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Final Reflection
What a second year its been for comms design, but here we are... finished.
I will be reflecting on two parts of this String Brand Project:
Group Work:
To sum up group work I would say that I challenged myself with being the project manager again. Its not like I didnt want to design as we can see in the individual part rather, I wanted to push my soft skills and how I work with managing a number of people. To get everyone on the same path, same destination and the same goal of producing work we were proud of. From setting up deadlines, being everyones main source for communication and touching base with everyone making sure work was getting done, there isnt anything else i couldve done in attempting to get this group part of the project running smoothly. Teams became my second main source of communication for that part of the project. Like I explained in my earlier update post, my satisfaction with my fellow group members engagement and output could be improved. It seems like we never ironed out the wrinkles from the first group project. I wasnt perfect during this run of being group manager but I have learnt a lot in having to deal with people of different backgrounds and how they react to how I do things. I will continue to work on these soft skills moving on. Rather than compromising and going with the idea suggest like the project before, I was able to engage much better with our conceptual take on attaching a brand to something as simple as string.
Individual Work:
Moving on to the individual part of this project. One stressful section of this project I tell you, having to essentially redesign and realign the entire brand that my group built upon we got there in the end. In this half, I used illustrator more which i normally dont and learnt a bunch of new things. Re learning how to screen print, learning how to think in a 3D space and create packaging from scratch, work with an aesthetic im not so familiar with, learning how to laser cut at the 3D labs and engage with the lovely people at the 3D labs and lastly learning how to emboss/deboss through Luca over in level 7. I dont think i have ever pushed a project so much than this project. All I can say is i have grown attached to this project and the processes and skills it has taught me has well prepared me heading into 3rd year comfortably. Despite the countless issues faced leading up the finish line, my favourite part of this project was watching everything come together in such a short time. In a year full of projects, it has literally made time fly. The amount of development I poured into this second half of the project is something that will push me further in my final year of study.
To end this reflection, I just want to say a huge thank you to Paul Shadbolt, Aakifa Chida and Becky Ford for teaching me this second half of the year and essentially preparing us as we move into my final year. The time spent with you guys is something i will cherish forever. Especially to Paul for guiding my thinking towards design creatively and towards the design industry. Your work ethic and words of wisdom have fueled my graphic design knowledge astronomically and that right there is something I will take on board into next year.
Despite this year being void of lockdowns, i feel like i was robbed of more time this year than last year.
Heres to more design work and better tumblrs headed into 2023
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Photos taken Edited for the presentation
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Prior Field research
This is the state of string and cord packaging seen in the everyday world, nothing to eye catching as i imagine the people who buy the string focus more on function rather design, the string is supposed to be disposable to they dont design as much
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Inspiration for my research and source of my filter
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