her i tage (hr-tj) n. 1. Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance. 2. Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition. 3. The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright: a heritage of affluence and social position.
her i tage (hr-tj) n. 1. Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance. 2. Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition. 3. The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright: a heritage of affluence and social position.
Research
We wanted our project to be based on the heritage
We were approached by a few volunteers who
of Bristol and somehow connect the people back
were cleaning up the track and painting parts of
to it. We weren’t really sure where to start so we
a train carriage and they told us it was the docks
began to look at the history of Bristol. We decided
heritage weekend, this weekend. This was a great
it was best to ignore the slavery side as it has had so
opportunity for us to gather research and really
much attention and most people are already aware
engage with the people who work at M Shed and
of it. We wanted something that would interest
already know so much. Martin volunteered to work
people and provide new content as well as solve the
this weekend which allowed us to go down and
missing link between people and their heritage.
video it. We also used this one off opportunity to interview the volunteers as well as the people who
Our next step for research was to have a walk
were visiting the weekend. They re-enacted how
down to M Shed and look at their heritage
the docks were used in the 1950s.
exhibition. We were extremely suprised to see this gorgeous 1952 British Road Services truck which was the third off the production line. It has been restored and well looked after and still drives perfectly even today.
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We were given the amazing opportunity to go up
While we were in the crane one of the volunteers
in one of the old dock cranes. From 46 cranes to
operated it, explaining how it was used, what each
the 4 left that were saved, we felt privaliged to be
lever did and exactly how accurate the crane was.
able to go up into the crane. While we were up
It was extremely over-engineered. They picked
there we got to look into the engine room as well
stuff up and moved the boxes on and off the red
as the room where they operate from. We were
truck just to practice for the heritage weekend
suprised to see that 85% of the crane cabin was the
and make sure nothing went wrong. It seemed
mechanical side of it and the other 15% was where
extremely hard work how much the levers had to
they worked from.
be moved.
The crane drivers would work long shifts and we
Being in the crane we got a view of Bristol we’d
were shocked to see that it was so small, there was
never seen before. Everything looked like it was
no room for a seat, and they had to stand up the
from the past and all the old buildings really stood
entire time. The crane was in good condition as
out. It was just a shame the weather wasn’t very
they had restored a lot of it but it was nice to see
nice.
the original numbers on the side.
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There was once 46... 6
now there’s 4 left
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After this research we had a lot of ideas. Our first idea was create 42 small cranes and put them where they used to be, with each one being designed by someone who was well-known. We thought this would of been a nice idea but knew there were a few problems with it. The main problem is that it would of been a rip off of the gromit statues recently placed in Bristol, the other problem would of been trying to make even a few cranes as well as trying to find a few designers to work on them. Our second idea was to project people playing and re-creating what used to be in that area. We wanted to project in front of buildings such as the city hall and play a recorded film onto a screen for people to see. Using the projector we wanted to use
project mapping to show what the buildings used to look like and project straight onto them. This idea fell through when we realised to get a projector powerful enough would cost us tens of thousands as well as being able to use the software to actually create the idea. This led us onto thinking about putting a building size printed design over the building, complete with cut out details to fit perfectly on the building, showing what it looked like but again this wasn’t a viable option. With all of these ideas, we came to the conclusion that although they connected people to their heritage, it wasn’t solving a problem and didn’t really serve a purpose.
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We came to the conclusion that we needed more
an interesting avenue to go down because this was
primary research and that we needed to dig a bit
clearly a large problem that needed to be looked
deeper. We wanted to see if people like to brag
into. As M Shed receive most of their funding
about their personal heritage and their ancestors.
via donation, we thought it would be a good way
So we planned to go out and ask people about their
to create something that would bring them in a
heritage and if they have anything they can brag
constant revenue to help preserve Bristol’s heritage.
about, so they had bragging rights? Before doing this we thought it would be best to go back to M Shed and speak to the curator, and gladly he was happy to talk to us. We asked him a few questions about heritage in general and then about M Shed. One of the words that kept coming up was budget, and how heritage may dissapear one day if there wasn’t enough funding to preserve it. We found this
Looking at the M Shed museum exhibition
Last stop was to finally do what we set out to do
bit of engineering. The green bus that they had in
in the first place, visit the M Shed exhibition. This
there was really special with it’s beautiful type on
exhibition is all year round and we’ve visited it a
the side and it’s authentic shape which really gave
number of times but never really looked deeply
it a strong personality. The way the chairs are set
enough into it to take something out. It’s not a
out inside the bus was quite interesting as it seemed
large exhibition but it has a lot of interesting pieces
like not a lot had changed from the buses we have
of heritage from all different periods.
today. You still have the opposite each other at the front and then the rows at the back, but with a lot
It’s a shame to see the children on a school trip
less space. The bus had a low ceiling on the bottom
who don’t respect the heritage, who are running
deck and the top deck and as two of us are 6’7 we
around and jumping on things such as the bus
couldn’t stand up on them at all. This would of
seats. This identified another problem, that young
been an extremely unpleasurable experience for us
people don’t respect a lot of things, but they should
if we still had those buses today.
respect their heritage, as everything in there is an extremely old fragile person, with it’s own history
After researching into the past of Bristol and what
and details. This was another road to go down but
it used to look like, we were extremely excited to
it didnt identify a lot more than we already knew.
see that Bristol ran on a tram system. We were really hoping to see a tram somewhere in M Shed
In the exhibition the parts that really caught
but unfortunately they were all destroyed for scrap
our eye, were there vehicles. The old bikes were
when the tram system was closed back in 1938
amazing even though they were 150 years old, they
because of World War II.
were still able to be ridden now, which is a great
It’s what makes us who we are
Dock Heritage Weekend
So we got to the docks heritage weekend and
most people said no and seemed very sceptical. In
Martin had volunteered to help show the public
the end we managed to get a few people who were
how the docks run back in the 50s. It involved
willing to speak to us and we asked them general
heavy lifting and being aware where the crane
questions about whether they think heritage will
hook was at all times. Martin failed to do this and
dissapear and what it means to them. A few people
got hit in the head with the crane hook. While
gave us straight yes or no answers, but we received
Martin was working, we came down with a camera
a few interesting ones and again budget came
and videoed what was going on, trying to capture
up with a few more volunteers and some of the
peoples reactions, emotions and everything else
general public. This raised a few more alarm bells
that was going on with the volunteers.
for us because it meant that we were finally onto something that we could work on. BUDGET.
We thought this would be a good time to get a few interviews and find out what people think about their heritage. We asked a large number of people if we could ask them questions on the camera and
Visit to the L Shed
The L Shed is a massive warehouse that sits directly above M Shed. Inside are masses of gathered artifacts dating back as far as the 1800’s. Such things as Old Signage, Engines, Street Lights, Letter Presses, Bicycles, Tricycles and even Carriages. It was here that the idea for our project hit us like a brick to the face.
After speaking to the curator again he agreed to let us into L Shed, their enormous storage room full of heritage. This was one of the most amazing things we’ve ever seen. Walking around they had a lot of old bikes, a huge amount of machinery and a large number of signs, but this was only a small part of it.
Photographing the Heritage
In response to feedback given 2 weeks before the deadline, we decided it was about time we went straight ahead with our plan of action and began development and progression of our project. The curator at the M Shed, Andy King allowed us into the upper areas of the building called L Shed where all the old relics of bristol are stored, and this is where they stay. We set up a pop up studio inside of L Shed and began placing items on the paper roll background.
A lot of the objects were extremely heavy, such as the giant gold leafed office door. Thankfully we had Ross there to help Andy with the heavier objects whilst Martin searched around for other objects to photograph and Dan shot the objects for the sponsorship catalogue. Martin and Andy went deeper into L Shed’s warehouse and took note of what was feasinly movable and capable of being photographed without damaging the pop up studio.
Logo Design Process
After much hard work at L Shed and good feedback received from our fellow designers we began the branding process and various other items that will go towards the final product of our sponsorship project. Dan provided us with a few starter points whilst Martin worked on some of the goodies that came with the packaging design later given to potential sponsors of the aptly named, Heritage Preservation Project.
Martin reflected on Dan’s typography style logo design and applied symbols that either related to Time using elegant swirls but at second glance seemed far too detailed and over complicated the design of the logo.
Furhter bouncing of ideas led us to come up with a design that reflected on an aspect of Bristol’s history that was related to how things used to work. We played about with Bicycle Wheels and Cogs from steam cranes to reflect on how the city used to run like a well oiled machine, not just in the way the machinery ran but the life blood of the city.
Ross inputted on the rest of our designs and lightened the weight of the cog wheel on the logo. This actually helped refine the entire design and make it fit with the other logos on M Sheds website which is what we’re hoping to have it end up on if this project does work in tandem with heritage sites like M Shed.
Packaging Design
We thought it’d be nice that anyone who participated in the heritage preservation project got something in return for their support. In this we had to think of budget costs and availability of resources, and how much would need to be put towards printing costs of the packaging and it’s contents. First step was to create a packaging design that was simple and wasn’t too costly in printing.
Martin quickly whipped out a net design that required a few tweaks in the corners to make sure there were no gaps and that it was of a good size to contain everything within. In order to make sure it was also stable, both sides have an equal number of slips to stick together so that it doesn’t fall apart of flatten too easily. Dan printed it out a few times using papers at different weights to test out how light it could go before it became too unstable, also taking note of paper stock costs.
Packaging Content Designs
Anyone who sponsors should get something useful in return for helping out the heritage preservation project. Inside the packaging designs mentioned previously we wanted to include fun rewards that not only can be used as a form of advertising for the fund raising project with poster designs but give people a sense of satisfaction from helping out the scheme and further preserving our history to prevent it from potentially dissapearing forever.
Whilst Martin worked on the poster and publicaton and Dan put his efforts into the website mock ups, Ross pooled his efforts towards the design of some flashy sticker and badge designs to be included in the package that would be received by potential sponsors of the Heritage Preservation Project. The hardest part was coming up with the right phrases and then laying them out typographically in such a way that reflected on the saying.
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Another part of the gifts provided in the
initial way the typography would be laid out.
sponsorship gift pack would be a collectable set of A4 or A3 posters that show a typographically
There were some talks about how the photographs
designed phrase overlayed onto a photograph sepia
would be best used but the end decision was that
toned photograph.
to get the look of backgrounds being completely erased would at present take too long to complete
This style is to reflect on the old meeting with the
fully, so we figured it would be best to leave that
new and co-existing to take each other into the
level of design time best used at a later date.
future. There was a great deal of design mix ups to go through but everyone was pretty happy with the
The poster designs made some use of colour overlays and a few attempts and giving the corners some dents to reflect on older forms of graphic design, in the end though we did away with these little details as we felt as a group it might be over doing it. Thus changing the final outputs to what’s seen ahead where the colours are overlayed on areas of the photograph deemed worthy of stronger focus.
Website Design / Implementation
Another way to help the project take flight would allow it to work in conjunction with a major heritage site in Bristol, and naturally considering we’ve spent the majority of this project hanging around M Shed and helping out with things here and there, we’re planning to present our project to them to see if it’s something they’d be willing to take on board. We left it to Dan to design the website and pretend implementation of the Heritage Preservation Project into the website.
We later discussed as a group what would be best,
Adding advertisements that were easy for people
to have the project be a part of the M Shed and
to come across using the photos we took of the
nothing more or make it that but also a site of it’s
objects inside L Shed just to give people an initial
own in the event it becomes a versatile nation wide
interest in the idea of what we’re trying to get
thing that other heritage / history sites can take on
across to our audience being the general public
board to help raise money to keep historical sites
and anyone with an interest in the preservation of
open to the public.
history.
Dan worked on ripping the code from M Shed and tweaking it to look like Heritage Preservation Project was already a part of their sit.