Flag Development

Flag Development

This first development has been created using the original bank note design. This time, I sourced my own note for the contextual relevance and scanned it in at a high dpi to gain as much detail as possible. I have used the same colours as the Sao Paulo flag as this was where the genre was stapled. Having just a Brazilian note would represent the whole of Brazil so this is why these colours were selected.

After having this design reviewed, it was aware to me that this was an incredibly simple design with very little effort. There could also be some legal issues with the simple fact it was scanning in money and printing it almost exactly the same. To take this further I was recommended to collage the notes together to create a mashup of different patterns and shapes. I also experimented with a few new colours which were also sourced from the flag. These colours were a lot darker and had more attitude compared to before. Having them collaged also relates back to a simple D.I.Y punk physical design aspects of old flyers and album covers. 

After collaging the notes together, I decided to try and incorporate some form into the design instead of having it completely random. I selected just a specific part of the collage which had a little cut of my hand in the corner. This was not meant to be included originally but it actually works really well with this rough aesthetic. This shows a random assortment of shapes and patterns getting a new perspective on the note. The idea behind this was that it almost looks like rubbish that has been thrown away almost mocking the currency, following through with the whole anti government message that most of these bands in the genre sing about. 

During a crit it was mentioned that this previous collaged design almost looks like a rhinos head. The relevance of this was that one of my main research aspects was about rhinos. I made the decision to recreate a rhinos head with the money using origami. This would also end up being my main object to represent the micro genre. I scanned the origami in and cropped the body off just using the head as a central aspect with a simple pattern taken from the bank note to fill the backspace. This clearly represents my research into the rhino and also using the banknote all in one. I was finally told to revert the colours back to my original navy, red and white as these current colours were way to stereotypical for this genre of music. Using these colours gave it more of a modern twist. 

After this design was shown to others, it was stated that this perhaps carried less detail in comparison to the other design. This is because it is an expanded version of the original note whereas, the previous design includes the whole note with every pattern at a larger scale. I was recommend to go back to the previous design, change the colours and edit it a bit to complete the rhino head shape. This was simply done and it includes all of my contextual research whilst keeping its full aesthetic.