Dom mentioned that the essay was coming along well and has improved a lot since the first couple of times that we went through it, which I agree with- the essay now has a more clear structure and flow and is a lot more relevant to graphic design now than art and design in general.
I also mentioned that I was quite stuck on the practical as I felt that the designs looked quite basic, both the packaging and booklet. I mentioned that the booklet needs to be easy to understand and not too over complicated as it's a 'how to' however, I don't want it to look boring.
Things to experiment with and consider when moving forward with practical:
- Maybe the front could could be imagery and the title in big, since the boxes are so small. the text could be on the back or sides even
- Be more playful with the booklet, coloured pages, different size squares on the imagery pages, can be playful and whilst using a grid at the same time, doesn't have to be so condensed
- The front design doesn't have to be so condensed, play around with composition and scale of the imagery, the imagery could be coming out
- Coloured backgrounds for the packaging, the white on black looks a little starch?
- If the pages are coloured in the booklet, the images could be all one colour- this links to the packaging designs as they stick with purely one colour OR the booklet pages could use the same colour palette (red, blue and purple)
- The packaging could be white text on black perhaps? they may make the images pop a little more
- Research into publications similar to this and graphic design how to books- look at the layouts they use
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