Who are you BETH?

We were asked to interview our partner using a series of questions. My partner was Beth.


Where are you from? Tell us about it?
Port Carlisle - no one lives there


What is your earliest memory?
Sister being bit by a swan


Which living person do you admire most, and why?
My mum because she's selfless


Cat, dog or other? Tell us why
Dogs because there the best


Where would you like to live? Why? What would you do if you lived there?
San Francisco because of its great history and i'd just live there


What would your super power be? What would you use it for?
Ability to stop time so i could say what i wanted to say


If you could bring something extinct back to life, what you choose? Why?
Dinosaurs because there the only thing and to say hello..?


What is your most unappealing habit?
Burping ( I've heard it, shes talented )


What is your favourite word? Why?
Powder, it sounds good


What is your favourite book? What do you like about it?
The man who broke into Auschwitz which is a true story about a German man who swapped places with a jew.


Which four people would you invite to your dream dinner party? Why?
Ed Westwick (an actor)/Richard Bragon (a poet) /Noel Fielding (actor/comedian) and a sausage dog


If you could edit your past, what you change? Why?
Giving my hamsters away because i miss them


If you could go back in time, where would you go? What would you do while you were there?
Beginning of uni to make sure i stayed in touch with people


What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Getting into uni


Tell us a joke?


Tell us a secret?
I used to collect stamps


From this interview I can tell that Beth is quite feminine as she loves dogs, poets, chose a sensitive attribute in what she admires in a person and an attractive actor was first on her list for a party although saying this there is the other side of her which involves burping... It's obvious from knowing Beth that she's an animal lover as from this interview and working with her in the past fluffy small animals often are mentioned which is backed up by the mention of hamsters and dogs within this interview. She appears to be a lover not a hater and to have a very caring nature which is supported by previous briefs where she's done about looking after hamsters and another which she researched circus animals. This could defiantly be a point of focus.


Looking at her blog:


I found a list of likes from a current brief


1. music
2. dogs/puppies
3. playing the piano
4. romance
5. photography
6. poetry
7. reading
8. jumpers
9. rings
10. ankle socks
11. glitter
12. chicken
13. the colour black
14. long hair
15. katie jo winter
16. sausage dogs (in particular)
17. flowers
18. stickers
19. apple juice
20. weekends
21. pastel shades
22. hoarding things
23. dry letter transfers



I loved Beth's designs for Circus food, the colours and patterns could be something to consider when designing her double page spread. She also used illustrative images which she turned digital which are simple and delicate in appearance. 

For the postcard brief she used a poet Brautigan and flowers for imagery.


I found this :

ANIMAL CRUELTY AND THE CIRCUS

" From my research, although I have a great love for and interest in animals, the vast majority of my past projects have ended up somehow being about them. I have looked at cats, guinea pigs and pets in general so it is evidently time to head in a different direction.

One subject that appears to have potential is 'the circus'.  "

which i think encourages the point she loves animals.. alot.


For a brief Beth visited the Dogs trust where i found that shes an owner of two dogs herself:
"As an owner of two rescue dogs, a Fell Terrier and a Greyhound, I must admit that the whole experience was pretty heart wrenching, leading to my Mum actually crying."
and that she's very caring and considerate
"You couldn't help but notice how sad some of the dogs looked. It was gutting to leave without being able to give one a home (definitely wasn't allowed). Instead, however, my parents and I made a considerable donation and also made the decision to sponsor a dog."

Here Beth has used flowers and poetry again, a really girly trait. She's used the same poet which seems a favourite of hers.

A simple happy message 

Again digital illustration

Pink cupcakes for the Typogautex brief - girly again with the colour pink and little sprinkles

Two Posters Beth blogged for hierarchy which she loved and i've pulled out some points as to why she liked it which will help in designed her spread

* Simplicity

* Use of body shape/language and text

* Usual, big, bold i-D logo that stands out

* Cheeky use of barcode

* No clutter of information

* No horrible in your face colours

* Really nice, crisp, bold, capitalised fonts

* I love you. What else is there to say?

* Use of the i-D eye

"Contrast between hand drawn and digital"

I found this type in one of Beths designs for a brief, i've noticed throughout this type and when writing in workshops she writes in this style, defiantly one to use!

Things she loves visually: 

Aesthetic qualities in design that are most important to me
1. greyscale
2. photographic (film)
3. pastels
4. florals
5. beauty

using photography and collage and greyscale

hand illustration skills and using flowers again

Points of interest on her Context blog

Ronald Dick

Meadham Kirchhoff

Elaine Mayes, Haight-Ashbury portraits

Again fashion, photography and flowers featured


Vintage lemonade labels she described as 'gorgeous'

A stock she liked

Lander Janssens work she describes as 'extremely lovely'

Favourite pantone colours

My favourite PANTONE colours

5425C

7443C

7499C

5425C

202C

Under 'Designs i love'

photography and greyscale seem to be a trend in these images

Some info about herself on her ppp blog

"I am very much a hoarder and therefore always have weird things lying around. I always tend to use simple things like a ripped off postage stamp for example to create something bigger and better."

"I am capable of working with a whole range of media and over the years I have built up skills in photography and textiles, which I love including in what I do. For example in a previous foundation brief, I created image and text through free-hand stitch on a sewing machine. "

Main points i took away from this process about Beth:

• animal lover
• photography
• greyscale
• pastel colours
• long thin type
• caring character
• flowers
• poetry