What is good? Workshop 3

For tuesday, create 5 presentation boards outlining my 'good', my range of 'good', the formats I'd like to use, and the process I would like to use to communicate this. This research will come in very handy for the 16 page booklet we have to develop that will be showcasing our content. On Tuesday we will also be writing out our developed brief.

During this session we had to analyse our chosen products in terms of their production. The discussion between peers would hopefully enlighten the more plausible routes of my design direction, in terms of design this session was focused on the formats and processes of our selected images.

5 things I don't know about my products, that I need to find out!

-How you successfully fold stock without damaging the surface of the paper or breaking the ink.

-How long would it take to plan the development of a similar container?

-Did it take numerous attempts before the final product was cut/ arranged (how time-effective would this approach be?)

-Do you need specific machinery to print clear labels onto glass or could it be done in the confinements of college?

-Where I could get a similar print quality at an affordable price?

-How to print a varnished spot colour

5 processes to explore...

Paper craft

Construction

Spot varnish

Perfect bound / Coptic stitch

Emboss / De-boss

Evaluating one of my chosen products...

The bad// 

-The implication of honey bee's doesn't seem strong enough when the box is closed up.

-It doesn't really seem that practical, given it's scale and contents. Obviously it's more realistic and representational at the proportion but in essence its housing poster/ info graphic designs.

-The actual design of the product is quite bland, baring no visuals.

Improve; Could of been presented in a slightly smaller and better depicted container? Incorporate the concept of honey comb on the exterior.

The good// 

-Creative

-Different/ Original concept

-Functionality, as the viewer takes each slide out they'll be imagining the concept of honey, before they even see what's on each slide!

-Contemporary approach mixed with traditional outcome, works well, visually pleasing

From this exercise and the workshops we've undertook this week, we'll be pursuing the project in a more focused manner in order to turn what we've learnt...into a brief that we can answer.

We have been given 5 lenses to research our theme through...

- A brief history of...

- A collection of...

- An introduction to...

- Things you need to know about...

- An exhibition of...