NeW UNi MeDiA BuILdiNg

This is the interior of Salford University's new building at Media City UK.  Work on the Believe event that took place last weekend.

This is a sleek new interior.

 In this building black and white are dominating but there are accent colours:

Red, turquoise, lime green.

Splashes of colours are incorporated into the furniture, the laminated glass, the walls and the flooring. 

Graphic text on the wall adds to the edgy design. 

Colour vision :)

I am loving this red, white and black interior :)  

Notice the clever sofa design. This is very useful for us students and our laptops!!! 

SaLFoRD QuAYs

So I have been to Salford Quays a fair amount of times this month :) 

This area is now a strong cultural and attractive location especially since the BBC moved up there. 

There are a  lot of interesting buildings in the area : Imperial war Museum, Lowry centre, Pie Factory, BBC headquarters.

The river adds to the spot with funky bridges and walkways along side.  

The Blue City

 Chefchaouen, Morocco.

Aeolus

So this is what happens when acoustics meet architecture ! A sound sculpture ! 
This was here in Salford, Media city a few days ago ! Went to see it at least  3 times ! I love it. The shapes, the materials, the reflections .... 

Here are a few of my snapshots ! Proud of these images as I have not rendered any. 

TrUe PaSsIonate ReD

When I was younger I use to love reading fantasy adventure books. And now I love watching supernatural TV series. 

TRUE BLOOD is one of the series I follow.

It's an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball,based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana

So here are a few of the promotional posters and more.

So this is the first promotional poster for the series. It's been adapted to CD's, DVD covers, and for TV commercials.

I love this image as it is cropped in a very interesting way. There is a sense of mystery in the picture. The intensity of the colour even thought cold and dark has a very good impact. It almost looks like an over sharpened picture on the verge of looking like a graphic image.

The simplicity in most of these poster is what I find interesting. Text is used cleverly and the images have only one focal point and a strong background.  

These are very developed and thought through promotional posters. Very strong branding for something that is imaginary.

Obviously as this is a Vampire series. There is emphasis on Blood.

Notice the optical illusion on the first poster. One can also notice the change of typography along this the seasons.

The main colours used are RED,BLACK,WHITE and shades of them.

The effect on these picture are quite interesting. Scratched paper / dripping ink/blood / tints of red,blacks,white on the images, the clothes... 

Here the whole crew and a bit more. 

Cut outs of images to write. This creates a mysterious feel again. 

Check out the credits for True Blood. This was nominated for an Emmy. 

This sequence was created by Digital Kitchen, a production studio that was also responsible for creating the title sequence of  Dexter, another TV series I like.