WiG? - Place.

DAY 3

Today Rob took me with him to see the new BBC buildings in Salford which was really interesting as it will become the biggest digital facility in the EU as I've been informed.

The buildings themselves are really creatively designed and they make the layout of the offices inside interesting and modern. The building we went to see was for the Children's entertainment department and i noticed a few other signs with other programmes on them that would be aired during the evenings. They had lots of brilliant furniture and a layouts, the overall feel of it was that the place was designed to be communal. All the offices are open planned and there are plenty of places to sit and chat and have meets or conferences. My favourite bit about it was the playfulness of it, the walls and furniture were all really colourful and the windows were big and had a great view which would keep employees happy and unrestricted. The woman who was showing us around took us to measure and discuss these boards that would be used to write on by the staff and Creative Concerns job was to design vinyls to make headers and footers for them to make them look more interesting. She specifically mentioned they had some chairs that when you sit on them your legs don't touch the floor so as to make you feel more like a child. This amused me.

Before we headed back to the studio we made a short trip to the Lowry which is just opposite the BBC buildings. It was very good timing as they had literally just finished putting up the banners and posters for the Warhol exhibition, so we were able to take a few photos before coming back.

During the afternoon I worked more on the icons for the BBC project and I was looking into making patterns from the imagery i had create yesterday. Here's what I produced.

I feel like these are really simple and basic designs which I personally don't find entirely appealing, however, they may be of some use and may be engaging for someone else.