Idea at 8pm - MOCK FMP

I found these inspirational, emotional photosets on tumblr the other night; I love them. I'd like to incorporate photography into my designs and possibly create something very similar to this but with illustration incorporated. The style of the imagery draws me in personally; i love the cinematography of the pictures and the way the writing is uniquely incorporated.

I'm planning on changing my idea, still reflecting animal rights etc; into a photography and illustration piece. The above images are what influenced this idea and and also by searching into Shrigleys work and other related artists. 

This is Shrigleys work. I really like this piece because I think it is really cute/cool and the writing just adds to the strange, simplistic illustrations. 

Anastasia Taou's work; Her work is very simple, a lot of the time very unique and extremely interesting. The painting/ink style is very unique but you can tell it's inspired by Shrigleys work.

- attacking a conventional state -

"In Marxist philosophy the bourgeoisie is the social class who owns the means of production and whose societal concerns are the value of property and the preservation of capital, to ensure the perpetuation of their economic supremacy in society."

Personal Professional Research

Current jobs -

50 Adult Coloring Book Illustrator

Based 'anywhere' and starting immediately.

$50-150

Pen illustrations and should be able to draw nature; gardens, animals, oceans, landscapes and mandala's, that should not be anything like any other due to copy rights. Must be comfortable with their name not being anywhere for their designs and to never recreate their designs. 

- Skills - Illustration, Adobe Illustrator, Drawing, Sketch

Play Flooring

The road would make them be able to pretend they are genuinely driving, since I also played like that when I was younger and enjoyed it a lot. There could be educational ladders like this, too. It would be nice to make it very bright and beautiful because if we didn't have it bright and exciting, they wouldn't be very interested.

I think this is a very exciting and cute flooring for potential inspiration for the ELC. It could have very educational purposes whilst looking visually appealing too. It could be spongy and could possibly make the ELC look more like a nursery and less like prison for children. Bright colours could excite the children and make them feel very happy when playing outside, but by also having squidgy flooring, they're not going to be hurt when they fall down too.

The prime and second colours are probably the most recognisable colours by children, which would be exciting and they would enjoy playing on them. If we places the name of the colours on a colour wheel by the side of the flooring, they would be able to learn them for future reference and development. They also may be more attracted to them, since they're bright and children are typically attracted to very bright colours.

Places to place my advertisement

Due to the product, I think it would be ideal to place the advertisement on billboards like the above image. I would make it very noticeable and eye catching; that way drivers by and people who are just wandering by will take notice and interest in my product. I could even potentially create a short clip advert and put it on the billboards that show video's, I know there is a lot of those around recently.

This is the promotional video for 25 Years Later as promised by the series! I would want something mysterious; something very strange just like what they create. I really like how there isn't any speaking in this and would probably re-create some of it but more subtly. 

McDonalds Happy Meal Box Template

This box is definitely something to contemplate using as a template. I wouldn't, obviously, do the 'M' handle shape since my product isn't the bin's food (McDonalds). I could re-create the handle, somehow making it fit to the final product and then have it box as a house. That would be interesting because  you don't typically see a house shaped box packaging on the market.
Because it would be shaped off of a McDonalds box, it could be a high selling point because it's a somewhat identifiable box design; something people familiarise themselves with. With that in mind, it may draw them in more to buy the product and it could definitely increase sales.

Other Logo's

I personally find this design very bland and quite boring. That is because the design doesn't really jump out at you, it just fades in to the background. The colours aren't very exciting which is probably the main flaw with this design. However, if the colours were brighter, it's more likely to be exciting and draw you in.
The actual composition isn't very original either.

This would make me buy it! It looks quite exciting and the mountain behind it will inspire my mountains on my design. The ridged edge adds slight character and excitement to the design plus the two identifiable person and donkey are cleverly places within the design and add even more character.

Starbucks coffee is quite an exciting, busy design! But everybody recreates and recreates, which has made it beyond unoriginal and uninteresting. One of the main problems creating a logo similar to starbucks, is that people  would expect starbucks. Starbucks is its own brand; it's something you can't recreate without people thinking your trying to BE them.

This is a design that is in a 'speech bubble' but i couldn't get the full image. It is very cute, but isn't overly exciting. It has a slogan on which could be a unique selling point for the company, but it quite a generic quote which could be easily re-created and probably re-created better.

This is actually a badge but would be quite exciting for a logo. I think it may have taken the circle inspiration for Starbucks, but none the less, it isn't overly obvious. The overall composition works well but it is relatively simple. Those who know the reference would be able to buy it happily because of the satisfying feeling, but then people who don't would find it quirky and interesting.

Why Twin Peaks and Coffee are idea's that fit perfectly together

The number one reason for Twin Peaks and Coffee to come together is that Coffee come from Ethiopia. Coffee originates there and was founded around 1671 (well, the first time it was put in writing). Since coffee is from Ethiopia, I thought the two would go hand in hand because of the "twin peaks" stance, the mountainous land that surrounds and is throughout Ethiopia and the vast amount of referencing of coffee through out Twin Peaks. 

This is Inspector Dale Cooper. Dale is the main reason for the referencing of Coffee throughout twin peaks. This is because Dale is a big coffee enthusiast (to say the least).

This is from one of the Twin Peaks Coffee Cup advertisements. I have snipped to this scale because this is the reason for the huge circle in the centre of the design for my logo. That being said, it is tempting to put the handle on and even possibly some heat coming from the cup, somehow, to make it more identifiable.

"Damn fine cup of coffee" A quote any Twin Peaks fan or watcher will know.

 The Following are Previous Coffee Mug Designs

This is probably the most obvious twin peaks cup ever in existence. It isn't overly exciting, but it is quite appealing to 'fans'. However, because I am not actually aiming to put 'Twin Peaks' anywhere (since that could potentially stump sales) - This mug doesn't especially apply to what I am hoping to create. 

Very simple but somehow very exciting, I would say to this mug. The simplicity is very appealing and the quote is relatively subtle since I'm sure nobody who hasn't seen or dislikes twin peaks will know the quote. The cup itself is relatively bland, but maybe that is a possible positive with the cup.

I'd prefer this as an actual logo. That being said, it is both their logo and mug design! However, I do think that it is too blatantly obvious that's twin peaks, but that's their aim so they're very okay when it comes to that. The actual design itself draws me in personally, mainly because I am very drawn to illustrative little drawings and the unique design of non-perfect manufactured designs. I think a lot of people are now drawn to this, mainly because people are striving for a lot of individuality and the aim for unique gifts as appose to high brand, expensive and clones.

Visits proposal

VISITS

LIVERPOOL £10/£15 20 something of October

BRADFORD 02 OCTOBER

HARLEY 07 OCTOBER

11 NOVEMBER LONDON

HARRY POTTER JAN/FEB

MARCH SEWHAT

MANCHESTER 1 APRIL

27 APRIL YORKSHIRE

MARCH/APRIL NOTTINGHAM

POTENTIALLY A RESIDENCIAL TO LONDON JUNE 

Dada

DaDa, is an unplanned movement that reflects the horror happening in the First World War, 1916. Dada's main two individuals involved were Hugo Ball and Emmy Hemmings. Ball was a piano'ist and Hemmings was a gracious singer. The Cabrera Voltaire was created (a night-club-like meeting place in a pub) designed for artists and preformer's to come and do everything they would like. They got the place by promising that it would create more sales for the beer and sausage bar which the night-club was in.

     

1914 - 1918 and Avant Garde

The War

• The war began in 1914 which by then Europe had literally divided to two sides.

Avant Garde

• Avant-Garde is originally at french term meaning in English vanguard or advance guard. 
• Hugo Ball was a DaDa artist which is very key for this movement. 
• Hugo Ball created the political statement of his views; and the DaDa manifesto
• In the early 1900's in Switzeland, the DaDa movement was created and was arose due to the WW1 happening in the time. 

Cabaret Voltaire

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven -
Elsa Von was a German born, Avant Garde, dada poet who spent a lot of time working in the united states of america. She developed provocative poetry and was a very 'out-there' character. She also trained as an actress whilst growing up, which is why she was a very contemporary poet who wasn't afraid of almost 'acting' out her poetry whilst being read. Elsa died in 1927, aged just 53 in Paris after vast exposure to gas intoxication after it was left on in her flat. The reasoning behind the gas still remains suspicious after never being cleared. 

Cabaret Voltaire -
The Cabaret Voltaire was created in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded by Hugo Ball and his companion Emmy Hennings on February 5 1916 as a cabaret for artists and for political purposes. However, the name 'dada' was founded later on and is classed as a movement. The 'dada' movement was named after placing a flat object in a dictionary, which then followed by closing their eyes and wherever their finger landed was going to be the name of this interesting movement.
 The Cabaret Voltaire ranged through acts; people preforming spoken words, dance, music and poetry. The stage was often taken over by artists experimenting and typically from all sections of the Avant Garde. In July 1916, Ball read out the dada manifesto and in June had also published a diary with the same name which also featured many artists.

Recently -
In 2001/2002 a group of artists calling themselves the 'neo-dadaists', illegally entered the Cabaret Voltaire building in a bid to save the building after hearing it was to be closed down and demolished. They declared that, by saving the place, it was signal for a new wave of artists.
Shortly after and over the few months, many performances, film nights, parties and poetry readings took course but in April 2002 the police evicted the occupants.
The building has recently been re-opened holding many Cabaret Hugo Ball based programmes and exhibitions.

Packaging that didn't work

This was a simple template that I found on the internet and slightly tweaked to be my own. It really didn't work! The over-all format was not at all what I imagined. The box didn't stay closed; the peak of the roof didn't especially look like a roof at all! To conclude, this template is definitely not one to use because it isn't very sturdy and doesn't have a lot of room either.

The above and below designs - They did work! The over-all structure was very easy to cooperate with. However, the design isn't very strong. The side of the house folds out and would probably be held together with string and a button or some kind of clasp. But the base of the template would have to be a lot bigger to fit a mug in and the design would probably disproportionate. There, I am considering using elements of this design but changing some things to hopefully make it more sturdy and stay together better whilst fitting in the main products.

MORE INSPIRATION AND 
IDEA CONCEPTS 

This version would be ideal if you wanted something more simplistic and still keeping it slightly exciting. I could always potentially create this still into a house! Even though it isn't the idealistic house shape, I think it could quite easily passable as a house format.

Moving away from the house design, this design is simply exciting and very cute. It would definitely be something to try out because it is a professional looking design. But I don't think it would be a packaging design that would make somebody decide they want to actually re-use and save, purely because it's more of a transporting 'keep safe' design for the actual product.

This is very like the mcdonalds box. This box design is something relatively 'housing' formed; again easily manipulated to look like a house. The shape is a rectangular base with sloping sides and easily fastenable! Considering the design of the above particular design, I think people would enjoy to actually keep the box and would probably be a box you throw everything in to, to make your room a little more presentable.

Embedded designs

To add a little more professionalism, I could always engrave/embed a designs name or logo or the slogan onto the box. That would always add to the design and make it look the little more expensive, even if it actually isn't.

Box Design for the Tea bag

Sliding Box In The Original Box

This could be a box in a box and tell a little quirky story. People wouldn't want to throw it away because it's very cute and looks like theres been a lot of effort put into it. It is like a match box, which would be made out of card like the outside packaging would be also. Mine would too have funky little characters inside of it.

Here is a very cute design somebody has created for a sliding box previously. It's design gives you the format of the above Match Box design! I could potentially base my design off of the above template and make it all work so that it is very easily slidable. 

Alternatively, I could put together a very exciting designed envelope and create a very cute one that would make people want to keep them. The left hand one is very simply made but makes the best impression on me, personally because it's not bland or plane.

BOX TEMPLATE ATTEMPT (2)

I have decided to base my design of my box (or at least attempt for my individual box after doing the simple one the other day) the 'House Box' design. It will be a lot bigger than the above one, the below one is my own version of it. The proportions are a lot different to the above one, not in accuracy but they're 'blown up' a lot more to give a bigger design.

I am yet to print and try out this design for the box.

Shindoku Useless Objects

This first one is a toilet roll head hat. It's designed for those who are sick! If you struggle with hayfever....no problem anymore because you have this crazy head hat. But, you may look pretty silly walking down the street, so I would advice sticking to the pocket tissues if you're not up for the stares! A flaw would be definitely not being able to see, purely because the toilet tissue would definitely go over the eyes if you haven't sorted out the whole "rip at the top" situation! I guess that'd be pretty wasteful too...

Umberellas for your feet...need I say any more?

This is pretty ingenious if you ask me! If you needed to carry all your bits and bobs everywhere in a giant bag, that problem would instantly be solves! The back has lots of pockets to store all that you need. I guess if you had a lot it would get pretty irritatingly heavy, but that's a minor flaw because I'm pretty sure it's heavy and annoying carrying a bag for all of 4 small items and what-not.

If you get sleepy on the train or bus, you don't really have a problem anymore with the head plunger. I do, however, personally think you look a bit silly! However, if you're ok with that and get super sleepy, it doesn't really matter. It's large and would be hard to just slip into a bag, I also don't know what the front panel says so if you're using that in China, it could turn out to be "stupidly sleepy idiot" or something more offensive and you'd not know why the entire train is laughing at you! - but anyway, a major flaw is getting off the window. I can't see it being the easiest to pull off the window and if you have to get off really quick, you're in a bit of a cafuffle and would probably have to try 4 stops prior to getting off...

I call this the "hair fish". It reminds me of those fish that have that clown-like rim around their necks, but more to the point; this is pretty good to use. I know first hand that its so easy to swing your hair into your tea, so this would be pretty good for those with long lush locks. The problem is, you look pretty silly and hopefully it isn't a 'one size fits all' because that would be problematic for those with either really big or really small heads.

Well, pretty self explanatory! The chin holder. Sometimes, your head gets heavy and you're tired of standing on your own, so Shindogu created this neck holder to prevent people getting neck pain...But large to be carrying around, though.

Here's the most ingenious of them all! The air clothing car horse! You may lose your pants on the motor way though. 

I see more flaws than positives in this one. Yes, you can have identical lips on a daily basis; but if you're not into cartoon lips or you don't want identical lips to those around you because everyone else is using it, your have a bit of a problem. These cartoon-inspired lips don't look the greatest, but I guess it's each to their own.

GENUIOUS! Glasses with eye drop funnels on, because now you don't have any problem aiming for your eye directly...A problem, however, would be that you may still blink but I guess Shindogu can't do everything for you.

Information Cards (Thankyou for buying etc)

This is very simple. I could simply make a very simple card indicating where to find me (or the company in general) on social media and encourage those who've bought the mug, to show me their's through said social media. However, this design is VERY simplistic and isn't overly exciting, it is straight to the point and could easily encourage one to post a photo or follow us. That is the aim, through this card I guess. Along side that, I could make mine very exciting, almost too exciting that somebody would want to keep (I am one of those people who save the cards that come with things if they're pretty enough because I feel like they're quite literally a piece of art) - them.

Although this isn't a thank you card for buying a product, it's a very interesting idea. I could always get a piece of wood and engrave the thank-you, adding the effect to the overall package because it's always interesting getting a piece of wood with your mug....But still, this is definitely something that would make an impression! The impression in mind, would be that it would definitely excite the customer and they could even keep it. I would have a peel off sticker with my instagram/tumblr on it, so they can contact me if need be, but underneath could be a 'thank you' and a quirky design of some sorts (possibly two mountains or something.)

This is the idealistic key chain for my product. Instead of one mountain, it could be two and it could have engraving on the back with a thank you and then the peel off sticker idea for my instagram or tumblr. Although this is just another expense on my behalf, it could potentially be even more exciting and quirky in the buyers eyes; therefore upping sales! The keychain, being the third item of this package, could have now turned to a gift box of some sort. That would be very exciting because, well, who doesn't love gift boxes full of things you really enjoy? I still wouldn't write Twin Peaks anywhere because that could, again, put people off buying if they aren't interested or dislike twin peaks.

Little doodle of what the mug could potentially look like

Here I have mocked up on my iPad a simple idea of what the mug could look like. I am considering using a blank mug and just illustrating wood on it, but I will try both to see which works best. The coffee bag looks like a tea bag, but it is easy to get the coffee out by cutting the top.
I am considering the coffee to be the main product and the cup to be free with the coffee since it's 25 years late (as said in Twin Peaks, which is a unique selling point) - and they all love coffee in twin peaks. 

Box research

Box Design inspiration (1)

This design is a good design because it is very out of the ordinary. The implications that come with your box not 'drawing' people in, is that it is generally the foundation that somebody bases whether or not they're going to buy your product. As shallow as it sounds, appearance sometimes is genuinely everything!
It fits with my theme because it is very 'cute', quirky and I had the idea in my head that I could do a box based on the 'Black Lodge' from twin peaks! I could have red, burgundy and black/white colour theme as that is what the main colours in the movie are and I could have the logo as a 'pincer' type-thing on the top that you peel to open. I'd make the box reusable with the pincer some how, therefore re-usable.
I would change the roof style and the window width because they aren't exactly what I'd like for the box. However, I'd generally keep the over-all design the same.

Second

Alternatively, this is a very unique and exciting idea. Instead of having a box, I could have a 'tea cosy' inspired design. That being said, I have looked into the cup having its own tea cosy, in which could potentially act as a packaging idea too. It could have, like the above image, a 'pom pom' that opens up where the tea bag could sit. I'd also have a base bottom, one that allows the mug to sit in for support. This is, however, a product for anyone but the down side is, a lot of people could potentially classify it as 'feminine'. I won't be aiming any of my potential designs at a specific gender because I believe all items are for everybody, despite of what some people deem 'masculine' or 'feminine'.

Third

This design is very simple, {and} may not be the most interesting of designs, but it is certainly worth your money. It's a slide box, which if I was to recreate I could easily draw on it and make it very cute with illustrations. Along side that, the design would have to be larger (more deep, at least) to fit my mug inside, however that would not be a problem. There would also have to be padding, because we wouldn't want the design to destroy the product. The tea bag would be placed inside the mug.
This design could fail because theres a chance that it would slide open if you wasn't careful enough. That would be a relatively large problem. Along side that negative, there holds a problem of the design not being sturdy enough as a hole; for example: if dropped it could crack or even break entirely. I would probably not actually use this design, but I would still consider using some aspects, especially with how sharp it looks and nice.