Bivouac Fourth week

About Brodsworth

At Brodsworth Hall and Gardens near Doncaster you’ll discover the story of a house and the memories of a home that evolved through the ages. Conserved as it was found in the 1980s, the Hall's interior offers a time capsule of family life, from High Victoriana to the retro additions of the mid 20th-century. You may catch yourself reminiscing over some familiar items or wondering at the more unusual ones and discover the stories of the people who lived and worked on the estate.

Explore the enchanting gardens whatever the weather or season, which have been restored to their 1860s magnificence and divided into distinctive areas, there is always something new on offer every season. See the magnificent fern dell, stunning displays of roses and immaculate lawns as well as the classical summerhouse. Children can let off steam in the new play area, with a boat and mini rocking horses reflecting the family's sporting pursuits. Families will continue to have memories of Brodsworth for generations to come.

What is my Role

Within the exhibition Kate has been asked to create the designs for the exhibition working alongside workhouse in in Elmet who have been designing and create Sherburn ing a interactive Stern with interactive games within the stern that whilst children and adults learn about the ship they look through the window at the painting in order for people to understand and look at the detail within the painting. Within the exhibition information about each piece will sit against the paintings and will help guide children through the meaning of each painting. I am currently designing these ensuring that the designs are playful yet relate to the panels that Kate has designed. 

I also got feedback from Jim on the Dynamo's Logo which have developed yet the client has decided to change few things. To be evaluated next week.

I also went to Sherburn in Elemet to the Workhouse workshop where they make the elements for the exhibitions. it was interesting to see how companies use others skills and how worked is sourced out to other skills. Also understanding the project management between all the other companies and the client English Heritage. rubix

Within this me Kate and Helen where  brainstorming ideas for the CMA brief. Working out what could represent the sub brands of the brand. The brands current image is currently very standard and it is hard to distinguish between the different services.

The clients currently have an idea of a cube which we are trying to en-corporate but the brand currently have ants within their brand although they are a medical consultancy brand we cannot change the brand too much.

http://www.cma-associates.com/services.htm

Third week at bivouac

The third week was about the final development and adjustments to the dynamo logo design with the client. The logo is starting to look  a lot more dynamic with more movement within it now and is making progress with an italic typeface. The client liked the bright pink within the one colour logo.
Once they were developed and sent of I then worked on some exhibition laminates that are to be looked at at the Broadsworth hall exhibition about a painting of a boat. Bivoac have been working on the xhibition hard and have developed an interesting exhibition around teh importance of the ships painting which is actually very intresting about the story that the painting shows. The laminates are aimed a children which as discovered from my last module are not my favorite audience yet they it is challenge for me out of my comfort zones. I shall be visiting Broadsworth hall next Tuesday to see the development work of the exhibition. 
I then went to a meeting with one of Kate's new clients called CMA who are consultancies within the medical department. They have their branding and a brand image yet they want to put their services almost into packages or boxes to make the services have more value. The idea has to be quirky and interesting yet professional. Although the challenge is to work with the logo and brand image which is a man in a suit and ants? Which will prove difficult to make an interesting outcome with an image that is distracting and confusing to the reader. 
Later that day I also went to the Military museum round the corner from the studio to discuss the small exhibition that was going to take place in a few weeks time. The exhibition is based around the soldiers in Afghanistan yet the budget is very tight and Kate and Helen were trying their hardest to get the best out of the budget they have got with smaller panels and vinyl letter utilisingfully the space that they have got already.  

Self Promotion

Tutorial with Alec Doherty

Alec Doherty came in today from the lonely punks. He set up his own business designing and selling print and working as freelance illustrator. I am not an illustrator my self but it is good to appreciate other skills from a different perceptive. We talked about my self promo which i got some positive feedback but to make it bigger. to create more impact and we talked about going freelance and the weather or not it is worth it to make the move to London. Visiting professionals makes me realise how much I need to get my website sorted and get it promoted. The job later to day will be to install indexibit on my website.


Awards: D&AD Best New Blood 2008, Northern Design Competition - Highly Commended (Illustration & Graphic Design).

Bivouac Second week

The second day at bivouac proved a good day I was finalising the dynamo brief logo design the brief had a two day deadline which was good to stick to those guidelines. I sent of a set of 8 designs after selecting out of a range of designs. The feedback should be there when I return on Monday which I can make amends and then apply the logo to the website. This should enable me to learn more about client limitations and using other skills from other designers such as web design. I then began working on a design for a four sided a5 leaflet for a  charity garden centre which I will continue working on on the following monday. The second day of the week was distributed by dissertation deadlines of which kate was flexible with me which was a great help but now dissertation is out of the way I am ready to crack on as a designer.

Bivouac First day

My first start up day at Bivouac was a good initial experience. 
I was working on a logo design for a brand called dynamo 
which was a sub brand for cycle for it. The brand related 
between exercise on bikes general fitness and health and 
was based around been dynamic.


The client wanted to show all these quality with the logo. 
The client was on a tight budget on-which I will work on the 
brief for a day a and a half and apply the logo to a website 
which will also be designed by us.


We also had a client in from a media consultancy who wanted 
to create some sub branding for their range of products. The 
client meeting was a good experience for to understand client
limitations and good strong percific questions to ask the client. 


I also am begining to understand running a graphic design 
business and it costs how much you charge an hour and what 
jobs cost more in your time working out realiistic timescales and 
not just saying what you want the client to here. Kate is very 
professional with her clients and I think that her client appreciate 
how realistic she is and how much she cares about the clients 
image they portray.