Week 17- The Last Week

This week the focus was on tying everything together, finishing up my research folder, completing my portfolio and creating my 3D aspects. I had continued my research as I progressed with this project, printing as I went along so completed it didn't take me too long, it was mainly development of my promotional ideas. I wanted to include all the different designs I created to highlight that I tried several different ideas before picking the final outcome. When compiling my research and development boards I wanted to keep them as relevant as possible as in a lot of cases they are all people will look at to see where the idea has came from. The design is consistent across all 4 boards.

I got my 3D aspects and portfolio professionally printed on Tues 14th to give me time to fix up any mistakes I came across. I really like how my promotion looked when printed, the colours are really vibrant and I think they all work really well as a collection.

Once I had completed my 3D aspects (cut out, assembled etc) I had a play around with the design layout for my table. Since the artificial grass I am going to use is the right depth I marked out on the floor the proper width so i could see how much room I will have. I was unsure whether to leave white space either side of the grass but I felt it made the display look unfinished so I filled them up with the leaflet design. Front to the left and the reverse side to the right. i wanted to keep the whole display symmetrical as I feel it makes it look more professional. The cups will be placed in the middle of the table acting as the main focus.

I got the rest of my postcards printed on Friday leaving me the weekend in case I think of other parts to go in the research.

Now that the project is over on reflection I feel I have managed my time rather well, I think if I hadn't of kept up research throughout I would of been panicking more towards the end but from previous experiences I knew I wanted to keep on top of it. In terms of design I am quite impressed with what I was able to achieve.I wanted to keep it as fun as possible in a quite cartoon like manner which I think turned out well. I gave myself plenty of time between printing and actual deadlines so I could really check they turned out how I wanted to. I feel this project reflects my design abilities well and will hopefully work well in my favour when it comes to interviews.

Week 16- Art Board Completed and Sent

The main focus of last week was to complete my art board, get it checked and sent to print. I took on board the comments Paz said about what needed changed and sent him the final piece on Wed 8th ready to be sent on the 9th. My finished board layout I was happy with as I felt it showed of the work well without each item getting lost since it is all very graphic.

Now that it has been sent I have moved back to focusing on my research folder and 3D aspects. As I fixed up my research folder (mainly development of my promotional ideas) I took out the most relevant aspects to use them for my research and development boards. I didn't want them to look to messy so I tried to keep the text to a minimum. For the design of the boards I adapted the summer scene that is present in a lot of my promotion and used it as the header and footer of each board to keep the consistent and flow from one to the other. My aim is to get these printed on Mon 13th May allowing me plenty of time to change them if they don't look as good on paper and need a few edits.

The items I have left to do are the design the media and campaign plans on their A3 boards, complete the 3D aspects and finish up and last bits of research to make it all flow together. My postcards and leaflets are already designed and just need to be printed professionally to get the right finish on them. I will also start mocking up how I want my final table to look so it works well with the final board layout eg don't place the tall items in front of a design on the board.

On reflection of the last week I feel quite confident on how my work load is panning out. Especially now that the promotion has been sent to print, I feel that the final deadline is well within reach in terms of what I have to do and I feel I have the relevant time to get it done to the best of its ability.

Week 15- Art Board Layout

Now that the only thing left to do is the promotional aspects it is a lot easier to tie up all the lose ends that the marketing report has been handed in. The layout of the the art board is very important especially for me as all my designs are very graphic. I need to be careful when placing my images as I don't want them to get lost and start blending into each other. I originally want to include my website designs, 2 social media, Lush Times front cover, cup designs, van in context and the instruction foldout but discovered it makes the board far too busy. I cut back the promotion by taking out the foldout as it will already be on the table as one of my 3D aspects, I think I will just make more of them so they are still fully appreciated as a lot of design work went into creating them. To create more white space on my board I imputed the van with a plain white background along the bottom in its various forms.

I have tried to keep the layout as stripped back as possible so it doesn't look too busy, I have booked a tutorial on tues to go over the design before it is sent for print on Thurs. On evaluation of this week I feel I am on top of the work that I need to do. I have created a list of what is left:

1. Sort out the layout 
2. Create and print postcards and flyers
3. Create 3D aspects
4. Print logo onto apron
5. Fix up research
6. Complete research/development boards
7. Print promotion for portfolio

My aim is to have all this completed by next thurs so then I have the weekend to fix up and lose ends that  will make my end result look as good as it possibly can. After thurs (9th May) I can focus on the 3D aspects as they will take up the most time to complete.