Big Brother House

Over the holidays I have been very in to watching the reality TV show on channel 4 called Big Brother. There are around 10 people that were put in the house in the beginning and as you probably know the housemates go to the diary room and choose two people who they want to be put up for eviction for the public to vote off the following Friday.

This program had become routine for me to watch and became addictive as it was so entertaining. The housemates were not celebrities and were normal people which made it even better.

What drew me to this program is that by word of mouth somebody told me that the Big Brother house had been changed drastically from the last series. I understand that the house gets changed every series that they do but when I turned on the television I agreed with that person that it is the best they have made it yet. They had a snug, a glass bathroom, a funky kitchen a garden where the smokers bit was a carousel and a huge bedroom. Here is a photograph of the garden below:












I also really like the new Big Brother logo made of flowers above. Here are a few older designs:



























Here is the Big Brother 2010 advert before it came out below:

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King Liverpool

When I have been visiting my friend that is a student herself in Liverpool I have always had to pass this Cathedral on the way to where she was staying. The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool The cathedral's architect was Englishman Frederick Gibberd, the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962, and took five years. Earlier designs for a Catholic cathedral in Liverpool had been proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none were completed.

Being Catholic myself I think that this piece of architecture is modern and eye catching. I like the way that its roof is shaped in the form of a wigwam. The cathedral is built in concrete with a Portland stone cladding and a lead covering to the roof. Its plan is circular, having a diameter of 195 feet (59 m), with 13 chapels around its perimeter. The shape of the cathedral is conical, and it is surmounted by a tower in the shape of a truncated cone. The building is supported by 16 boomerang-shaped concrete trusses which are held together by two ring beams, one at the bends of the trusses and the other at their tops. Flying buttresses are attached to the trusses, giving the cathedral its tent-like appearance. Rising from the upper ring beam is a lantern tower, containing windows of stained glass, and at its peak is a crown of pinnacles.

The entrance is at the top of a wide flight of steps leading up from Hope Street. Above the entrance is a large wedge-shaped structure. This acts as a bell tower, the four bells being mounted in rectangular orifices towards the top of the tower. Below these is a geometric relief sculpture, designed by William Mitchell, which includes three crosses. To the sides of the entrance doors are more reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell, which represent the symbols of the Evangelists. The steps which lead up to the cathedral were only completed in 2003, when a building which obstructed the steps path was acquired and demolished by developers.

I decided to take a trip down to Liverpool with a friend and take a few photographs of the Cathedrals exteria.

Theatre of Dreams

Recently I have been really getting in to my football and I have always been brought up as a red. Manchester United are who I support. I went to my first match not so long ago and we played Portsmouth and won 5-0 which was brilliant for my first match. I know it is not the most best built stadium in the world, but I like it so much because of the hoards of people that holds 65,000 united fans that all sing the same songs. The atmosphere is just totally out of this world. I was more fortunate to get a seat in the Stretford End where it really is bouncing! These people are fans with season tickets and know every song and mainly start them off.

It is a fantastic ground and now I can really see why it is called the 'Theatre of Dreams'. Not only does it hold and immense amount of United fans but it looks fantastic and has good players which normally win against their opponents!














Here are the goals from the match that I was at for the first time below:

Dreamworks

Now I know that I might be punching a little above my weight, but this is the kind of company that I want to work for even just walk around the building to see how this massive creative industry makes the cogs turn. My idea when I leave university is to move to America and find a big graphic company there that will take me on and teach me their ways of designing.

Why America? Simple. America in my eyes is the land of opportunities, there are so many buildings/ skyscrapers, massive stars, more things to do and see, better fashion range as they make it before it comes out over here. Everything to me is just bigger and better and I have experienced this when I went to New York for a week. It was the best time of my life and that is what I want my career to involve just being there and being involved! But yes this is my aim, this is my goal in life to achieve this or something similar.

Dreamworks has made many different yet well known animation movies, such as:

Shrek
Kung Fu Panda
Madagascar
Shark Tale
Chicken Run
Monster vs Aliens
Antz
and many more...

All of these films have child and adult humour so it is fun for the whole family to watch together. The colours and the graphics are so realistic as you will be able to see even down to every hairline on every character shows perfection. Here are some of my favourite movie trailers created by dreamworks below:

Kiss My Pixel

Recently over the holiday I have been watching a nature program on CBBC called Deadly 60. I know.. I know it sounds a bit babyish but the presenter of the show Steve Backshall is so entertaining! It is a program for kids but really I think it has adult humour in it to so the whole family can enjoy! I already love wildlife, animals and nature so to be able to see new things and understand certain species/ creatures habitats and environments is brilliant!














Kiss My Pixel are based in Bristol and have worked with many programs to create the beginning introduction to a series on television. Here is a clip of a wild tiger that the team have gone to investigate below:



I was unable to get a copy of the title sequence for my blog as there is nothing on youtube, and you have to buy it on Kiss My Pixel. So if you would like to have a quick glimpse at Deadly 60's introduction then here is the link below. As you will see the orange colours are fantastic and it looks as though a map zooms and fades in and out whilst Steve is talking. The music is heavy and makes you feel like you are going to be taken on a journey with them!

http://www.kissmypixel.com/portfolio/detail/?id=40&asset=137

Jason Brooks

Ever since I have been old enough to go clubbing, I have always seen flyers about advertising Hed Kandi nights. This music is like funky house and a little bit of trance. Jason Brooks is Hed Kandi's designer as has created over 50 album covers for them as well as artwork for Fierce Angel.

I know that he is an illustrator which is not really my pathway but his use of lines and solid colours to make images of beautiful women inspires me to use this kind of technique in my own. I am always excited to see what he comes out with next in each volume of Hed Kandi music.

Like I said he draws and illutrates women, fashion and architecture using vector art (something I would love to learn and be very confident in using). Here are some images of his work.

Liquid Solution

I really like Liquid Solution, as I go down to Liverpool quite a lot I know my way round quite well and have gotten to meet many other students that go to LJMU due to my best friend living there for two years. I have heard people talk about Liquid Solution whilst I have been down there and had never really checked it out up until now.

Again I love the fact that it uses motion graphics as you enter the page and it talks to you using both text and visuals. Brilliant idea.














After you have entered you can browse through their portfolio where their main focuses are:

Advertising
Branding
Creative Design
Digital and Social Media
Strategic Marketing
Web Design

Here are some of their most well known clients that they design for:















This company really is quite impressive, this is the kind of company that I would be more than willing to join when I leave University.