Category Archives: Modern Gazetteer

Ross Hetherington // Isotype – Language Without Boundaries

Isotype is a visual language that allows you to put across a narrative or a simple instruction in the easiest to understand format. It is not a replacement for text but an addition to it. Rules –  – Greater quantities

Ross Hetherington // Isotype – Language Without Boundaries

Isotype is a visual language that allows you to put across a narrative or a simple instruction in the easiest to understand format. It is not a replacement for text but an addition to it. Rules –  – Greater quantities

Ataitiya Bana//Modern Gazetteer

Bournville is mostly known for the cadbury factory and its housing-cottages. In 1879, George and Richard Cadbury moved their factory from the middle of Birmingham to a place away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre. Reasons being

Ataitiya Bana//Modern Gazetteer

Bournville is mostly known for the cadbury factory and its housing-cottages. In 1879, George and Richard Cadbury moved their factory from the middle of Birmingham to a place away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre. Reasons being

EleniZorpa//Modern Gazetteer

Suggested Rules of Health by Bournville Trust Village .Through the meeting which we had with Art student last Tuesday we discussed about the life control of B.V.T..People who lived in Bournville they had to follow the rules that George Cadbury

EleniZorpa//Modern Gazetteer

Suggested Rules of Health by Bournville Trust Village .Through the meeting which we had with Art student last Tuesday we discussed about the life control of B.V.T..People who lived in Bournville they had to follow the rules that George Cadbury

Simon Day | Experimenting with typeface

If you were asked to choose which statement was true, which would you pick? Would you make a random choice or one based on font type? Or would you even notice the statements were all in different fonts?

Simon Day | Experimenting with typeface

If you were asked to choose which statement was true, which would you pick? Would you make a random choice or one based on font type? Or would you even notice the statements were all in different fonts?

Simon Day | The power of Baskerville

How would you respond to different typeface, and would it influence a seemingly free decision. The following two webpages are part of an experiment by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris on unwitting readers of the New York Times. He devised a

Simon Day | The power of Baskerville

How would you respond to different typeface, and would it influence a seemingly free decision. The following two webpages are part of an experiment by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris on unwitting readers of the New York Times. He devised a

Simon Day | Helvetica. Period.

A video of Michael Bierut getting animated about typeface. He outlines the allure of helvetica to graphic designers in the 1960’s, and how the font changed the concept of brand identity as well as the style of graphics for a

Simon Day | Helvetica. Period.

A video of Michael Bierut getting animated about typeface. He outlines the allure of helvetica to graphic designers in the 1960’s, and how the font changed the concept of brand identity as well as the style of graphics for a

Esqandar Zulqarnain // Documentation of the Model Village

Image from Bournville : Model Village to Garden Suburb by Michael Harrison House in Sycamore Rd. built by W.A. Harvey in 1900. Dutch gables, Venetian windows and Renaissance dormers. An example image to capture an abstract image that shows the

Esqandar Zulqarnain // Documentation of the Model Village

Image from Bournville : Model Village to Garden Suburb by Michael Harrison House in Sycamore Rd. built by W.A. Harvey in 1900. Dutch gables, Venetian windows and Renaissance dormers. An example image to capture an abstract image that shows the

Esqandar Zulqarnain // Modern Gazetteer

Bournville began as a Model Village in 1895 and has since grown into a large garden suburb. Started by the Quaker chocolate manufacturer and philanthropist, George Cadbury, this seminal scheme was handed over to a charitable trust in 1900, when

Esqandar Zulqarnain // Modern Gazetteer

Bournville began as a Model Village in 1895 and has since grown into a large garden suburb. Started by the Quaker chocolate manufacturer and philanthropist, George Cadbury, this seminal scheme was handed over to a charitable trust in 1900, when

Eleni Zorpa // Physical Model

Above photograph depicts my physical work process . Based on Robert Rausenberg work i try to collect information about Social Mix in Bournville Village Trust and then stick them together and create a canvas of information . Through this week

Eleni Zorpa // Physical Model

Above photograph depicts my physical work process . Based on Robert Rausenberg work i try to collect information about Social Mix in Bournville Village Trust and then stick them together and create a canvas of information . Through this week

NUMAN HASSAN // ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION

Preservation can be defined as  all managerial, technical and financial considerations applied to retard deterioration and extend the useful life of (collection) materials to ensure their continued availability. Good storage will promote collection well-being by minimising the risk of infestation,

NUMAN HASSAN // ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION

Preservation can be defined as  all managerial, technical and financial considerations applied to retard deterioration and extend the useful life of (collection) materials to ensure their continued availability. Good storage will promote collection well-being by minimising the risk of infestation,

Simon Day | Graphical representation and its influence

What effect does the graphical design of a publication influence how we interpret the data it contains? ‘When We Build Again’, the defining text from the Bournville Village Trust and one that provided the base for much of the utopian

Simon Day | Graphical representation and its influence

What effect does the graphical design of a publication influence how we interpret the data it contains? ‘When We Build Again’, the defining text from the Bournville Village Trust and one that provided the base for much of the utopian

Ross Hetherington // Bournville Survey Rerun

Please Note: The questionnaire to follow is taken from the ‘Social mix: the Bournville experience’ it was a Bournville Village trust publication written by the South Australian Housing Trust. The questions must be seen in context as being written during

Ross Hetherington // Bournville Survey Rerun

Please Note: The questionnaire to follow is taken from the ‘Social mix: the Bournville experience’ it was a Bournville Village trust publication written by the South Australian Housing Trust. The questions must be seen in context as being written during

David Stone // Modern Gazetteer

Bournville was born out of the success of chocolate sales circa 1900 and is seen today as a model village. With exceptional working conditions unheard of in Victorian times the company attracted many good employees which saw the growth of

David Stone // Modern Gazetteer

Bournville was born out of the success of chocolate sales circa 1900 and is seen today as a model village. With exceptional working conditions unheard of in Victorian times the company attracted many good employees which saw the growth of

Numan Hassan I Modern Gazetteer

Hal Foster I An Archival Impulse I 2004 Hal Foster’s “An Archival Impulse” is a critical framework of understanding artists’ practice in archival art. The main purpose of archival art is to make historical information, often lost or displayed, physically

Numan Hassan I Modern Gazetteer

Hal Foster I An Archival Impulse I 2004 Hal Foster’s “An Archival Impulse” is a critical framework of understanding artists’ practice in archival art. The main purpose of archival art is to make historical information, often lost or displayed, physically