April Cain Portfolio

SYMBOL PROJECTProduce a symbol which communicates my personal design ethos - Learn from Failure.

RECREATING AN ICONIC PHOTORecreate a chosen photograph from a specified era using purely in-camera methods.

MODERNIST MANIFESTOResearch, write and design a manifesto which explores modernism and modernity.

THE WORLD OF ZAPF DINGBATSProduce one character of the Zapf Dingbat alphabet out of wood and photograph within varying environments.

SHRINE PROJECTProduce an image which simultaneously celebrates two varying personal obsessions - Houmous and Makeup.

LETTERPRESSDesign and create a typographic letterpress piece articulating the first sentence from a well known book.

MUNDANE OBJECTCreate a poster that celebrates a mundane object using type and image.

REDESIGNING VINYLRedesign the front and back cover of your favourite 12” vinyl.

Side A1 Rush Hour Traffic

2 GMC’s 3 Freak City

4 Sour Apples feat. Travis Barker

Side B5 Bundle Up

6 Boomin’ feat. Tennille7 Penny Hardaway feat Ghostface

Side C8 Get Right

9 Gas Station feat. Bun B10 Flying Kites

11 Swimsuits feat. Mayer Hawthorne

Side D12 Roll Call feat. Chip tha Ripper, Asher Roth &

Boldy James13 Talk of the Town

14 Summer Jam feat Maxine Ashley produced by Pharell Williams

Executive producersChuck Inglish & Mikey Rocks

C.a.k.e Recordings JJC 2011 Green Label Sound

When Fish R

ide Bicycles

April CainRedesign VinylGraphic Design Communication Year 1May 2012

POST ARTExploring various forms of postal art including stamps and the postage of objects.

INSPIREDUsing digital and analogue motion graphic processes, generate a typographic response to a piece of spoken word audio.

STOP FRAME ANIMATIONProduce an animated sequence showing one of the top 14 brands of the world using only in-camera effects.

THUNDERINGWrite, film and edit a 1 minute film based on a randomly given title.

BRING THE BIG APPLE TO THE BIG SMOKEI took 60 red, white and blue helium balloons around London, encapturing the spirit and atmosphere of a New York street parade.

BODONI LETTERPRESSDesign a decorative letterform on illustrator to be laser cut into plywood, mounted and then printed.