Context Of Practice Research

For the practical element of my Context of practice, I was initially thinking of doing something which was very adbusters related, similar to the images I was looking when proposing my essay question.

These were the type of images which I was thinking of doing something similar to,

Something using inks which would only show up through certain ways, such as 3D glasses or photochromic ink, I felt that this would have been a good way to incorporate the idea of an underlying meaning or hidden meaning of things. I was considering to do something which would go hand in hand with what I was talking about in my essay but due to not having enough time I had to change my idea.

Here are some of the images which I came about when researching for the publication I was going to be making from my essay.

These posters above were something which I thought was very interesting, as the overall concept is simple but is portraying a very strong message, this was what I was aiming to achieve through my practical piece.

These hijacked billboards, by Robert Mongomery, was another project which I thought was a very interesting idea, as I liked the concept of putting a billboard on its head, and reversing its initial purpose.

This series of hacked bus stop adverts is another ad busters style project which interested me, as it was similar to my initial idea. 

I have collected a few more images on a pinterest board which I will link.

http://www.pinterest.com/RineshMistry/cop-topic/

Engagement Invite Research

For this brief the client had already collected some images of existing invitations or general inspiration, this was very helpful as it gave me a good heads up as to what she wanted, and considering how short time I had before she wanted it done, it meant that I was able to get designing as soon as possible.

these were some of the images which she said she really liked

This image was more to do with the colours she wanted on the invite, she specified grey and teal.

Lasercutting was something which came up a lot in the images she had compiled.

She also mentioned that she wanted some sort of henna pattern on it.

She shared the board with me so I was also able to pin things to it, I suggested a wedding logo or monogram as I thought it would be a good way to keep consistency across any of the invitation items.

She really liked the way that this logo had been designed as it was including a pattern as well so it was like both of our ideas in one.

Link:http://www.pinterest.com/frinam/engagement-ideas/

Lexy Branding Research

With the brief being a smaller one and due to the nature of it, I asked the client to look at images of examples of branding which is out there at the moment. She had collected a fair amount of image and in addition to this I looked at some of her work to get an idea of what it was that branding was going to represent. 

Some of the images which she pointed out to me were

She had said to me that she wanted a CV designing and this was the sort of thing she was after.

She also quite liked this logo and branding for an existing textiles designer.

Link: http://www.pinterest.com/lexxwebb/packaging/

PPP Personal Branding Research

For my PPP Personal branding and promotional pack I started to research into logos and branding which was already out there which I liked, I compiled them on Pinterest.

http://www.pinterest.com/RineshMistry/personal-branding/

Cath Kidston Research

With the brief not being that open or work heavy I kept the research fairly focused on the idea which I had, as I did not have enough time to extensively research.

I had created a pinterest board where I compiled all of the images which I was looking at before I started designing.

link: http://www.pinterest.com/RineshMistry/cath-kidston-pattern-ideas/

Looking at these images had helped me to decided how to illustrate the objects as well as how to put them into a pattern.

I liked how detailed these illustrations were but did I knew I did not have the illustrative skills to achieve something as detailed as this but it gave me a good heads up on how to approach doing the illustrations.

Wedding Invitation Research

For this brief the client had helpfully already seen a few ideas which he liked which he sent to me. Some of the images he shown me were from this pinterest board, 

link: http://www.pinterest.com/ruchitandon/ideas/

But some of the main ones which he really liked were these images, he had said that he wanted something which was not your cliche wedding invitation. 

From seeing what we wanted I decided to compile my own pinterest board, which I then sent to him to see what he thought of what I was thinking of doing for the invite, some of the images which I saw which caught my eye were:

I thought the idea of having a wedding logo was a really good idea and could be applied across different items if he liked it.

Link: http://www.pinterest.com/RineshMistry/wedding-invitation/

Further ASOS Research

In addition to J'nae having looked at the fashion side of thing, we had decided to set up a shared pinterest board where we pinned anything which we thought was suitable for the brief. I had compiled a fair amount of images relating to the responsibilities I had within the brief. 

Here are some of the images which I thought stood out to me:

This image above was one which me and J'nae found very interesting as the overall concept was very similar to the one for ours for the app we were going to be designing. The actual design of the app was very good as well and was very influential as to what the latest fashion apps are looking like.

Considering that we had finally decided what we were going to be designing these images were very influential when it came to design decisions as we wanted to make sure that the design of app was current and would appeal to the target audience and was in relation to things like pop culture and current design.

Here is a link to the board on Pinterest:

http://www.pinterest.com/RineshMistry/asos/