MONDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2008
I found the packaging brief really hard to get into and really struggled to grasp the what the brief wanted us to do. After a few chats with Neil and Clare I felt a lot more confident and understood more clearly what we needed to do. Design FOR Packaging. As always, once I started researching I really got into the project - I find that the more research I do, the more confident I am about my ideas and the less I worry! I have produced 2 final boxes - one for Surfers and one for Snowboarders. I am pleased with how they have turned out. I really like the fact that the box is completely black on the outside with only the Animal Logo on it, and then when you open it, the typographic facts are revealed. I can visualise how the boxes would look if they were actually printed on the recycled cardboard I have in mind and I think they would work really well. There is a lot of recycled cardboard objects around - Paperchase do a large range of diaries, notebooks and photo albums that are made of recycled materials - but still look really really nice. I definitely found this brief challenging, but towards the end I really got into it. I think it is sometimes just a case of when you come to a dead end, just keeping working and researching and eventually you will find a way out - in my case anyway!
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Interesting Links ...
MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2008
Here are some really interesting blogs and sites that I have been looking at and following researching the packaging brief:
http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=2781
http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=2808
http://packagingsoftheworld.blogspot.com/
http://www.weheartstuff.co.uk/
http://www.thedieline.com/
http://www.yeellustration.co.uk/
Here are some really interesting blogs and sites that I have been looking at and following researching the packaging brief:
http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=2781
http://www.formfiftyfive.com/?p=2808
http://packagingsoftheworld.blogspot.com/
http://www.weheartstuff.co.uk/
http://www.thedieline.com/
http://www.yeellustration.co.uk/
Long overdue update...
MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2008
I haven't updated my blog for a while, so here is a long overdue update!
INK BAR
We have had an email from Chloe telling us we are on the VIP guest list for the launch party which is on Thursday! There is going to be a photographer there to take photos of us next to the branding!
Megs and I still haven't heard anything back about my cover letter or her flyers - I know they have been really busy with the launch, so maybe they decided to leave these for now. In Chloe's email she did say she would sit down and reply to our emails tomorrow when she had some spare time ... but for now we will just look forward to the party :o)
PENGUIN Getting Into Publishing Day
I applied for this a got invited to attend! It is this Thursday ... I need to be there at 9.30 and it goes on until about 1.30 - 2pm - so as soon as its finished I need to get back to Bournemouth in time for the Launch Party for the Ink Bar! Its going to be a busy day but I am sure it will be well worth it!
PACKAGING BRIEF
This has gone really well considering how behind we all thought we were after doing the Ink Bar Brief. I have managed to get loads of research done and get a solid idea together with enough time to work through it and produce mock ups and preliminary designs in time for the Final Crit - I really wanted to have something ready so that I could get something out of the crit, such as suggestions for improvements etc. Sally has said that the group that worked on the Ink Bar can have an extension on the hand in date - but ideally I want to keep working and get everything finished as early as possible. We don't get briefed on the next project until next Thursday, so that gives me some time to catch up on last minute bits that need doing.
ISTD
I am still really not sure what I am doing about this. Megs and I are having a meeting with Sally this afternoon to try and get a better understanding of what is expected/required. I think, especially due to the talk we had last year about it, we are a little bit daunted - but Sally said there is no need to be - so we just really need to work out what we are doing and start researching! That is my aim for this week!
I think that just about covers everything that has happened! I will update if I think of anything else!
I haven't updated my blog for a while, so here is a long overdue update!
INK BAR
We have had an email from Chloe telling us we are on the VIP guest list for the launch party which is on Thursday! There is going to be a photographer there to take photos of us next to the branding!
Megs and I still haven't heard anything back about my cover letter or her flyers - I know they have been really busy with the launch, so maybe they decided to leave these for now. In Chloe's email she did say she would sit down and reply to our emails tomorrow when she had some spare time ... but for now we will just look forward to the party :o)
PENGUIN Getting Into Publishing Day
I applied for this a got invited to attend! It is this Thursday ... I need to be there at 9.30 and it goes on until about 1.30 - 2pm - so as soon as its finished I need to get back to Bournemouth in time for the Launch Party for the Ink Bar! Its going to be a busy day but I am sure it will be well worth it!
PACKAGING BRIEF
This has gone really well considering how behind we all thought we were after doing the Ink Bar Brief. I have managed to get loads of research done and get a solid idea together with enough time to work through it and produce mock ups and preliminary designs in time for the Final Crit - I really wanted to have something ready so that I could get something out of the crit, such as suggestions for improvements etc. Sally has said that the group that worked on the Ink Bar can have an extension on the hand in date - but ideally I want to keep working and get everything finished as early as possible. We don't get briefed on the next project until next Thursday, so that gives me some time to catch up on last minute bits that need doing.
ISTD
I am still really not sure what I am doing about this. Megs and I are having a meeting with Sally this afternoon to try and get a better understanding of what is expected/required. I think, especially due to the talk we had last year about it, we are a little bit daunted - but Sally said there is no need to be - so we just really need to work out what we are doing and start researching! That is my aim for this week!
I think that just about covers everything that has happened! I will update if I think of anything else!
Back to the packaging brief!
FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2008
Today it was really nice to have the day free to spend on the packaging brief - I think all of us that are working on the Ink Rooms Re-brand have felt as if we are really behind due to spending so much time on that, but, after the crit this morning it doesn't seem that is the case, as much as we thought anyway!
I spent today getting my box design finalised and researching into what I am going to have as my design for it.
I am working on design sheets this time - which I did for Typeradio last year - it might sound wierd, but I really struggle with it, I much prefer working in my sketch book. But I have started now so will carry on. I think its because I like to be organised, sometimes too much! Working in a sketchbook guarantees everything is in order - sounds sad I know - but hey! It is good practice for the real world anyway. Perhaps next time I can do my preliminary research and sketches etc in my sketchbook, and then have design sheets towards the end.
I think I am getting there with this brief - I have found lots of sites that have surf facts and info that I can use. I am just trying to decide at the moment how the watch is going to be inside the box - wrapped round a cushion? plastic stand? cardboard stand?
I really really need to look at the ISTD briefs too! I still haven't and am panicking about that! LOTS! I think this weekend I should have time, if I get loads of the packaging work out the way that should leave me some time to start focusing on ISTD - which, coincidently, has to be submitted on design sheets :o(
Today it was really nice to have the day free to spend on the packaging brief - I think all of us that are working on the Ink Rooms Re-brand have felt as if we are really behind due to spending so much time on that, but, after the crit this morning it doesn't seem that is the case, as much as we thought anyway!
I spent today getting my box design finalised and researching into what I am going to have as my design for it.
I am working on design sheets this time - which I did for Typeradio last year - it might sound wierd, but I really struggle with it, I much prefer working in my sketch book. But I have started now so will carry on. I think its because I like to be organised, sometimes too much! Working in a sketchbook guarantees everything is in order - sounds sad I know - but hey! It is good practice for the real world anyway. Perhaps next time I can do my preliminary research and sketches etc in my sketchbook, and then have design sheets towards the end.
I think I am getting there with this brief - I have found lots of sites that have surf facts and info that I can use. I am just trying to decide at the moment how the watch is going to be inside the box - wrapped round a cushion? plastic stand? cardboard stand?
I really really need to look at the ISTD briefs too! I still haven't and am panicking about that! LOTS! I think this weekend I should have time, if I get loads of the packaging work out the way that should leave me some time to start focusing on ISTD - which, coincidently, has to be submitted on design sheets :o(
Research Links to remember ... packaging brief ...
THURSDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2008
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New Brief_Packaging
FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2008
We are starting our new brief next week_PACKAGING
I have been researching packaging design and here are few websites that might be of use to me:
Design Council
This website gives an introduction to packaging design.
Design Council - A guide to some of the terms used in packaging design
WRAP_Material Change For a Better Environment
Provides ideas, tips and practical tools . Details on the new laws and legislations related to packaging, such as waste. Gives information on what consumers want and don't want from their packaging. Information on materials.
B Smith Packaging Limited/
Packaging Designers (Bags, Bags for Life, Boxes etc)
Envirowise - This website gives information on making packaging more environmentally friendly - in todays world this is very important. People don't like waste - I think packaging needs to be one of two things - either so amazingly beautiful that you will keep it forever because you can't bring yourself to throw it away (I have a few things like that) - or - if it is packaging that isn't likely to be kept then it needs to be recyclable, bio-degradable or re-useable. I might find that this thought is incorrect the further into my research I get, but at the moment I its true.
http://jaqkcellars.com/
http://nickpapageorgia.blogspot.com/2008/10/826-valencia.html
We are starting our new brief next week_PACKAGING
I have been researching packaging design and here are few websites that might be of use to me:
Design Council
This website gives an introduction to packaging design.
Design Council - A guide to some of the terms used in packaging design
WRAP_Material Change For a Better Environment
Provides ideas, tips and practical tools . Details on the new laws and legislations related to packaging, such as waste. Gives information on what consumers want and don't want from their packaging. Information on materials.
B Smith Packaging Limited/
Packaging Designers (Bags, Bags for Life, Boxes etc)
Envirowise - This website gives information on making packaging more environmentally friendly - in todays world this is very important. People don't like waste - I think packaging needs to be one of two things - either so amazingly beautiful that you will keep it forever because you can't bring yourself to throw it away (I have a few things like that) - or - if it is packaging that isn't likely to be kept then it needs to be recyclable, bio-degradable or re-useable. I might find that this thought is incorrect the further into my research I get, but at the moment I its true.
http://jaqkcellars.com/
http://nickpapageorgia.blogspot.com/2008/10/826-valencia.html
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