Sunday 31 January 2010

Business card ideas.

These are just some initial ideas for business cards (still need to be give actual contact details) thinking along the lines of quite a simple layout nothing too complicated.

Logo Devel.

These are just a few design's I'm working on at the moment, just working in black and white for now as I need the clients direction for colour. As it seems they want a specific thing. I will find out more on the 4th Feb as this is when we have arranged to meet up to discuss the logo etc.

Friday 22 January 2010

British Music Experience - Brief 5

The brief...

Promoting Bristish Music through the years.

Considerations:
Series of posters promoting the different eras and influences throughout the years.

Target Audience:
british music fans.

Requirements:
Series of posters/packaged.

This brief has now been dropped as I didn't think it was appropriate to my design practice and I wanted to take on another brief instead.

Proverb Posters - brief 4

The brief...

Create a set of posters with the theme of positive proverbs.

Considerations:
Focus on quotes with a motivational message.
Consider the use of colour and the use of illustrative type.
Processes screen print/digi print/stock.

Target Audience:
Youth to adults.

Requirements:
Series of 5 posters packaged as a set.

Stamps - Brief 3

The brief...

To create a set of stamps with a certain theme that comes part of a packaged set for the royal mail.

Considerations:
The royal mails stamp programme is developed by following this criteria:
  • commemorate important anniversaries.
  • events of national importance.
  • explore the 'british way of life' celebrating culutres and interests within the UK.
  • world affairs from the arts to technology.
Target Audience:
Board range, from stamp collectors to the general public.

Requirements:
Set of stamps that include the values 1st, 52p, 56p, 62p, 81p, 90p but not to include the 'p' within the design. The stamps will comes as a set contained within by packaging to become part of the royal mail privilege range of stamps for collectors and the general public.

Thursday 21 January 2010

Fairfax Singers - Brief 2

The brief...

Design the whole brand identity for the choir group the Fairfax Singers.

Considerations:
Needs to carry the message of 'giving music'
Music needs to be highly influenced within the design.
Classic in design but with a modern twist.

Target Audience:
50 +

Requirements:
Logo, Letterhead, Business Card, Complement slip and a programme (A5 leaflet)

As this is a live brief this is the only information I have been given so far but I have arranged a meeting with the client to discuss it in more detail on the 4th February. So after that I should have a better understanding for what the client is after.

Puffin Book Cover Design Competition - Brief 1.

The Brief...

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was first published in 1865 and has remained in print ever since. Next to the Bible and the works of Shakespeare it is one of the world’s most widely translated works of literature and is the most famous children’s fantasy ever written. Full of riddles, puns and wordplay, it will appeal to readers of all ages, whether they are discovering it for the first time or revisiting it once more.

Students are invited to design a whole new cover look for this classic, reinventing it for a new generation of child readers and ensuring that it remains an integral part of childhood.

Your cover design needs to include all the cover copy as supplied and be designed to the specified design template (Cut down B format - 178mm (h) x 129mm (w), spine 13mm wide).

What the judges are looking for:

We are looking for a striking cover design that is well executed, has an imaginative concept and clearly places the book for its market of both children (to pick up and buy for themselves) and adults (to buy for children). While all elements of the jacket need to work together as a cohesive whole, remember that the front cover needs to be able to work on its own and be eye-catching within a crowded bookshop setting.

The winning design will need to:

  • have an imaginative concept and original interpretation of the brief
  • be competently executed with strong use of typography
  • appeal to the broadest possible audience for the book
  • show a good understanding of the marketplace
  • have a point of difference from the many other book covers it is competing against
  • be able to sit on the shelves of a supermarket as easily as it sits on those of more upmarket bookshops such as Waterstone’s
If I wanted to enter mine to the actual competition THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS 5 P.M. ON FRIDAY 23 APRIL 2010.