Evaluation

For my primary research, I went to my local library in Chapeltown to gather ideas and information. Some of these ideas weren't from the reading boards or their wall designs but from the books themselves. I used their new book stsnd to find books that were new and updated for children to be interested in considering the modern world. I found quite a few interesting ones such as updated illustrations for Enid Blyton books and also colourful and bright DC Comic books such as superman. I looked at these for inspiration surrounding my reading walls. For my secondary research I used websites such as waterstones to gather information on new books and images to gather ideas from. I also used pinterest, which is where I got many of my Amber Goodvin and Anna Bond illustrations from and also my critical study work. I also used Google images to do some of my critical studies.
From my research I began to use different images from pieces of print outs and pictures and placed them together to create a new idea. I also looked at how to make a small image into a big one without it looking too much and creating a central eye capturing image for the children to look to.
The client wanted something within a £100 budget for each area I was to do, the reading boards and Library Wall, this meant my materials had to be short budgeted and come within their price. Considering the price the wasnt much I could do with the wall and boards to the extent I would have hoped. I believe with a bigger budget I could have made something a lit better and included much better materials for the children to notice and be interested in. The reading boards however dod go slightly out of budget but it can be changed considering whether the ideas want to be kept or not. I felt like these ideas were needed to draw the childrens attention and add more learning to them. I also avoided 'Adventure Time' as the client had asked due to its nature and I kept to something more natural and woodland based for the majority of my designs to show growth around reading.
Some of the experiments that I did were creating a cardboard version of the librsry wall to get a better understanding of how it will be set out and where my work will go. I also did some two-point perspective drawing which helped me put things together on bith sides of the wall without it looking odd or out of place.
Some of the designs for the library wall went out of budget so I had to try and keep it within the amount I had to work with. I looked at other places for my equiptment and paint as well as limiting myself to what I needed rather than what i wanted.
I would have used a variety of materials without constraints such as chalk paint and stronger paints that take damage easier.
My illustrators, Goodvin and Bond, worked well with my idea of nature and growth as they were from places like hallmark there was a veriety of subjects and ideas I could gather due to their area of work. Other illustrators in my work I tended to cooy the majority of their style but place it differently and add small touches not to confuse it with someone else or stray from the its actual purpose.
I believe I mabaged my time well considering the time I spent off the project. I did around 6 yime management sheets to get me started and most of them were done a week before I needed to stsrt them so I had a good flow. However, when I began to fall behind on my work I stopped using my time on planning and just got straight on with my work. I believe it was ideal at first but when I needed to catch up it wasnt my best interest.
I believe going first for the presentation to the client snd tutor wss a good idea as I wasny pressured to do it or made to do it, so I felt more incontrol. I didnt feel nervous or worried, I simply produced my designs hoping they were at s good enough standard to be noticed. I felt like it went well but theres always room gor improvement such as eye contact, more preparation and a better presented presentation, which I believe is where I need to improve.
This project was out of my comfort zone and its not something I would do by choice. Personally I believe its helped me realise what I don't want to do in my future, luckily interior design isnt something I have picked to do at University. I believe that it coukd have been more art focused as it was too much design and I felt it side tracked us from the main idea of the course. I dont think its something I'd suggest would work and it is slightly more for those working in textiles which is not my choice of workshop.