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Week 8: Postcards design

Another thing I wanted to do this last week of project was to change the design of my postcards (the ones that will be sent to the...

17 may 2020

Week 8: Website improvements (2)

After making some changes to my website some days ago, as a first attempt to make my website as efficient as possible visually but also...

16 may 2020

Week 8: Improving the website

Home page: I decided to change the homepage of my website, by changing the order in which the pages ares shown on the website. Before,...

16 may 2020

Week 7: Improving stamps design

Some of my previous stamps weren't working as well as others, in the sense that some of them felt to "specific" or "particular" and not...

16 may 2020

Week 7: Concept + website design changes

After changing the "concept" of my project (the exchange is not based in letters anymore), I also needed to make changes to my website,...

10 may 2020

Tutorials feedback

26th March tutorial 21st April tutorial 23rd April tutorial 28th and 30th April tutorial 5th May tutorial 6th May tutorial with Rebecca...

10 may 2020

Week 7: References

Here are the references I looked at during week 7, focusing on giving my project a clear visual tone of voice focusing around the concept...

10 may 2020

Week 7: Where do the stories come from?

The stories of homeless people that appear in the website are all based on true stories of homeless people that I discovered during my...

10 may 2020

Week 7: New stamps design

After noticing that the previous stamps' design wasn't working well, as the pastel colour didn't feel appropriated and the fact of having...

10 may 2020

Week 6: Stamps design

I started to do some visual tests with stamps, in an attempt to bring back to my website some elements related to the post and letters,...

6 may 2020

Week 6: Summary

5 may 2020

Week 6: Creating a website for the exchange program

Having the idea of creating a letter exchange program, aiming to establish a dialogue between homeless people and other individuals from...

5 may 2020

Week 6: typographic tests relating to homeless people's stories

During my easter research, I looked at campaigns made to tackle homelessness, and in general, at campaigns about homelessness made by...

5 may 2020

Week 6: homeless people letters & stories

Here are the first four letters I wrote for the letter exchange program. They are all inspired by real homelessness stories that I...

4 may 2020

Week 5: looking at how we meet new people nowadays (eg. of dating apps)

My project aim is to encourage a dialogue and a conversation between homeless people and other individuals from society, through an...

30 abr 2020

Week 5: Summary

30 abr 2020

Week 5: Updated timetable for FMP

29 abr 2020

Week 5: Letters system

The aim of my project being to encourage the dialogue/conversation between homeless people and the rest of individuals in society, I...

29 abr 2020

Week 5: Letter reference

After my tutorial with Nat on Tuesday, I realized that I really needed to start thinking what I wanted to do with the typography I...

28 abr 2020

Week 5: Visual references

The Empathy Museum I took The Empathy Museum as a reference, as it is a "museum" where visitors can literally put someone else's shoes...

28 abr 2020

Week 5: Visual tests

Working on how homeless people are left apart/aside by society, how society has "abandoned" homeless people, I reworked on the idea of...

27 abr 2020

Week 5: Brainstorming ideas

After Thursday's (21/04) tutorial, I worked on how to narrow down what I was looking at, as I was looking at lots of different aspects of...

26 abr 2020

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Week 8: Postcards design

Another thing I wanted to do this last week of project was to change the design of my postcards (the ones that will be sent to the...

17 may 20202 Min. de lectura

Week 8: Website improvements (2)

After making some changes to my website some days ago, as a first attempt to make my website as efficient as possible visually but also...

16 may 20202 Min. de lectura

Week 8: Improving the website

Home page: I decided to change the homepage of my website, by changing the order in which the pages ares shown on the website. Before,...

16 may 20202 Min. de lectura

Week 7: Improving stamps design

Some of my previous stamps weren't working as well as others, in the sense that some of them felt to "specific" or "particular" and not...

16 may 20201 Min. de lectura

Week 7: Concept + website design changes

After changing the "concept" of my project (the exchange is not based in letters anymore), I also needed to make changes to my website,...

10 may 20201 Min. de lectura

Tutorials feedback

26th March tutorial 21st April tutorial 23rd April tutorial 28th and 30th April tutorial 5th May tutorial 6th May tutorial with Rebecca...

10 may 20201 Min. de lectura

Week 7: References

Here are the references I looked at during week 7, focusing on giving my project a clear visual tone of voice focusing around the concept...

10 may 20201 Min. de lectura

ABOUT ME

I'm Alejandro Boutin, a Kingston Art & Design Foundation student, currently doing Graphic Design. This is my FMP's blog, where you can get a taste of what my FMP is going to explore and investigate, as well as see the process and development of my work and my project during these eight weeks. Hope you enjoy it!