Monday 31 October 2011

Key priorities

List of my key identified priorities

1. Display stand and technical requirements
Design plan complete (3D sketch - to source company to construct, plastics online? phone tomorrow)
Audio mix arranged: with Chris Bailey in his studio (booked date: Saturday 12th November)
Loan of audio equipment from Absolute Music (Chris to contact Andy Leg re: sennheiser headphones etc, will phone this week)

2. Narrative book (include bibliography on back pages, proforma text in front)
Quote from Masters Bookbinding (http://www.mastersbookbinding.co.uk/)
Need final page count
Currently working on layout and content
(expected dates to work on, ideally get as close to completion as possible ready for edit checking: friday 4th - sunday 6th November)
Proforma submission to tutor: 8th November
Bibliography: final update and edit (dates to be completed: end of november booked leave friday 25th - friday 2nd)
Current spec:

Hard back cover (thermo ink or black foiling of lettering / soundwave eps on black matte)
170mm w x 195mm h
Full colour
Estimate 60 pages (tbc)

3. Reflective journals

YR2 lacking July - August update
(expected date to complete: end of november booked leave friday 25th - friday 2nd)
YR1 complete mess - needs tidying in to a coherent mess
(expected date to complete: end of november booked leave friday 25th - friday 2nd)

4. Artefact

I'm still not sure on this. At all.
Trying to stay away from shiny object syndrome that tutor Liz warned me I was falling in to, focusing too much on the product and the technical requirements of the manufacturing etc. Losing the 'spirit' of the idea, what is at the core.

Thought from Dazz on the latest idea literally just starting to think on.
"Evolution of the earplug" using the evolution of man as a starting point for the communication of the idea. All the different earplugs and how they have evolved.




(original website source: evolution of man )

What does it say?
Progression? Boring to fun. Evolution. Iteration of ideas. One idea to the next. Works both for my idea and the project as a whole?
Has a point, but it still doesn't really work, people don't really use or like very much despite all these iterations over the years. What is next (slot at the end for 'headphix')

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