Finalising my idea- simplifying

 

 After due discussion it was decided that a black set of stamps would be a nice option in the conrext of a set

further ideas-narrowing it down

 

i am now making an effort to make clear,almost american styled stamps with statistical references to virtual water figures.

The Submerged set

 This set of stamps is based on photography of my feet and hands. They are submerged in a basin filled with water. The hue has been changed to make it more watery.

 

 

Photographs i took while executing this particular idea

Stamp set ideas-informing/shocking through the use of statistics

1. American style stamps with virtual water statistics

2. Ireland map stamps with various virtual water issues

                                            this one deals with industrial usage/wastage of water

                                                water footprint stamp with general statistic

                                                      Virtual water in the context of a city

                                                      Virtual water in the farming industry

A few samples i produced based on the concept of virtual water and the water footprint

 for this i filled a basin with water,put my foot into it and photographed it. i then changed the hue of the photo by editing it. The concept is related to the water footprint,in this case,too much water being associated with the water footprint,hence the foot being submerged. I wanted to give the sense that the foot is being drowned.

                                         A variation of the first stamp,similar concept,although i wanted it to look a bit more like "a point beyond return" in the context of water consumption.

 In this image i filled a large bowl of water,put a fork and knife in it and photographed it. The concept is related to virtual water consumption, "eating water" as the typography says.

In this image i wanted to make the illustration directly linked to ireland, so i combined an image of a water footprint with an image of Ireland. i wanted to make the footprint bigger than the boundaries of Ireland,so as to illustrate the point that Ireland's water footprint has gone beyond its boundaries.

 Photographs i took of my feet while developing my idea related to the water footprint

Week 2-Design process

So last week was all about research,but this week was about coming up with conceptual ideas to do with the brief. i started off looking at organic food and vegetarianism,but that has now branched out into topics such as virtual water levels and water footprint. here are some images i am referencing.