Designs
Today Dot and I met up in the library and had a long meeting about our design proposals. After being left in charge of the design side of the production we had both previously gone off and done some sketches of ideas. What Dot came back with was some monster illustrations and typography, she said that she was inspired by this particular illustrator that she knows personally.
http://mon53.co.uk/new%20site%20gallery.html
The work is also inspired by contempory illustrator BeaucoupZero, whose profile I found on Deviant Art
The whole group were quite impressed and so we have adopted this theme to run throughout out project.
This brought us to our meeting where we sat down for a few hours and discussed our ideas for the product designs and also the sketchbook covers. These three illustrations will form the basis of our product designs, we discussed ways to verify them and how to show them on each of our products (T-Shirt/Hoodie, Tea Set, Stationary Set, Key ring/Fridge magnet and typography blocks) During our next meeting we plan to discuss these ideas with the rest of our team, and as long as everyone is happy, we will pass along the idea and design to Jacqui, who can complete them using Photoshop and Illustratos.
Our target audience of international students inspires the typography included in the designs. As we want our products to appeal to as many of them as possible, we have selected various languages to place across the designs using one particular word. As a group we decided on ‘Welcome’, however after some deliberations we decided that this may not look right on particular products, such as a tea set. From this, we have decided to use the word ‘Hello’ instead as this is pretty basic, and universal as a greeting.
We also discussed ways in which we can present the product proposals in our upcoming presentation. As we do not have financial means of producing mock ups, we decided that an effective way to show off the design of each product would be with an A2 mood board dedicated to each of them, with this we can show the shape of the product and how are designs would be shown on them. We would also mention some important considerations that would need to be made when proposing a product, such as cost, packaging, production etc. Below are some of my (Hayley) rough sketches of the product proposal mood boards.
Products – Tshirt/Hoodie
For the T-Shirt and hoodie, we have chosen to use ‘Dots Design 1’ which, when completed should hold all of the typography surrounding the central image. The T-Shirt will be white, with the image in the centre on the front, and on the back will be our team logo. The hoodie will be the same but instead of white it will be another colour that is yet to be decided.
Products – Tea Set
For the Tea Set, which includes two cups, spoons and saucers, and one milk jug and a sugar bowl, We have chosen a tin box to keep it in. The tin box will be a pale blue to match ‘Dots Design 2’ When on display the lid will be on the bottom of the box, revealing the contents to be sat in a foam bed and wrapped in cellophane to protect it. The design being used for this product will be split into three, one part being printed on the cups, another on the milk jug and another on the sugar bowl. The saucers will have the typography running around the edge of it, and so will the top of the other pots in the set.
Here are some images found on Google that have given us inspiration
http://z.about.com/d/collectibles/1/0/n/b/3/teaset.jpg
Products – Stationary Set
Housing the stationary set, ( Notebook, pen, pencil, ruler, sharpener, rubber) is a book like fabric case which zips open, when it is open, all the pieces will be held in with a piece of elastic. The notebook cover is Dots Design 3, and also the group logo, which will also be printed on the front of the case. Then pen, pencil, and ruler will have the typography on it, but instead of having every word repeated on all three, they will follow on from each other onto the next item. The sharpener and rubber will just be a simple matching colour as they will be too small to print something on.
Here are some images found on Google that we have found inspiration for our designs from
http://comps.fotosearch.com/comp/FSA/FSA153/close-up-open-pencil_~x22531016.jpg
http://bebereviews.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c3f0553ef0115722a2d84970b-400wi
This set of products will be basically the design, materialised into an object. The key ring will be about 10-12 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. It will be ‘Dots Design 1’ made from a form of rubber with the colours matching them from the T-shirt version. The fridge magnet will be made of plastic and will have ‘Dots Design 3’ printed on it and will be a similar size to the key ring.
Here are some images of products that we have found on google that have inspired our products
http://www.pacholdings.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/6E6D9912FA283DD277D02BD4A0444E47.jpg
http://s2.thisnext.com/media/230x230/Cute-Fafi-Keyring_61676C6D.jpg
After our discussion Dot and myself made a to do list for ourselves, they look something like this;
Dot
- Split ‘Dots Design 2’ into smaller designs for the purpose of the tea set
- Create typography for the word ‘Hello’ in our chosen languages to be placed onto the designs
- Give our designs and creative input to Jacqui to complete on photoshop
Hayley
- Create the design for the sketchbook cover with the use of ‘Dots design 1’ and our team logo, aswell as Jacqui’s help with photoshop.
- Create mood boards with product proposals on to show in our presentation.
- Hayley & Dot -
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