GROUP 3SEAN CHARLTON . RACHEL FORSTER . VINCENT TURPIN . CHARLIE FRENCH

BRIEF

From the original brief we received the key points to design for were:

Fashion Design

Bamboo

Given from a student

We looked at existing products which had been designed using bamboo to gain inspiration

BRIEF

We got another set of criteria for the brief, asking us to choose an art style

From looking through each of these we felt that many of the styles were not suitable such as pre-Raphaelite, so we worked with the modernist style

BRIEF

This is the set of criteria and information which we set

We provided large amounts of information about our local culture

As with the brief we received, we set a persona to design for

DIARY

We were asked to produce a diary of what work we had carried out within the first 6 weeks. This included:

Logo concepts

Brainstorming

Research into materials

Looking at gift cultures

CONCEPT ONE

Our first concept was for a desk lamp. The shape was inspired by the flowing lines associated with fashion design, and the natural properties of bamboo

CONCEPT TWO

Our second concept was for a desk organiser. There were some options for different layouts of this.

The first was using strips of bamboo fabric joining together wooden blocks with different uses such as holding pens and a calendar

The second was for a sculpture of a traditional Taiwanese woman with clips on the hands to hold note paper

CONCEPT THREE

Our third concept was for a USB pen which can be sent between the 2 countries

It would be used to exchange documents, photographs,music, recipes and other similar files.

We believe this would be the next step in a form of pen pals

FINAL CONCEPT

We developed the third concept, looking at how the form could be improved to incorporate fashion and bamboo influences more noticeable in the lamp designs

PACKAGING

This is our final solution. A USB pen which is shared between the countries, delivering experiences to the other

It is delivered between the 2 people in the presentation box shown

HOW IT WORKS

We wanted the gift to help continue the relationship

The way in which this will be done is shown in the schematic drawing

HOW IT IS GIVEN

This timeline explains how the gift would be given

It would be handed over at the airport at the end of a visit, containing photos and stories from that visit

CONCLUSION

This is a summary of how we felt the project has progressed and how we feel our solution answers the brief which we were set

QUESTIONS?

Thank you for the opportunity to work with you.

It has been an interesting and exciting project, and it was good to learn about your culture.