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For this week we trailed the “out cut” ideas with various other people to gain their perspective on the design and their interpretation. Whilst also remaining with the idea of keeping the out cuts as open as they can be, not over restricting but managing to engage the user with a visual language that will hopefully develop to make sense (like a door handle effect, understanding by a visual everyday key). The concepts were then further trailed in cardboard and CAD to understand scale and accents (need to focus on gravity!). We hope over the coming weeks that the product and packaging begin to intertwine and compliment each other, with connectivity at the forefront. We then researched how animals are used within branding to link with the companies values. Starting the brand ideation off with mind maps and sketching later moving on to digitalize the sketches through photoshop to see how different paper textures may look with the branding. I tried the brand development in reverse looking at how the logos would look with white outlines. Later I then experimented with screen printing and how the logo would look on different materials like Jute, brown paper, and card. However, I did face issues with deliveries so I had to hand draw instead of using acetate. I hope to try again with screen printing and use it in different methods. Finally, I then looked at how the logo could look on different materials such as wax stamps using mock ups.


Contents -

Branding research

Mind mapping

Typography sketches

Logo sketches

Materials

Screen printing experimenting

Mock ups

Feedback and ideation from designers

Further product sketching

Prototyping

CAD modelling



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This week we began to filter initial ideas surrounded around the product and packaging, beginning to overlap both to try and create a fully interactive experience. With the idea of limited waste and using materials to further the understanding for the user. This can be flipped and understood as the blanks and offcuts from the Kelpies being in "your hands".


There was also the opportunity to talk to Alice from Flux Laser Studio. Providing her knowledge on manufacturing and her insight on to our initial concepts helped to merge ideas and provide more of a direction as to an achievable route for manufacture.


Being included in the Brave New Field call for the Creative Bravery Festival was also a refreshing look on the industry and new ways of learning and teaching. It truly showed the more positive impact of the lockdown and the opportunity it has provided, being able to have informal chats with a wide scope of backgrounds all having a similar purpose.


Looking forward the idea is to have fun and to create a better understanding from the product and the interactive packaging, how do they intertwine and how does this create a benefit for the user.



Contents -

Merger of Concepts

Chat with Flux

Doon to the Skin (Thoughts)

Developments of Offcuts

Cut and See Your Creation (Modelling and Ideas of Use)

Possible Material Selection

Art of the Mechanical Reproduction

Vision Boards

Branding Placement and Word Association

Packaging Developments


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An insight into this weeks tasks and expansion of knowledge, from Clydesdales to Beekeeping, Target Markets to Imperfect Perfection, Whilst starting to look into avenues for potential product ideas.

To begin the week we delved into uncovering histories and connections between the Clydesdale horse and Scotland (more specifically Falkirk), to see if this was a possible avenue of awareness to surround the final product and to understand international connection to the Kelpies themselves in another personal way. We then widened our research by looking further into International tourists by researching case studies to find out more about tourism behaviour. Creating user personas to understand what potential customers value and want from the merchandise will help us find a target market later in the design process. It also allows us to make the target market more personal and put a face to a statistic. Gaining an insight into pricing strategy allows us to have an understanding on different influences that may affect the price of a product, our main influence would be the overall material costs and if we have a product produced in Scotland using an environmentally friendly material. Furthermore, we looked at different packaging and how ‘flaws’ can add more personality and make a brand look more authentic. Which also led to look into further product inspirations, with detailing and user understanding and uptake on the forefront, remaining with an idea of "open-play" and interpretation.


The week concluded with a chat with Tracey from the Helix Beekeepers. This opened up a totally new avenue to us both and opened our eyes as to the beekeepers involvement with the community, with the idea of approachability and accommodation for its user in mind. Tracey also provided us with further personal stories to not on the Kelpies, but the surrounding area that possess them.


With this research it has allowed for us to move on to ideation and development of ideas which shall hopefully capture some of the essence that has presented itself to us with the opportunities gained over the past couple of weeks


Contents -

- Saving The Greatest Horse and Further Clydesdale (Work-Horse) Information

- International Tourism

- Further User Personas

- Pricing Research

- Eco Friendly Production

- Imperfect Perfection

- Product Inspirations

- Helix Beekeeping Chat

- Beginning to Ideate and Evolve

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