OUGD405 Brief 2 - Secondary Research

From my research I have collated a body of information:

This information is re worded into my own apart from facts

and statistics.

The first known tickets were used in the Greek period for the theatre

these were small disks called tessara’s these were made out of clay or 

sometimes even bone, from then on tickets were issued frequently to 

funerals, events, transport etc…These tickets where not always necessarily 

paper tickets some coins etc. But paper was the easiest form some tickets 

were very ornate and intricate.
Although the ticket industry is important the most decorative is in concert 

tickets but a more widely use of tickets is transport such as Trains, buses 

and trams.

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1.The oldest railway system in the world belongs to the UK.
2.The first tickets to be used on railway was at Leeds and Manchester.
3.In 1990 Thomas Edmondson designed a machine that would stamp the

date on tickets these were bolted to all ticket offices to make sure no tickets 

were forged.
4.The first paper tickets were written.

5.In 1842 tickets where adopted in all train stations in the UK.
6.In the 1990s tickets for travel and platform were available.
7.A ticket is a piece of card the shows their entitlement to certain rights such

as train travel, concert seats, cinema etc.
8.Edmondson tickets are highly collectible.
9.It can take up to a kilometer for some trains to stop.

10.Shanghai Maglev is currently the fastest train in the world and has an 

average speed of 251kmph.
11.The first steam Locomotive (Steam train) was built in Britain in 1804.
12.Trains we use today were developed from steam trains.
13.Before 1804 as early as 1698 Thomas Savery invented the first steam engine.
14.Earlier trains relied on ropes, horses and gravity. 

15.Trains can be powered by energy sources such as steam, diesel and electricity.
16.A monorail is a single rail with the train suspended from it.
17.The first underground railway was built in London.
18.The longest train station in the UK is 600m long.
19.Trains are one of the most eco friendly ways to travel.
20.A frieght train can carry upto 1000 tons.

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Top 10 train journeys

1.Manakara Express, Madagascar

2.Bernina Express, St Moritz, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy

3.Clermont-Ferrand to Limoges

4.Bergen to Oslo in winter, Norway

5.Brocken railway, Germany

6.Tazara railway: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Mbeya, Zambia

7.The Ghan, Australia

8.New York City, US to Montreal, Canada

9.Badulla to Haputale, Sri Lanka

10.The Rocky Mountain Loop, Canada

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•The UK rail industry employs more than 190,000 people.
•The UK rail network includes more than 2,500 stations and more than 

40,000 bridges and tunnels.
•Every year, there are more than 1.3 billion passenger journeys
•Since privatisation, train operators have delivered 22% more services and 

attracted over 60% more passengers.
•Money from fares raises around £6bn a year, paying for around half of the 

industry’s £12bn annual costs. 

•In 2011, the average price of a single rail journey was:
£3.79 in London and the South East
£20.92 on long distance
£3.37 on regional routes
•Sales of cheap Advance tickets have risen 80% in the last four years
•Journeys made on Railcards has risen by 70% in the last decade.
•In 2013/14 there were 315 fatalities by rail.
•In 2013/14 there were 440 major accidents by rail.

•In 2012/13, 62% of all rail journeys in Great Britain started or finished in 

London.
•In 2013/14, 77% traveled by Car/Van, 9% rail, 5% Bus, 8% other.
•In 2013/14, 90.0% of franchised operators’ trains arrived on time at their 

destination
•More than 80% of people travel on some form of discounted ticket.
• Only 2% of long- distance passengers travel on a full fare ticket.
•In 2013/14, 70% of journeys were made with London & South East operators, 

22% with regional operators and 8% with long-distance operators.

•82% of rail passengers in Great Britain were satisfied with their journey overall in

spring 2014
•National rail fares increased on average by 102% between January 1997 and 2014
•In recent years 8 to 9% of freight moved in Great Britain has been moved by rail.
•In 2013/14, 54 per cent of travellers were male and 46 per cent were female.

This is a bibliography of websites/blogs I have used for my research.

http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/15397/passenger-rail-usage-quality-report-2014-15-q2.pdf

http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/statistical-releases

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmondson_railway_ticket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Great_Britain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_railway_history

http://www.stagecoach.com/~/media/Files/S/Stagecoach-Group/Attachments/pdf/rail-industry-faqs.pdf

http://blog.indianluxurytrains.com/2011/02/top-10-luxury-trains-in-world.html

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/apr/07/ten-of-the-world-s-amazing-train-journeys

http://britishletterpress.co.uk/letterpress-guides/edmondson-style-rail-tickets/

http://www.railwayana.net/RailwayTickets/index.htm

http://www.trainhistory.net/railway-history/

OUGD405 Brief 2 - Mindmap

Mind map of 100 

The first way instinctively to attack this brief head on was to create 

a mind map highlighting different way I could approach the brief over

the christmas period.

As said on the brief it must be a collection which in turn links up to

100 literal or non literal, This is a brief list of some of the things I have

highlighted on my mind map...

• Coins
• Clothing
• Photographs
• Taxidermy
• Tickets
• Sentiments
• 100 years of history
• 100 ways to say Hello.. bonjour, hola, etc.

I have chosen to research into tickets because this is both personal and
interesting to me I myself collect tickets from places I have been and
visited including Journeys, Concerts and museums etc.. to keep a memory
of the day.

The next step for me is to research into tickets further to create my presentation,
this will be without doubt fun to do because of my interest in the subject.

OUGD405 Festive brief design boards

OUGD405 Festive Brief

FESTIVE BRIEF

I worked with Hattie Windley!

Research

We decided together to look at previous years work for inspiration
our inspiration came from a pun. We looked at several recipes and
adaptations. These looked simple to do but difficult to make.

We both equally love the Ampersand "&" we came up with a simple


but punny idea

JAMPERSANDS!

We looked for recipes we could follow to great great and tasty jammy
dodgers this is the recipe we used... Here are our designs for the ampersand
dodgers.

We decided biscuits were not big enough a challenge this lead

us to delve to make a victoria sponge with a keen influence of 

jam.

Production

Outcome

OUGD405 Brief 2

Brief 2
Design Process - Research

Produce a body of work that investigates the term/concept/value/number

100 by collecting, recording, documenting and categorising.

You will prepare a two min presentation on this body of work..

Considerations

Identify a specific content in relation to your theme that will become 

your individual focus for this brief.
You must collect the following:

• 20 FACTS
• 20 OPINIONS
• 20 WORDS
• 20 STATISTICS
• 20 PHOTOGRAPHS

You can collect in excess of 20 pieces of information if appropriate.
How do you translate, manipulate and process your information within 

the context of “100”?

Content for work can often stem from your own interests, passions, 

obsessions and opinions. It is recognition of and an investigation into 

these personal concerns that help you to develop an individual voice within 

the creative industry.

Tone of voice

You are collecting and recording a range of observations, ideas, scenarios 

and interests. Have a camera with you at all times and don’t pre-judge the 

type of images that might be useful.

Take a surplus of photographs and collection additional information then 

edit it down later. The more choices you have the easier it will be to make 

discoveries, analyse, evaluate and create connections.

Requirements

Research-
Demonstrating an application of a range of appropriate and inventive

approaches to collecting, organising and responding to primary and secondary 

source material.

Worksheets/Notebooks/Test Pieces-
Demonstrate an ongoing visual, practical and conceptual investigation. 

Design development and process driven research, material and media 

including their appropriate application.

Blog Entries-
Demonstrating the critical evaluation of contextual references and 

contemporary design practice appropriate to the project.
Your subject matter, work and presentation must be interesting and 

engaging to both you and your audience.

Deliverables

A quantity of good quality research that demonstrates an appropriately 

broad range of approaches to visual and conceptual enquiry.

• 20 FACTS
• 20 OPINIONS
• 20 WORDS
• 20 STATISTICS
• 20 PHOTOGRAPHS

A two min presentation.

My Brief Analysis

To collate a body of research on something that is personal to me

and relevant to collections so for example something I collect, a 

family member collects or friends - to then document it using 

• 20 FACTS
• 20 OPINIONS
• 20 WORDS
• 20 STATISTICS
• 20 PHOTOGRAPHS

To use the information I have gathered to create a 2 minute presentation

this could be a physical, a powerpoint etc,

OUGD405 Brief 1 - Design Boards

OUGD405 Brief 1 - Final Outcome

Final Outcome

I chose to use these designs as my final set for frame inserts
I felt after much experimentation these were the most successful
to the target audience, they target both boy and girls due to the
colour being baby blue, I used Helvetica light nueue due to it
being easy to read and the most legible it also fits in with the design
due to its modernity and fluidity.

6 x 4
7  x 5 Inches Frame
insert,
Landscape

8 x 6 Inches
Frame insert,
Landscape

 

6 x 4
7 x 5
8 x 6 Inches frame inserts,
Portrait

OUGD405 Brief 1 - Development pt2

Developments - Combining my tessellation with the bees

I have experimented several ways of placement I felt some worked
better than others...

1. Here I have used my initial concept, Although simple It is too
complex and is not how i had imagined my design to come out
so I kept experimenting.

2. I Have simply changed the colour of the tessellation here I thought

this would make it more simple and effective, although making it easier

on the eyes it is still not quite what I'm looking for I think this is due to

 the size of the bees they almost loose effect.

3. The first two developments lead to me enlarging my bee character 

although this is clearer It is now taking too much space up in the image.

4. I have tried simply filling the bee the naturally black and yellow

stripes, this is gareish and too contrasting to the design.

5.Pattern of bees - I decided to try placing bees in a certain order to create

a pattern this originally sounded like a good idea when I thought of it

but it some became clear it was over complicated.

These are a few more examples of my experimentation.

To create gaps between the spacing I used VA at 300, this looked better than 

plain text.