CHARLENE LUCAS Digital Visual Dairy 2013 Identity Package Research and Progress
My Visual Diary is for the purpose of my assignment, it Is my thinking Process, its messy and sometime does not make sense. This Visual Imaging Diary is my way that I work through my processors, Its not fancy and does not follow any design rules. It has plenty of spelling mistakes through out the whole book and loads of research that might not make sense. However its help me create an Identity Package and help keep me on track and to fulfill the brief.
Identity Package To re-brand Edible Gardens Ltd over a range of mediums to showcase my skills with a goal of getting employment with Slipstream Creative in Christchurch
Logo Design •
Two or three colours
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Form to a basic shape.
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Test Edible Gardens target market for readability & concepts.
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Web Design •
Create a theme
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Consistant
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Use menu bar options throughout design to help navigation in website
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Simple
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Memorable
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Timeless Variable
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Simple Design
Remember to make it
Use a range of photography for advertising
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Keep text succinct
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Text hierarchy
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Appropriate
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Ensure images and design match the content
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Clear
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Compelling
Versatile
Project as a whole •
Font needs to be relevant to target market and
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I will consider color and shapes thorough out branding package.
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I will be aware that working through my own process will create simplicity in my designs
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I will remember customer satisfaction and clear communication.
company •
I will use unity to create a look and attitude that is recognisable and remembered.
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I will consider the whole process in a holistic way.
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Communcate to multiple audiences.
Industry more experienced I am trained in new programs Fresh out of study I have life, Job experience, maturity People sending in portfolios. I know exactly what my target market expects
Interview Edible Gardens & their Target Market
Critique from Cindy from Colman’s Design for testing
International company Show international knowledge in my work Customer Satisfaction I will provide testimonies from real clients Looks for variation Identity Package Design Focused I will show relevance in my work.
Critique from Phil and Kate for testing concepts
Debbie from Slipstream Creative to guide me
Customer Profile Existing market
Existing Market are people who are wanting to grow their own fruit and nut trees in their back yard. They have a huge interest in heirloom and heritage trees which are organic. They are female/male aged 35 - 50 years old based through out New Zealand. Professional people who like to spend the weekends in their gardens. Income mid to high range. They have a passion for the outdoors.
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New Target Ma
Edible Garden Competitors and Ta rget Market
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Logo
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Daniel Brokstand uses communication through out his design by creating hierarchy, I wanted to create hierarchy in this with using a font that was going to relate to Edible Garden some how, which is why I wanted to use a heritage font.
I added color to I thought that if tter, start to look be it then it might pt ing, this conce d d ki I s a w o h w a working but its really was not start.
to bring the This idea was ugh to this same type thro away the design but take to add symbol, started pe. leaves to the ty
Trying to keep the designs as simple as I can as typeface one of my practitioners talks about simple design, its a complex process but its a way to simple design so I feel that this is not working as the logo is looking complicated and not visually pleasing at all. Will take the font and try a new concept
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I could take the m the apple away fro ng it tree and try usi rk? in the word-ma
t has This type of fon d they inspired me an ear have used a p nt to obviously releva the company.
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Through out my articles that I researched it was important to make sure my logo and identity was going to evoke emotion this did not do that for the target market.
had e logos that we So from the thre the ecided to test d e w n o d e re ag h’s end which are Sara all target market, onse and they sp re y n a m so , users ill need logo. Which w e e tr e th d ve lo g. nd more refinin further work a tter uld do a bit be I think that I co have lly e does not rea nt though, the tre edibles you ca to s lie b m e ss a any re tree a organic fruit re a y e th t a th ll te shop.
I feel as though the apple is working and the font, I have changed the b to the d but turned it around so it flows better. Not liking font choice for GARDEN
ith Kate and After meeting w decided that talking to her I me up with I needed to co e it different to th something a b e nt to Sarah, sh others to prese ht u o in it but I th g wanted a apple a that looked like that something h c a ld also be a pe apple that cou the also, I wanted or a nectarine sent atile and repre rs ve e b to o g lo in many ways. Edible Garden ed ti inspire me rt a st e g a im se The on with the apple and I came up the left.
I really hate this font but Sarah has seen it on something and wants me to try and make it work with her label but It goes against every think that I have learnt about Edible Garden and really does not represent it at all.
Through the articles that I have researched I have learnt that your font choice for your logo needs to represent the company and have good reason for choosing it, I have not good reason for this one. Will have to try and change her mind.
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I decided to show these to Sarah so she could compare them, hoping like anything she will see what I mean when the font for the top one really does not work or represent Edibles in any way. Lucky for me she fell in love with the bottom on.
Color Choices
5% So through the design brief that I sent Sarah to fill out I came up with some color schemes that would represent Edible Garden’s then we put it to the target market to see what they thought.
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Then I started to play with the color concept a bit more, reversing the colors to make sure that the color scheme we chose was going to work with it reversed. It did so we went ahead with this color scheme, Its modern colors that are similar tones
After getting feed back from Kate, she suggested maybe making the font choice for the GARDEN more unique so these are the version I was playing around with, Also made the apple smaller and looked at placement of the apple.
Even though the color scheme had been chosen wanted to explore the color some more to make sure that the color scheme we had chosen worked better then any of these, and it did so I was feeling confident in the choice that we had gone with.
So looking at the logo closely I realize that it still did not flow as well as I had wanted it to and then realized that all the letters for Edible link but where I changed the d to a b didnt so I added in a link there and it looked much better, We finally had a logo that represented Edible Garden and there brand.
Plant Labels
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Plant Labels
of best out of all e th s rk o w e Sarah I think this on nting these to e s re p e b ill w them but at she likes. so will see wh the other g the logo on in v a h t s ju g Thinkin el. side of the lab ill talk to about stock w k in th to d e e Will n at class about th
orking st that I was w p e c n o c e th g ahead These are we were goin t h g u o th I n e what I on wh king back on o o L . o g lo e h, with the tre are going wit e w o g lo e th h have done wit h looked which I thoug s e n o e e tr e s the ymore. en look ok an good don’t ev me as to bring so w e n o is th f o s The shape but really doe in k c a b le ty s s of the oldnes modern logo. a h it w rk o w not
it works well, if s rd a c e th f o Sarah This shape et market and rg ta e th h it w ture of worked ome a key fea c e b ld u o c maybe this the design.
for her sort of design is th g in lik is Sarah ide on a t trying to dec u b ls e b la t n pla ith. shape to go w
Typeface talks about keeping it consistent and evoking emotion so what ever shape I go with will need to be carried out through the whole identity package.
t the to Sarah abou lk ta : lf e s of it. to Note er team think h t a h w o ls a shape and
nt epts to prese c n o c 3 l a n fi ell These are the t one works w rs fi e th g in th g well to. to Sarah. I eath is workin rn e d n u e n o but the
Through my research of my practitioners typeface used tonal colors in there work and they kept it consistent. I have tried to do the same and only use 2 / 3 colors for the labels. I think this is more visually pleasing.
Business Cards
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gether cepts I put to n o c e th re ith e These w oing ahead w g re e w e w t h when I thoug the tree. is the one on th k in th I e s o o h ise. If I had to c tter design w e b g in rk o w page is
e lly well with th a re s rk o w rd a olor The square c g to work a c in y Tr . rs e rn o e white rounded c card. I think th e th f o k c a b into the tter though. stands out be
d Sarah really well, an g in rk o w is This card with the color e n o e th rs fe re to loves it, she p card which I f o k c a b d n a at stock on the front pends on wh e D . d o o g s k think loo s to how it will a h g u o th n o mind it gets printed ink to keep in th e m o s ts a look but th . t to that stage for when I ge for the any concepts m o s d a h I e Becaus long to ot take me as n id d it o g ments lo first nes, I took ele o e s e th h it w come up rds and of busines ca t lo t rs fi e th from ese ones applied it to th
One of the practitioners I researched talked about keeping it simple and I feel this business card works, its been kept simple and delicate in the design which makes it visually pleasing and also repetition so the shape of this card will be carried out through out the whole design to also create unity.
ts that r two concep e th o e th re y e These w I think that the . h ra a S to d t the were presente did Sarah bu o s d n a ly e ic ern and all work n tle more mod lit a is rd a c 5 square ard 90mm x 5 d n ta s e th m pression different fro to make an im d te n a w h t ra mm. Sa th thought tha o b e w d n a rounded on her clients the opposite h it w rd a c re se the squa re so then the o m t a th o d corners would ones.
Voucher
spiration Looking for in as I have for vouchers d with really struggle ith a coming up w is one. Its concept for th r but its just a vouche it simple hard to keep
new cher so they u o v t if g e ent th the one we w nd put that on is a ft ts le n e lie th c n ’s o h r Sara he map d this reate a map fo fo-graphic. T ey understoo in th a if s e a e s it o to d t I wanted to c e d to et Mark symbols ut also wante d on her Targ nd use those te a s y te tr n to e t where to go b h n w a d w ns as I ift voucher an Edible Garde to e u with for the g iq n U . a whole ide how. they love the ackage some p ty ti n e id e through th
ing the d with design le g g u tr s lly a I have re would be the is th t a th t h g u age voucher, I tho e whole pack th f o t u o o d se its is easiest to it hard becau d n u fo I k in much but I th to include to d te n a w t s ju simple but es information. number of tim a r e h c u o v e ncepts I revisited th any of the co e lik lly a re ’t ile and and didn left it for a wh o s h it w p u e cept of I cam g another con in n ig s e d to e moved on worked for m h ic h w e g a k ac e up the identity p ack to it I cam b e m a c I n e s really because wh epts that I wa c n o c o tw e ts s with the e two concep th re a e s e h T oth of happy with. d she loved b n a h ra a S to the one presented e decided on h s d n e e th s them in resents Edible p re k in th I h above whic
Chill Designs who I used as one of my practitioners talks about finding your own process. Through designing these vouchers I found when it was not working to walk away and leave it for a while and come back to it because I came back refreshed and clear minded. For me that was finding part of my own process.
Product
I started looking for inspiration and thought what about a calender that could go on the fridge but also have a typography look at the bottom advertising the plants in season for that month.
part uct was not a d ro p a h it w To begin found from ackage but I p ty ti n e id e sers of th one the end u d d a h I t a th a survey tell them g that would in th e m o s d f the wante eason, most o s in is t a h w w this when and et already ne rk a m t e rg ta re existing lients that we c w e n e th t u ght why information b ea. So I thou id o n d a h t u an starting o ible Garden c d E t a th t c u d as a gift. not add a pro ts could buy n lie c r o ts n n was had sell to clie ver the desig e t a h w t n a a e This m t also look like u b d e rm fo in to look well gift.
I also wanted this product to be remembered and Chill Design talks about the design being simple to help make it memorable. I feel that the design above is memorable but could be made a lot more similar with in the design. Will work on this.
put pts that were e c n o c o tw e e one These are th she felt that th d n a h ra a S at is the forward to tunning and th s k o lo ft le e on th anted to sell. h theI product she w ed to play wit e n I t a th k y. in I do th king very bus o lo s it , re o m layout some
d ery simple an v is ft le e th n but This design o different style a s it , le p im s looks good e. rs are the sam the tonal colo
er is had to consid I g in th r e d th o An cards, I wante e s e th r fo g t. in packag lightly differen s d n a t n a g le ver I something e ith plan howe w g in o g p u to d But ende n and wanted ig s e d e th s it design think that it su ly through the n o t o n n o ti o ed to evoke em uch so will ne to h g u ro th o but als . tock I go with s t a h w r e id s con
Dates
Work needed to be done
11- 16 August
Work on gift vouchers and calender concepts Research into business analysis for graphic design business
17 - 21 August
Work on Branding Book and website concepts Research into business scope and stakeholders
23 August
Research into how to handle stakeholders, financial planning for graphic design business Work on signage concepts Research into project creep and how to handle it
21 - 27 August 30 August 1 - 9 September 9 - 14 September
Comments Cover what we went in class for business Present to class concepts for gift vouchers, calendar concepts, business cards and plant labels Present Branding Book and website concepts to class for feedback Present Signage Concepts Present to class finalize product for feedback before sending to printers
Write 2 page analysis on my future as graphic designer and how to use project management in the future Fix up any design and finalize Work on Part B of business assignment Start putting Business assignment together Send product to printers Send Business assignment to printers
16 - 18 September
Product to Jessie for photographing
18 -19 September
Product photography to printers
19 September
Present PDF to class
BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE VI3B
24 September 30 Sep - 7 Oct
Work on digital diary and consultation and progress sheets
Holidays
15 October
ASSIGNMENT 3 DUE VI3B
31 October
BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE
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Branding Book
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Website Concepts
4 up with ts that I came p e c n o c e th at These are at Sarah has th e it s b e w e to much for Edibles, th rloaded with e v o y a w is t ok the momen ld take one lo u o w ts n lie c nd e color information a years old so th 0 1 s it d n a , nt n and move o really importa s a w it o S . ible was scheme is terr take out what d n a n o ti a rm ew is to attract n to take the info a e id e th e s u beca ation not important nough inform e d e e n ly n o y visiting clients so the d out more by n fi m e th e k and a to want to m it them selves g in c n e ri e p x n. E Edible Garde ff. h and her sta meeting Sara
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Through my research on articles I found that it was really important to attract the client on the first home page. So the home page had to be outstanding for them to want to carry on looking through. I thought that using images of Edible Garden in the first page would help attract them to want to stay looking at the website.
S T P E C CON
I was not overly happy with the other concepts and new I could do better so once again I left it for a whiled and came back to it. Refreshed and ready to produce a better design.
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One of the articles that I read said it was important to not use to many fonts through the website so I have kept with the two fonts used in the logo and through out the identity package.
I ended up keeping on adding elements and taking away elements until I came up with what I thought would work best before I presented to Sarah. This first one was the first concept and I have carried the opposite round corners through out the website and the people as well to show unity and create a balance and also to help it be memorable.
I felt the top shape with the image worked well to begin with but when I started to add more photos to the image as this is where the clients can look through to get a feel for Edible Garden, the shape was not working well with the images that we had and did not show enough so I came up with the concept on the right which worked much better and more user friendly.
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Signage
Signage we only really touched base on. Sarah only really wanted a flag at this point and Edible Garden could be moving and she didn’t want to spend to much money on signage so I have done a flag concept for the purpose of the assignment and for Sarah to have a look at and choose in the future.
Identity Package Combinations
The package was coming together nicely but I had quiet a few concepts and that is properly another part of my process is coming up with a lot of concepts to get down to the final 3 concepts that the client sees. I put all the chosen concepts together to see what worked better.
Exhibition If I was to be so lucky
Click me to see how Web Concept will be Displayed http://issuu.com/charlenelucas/docs/ediblewebprint
Professional Photo shoot
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Practitioners and Articles
I feel as I have used the information gathered from my Practitioners and Articles and used the information in a way that has only complemented my Identity Package for Edible Garden Ltd. The research done in RA has really helped me and guided me along my journey. I have tried to explain through my Visual Diary how I have used that information but I feel as if it shows throughout my process and into the final product. I am grateful for research.
The Process
I have found through out this journey designing an identity package for Edible Gardens I have learnt what kind of graphic designer I am and what my process seems to be. I also found a huge passion for Identity and brand building and really look forward to furthering my study in this area so I can be even better at what I do. I would like to thank Sarah from Edible Garden Ltd and trusting me to be able to design her an Identity Package that will help build her business and taking it to the next level. The challenge with this identity package was attracting two markets, keeping the exsisting market but also opening it up to a new market. I look forward to working with Sarah in the future. A big thanks you to the lectures who have taught me everything I know, its a privilege for me to be able to take the skills and the knowledge and use it in the future with potential clients and potential employers. One door closes and another opens... The excitement begins.