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Jordan Sheldrick
2nd Aug 2008
3:51 am

1. Nice,
   I was lucky enough to have a chat with her about her work at New Blood and was nothing but impressed. The whole Pompey stand seemed to be a homage to her work over the year. A very talented designer.


Yea
11th Sep 2008
10:52 am

2. No offense but how can something that be a blatant rip-off of the NB map poster win New Blood? I hate D&AD!


Jodie Silsby
13th Oct 2008
10:27 pm

3. Hello Jordan, thanks for the nice comments.

   “Yea”:

   Actually I do take offense, after putting in so much blood, sweat & tears (and theoretical research), it is impossible not to after being dismissed as a ‘blatant rip-off’ by an ignoramus such as yourself.

   First of all, you weren’t to know this, but I actually received a Best New Blood for a different project, not the map above. The map above actually received an ISTD award.

   Secondly, the brief for the ISTD entry was to convey colloquialisms typographically. The dialect of my home town of Portsmouth was mapped geographically to where it was heard, replacing the street name with the recorded language. The only similarity between my project and NB Studio’s is that we have produced maps solely with typography.

   Thirdly, and ironically, one of NB Studio’s designers was a member of the ISTD assessment committee. Apparently my map was not enough of a ‘blatant rip-off’ to fail.

   Many thanks


Noir
22nd Oct 2008
1:14 pm

4. The map: it is good. I’m not sure that it deserves this much attention however, (and I am not trying to offend) but this is a very obvious approach to the ISTD brief set, especially when you had seen the NB studio poster before. Aesthetically; IT IS a rip-off of NB’s poster and theres nothing more flattering to an ISTD judge then a student complimenting them, through mirroring their own work back to them.

   I’m sure you deserved your Best in show at New Blood, for whatever other project they liked and I’m sure your a good designer, but you can’t deny the influence- you have done nothing new with this poster, the typeface is nearly identical!


Dennis Boxall
17th Nov 2008
2:13 pm

5. Congratulations on your slang map of Pompey – I would very much like the opportunity to see it

   If you send me your contact details I will be pleased to send you an invitation to chat about your map and my book “Well I’m Blowed – would you believe it!, words and sayings from Pompey and Turktown at a forthcoming booksigning event in Pompey

   Dennis Boxall
   Paxford
   01386 593 435


Jodie Silsby
30th Nov 2008
12:09 pm

6. Noir:

   You are more than entitled to your opinion, if you feel that the map doesn’t deserve this much attention or is an ‘obvious approach to the ISTD brief’, fair enough, that is up to you.

   I do however feel it is necessary to point out a couple of things;
   Aesthetically, yes, my map does look like the NB Studio map, but that is just the same as saying that the NB Studio map looks aesthetically like the London A-Z. The map is only one side of the Portsmouth Vernacular, the other side gives definitions of the colloquial terms and phrases, along with a historical introduction to Portsmouth’s dialect. It is folded to replicate an ordnance survey map. The decision to replace Portsmouth street names with its regional phrases was to reinforce the mapping of a geographical region.

   Your analysis basically suggests that any use of a map in typography will be seen as a rip off of NB Studio’s map. Creating a typographical map is indeed not anything new, but that is missing the point. The point of my project is that I have used a map as a means to display the dialect of a geographical region. The NB Studio project simply shows a map of London stripped down to just the street names, typographically kerned. I would like to think most people can see beyond the fact we have both produced maps, and that they are two very different projects.

   The typefaces I used were actually 5 different sans serifs, decided upon after research into commonly used typefaces for maps. It appears NB Studio have used a sans serif also, probably for the same reason!

   Also, although NB Studio were on the assessment committee, they were not among the panel of judges that marked my work. My point was that if the issue of a ‘rip-off’ had been raised, it must have been disregarded by the panel as my projected passed the assessment.

   I hate to resort to what may be perceived as petty feuding, but it does disappoint me when a project can simply be put down as a ‘rip-off’, knowing how much time and thought I have put into its development. No doubt within a few days another anonymous user will take the time to respond dissecting my reply once again.

   Dennis:

   Thank you for the congrats, I’ve sent you an email


Sam Mallett
30th Nov 2008
3:01 pm

7. I love the fact Noir didn’t even notice the multiple typefaces used in Jodie’s project.
   Great detective work.
   Maybe if a little more interest was taken in the project he/she could have prevented this embarrassing faux pas.

   I am a big fan of the project myself. I’d really like to own one of the original double-sided versions. If there are any available I’d love to know…

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