WEEK 3 RESEARCH- 5 SUPER SUPERSTITIOUS SYMBOLS

1. The Ying and Yang- is used to describe how polar or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world. How they give rise to each other in turn. The concept lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Anubis - is the Greek for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology. Anubis was associated with the mummification and protection of the dead for their journey into the afterlife.
3. 666 (devil)- the number of the beast
4. The Black Cat- In Great Britain, black cats are a symbol of good luck. The Scottish believe that a strange black cats arrival to the home signifies prosperity. Furthermore, it is believed that a lady who owns a black cat will have many suitors. However in Western history, black cats have often been looked upon as a symbol of evil omens, specifically being suspected of being the familiars of witches; other cultures also consider them to be bad luck.

5. Pentagram- The pentagram has magical associations, and many people who practice Neopagan faiths wear jewellery incorporating the symbol. Christians once more commonly used the pentagram to represent the five wounds of Jesus. The pentagram has associations with a number of other belief systems. The circle is a symbol of unity, wholeness, infinity, the goddess, female power, and the sun. To earth-centered religions throughout history as well as to many contemporary pagans, it represents the feminine spirit or force, the cosmos or a spiritualized Mother Earth, and a sacred space.

WEEK 3 IN CLASS EXERCISE

WEEK 2 INCLASS EXERCISE

Today's in class exercise we broke up into our tribes and had to each produce a mind map about ourselves, our passions and what we could bring to the group and what we wanted to achieve, then we had to make a group mind map about what we wanted to achieve as a good and who we are, and what we wanted others to see us as.

MY MIND MAP - features all the things I enjoy, my passions and what I think I can bring to the group and what I want to achieve with my design studies.

GROUP MIND MAP- features all the things we think we are good at, what we want others to see us as and what we want to achieve.

PARAGRAPH- to establish a statement about our group as a whole as a form of a rationale.

"We are each in active pursuit creativity, we are often sleepy and have very different dietary requirements. Although we are all hungry for success."

SENTENCE- the key points from our paragraph.

"We are all hungry for success in the design world."

WORDS- the key word/s from our sentence which are the most important.

"Success and Design."

OUR SYMBOL- features a key with the end as a pencil, "the key to success."

WEEK 2 RESEARCH- 5 GROUPS

After an in class lecture about groups and the role they play on society and the design world our homework was to research and explore 5 subgroups and identify their appearance, hobbies, jobs etc in order to see what identifies them as that group and why. I wanted to research a diverse variety of groups in order to get the full idea of how different groups differ from each other. The five groups are listed below with visuals to show the groups.

1- GOTH

Goth contemporary subculture began in the UK during the 1980s and is now seen in many cultures all over the world. Goth was a offshoot of post punk genre and was seen in a gothic rock scene. Goths are associated with taste in music (heavy mental/ dark lyrics) aesthetics (such as dark makeup and personality) and fashion (dark clothes featuring colours of black, red and purple). Styles of dress differ from each country including death rock, punk, Victorian and Medical styles. Most have dark attire, makeup and hair.

2- HIPPIE

Hippie was originally a youth movement which came of existence during the 1960s in the USA. The term ‘hippie’ came from the word ‘hipster’ and was used to describe artists such as Jimi Hendrix. The early hippies ideologies copied those of the Beat Generation, but later on hippie groups created their own social groups and communities and listened to psychedelic rock, embraced the sexual revolution and experimented with drugs such as marijuana. Hippie fashion and values had a major effect on the society, with huge influence from popular music, tv, film, literature and the arts. The hippies wore brightly coloured clothing, flared pants and headbands. The hippie legacy can be seen today in contemporary culture in minor forms such as health foods and music festivals.

3- NRL SPORT FANS

NRL sport fans are very passionate and loyal towards their chosen team. The team has normal been followed in their family for generation and normal the children are brought up with the team and will learn to live and breath their team. Each team has their own colours, sayings and songs, the team has memberships and VIP access to met the players days and after game interviews.

4- HELLS ANGELS

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is a worldwide motorcycle gang whose members typically ride Harley Davidson motorcycles. They are often associated with crime and violence, wear black leather jackets with Hells Angels patches and their primary motto is "When we do right, nobody remembers. When we do wrong, nobody forgets."

5- SKATER/SURFER

Surfer and skater can be seen under the same title. Surf culture includes the people, language, fashion and the general life surrounded by the sport of surfing. It began in the early 20th century and quickly became popular during the 1950s and 60s and continues to evolve today. Surfers are bound to hunt and search for great waves, the desire for the ultimate ride and the life around the ocean. The fashion includes swimwear, board shorts, surf t shirts and thongs all year round.

WEEK 1 HOMEWORK-DIRECTIONAL SIGNS WITH NO ARROWS

Homework- find 5 directional signs that don't include an arrow. This exercise was fairly hard as most signs use arrows as arrows are more effective in displaying direction. Below are photographies and images in which I found.

WEEK 1 INCLASS EXERCISE- TANGRAM

Our in class exercise for week 1 consisted of constructing 6 different images (animal, action figure, plant, face,vehicle, appliance) using the 7 shapes from a tangram. Below is an example of a tangram before the shapes are all cut out.

Below are the six tangram images I constructed in class.

VEHICLE

FACE

PLANT

ACTION FIGURE

ANIMAL

WEEK 1- REFLECTION

First class for Symbols and Distribution was interesting and I felt I learnt a lot through the different activities and exercises undertaken in class. The activities involved seeing ourselves as individuals and using different shapes to portray images. We also got given the Assessment brief and what is required within this we chose groups for our Assessment.