 Dyson created his first invention, a wheelbarrow with a singular wheel, which did not take off.
since then he has gone on to create the bagless vacuum cleaner, the blade-less fan and much more.
dyson is known for saying "at dyson, a designer and and engineer are one and the same."
KELLY HOPPEN
KELLY HOPPEN (1959 - present) is a british interior designer who is known for her signature neutral palette
and for creating calm, balanced environments.
she believes in juxtaposing antique with modern, and is known for utilising feng shui.
kelly is recognised as one of the most influential female entrepreneurs.
she is known for stating "i am convinced that a calm, quiet interior can be just as beneficial to health as a sensible diet & regular exercise."
KELLY HOPPEN (1959 - present) is a british interior designer who is known for her signature neutral palette
and for creating calm, balanced environments.
she believes in juxtaposing antique with modern, and is known for utilising feng shui.
kelly is recognised as one of the most influential female entrepreneurs.
she is known for stating "i am convinced that a calm, quiet interior can be just as beneficial to health as a sensible diet & regular exercise."
IDEAS
designing stamps
design
i decided that i wanted to have quotes from all of the 'design pioneers' as a backdrop for the stamps, and try different things to represent each designer on each stamp.
my ideas for this so far are:
- images of each designer
- something designed by each designer / an icon to represent them
- the logo of each designer
- a drawn portrait of each designer.
- just quotes themselves ?
- pairs of stamps
i trialled writing a quote from each designer on their stamp, but didn't think that it brought the design together enough, so i decided to mix it up and put quotes from all of the designers across everything, and treat the project as one 'work of art.'
i played about with a couple of fonts, & decided that i liked this handwritten look.
i wasn't feeling the first design, so i went on to create some more of my ideas. so far my favourite designs are the stamps with coloured icons / coloured people.
the colours have meaning...
yellow for peter saville as he is well known for his factory records covers.
pink for zaha hadid as she was known for supporting women.
white / teal for alexander mcqueen as he favoured these colours in his last designs.
red for margaret calvert as she invented the current uk road signage system.
grey for kelly hoppen due to her preference for neutral colour palettes.
purple for james dyson as dyson are well known for their purple tones.
green for vivienne westwood as she was a climate activist.
orange for jony ive as his first company was named tangerine.
i decided that i wanted to have quotes from all of the 'design pioneers' as a backdrop for the stamps, and try different things to represent each designer on each stamp.
my ideas for this so far are:
- images of each designer
- something designed by each designer / an icon to represent them
- the logo of each designer
- a drawn portrait of each designer.
- just quotes themselves ?
- pairs of stamps
i trialled writing a quote from each designer on their stamp, but didn't think that it brought the design together enough, so i decided to mix it up and put quotes from all of the designers across everything, and treat the project as one 'work of art.'
i played about with a couple of fonts, & decided that i liked this handwritten look.
i wasn't feeling the first design, so i went on to create some more of my ideas. so far my favourite designs are the stamps with coloured icons / coloured people.
the colours have meaning...
yellow for peter saville as he is well known for his factory records covers.
pink for zaha hadid as she was known for supporting women.
white / teal for alexander mcqueen as he favoured these colours in his last designs.
red for margaret calvert as she invented the current uk road signage system.
grey for kelly hoppen due to her preference for neutral colour palettes.
purple for james dyson as dyson are well known for their purple tones.
green for vivienne westwood as she was a climate activist.
orange for jony ive as his first company was named tangerine.
DEVELOPMENT WORK
after creating i chose my favourite designs and added some texture, stamp class and presentation backdrop.
Finals
stamp set
PRESENTATION PACK FRONT
presentation pack BACK
INSIDE PRESENTATION PACK
HAND STAMPS
MOCK UPS
FEEDBACK
AT THE FEEDBACK SESSION IT WAS MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE STAMP COLOURS STOOD OUT MORE THAN OTHERS, SO I TOOK THE TIME TO REDO THESE.
AT THE FEEDBACK SESSION IT WAS MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE STAMP COLOURS STOOD OUT MORE THAN OTHERS, SO I TOOK THE TIME TO REDO THESE.
