Friday 3 August 2012

SO the research begins...

The plan:

  • Tigerprint - Pattern Brief
- Research mens fashion
- Look at iconic mens fashion items
- Illustrate iconic male fashion
- Research words in relation

  • Tigerprint - Design a Day brief
- Brainstorm themes
- Pick a theme
- Start design a day
- Look at ways design a days have been published (web, book etc)
  • Tigerprint - M&S Giftbag brief
- Research M&S 
- Research Gift bags
- Research different sizes and shapes
-  Research potential themes
- How far can the idea of gift bag be pushed
  • Tigerprint - Christmas at M&S
- Research themes
- Research christmas
- Research different cracker variations
- Look at christmas cards and how they go outside the standard A5 format
- What could the decoration be?
- How will they work as a series? Colour? Pattern?
- How is Christmas items best advertsied
  • Premium end packaging for wine Brief
- What initive ideas are there already existing for holding liquid
- Research recyclable materials
- Look at 'raw' materials
- Look at existing packaging design for wine
- Look at product design
  • Self Initiated Accessorize Autumn / Winter Collection
- Look at what possible products / mediums you need to design for
- Go in store take photos
- Purchase some items for packaging and tag nets
- Mind Map themes which could be emulated through design
- What does Autumn / Christmas mean visually
- Research past design work
  • ISTD - 'Doing my nut in' - Publication
- Research regional dialect / phrases / sayings
- Select category to focus on (certain language, area)
- Research background behind sayings and slang
- Research similar projects
  • ISTD - Collection
- Research and mindmap kitsch items people collect
- Choose one to research indepth
- Find written information about
- Illustrate items
- Collect some items
- Look at catalogues online and books, how they are ordered
- What ways can items be categorised 
  • ISTD - Type factory - Type Factory
- Research visual identities for existing museums, exhibitions etc
- Look at range of products which could be designed (exhibition items)
- Outdoor advertisement potential material
- The kind of information that would be presented in a leaflet
- Research type factors which could be educated
  • ISTD - '10 things you should know about'
- Research potential categories 
- Research dewey decimal system
- 10 items only
- Illustrate items 
- Research fully into theme

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