Assignment

I got a quick assignment brief for this module, and jumped into it straight away. I had to design for one of the following shops:

• Homeware
• Clothing
• Sports/bicycle

As well as create a 3D design for an A-Z installation to commemorate the home front at WWI. This part was a class project, but didn’t go to plan as our 3D printer wasn’t working at the time, so we didn’t get to complete it. But it short, Each class member got given two letters or numbers and had to create a stencil which illustrated a word about WWI that began with the same letter. Mine were really hard, I got given X and O.

For X, I chose X-Ray because x-rays were coming around at that time of year and they used the new found technology to try and find anything out about tuberculosis and other diseases.

For O, I chose officer as in the rank of officer in the ranks at WWI. This isn’t really about the home front, but was given the exception is it was quite a hard letter.

I chose to design price tags, a gift card design, a shopping bag, and a sale poster for H&M as my design with materials part of the brief. I created a pattern and made it look really colourful and different to the current design for H&M and I think it looks really good as finished products.

Introduction & Packaging

Designing with materials is something that is in front of you, and not on the screen. So posters, wood works, packaging, etc. When it comes to designing with materials it could be for things like make up packaging, fashion, and even stenciling. When it comes to designing packaging you have to think about what it would look like, whether it would be patterned on the outside, what colour it would be, the size of the boxes, how it would be laid out on the inside and most importantly what it will be made out of.