Book works - Brief and rewritten brief

We rewrote the brief to fit with our specific design ideas.  At this stage I was still thinking about doing a Barney Bubbles inspired book.

Progess crit - Book fair

Matt, Will, Kirsty and Frankie were in my group.

We had a group progress crit on Tuesday 8th Feb which was useful as everyone else has found it hard to focus on this brief given we are so near a module deadline and have just had a final crit for the last brief! I was relieved to see that everyone in my group had moved away from the photographs we originally took and it was interesting to hear other people's ideas.  I discussed the Barney bubbles pattern ideas which were well received.

On reflection I realised that I was overlooking my drawing skills and although I planned to screen print this to get a hand made quality it would still look 'digital'. So I went back to the drawing board so to speak.

Final crit - Collection 100

Written below is exactly what was written on the feedback sheet:


- What is Barney Bubbles?
- The text on the video is not clear
- What is is for?
- Who is your product aimed at? Designers? Music Lovers?


Most of the above is answered by either reading my blog, watching the DVD or referring to the poster in the  packaging.  However to ensure I have addressed these issues please refer below:


1.  The question is not what but who is Barney Bubbles.  I had a chat with Beth about this comment and she said she had actually explained what her product was.  I thought this was a good idea so on the band I put a description of what was inside and that Barney Bubbles was 'the unsung hero of Graphic Design from the 70's and 80's.


2. I have already changed the text to make it more readable and am going to survey ten people to check their opinion. ( The DVD was running on loop in the crit and makes more sense if viewed from the start as this sets the context...) See Design Practise log for details of discussion with Mike Flowers


3. The product is aimed at Graphic designers/record collectors/music lovers as a way of spreading the word about Barney Bubbles.  This was one reason for packaging the product in a single case and also including a poster.  It was important the packaging had the feel that double album's are packaged with good quality stock and lots of images and information to look at. i.e. with add on products.  

Collection 100 - Progress Crit feedback

Issues raised:
- Re-visit the brief - context , target audience, produce, package
- Bring the Barney Bubbles work out in 2D
- Make sure you know who your audience is
- What is the purpose - educational, collector, informative
- Maybe speed the opening sequence up


Actions to be taken


Bring his work out in the 2D packaging
- Confirm works with audience
- Work out purpose




For actions taken see Design practice blog

Group progress crit for Collection 100

This was our first opportunity after almost four week with this brief to see where everyone was up to and receive some formal feedback.  As a result i went armed with quite a lot of info. including a storyboard and maock up of the product, as per Design Practice blog.  My group was with Amber and included
Will, Beth, Sophie, Luke and Dom.

My moving image idea was enthusiastically received and the group gave me some ideas on developing the packaging including possibly laser cutting a real vinyl single to hold the DVD.  I really liked this concept however given I had not yet produced the moving image I was not sure if there would be time to try this one out. 

Most of the group had carried out copious amounts of research but Beth for example got some useful feedback to develop her product in a way she had not thought of.  Amber stressed to us all the imortance of thinking about our audience.  

Luke's idea for using 100 books to convey the size of the universe was really interesting and we were all fascinated by the fact he had already made so many books! 

Collection 100 -Presentation

This is the feedback I received from my group on the presentation about 100 vinyl album covers.  Overall the feedback was positive, the consensus was that I had chosen and interesting subject and there were several ways I could now take the research. 

OUGD102 Briefs