Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Society Feedback.

A little belated in terms of submission to the module, but really delighted to have received some short and very sweet feedback from the Leeds University Ballet Society in regards to the work put together and proposed for their branded stationary (along with the hoodies which were ordered and have now been distributed).

Very happy indeed.

Design Practice III//Brief Submission to YCN.

Officially submitted to the YCN UK Greetings Awards 2012/13, hooray!

Looking forward to submitting to at least one more of the briefs before the March deadline throughout my FMP module.

Design Practice III//YCN Boards Edited For Submission.

Edited submission boards (with the edition of a quick submission page) ready to be sent along and submitted to the YCN UK Greetings brief Student Awards 2012/13.

Generally speaking, I'm pretty pleased with the outcomes and believe they have been well documented, and have been fortunate enough to gain some really positive feedback from friends and my peer group, so fingers crossed for the results from YCN in the New Year!

Design Practice III//Brief Three: Leeds University Union Ballet Society Submission Boards.

Final boards for submission for the Leeds University Ballet Society brief, developing both the printed stationary range for networking, communication and brand and product outcome professionalism, as well as designing the branded hoodies for existing members of the society.

Overall, I had quite a lot of difficulties with the photo editing, as the pictures were very over-exposed I had to edit out a lot of vignette, and was purely a technical error on my point (but I've definitely learnt from this now). As a result, I couldn't avoid having a real mix of colours on my design boards, so the brand spot colour isn't very distinct, and will, therefore, go on to add artwork files for my CD/module submission.

Design Practice III//Brief Two: UK Greetings / YCN 2013 Submission Boards.

The finalised module submission boards for the UK Greetings / YCN 2013 brief, in which I created my own brand of greetings card and range of gift products to accompany them.

In terms of the scope of my briefs for the module submission, strangely, considering the short time frame and quick development of the brief, this is probably the one I am most proud of, as I took a step out of my comfort zone to work on packaging design (albeit simple packaging) and a really quick turnaround with production values that have impressed others during crits.

Doing a quick competition brief like this one with successful results has definitely given me a confidence boost in regards to what I can achieve, and hope that I can carry this on through to FMP and later on in my personal and professional design practice and career.

Design Practice III//Contacting Carys Re Touchline Facebook.

Sending over the work for the ballet society submission boards to Carys today, hopefully to generate some feedback on the brief, and, if not, then just to be able to give her the opportunity to see the work I've done for the module, and potentially open the doors to work together in the future, potentially working on the digital design outcomes (website, online shop, social networking media adaptions, etc.) that we had previously discussed, but, unfortunately, due to time constraints, I simply didn't have the time to complete.

Design Practice III//Touchline Blogging Ballet Society..

Yesterday I got an email from Jamie at Touchline, the embroiders that the Ballet Society and I worked with to produce the hoodies, letting me know that the picture had been shared on their Facebook page. Really happy that the work is out there and being seen, and that the company are as happy with the design as both Carys and I are.

Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Society Twitter Page.

With consideration for the ever-impending deadline and module submission, unfortunately, I've had to cut back on some of the outcomes I was hoping to produce.

This evening I started work on developing the Leeds University Union Ballet Society Twitter and Big Cartel pages, to help promote the society, as well as easing communications and networks with it's existing members.

However, due to technical faults the process was taking extra-ordinarily long, and at this point, it's something I just can't prioritise with as (some) submission boards are yet to be designed and printed, briefs re-written, etc, although it's something I will certainly consider extending upon, and perhaps pursuing outside of the module submission and into the New Year.

This has lead on to a change in my submission boards, reducing the original four boards for the brief down to three, having removing the digital design board within the series.

Design Practice III//Sending Ballet Society Pictures to Touchline.

This evening I sent along the two most successful pictures taken from Fridays' shoot (with society president, Carys, as our focus model) at the ballet society studio at Leeds University (images taken by Jessie Leong, and edited by myself), as we had previously discussed the designs being printed in the Touchline embroidery brochure, which would be a great opportunity to get exposure for both myself, Jesssie, and, of course, most importantly, the society themselves.

Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Society Facebook.

With very little action on my part (having the existing Facebook account in place), admittedly, the Facebook page for the Leeds University Ballet Society is coming together with it's new brand logo put in place, and now with the addition of the photograph(s) of Carys, the Ballet Society President taking during the hoodie drop-off session yesterday (images taken by Jessie Leong, later edited by me).

This afternoon I'm hoping to work on more aspects of the Ballet Society digital networks including a proposed Big Cartel shop and Twitter page.

Design Practice III//OH PIG.

I spent all of yesterday documenting and taking photographs of my finalised work (images to be blogged asap), but totally forgot to shoot images of my wrapped presents for the UK Greetings/YCN 2013 brief. Whoops. Hopefully YCN/UK Greetings and Assessment tutors will still like what my work and product range has to offer!

Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Society//Taking Hoodies To LUU Ballet Society.

This evening, I got the opportunity to take along the Leeds University Union Ballet Society hoodies along to the group to have them finally delivered and photographed for my work, as well as their own personal social networking, and, as contacted and requested by Jamie Warner at Touchline (the company responsible for the embroidery logo), to be printed and distributed in their brochure in the New Year (exciting times!).

Collaborative partner and photographer, Jessie Leong, very kindly agreed to come along with me and document the hoodie distribution- capturing these great photos of Ballet Society President, Carys Blackbourn in the ballet studio environment.

Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Society Hoodie Delivery.

Really pleased and excited to see the LUU Ballet Society hoodies arrive today from Touchline via courier, arriving a day earlier than I originally expected, and, after examining each of the hoodies, was really pleased with the finish and outcome of all of the designs.

On Friday, I'll be taking around half of the hoodies down to the Ballet class for the members, where hopefully I'll be able to take some photographs of the dancers, which I have been told would be taken forward by Touchline to be published both on their Facebook page as well as their 2013 brochure, which would be a great opportunity for both myself and the society to get further exposure.

Really looking forward to showing the group, and, in particular, the President of the society, Carys, tomorrow.

 

 

Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Society Hoodie Order.

Working from home as I wait for the hoodie order to arrive for the LUU Ballet Society today, and forwarding on the dispatch email to Carys, I'm planning to take down half of the order on Friday to the ballet class to receive their orders before the Christmas break.

Really excited to both see the designs and to be able to gauge some feedback from the members of the society, particularly to see if the designs and emblems go down well from the client's perspective. 

Design Practice III//Leeds University Union Ballet Society Hoodie Delivery.

Really excited today to have been sent an email confirmation of the dispatch of the hoodie designs from Touchline, which should be arriving by FedEx next day delivery tomorrow morning, along with washing and care instructions which I've forwarded on to Carys and the rest of the LUU Ballet Society team.

Really looking forward to seeing the designs, and perfect timing to arrive before the photo shoot of all the products on Friday (where I will, consequently, be modelling for the shoot!), see my future Design Practice blog posts for more details.

Design Practice//LUU Ballet Society Letterhead.

The finalised letterhead designs for the LUU Ballet Society.

Again, keeping the designs quite simple (given more time I would have liked to experiment with the layout a little more for visual interest), and ensuring consistency is met in regards to both the white and purple colour scheme, as well as the centre-alignment of the logo for the header, complete with the society website URL below.

To contextualise the letterhead design, I wrote a proposed letter and body copy to Northern Ballet, as Carys and I had briefly discussed in the past as a potential option for sponsorship/networking, here written to ask for sponsorship and scholarship for members of the LUU Ballet Society dance classes.

Generally pleased with the design despite the quick turn around, and hopefully I'll be able to gauge an overall response and opinions from the feedback session in the peer group crit tomorrow.

Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Society Swing Tags.

The finalised product from design development of the LUU Ballet Society swing tags to be attached to each of the tags/zip hooks of the hoodies (due to arrive on Friday), in a range of small, medium and large. 

The tags, once again, in keeping with the consistency of the rest of the branded range, have been double sided printed, and the white size tag sits above the instructions tag (consistent throughout all the designs), and will be hole punched and have additional ribbon/cord to tie them to the hoodies.

Really exciting seeing everything slowly but surely coming together for the brand outcomes.

Looking forward and anticipating some constructive feedback from the peer group crit session tomorrow morning.

Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Society Receipt Card Booklet Holder.

The finalised design ready for print for the LUU Ballet Society receipt card holder. Again, just keeping the design really clean, simple and minimal to work with the existing brand range is a sophisticated manner (much like the art of ballet itself).

Again, with the entirety of the print range, the design has been printed double sided, (white and PANTONE 669 U) so that when the receipt card is placed in the holder, it's white paper stock will really pop against the purple stock holdall case.

Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Receipt Cards.

The finalised receipt card designs, produced for the LUU Ballet Society as a means to track and document regular payments, from both the chairperson and the student perspective, also to come complete in a protective card holdall case.

To be printed onto 240gsm brilliant white card stock at 85mm x 55mm- a standard, business card size, in order to also keep in a pocket, wallet, or wherever may be handiest at the time for both the society and the member.

Design Practice III//LUU Ballet Society Compliment Slips.

The finalised design for the LUU Ballet Society Compliment Slip, to be printed with the brand PANTONE spot colour 669 U with Avenir type in a  +250 kern (with the exception of the website URL), on brilliant white 130gsm paper stock.

Looking forward to hopefully gauging some feedback from my peers in the group crit session tomorrow, but hopefully the work will be regarded as clean, simple, and effective, as I have intended.