Monday, June 6, 2011

Logo creation - the story of the winning logo


01 – Book Presentation
Logo Title: In The Hair
Graphic designers: Laura Basso, Silvia Blazina
Project: Fashion Talk

02 – Report
IN THE HAIR

After a careful analysis of the project objectives of “Fashion Talk, a long research started to define the graphics and try to represent all the target to which the logo is designated
A Brainstorming took place to collect a massive structure of information and ideas, that were not only related to the concept of “fashion” but the way in which people from different social backgrounds are differentiate in the community. We arrived to the point that people are different not only related of what they wear but also from different reasons that go from the items they use, the way they speak and listen and even from the haircut that “they wear.” And it is from this point that we started. Starting from a very simple and clean sign we have represented three different figures, respectively: 
-          the Emo (from emotional), recognizable from the long hair's lock on the eyes and marked by an absent smile,
-          the famous punk for the omnipresent crest tense to an often hostile expression 
-          and the Rasta, happy among the hair always ruffled. 
The primary objective of this observation aimed at the idea to recognize the different styles inside a context that could be read today, in the past and be recognizable in the future.
The used font comes from an analysis which aim was to emphasize the concept of the project and to harmonically assemble it to the represented illustration. 
After various tests on the position in comparison to the image we chosen to place it not above or over but a side, to underline the idea that each follows the other, trying to hold them in the same run, then, we selected to gather together the images through a rectangular frame giving the same idea of the famous label positioned inside the suits, to remind of what the fashion follows that is quality and contents.
Despite the project asked for a very coloured imaginary the use of the black and white seemed more appropriate there and of impact in comparison to what we were representing. 




03- Mood
In The Hair
The style is defined also from the hair cut that we “wear”.
Used as tool to categorize one person and associate her/him to a group/thought.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Country report: Portugal

Please find the documents here:
Country Report Portugal (Portuguese)
Summary of Country Report Portugal (English)

Country report: Italy

Please find the documents here:
Country Report Italy (Italian)
Summary of Country Report Italy (English)

Fashion Motivation: Logo contest for FashionTalk in Italy

Cramars organized a logo contest with great success. More than 30 high quality designs have been presented. The project team had really hard work to choose the favorites.


Moreover the works presented did not just include the logo itself but a reasoning and the way of creation.
In this article we would like to share the impressions of the winning logo.



 "Style is also defined by the cutting and "wearing" of hair. Used as a tool to label a person and a group association or way of thinking."




Here the final result:

Congratulations to the winners Laura Basso and Silvia Blazina and a big thank you to all contributors!

Friday, March 25, 2011

Berlin - meeting preparation started

The timeframe for the next meeting in Berlin is fixed:
Friday, May 20, 2011 10:00 -
Saturday, May 21, 2011 16:30

A most interesting part will be the visit of the open day at Oberstufenzentrum Bürowirtschaft and Verwaltung, where fashion is integrated in communication and other soft skill training and education topics.


Rumors say that partners already started to book their flights :-)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

National report Portugal - an introduction

The final version of the national reports needs still some time.
In the meanwhile the project meeting in Italy (Udine / Tolmezzo / Sutrio) resulted in a winning logo out of a competition of 35(!!) proposals made by students.
The winner was asked to apply the logo design to a document template and the printable version of the national reports will be done in this style.

However, this presentation gives an introduction to the national report from Portugal.


We hope you enjoy!

Monday, December 27, 2010

Project partners


"E-C-C Verein fur interdisziplinare Beratung und Bildung"
Education – Culture – Citizenship - AUSTRIA






ECC focuses on the interdisciplinary approach at vocational and personal adult education and counselling:
Training of social competences
Basic skills
Diversity & gender
Train the trainer programmes
European integration
Labour market skills


Verein für Arbeit und Kultur e.V. - GERMANY







VKA, the Association “Culture & Work” (Verein “Kultur und Arbeit” e. V.) is an institution which offers services at the interface of education, culture and working market. Embedded in a network of partners in nine European countries (Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Greece, United Kingdom and Luxembourg) the association offers expertise in the operational steering of application projects in education (especially vocational training) and cultural economy.


Instituto Politecnico de Beja/Escola Superior de Educacao - PORTUGAL

 






The Beja’s Higher School of Education of (ESEB) is a non-profit public organization, specifically a higher school for dedicated to the training of teachers in cultural, scientific, technical and professional aspects. Direct target groups of ESEB’s activity are students in the age range between 18 and 25 years old in initial education, but also student between 24 and 30 years old in pos-graduation studies.


Cooperativa Cramars - ITALY









Cooperativa Cramars works on a local and regional basis with Adult Community Learning sector. The main activity is the development of training courses but it also does social-economic searches, it livens up marginal communities and promotes equal opportunity projects. Cramars is accredited from the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia to organize courses for apprentices, target for this project (compulsory in our region).


Oberstufenzentrum Burowirtschaft und Verwaltung - GERMANY











OSZ Office Economy and Administration is the umbrella for various educational activities: Apart from secondary highschool and gygmnasium OSZ runs a vocational school for office and administration professions in the private and public sector.
OSZ has 3000 students per year. Within the framework of the educational programme, OSZ is dedicated to promote international relations and to ameliorate the communicative competences among trainees and trainers. These efforts have been acknowledged by receiving a mobility certificate from the German LLP National Agency in 2009.