THURSDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2008
This morning me, James, Meg, Luke and George had a meeting with Chloe and James (their graphic designer). We spent the morning working on how we are going to take things forward. It was basically to make sure that we, and James are on the same page as far as the look and feel of everything goes, fonts, colours etc.
It went really well I think, we shared our ideas and decided who was going to do what. We are now splitting the work load with James which is quite good as we are also very busy with our uni work. The Ink Rooms re-brand is such a great opportunity for us, so its nice that we are working well with Chloe and her team!
It was decided that Luke and George would continue to work on the website. Meg, James and I are doing the invitations for the launch party (20th November) and the Christmas Fliers.
After the meeting Chloe stayed with us while we worked on the invitations. She had some text amends and some other adjustments to be made. Meg, James and I each mocked up some invitation designs based on the ink in water, James's logo and the font choices.
Chloe decided that the reverse of the invitation would be the one I designed. I am happy with it and enjoy type setting so am pleased she liked how it looked. We then each gave her PDF's of the fronts of the invitations we had done for her to take away and show her boss and their Graphic Designer.
She wants to get them printed this evening - so we should hear back later this afternoon!
It was quite pressured trying to get everything done quickly, but I like working under pressure. It was also really good that Chloe was there to give us feedback as we went along as we were able to get some really uptogether designs done.
I'll keep you posted!
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Invitations
WEDNESDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2008
Apart from being a little bit gutted I have hardly seen any fireworks tonight, I am feeling a little bit better about my work!
I had to work today but I came into uni at 6ish for a couple of hours to try and get some packaging work done! I really feel like I have no idea what I am doing at the moment - I can't think and am struggling to come up with ideas - I keep looking at design blogs, reading things, looking at Graphik etc to try and give myself some inspiration, but I think where things have been so hectic, my mind can't just think! I am rushing everything! I love going to work on Wednesdays as its something different, but sometimes it stresses me out even more, as its not a creative job by any means and so my mind drifts away from uni and then I have to get back into the swing of things - I am sure things will fall into place soon ... touch wood!
Meg and James text me today, they heard from Chloe and she has decided to pursue the invitation I did which is cool. It is based around the ink in water imagery. Their graphic designer is coming into uni tomorrow to work with us! I don't know much else at the moment, so will update tomorrow! :o)
Apart from being a little bit gutted I have hardly seen any fireworks tonight, I am feeling a little bit better about my work!
I had to work today but I came into uni at 6ish for a couple of hours to try and get some packaging work done! I really feel like I have no idea what I am doing at the moment - I can't think and am struggling to come up with ideas - I keep looking at design blogs, reading things, looking at Graphik etc to try and give myself some inspiration, but I think where things have been so hectic, my mind can't just think! I am rushing everything! I love going to work on Wednesdays as its something different, but sometimes it stresses me out even more, as its not a creative job by any means and so my mind drifts away from uni and then I have to get back into the swing of things - I am sure things will fall into place soon ... touch wood!
Meg and James text me today, they heard from Chloe and she has decided to pursue the invitation I did which is cool. It is based around the ink in water imagery. Their graphic designer is coming into uni tomorrow to work with us! I don't know much else at the moment, so will update tomorrow! :o)
Ink Bar Progression
MONDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2008
We had the meeting with Chloe, lots of things were discussed and there is so much to do, its exciting, but slightly worrying at the same time as we have so much coursework to do:
Packaging Brief (crit next week!!!!)
ISTD - I really need to work on this, sort out some ideas etc
Ink Rooms - launch date is 20th November
But, back to the meeting - they chose one of the logos from our presentation - one of the ones James did! Good work! Here it is:
There is so much that needs doing by the deadline. Luke and George and working on a website for them, while me, James and Meg work on the invitations for the launch party, christmas fliers, window graphics etc.
The invitations are the most important thing that need doing - they want to go with the ink in water theme for all the promotional material apart from the menus - their graphic designer is going to do these at some point.
We are going to come in tomorrow and work on the invitations - Chloe is having a meeting Wednesday so we need to get something over to her ASAP. We don't have any set colours yet really, and we are also awaiting the copy for the invitations.
Updates soon!!
We had the meeting with Chloe, lots of things were discussed and there is so much to do, its exciting, but slightly worrying at the same time as we have so much coursework to do:
Packaging Brief (crit next week!!!!)
ISTD - I really need to work on this, sort out some ideas etc
Ink Rooms - launch date is 20th November
But, back to the meeting - they chose one of the logos from our presentation - one of the ones James did! Good work! Here it is:
There is so much that needs doing by the deadline. Luke and George and working on a website for them, while me, James and Meg work on the invitations for the launch party, christmas fliers, window graphics etc.
The invitations are the most important thing that need doing - they want to go with the ink in water theme for all the promotional material apart from the menus - their graphic designer is going to do these at some point.
We are going to come in tomorrow and work on the invitations - Chloe is having a meeting Wednesday so we need to get something over to her ASAP. We don't have any set colours yet really, and we are also awaiting the copy for the invitations.
Updates soon!!
PAL session - Time Management
MONDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2008
This mornings PAL session went okay I think - we decided before hand that we would do Time Management with them - they hadn't said there was anything in particular they wanted to cover this week, and Kit suggested Time Management would be the most relevant - at least to get them to make a realistic list of everything they have to do before the hand in which for them is a couple of weeks!
At the start we asked them if they would like to do this, or instead do an 'Inspiration' session - where they all share any inspiration they have found lately with the group - but they wanted to do the time management exercise. I think with their hand in coming up they want to make good use of the hour while they can.
They worked really well and as usual we all entered into discussion about lessons and work. I find this is really good, because even the quieter people end up joining in and after a few minutes people seem confident enough to share any concerns they have.
Next week is the last PAL session before their hand in, so they have asked if we can do a mini-crit! I think this will be really good for them, as they are already getting along really well within the PAL group, so hopefully they will have the confidence to crit each others work.
I found it really hard in my first year to crit peoples work. Its hard because you feel you are being negative, but in actual fact, its constructive criticism, which is important. I think doing a mini crit in their PAL group will be good for them. When we did the RBL brief - that was the first time people really started to get involved and be critical of peoples work - positively and negatively - and that's why all the work that was produced was so strong - it helps you consider you work from different angles.
I think we are going to try and give the crit a bit of an edge to get people motivated - we will decide that in the week I think.
This mornings PAL session went okay I think - we decided before hand that we would do Time Management with them - they hadn't said there was anything in particular they wanted to cover this week, and Kit suggested Time Management would be the most relevant - at least to get them to make a realistic list of everything they have to do before the hand in which for them is a couple of weeks!
At the start we asked them if they would like to do this, or instead do an 'Inspiration' session - where they all share any inspiration they have found lately with the group - but they wanted to do the time management exercise. I think with their hand in coming up they want to make good use of the hour while they can.
They worked really well and as usual we all entered into discussion about lessons and work. I find this is really good, because even the quieter people end up joining in and after a few minutes people seem confident enough to share any concerns they have.
Next week is the last PAL session before their hand in, so they have asked if we can do a mini-crit! I think this will be really good for them, as they are already getting along really well within the PAL group, so hopefully they will have the confidence to crit each others work.
I found it really hard in my first year to crit peoples work. Its hard because you feel you are being negative, but in actual fact, its constructive criticism, which is important. I think doing a mini crit in their PAL group will be good for them. When we did the RBL brief - that was the first time people really started to get involved and be critical of peoples work - positively and negatively - and that's why all the work that was produced was so strong - it helps you consider you work from different angles.
I think we are going to try and give the crit a bit of an edge to get people motivated - we will decide that in the week I think.
INK ROOMS - GOOOOOOOD NEWS!!
MONDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2008
Meg just called me to say that Chloe has just spoken to James and after the meeting with her boss they have decided to go with our ideas. She is picking them up shortly and they are coming into uni (i am already here!) to go through all the ideas etc! EXCITING!!
Meg just called me to say that Chloe has just spoken to James and after the meeting with her boss they have decided to go with our ideas. She is picking them up shortly and they are coming into uni (i am already here!) to go through all the ideas etc! EXCITING!!
Ink Rooms - New direction!
MONDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2008
I got to uni today and the guys gave me an update as they heard from Chloe over the weekend!
She emailed them saying that the only domain name they could get was barINK. So they would be going with that. But then she contacting James again to say they were going with InkDot.
They sent over some more logos to her to show her boss based on the name change.
We are still waiting to hear - she was having the meeting this morning so we should know soon. James Ramsay submitted his ninety.five identity too so it seems it might be between the two.
I got to uni today and the guys gave me an update as they heard from Chloe over the weekend!
She emailed them saying that the only domain name they could get was barINK. So they would be going with that. But then she contacting James again to say they were going with InkDot.
They sent over some more logos to her to show her boss based on the name change.
We are still waiting to hear - she was having the meeting this morning so we should know soon. James Ramsay submitted his ninety.five identity too so it seems it might be between the two.
Ink Rooms - Logos
FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2008
As mentioned before, we sent over a PDF (6 pages) of logos we had come up with. We literally had to do as many as we could as we were so pushed for time and really had no idea what they wanted to take forward. The idea being that she can pick the ones she likes/aspects of the ones she likes and we can progress them further. We have no definate name for the bar at the moment - they still need to ensure they can get round the legalities and also secure domain names etc.
THIS ONE IS MY PAGE OF LOGOS:
We sent over the PDF and James called her a little while after we sent it.
Chloe said that she wanted to take forward the following elements of the logos we sent over (there were 6 pages in total):
- continue to push the idea of using script and sans serif fonts together
- move the black dot with 'dot' written in it to in between the word INK and BAR - we weren't very keen on this, but she is really keen on using the dot with 'dot' written in it, so we will have to push that now
- She like the script font on my page - its very floaty and a good contrast to the sans serif
I think the thing we have to bare in mind is she is having a meeting with her boss Monday morning - we really don't have any idea what he will like / not like and therefore will probably only know what the situation is once they have had the meeting!
We then did a few more logos taking into account what Chloe said about the last lot we sent her:
We will have to wait and see what she thinks - hopefully she will contact James over the weekend and advise!! I am really excited to hear which are the favourites so we can work them to a high standard - at the moment they are generally ideas and visuals.
I will update once we have heard something :o)
As mentioned before, we sent over a PDF (6 pages) of logos we had come up with. We literally had to do as many as we could as we were so pushed for time and really had no idea what they wanted to take forward. The idea being that she can pick the ones she likes/aspects of the ones she likes and we can progress them further. We have no definate name for the bar at the moment - they still need to ensure they can get round the legalities and also secure domain names etc.
THIS ONE IS MY PAGE OF LOGOS:
We sent over the PDF and James called her a little while after we sent it.
Chloe said that she wanted to take forward the following elements of the logos we sent over (there were 6 pages in total):
- continue to push the idea of using script and sans serif fonts together
- move the black dot with 'dot' written in it to in between the word INK and BAR - we weren't very keen on this, but she is really keen on using the dot with 'dot' written in it, so we will have to push that now
- She like the script font on my page - its very floaty and a good contrast to the sans serif
I think the thing we have to bare in mind is she is having a meeting with her boss Monday morning - we really don't have any idea what he will like / not like and therefore will probably only know what the situation is once they have had the meeting!
We then did a few more logos taking into account what Chloe said about the last lot we sent her:
We will have to wait and see what she thinks - hopefully she will contact James over the weekend and advise!! I am really excited to hear which are the favourites so we can work them to a high standard - at the moment they are generally ideas and visuals.
I will update once we have heard something :o)
Ink Rooms Update
FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2008
James spoke to Chloe this morning, and they have made a change to the name due to legal reasons. There is a bar up north that is called The Ink Bar. So, in order to get round that they want the name to be:
Ink dot bar - we can show the 'dot' part in a way that it doesn't read 'Ink Dot Bar' but looks like 'Ink Bar' but then on closer inspection you can see the 'dot'.
We came into uni this morning (me, Meg, George, Luke and James) and did a page of logos each which we then sent over to chloe as a PDF.
There were variations of Ink. and then Ink.Bar
We showed some in script, serif, sans serif and then both.
She called James shortly after to update us:
She really likes 'ink' in a script font, and then bar in sans serif. To get round the legal issues, it would need to be 'ink' in script, a dot with 'dot' written in it, and then 'bar' in sans serif.
We are now going to work on variations of these and send them over to her so they can choose a final logo to run with.
Its very exciting! They have not only decided not to go with 'The Office' but they love our designs too :o) its all seeming worthwhile now! Exciting!
We are all working well as a team as well - I think we have the relationship where we can be honest with each other and not take offence. We are working with each other to get the job done in a very short amount of time - I think this shows we all have the ability to work well as a team! It can sometimes be difficult working with other people, but we all gel really well so thats great!
James spoke to Chloe this morning, and they have made a change to the name due to legal reasons. There is a bar up north that is called The Ink Bar. So, in order to get round that they want the name to be:
Ink dot bar - we can show the 'dot' part in a way that it doesn't read 'Ink Dot Bar' but looks like 'Ink Bar' but then on closer inspection you can see the 'dot'.
We came into uni this morning (me, Meg, George, Luke and James) and did a page of logos each which we then sent over to chloe as a PDF.
There were variations of Ink. and then Ink.Bar
We showed some in script, serif, sans serif and then both.
She called James shortly after to update us:
She really likes 'ink' in a script font, and then bar in sans serif. To get round the legal issues, it would need to be 'ink' in script, a dot with 'dot' written in it, and then 'bar' in sans serif.
We are now going to work on variations of these and send them over to her so they can choose a final logo to run with.
Its very exciting! They have not only decided not to go with 'The Office' but they love our designs too :o) its all seeming worthwhile now! Exciting!
We are all working well as a team as well - I think we have the relationship where we can be honest with each other and not take offence. We are working with each other to get the job done in a very short amount of time - I think this shows we all have the ability to work well as a team! It can sometimes be difficult working with other people, but we all gel really well so thats great!
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