This weekend I have actually been producing my designs for the Textiles Society. Making them into the real deal! Its a big step for me, as I've always seemed to avoid making the jump from the ideas and designs to making the final product. I have this strange sort of fear that the outcome isn't going to be good enough. That it won't turn out the way I imagined. I'm scared of failure, even though I know failing and making mistakes is the often best way to learn.
I've not seen all the final outcomes yet - My friend Martin is getting the posters printed on Monday. But the leaflets, stamp, stall visualisation and props for the stall are all ready to go. The brown bags will stamped and the sponsors' promo material sorted into them along with my leaflet - I can't wait to see how the finished goodie bag looks! I've also set up the basics for their facebook fan page and twitter account.
The freshers fayres are this Tuesday and Thursday. I'm hoping to go along to the Thursday one to take my own photos. I'm really excited and really nervous about how it will go. Fingers crossed for success!
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Sunday, 4 October 2009
Sunday, 27 September 2009
On the spot design pitch
This afternoon I visited my favourite teashop to meet with a friend. He is the founder and president of NTSU's newly formed Textiles Society and this past week I have been busy creating a logo and overall visual concept for the society. We were meeting to discuss the PDF of designs I had sent him.
I arrived to find out that the majority of the committee was now meeting up, and that he wanted me to pitch the idea and my designs to them - a very different scenario to informally discussing it just with him. And suddenly the nerves began to bubble.
It was nothing like a design pitch in industry would probably be like, so being nervous seems quite unnecessary now. They are students, I'm a student and it was quite informal really. But I'm not the sort of person to do things half-arsed, so I attempted to treat it as the real deal. I formulated the points I wanted to make and tried to communicate them in the clearest way possible.
It was extremely rewarding when they ended up choosing the design that was secretly my favourite, and how responsive they were to some of my other ideas regarding how they undertake some of their promo materials and fundraising. When it's all done and dusted, I plan to post the work here along with images of it in use at the upcoming Fresher's Fayres. Keep an eye out.
So. Not that big a deal. But a happy ending all the same.
I arrived to find out that the majority of the committee was now meeting up, and that he wanted me to pitch the idea and my designs to them - a very different scenario to informally discussing it just with him. And suddenly the nerves began to bubble.
It was nothing like a design pitch in industry would probably be like, so being nervous seems quite unnecessary now. They are students, I'm a student and it was quite informal really. But I'm not the sort of person to do things half-arsed, so I attempted to treat it as the real deal. I formulated the points I wanted to make and tried to communicate them in the clearest way possible.
It was extremely rewarding when they ended up choosing the design that was secretly my favourite, and how responsive they were to some of my other ideas regarding how they undertake some of their promo materials and fundraising. When it's all done and dusted, I plan to post the work here along with images of it in use at the upcoming Fresher's Fayres. Keep an eye out.
So. Not that big a deal. But a happy ending all the same.