Life's a Pitch// E Flyer Experiment

Life's a Pitch// Business Card Packaging, Logo Ideas & Mission Script

Business Card Packaging, Logo Ideas & Mission Script

Here are some ideas that Mikey Scott and myself came up with. Mikey had a go at writing our first mission script too. Not that these will be final ideas but we decided to make a start so we could show what we have done to the rest of our group on Monday. Thats when we can show what we have and as a group come up with a final idea for pretty much everything. 

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Mission Script 

Founded in November 2012, 5 attractive, hilarious and trendy designers put their heads together to create Four IIII (We never said maths was our strong point.

We do brand + identity, photography + film, packaging + publication as well as promotional campaign + strategy.

Four IIII can do more than see your design solutions, we take a crendly, proffordable + funique approach to any design problem you want solving. 

Four IIII is our name, we design Four IIII's because we have IIII's for design. 

Life's a Pitch // Business Card & Design Sheets

Design Sheets 

Secondary Research 

Packaging idea for card

This is the sort of thing that we have in mind, not in terms of colour of design but in shape and idea. Take the top example, that is pretty much what we want. We want to have a case that has a cut out and that reveals the card underneath. The pantone idea we are very much interested in. Its just finding the right colour to match our eye colour. 

Life's a Pitch// Business Plan & Contacting Studios

The Four IIIIs

For our Life's a Pitch I am in a group of 5 people.  I am in a group with 

• Ross Francis 
• Mickey Scott
• Sophia Akrofi 
• Joel Burden

We have  decided to be called 'Four iiii'. Which translates as The Four 'I's. We were a group of 4 at first by invited another head to join us. Our areas of specialism will be:

• Branding & Identity 
• Photography & Film
• Promotional Campaign & Strategies 
• Packaging & Publication

Our Target Audience will be Tertiary Sector & Secondary Sector. We have to think about these quetions

• What skills and services do you have to offer?
• Who is your target market?
• Who is your competition and how will you compete?
• What are your costs, charges and financial considerations?
• How will you structure your studio?
• Who will be responsible for what?
• How will you promote your services? To who? Using what media?

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Fat Sands Production (Photography & Film)

To get an idea of how companies charge clients we decided to get hold of companies around the UK that specialise in the areas we are interested in. Because I am partly responsible for Photography and Film I decided to get hold of my friend Sim Warren from Fat Sands. I emailed him asking weather he could give me an idea of how he charges clients. 

"Basically, for a new group brief we have just been set at college, we have to construct a business plan or business proposal for a creative design studio.

In this brief we have to look into what services we provide, and have decided to look into branding & identity, promotional campaign etc. We are also looking into photography and film and this is where I thought you could help us out!

All we would like to know is do you have a general price list or is it a more of a specialised decision? If you do have a price list, could you possibly send us an example of what you charge and for what? This is purely a college brief, its no for a up and coming company!"

Sim Warren's Reply:

"It's always a knightmare pricing video as it always depend on what the client wants.

But basically I charge £250 per 10 hour day this is just for my time and expertise. If they want a specific camera I'd then hire kit and ad on the cost of kit hire and mark it up 25%. Not or getting there's travel expenses for me to get to and from locations and then a rate based on if I have to charge overtime for a long day. Editing I charge £200 a day for me to edit using my own MacBook based on a 10 hour day.

Kit lighting is always additional for budgeting then you have location costs, actors, crew, makeup etc etc but this is why it's all really difficult to price because it completely depends on the job!

Let me know if you have any more question but I don't really have a set price list because it always changes !"

Creative Industries// Six Tasks

Task 1 :  Identify 5 companies/studios which you consider potentially synergetic to you personally. Write a short explanatory paragraph and reasons for each.

1) Glasgow Press

Glasgow Press is a studio were you send your work to be printed, so it wouldn't be somewhere I would like to spend the rest of my life there. However, Letterpress is something I would very much like to do when I graduate. I feel that Glasgow Press would be a fantastic starting point as I would become familiar with all of the machines

2)  Yee-Haw Industries

I first saw this video about a year ago and I can't explain how much it changed my thoughts on design. Maybe it was the fantastic filming and editing, but I think it was how creative and different this type of work is. The pressing machines they use look fantastic and I love how they use raw materials like wood to press with. 

3) Mark Design

To me, location is everything and I have every intention on living in brighton again. Simply because from all the places I have lived and been, its the one place I feel truly at home. But, why Mark Design? 
They are a Web and Graphic Design studio based in both Brighton and London (Once again, amazing location! London too!). Their website looks very professional and you simply take that on board from your first glance and know they are successful.

4) Filthymedia

Another Brighton based studios that again focus on only Web and Print. Another beautifully executed website. I like their profile, they mention how wide spread they are in terms of clients and its the same story with their portfolio. They also do photography! Thats fantastic, I am a very keen photographer, well I was until I had to focus full time on graphic design. This studio seems pretty perfect to me. Great location and from the looks of things, a great studio.

5) Crushed

This studio seem to be very friendly according to the tone of their profile. They specialise in many areas from Film Making to Typography. They mention they work on a very wide scale in terms of clients, receiving work from all around the world. Again, they are a Brighton based studio! I am very surprised of the amount of studios Brighton seems to have. Its quite a good feeling now I have looked into it.

Task 2 : Identify the top choice and WHY you feel that they may have synergy with your practise now, or in the near future. 

Filthymedia

I have chosen to go with Filthy Media as it has to be the one that has caught my eye the most. I really want to look into some sort of pressing companies, but this is something I could maybe learn in my own time? I'm not sure, this will be something I feel I will find out. I mostly like their packaging, and looking at the LP design above says to me they work with a large range of clients. 

Task 3 : Is your choice based on LOCATION, DIRECTION OF PRACTISE, THE BRAND PHILOSOPHY, CLIENT BASED.

LOCATION AND DIRECTION OF PRACTISE. Location is ideal and the work they do is stunning and is something I could happily work with.

Task 4 : What if none of those is your main reason for choosing to follow this organisation, what is it specifically? 

I would still go with location and direction of practise. Infact most of the words given up there I would probably go with. The studios I have chosen look so professional and look like somewhere you would want to work. Considering this is the first time I have looked into studios in such depth. It makes me almost excited to ever think of working there. 

Task 5 : When considering those practices. Please consider

• Who they are/ who are you?
• Why you are contacting them and why they should listen
• What do you want them to do next and what do you actually want.
• Why they should get back to you

I would contact them because I feel I am the right person for a placement or job and they should listen because they should be able to tell I am intrested. They would know this maybe from an email I sent them full or positive language maybe about their studios etc.  I would want them to take me 'under their wing' and help me. I always think that if you turn up to a studio they will just ignore you. I like to think that if a young student turned up and I was in charge of them I would really help them, be friendly etc. the last point is very similar to the second one. They should get back to me because they should be able to tell how keen I am. Which I am. 

Task 6 : Now you have identified initially these studios you feel synergy with. Please list 8 methods you could utilise to contact them. 

• Email
• Email seems the most obvious way to get hold of any studio and I can imagine this will be how I get hold of design studios in the future
• Letter
• I feel that by sending a letter it will seem much more formal and it will make them feel you are much more serious about the possible job or placement. 
• Telephone 
• If you phone asking for a job, they will say no, or simply tell you to call back later, or to email, I don't know to be honest, but phoninr just seems a bit lazy and at the end of the day a bad idea. 
• Visit the studios personally
• This would be a good idea as your there and the easiest way of getting rid of you would probably be by looking at the work you have just brought in with you. That and if you turn up they will know you are really looking for something. The only thing I don't like about just turning up is it is quite arrogant and maybe a bit rude?
• Become one of their Clients
• This doesn't actually sound so daft, say you want to use them to just print something, you are in hindsight getting hold of them and contacting them. It could be a very cleaver way to end up working with them or even better for them. 
• Social Networking
• Many studios I have visited in the past have a facebook. Now, this would not a good way at all to contact them but you could if you wanted to.
• Voice Mail
• By leaving a voice mail that hopefully is strong. This will leave the company feeling positive towards you and they will feel you are confident. Obviously you would have left you details and I wouldn't be surprised if they got hold of you. 
• Ask a Tutor 
• I feel that by asking a tutor you will get the best way to contact a studio, being experienced professionals they will know how to go about such a thing.

Creative Industries// The Business of Design Lecture

UK Economy

• 7th largest in the World
• 3rd largest in Europe
• one of the most globalised countries
• London is the largest financial centre equal with New york
• Largest industries- aerospace, pharmaceuticals, North Sea oil and gas. 

What is an industry sector?

Good : producing segment of an economy
An area of the economy in which businesses share the same ore a related product or service.
An industry or market sharing common characteristics.
Standard economic modules identify four industrial sectors.

Primary sector : The primary sector of the economy extracts or harvests products from the earth.

Secondary Sector : The secondary sector of the economy manufacturers finished goods.

Tertiary Sector : The tertiary sector of the economy is the service industry; transportation, retail.

Quaternary Sector : The quaternary sector of the economy consists of intellectual activities.

Why are Industry Sectors important?

• Dividing an economy up into sectors with defined similarities, allow for more depth analysis of the economy as a whole.

Why do you need to be aware of economic sectors?

• Competition, current market, trends, gaps in the market, understand the relationship between the sectors, see where the money is.  

The Service Industries

• An industry made up of companies and organisations that primarily generate revenue through providing often intangible products and services.
• Service industry companies are involved in retail, transport, distribution  food services as well as other service dominated business. 
• Service industries can be divided into 3 further sectors. 

Public Sector

• Department of Health 
• Department of Justice 
• Home Office
• Foreign Office
• Department of Transport
• Department of Food
• Department of Work 
• Ministry of Deference 
• Sport 
• Civil Service 

Private Sector

• The Private is not controlled by the state. Run by individuals and for-profit businesses. Where most jobs are held. Biggest sector. Differs from other countries. Government have power over economy like the people's Republic of China. National economy is driven by private enterprise and investment. Includes personal sector (household) and the corporate sector (companies). 

Third Sector

Includes voluntary or not-to-profit companies. 

• Service Industries
• Creative Industries
• Education, health and social work
• financial and business services
• Hotels and restaurants
• other social and personal services
• Public administration and defence
• Real estate
• Tourism
• Transport, storage and communication
• Wholesale and retail trade

The Creative Industries

• A range of economic activities which are concerned with the generation or exploitation of knowledge and information. Using creative skills to contribute to society, to make money. 
• For example:
• Advertising
• Architecture
• Crafts
• Design fashion
• Radio
• Film Industry
• Animation
• Post Production
• Graphic Design

"Design is the thread that connects ideas and discovery to people and markets"

The business of Design

The Design Council 2005

Design & Industry

• 185,500 designers are generating 11.6 billion in annual turnover
• 62% of designers are under 40
• 31% (20,436) of design businesses are based in London
• 69% isn't
• 59% of design companies employ fewer than 5 people
• Over 50% of UK design businesses work in communications, digital and multimedia design. 

Working in the Creative Industries 

There are 3 main types of companies working in the creative industries. They are : 

• Design studios/consultancies
• In-house design teams
• Freelance designers 

Disciplines in the Creative Industries

• Communication design
• Product and industrial design
• Interior and exhibition design
• Fashion and textile design
• Digital and multimedia design
• Service design 
• 50% of designers working in communication design also work in digital and multimedia design.
• These 2 areas are the most integrated disciplines within the creative industries
• They service all sectors of local, regional, national and international economic sectors. 

Organisations to be aware of within the Creative Industry:

Creative England

Creative & Cultural 

Creative Coalition Campaign

Special Interest Groups

• Create opportunities and feeds in organisations with the money that has been handed down. 

Notes from Lecture: 

Creative Industries// Industrial Experience

What is Industrial Experience? 

• To provide more practical experience in a job you are applying for. 
• A reliable look into the area of work you want to get into. 
• it's previous experience working in the same type of job that you are applying for
• Industry experience has emerged at the top of the list of what businesses need and expect from their accountants and advisors.- bdo.com
• A core part of your Bachelor of Engineering is the completion of at least 12 weeks of industrial experience. This fulfills one of the requirements of accreditation from Engineers Australia, while also giving you an opportunity gain invaluable hands-on training and experience with real world situations. - newcastle.edu
• Industry experience includes the experience in Engineering,production or manufacturing, or in my case Graphic Design.
• To make it a bit more simple. Its very similar to work experience we all had to do when we were 16/17. Its a way of experiencing working life in the subject you are interested in. 

What can you learn from Industrial Experiences? 

• I beleive the first thing you would learn from an Industrial Experience would be learning how Graphic Design works in the real world. Thats something that I really look forward to experiencing when I do my first work placement. 
• Admittedly the first weeks would be nerve racking, but everyday you will end up becoming more confident within yourself as you become more comfortable in the studio. 
• You would probably learn how to make your portfolio more presentable and more visual pleasing by getting feedback  from certain companies, they might comment on something they feel should be better, from this you would gain a better understanding of how your portfolio should look. 
• An obvious one but you would defiantly improve you design skills over the time spent in your chosen studio. Even if you are a wizz on certain programs you will probably be shown better ways of executing work. I can imagine it would be a good way to test your skills that you have learned during your time at Uni. 
• After witnessing graphic design in the real world; you would then leave wanting to be more hardworking once seeing how tough it can be. 
• You would learn where your place is in the real world. No matter how good or how big your reputation was at college, you will be at the bottom of the chain in the company. I feel this would make you much more aware of the social side to graphic design, meeting new people and new companies. 
• You would learn how serious the real world is. If you muck up a print in college it doesn't matter, you might get bad feedback to a crit but I feel we can all live with that. When you start working on the real thing you have to know that this shit is real and if you mess up thats it.
• Making yourself viable in the world would be something you would begin to pick up on over time at a placement, after witnessing how important that it, you will want to make you 'online presence' more out there.   
• Presentation skills would be something that would improve. Once going to your first interview you will know how important it it. I know for me this is what I hate about design! But, i will learn that its something I have to do, something I have to get better as. 

What form/format could industrial experience take?

• Internship 
• Live/ Competition briefs 
• Visiting Professionals 
• Freelance work 
• Online networking 
• Trade events 
• Festivals 
• Exhibitions 
• Visting studios

What areas of industry are you interested in?

1) working in a studio that works with a large range of different things. Print and web being the main focus. 

2) Editorial would be something I would like to do, magazines being the main focus. I like the idea of page layout, grids etc. I feel the magazine industry would be a nice place to work on the whole. A busy atmosphere with many types of design fiting into one.

3) In terms of studios, starting off I would like to work in a small studio as you would get more attention than if you started in a big studio. If you were in a small studio it would be a lot more obvious you are around!

4) I would absolutely adore to work in a studio were they focused on Letter press and other types or pressing. Take this video for example, Jack Daniel does letterpress. I can't imagine there are many studios in around that focus on this. This should be something I look into. I need to get an induction with letterpressing!

5) Again, magazines! This video was pretty much the video that got me into Editoral. I love how so many people work hard for one thing. Working in a team is what a feel I am best at. 


What are your concerns about industrial experience?

• How to present my portfolio would be the first thing, I find the idea quite terrifying, showing my portfolio to potential professional designers who aren't my tutors, of whom I don't know my work!
• What studios to go for. I would be worried that I would end up going to a studio that doesn't suit my style of design. However I know that this would be something I would look in to thoroughly before doing a work placement. 
• What exactly to put into my first email to a studio. This I feel is something I would go over again and again to make sure its perfect!
• My personal statement at the moment is a shambles, It hasn't been touched for quite a while and I think I need help to get it back together. 
• Finally, getting my portfolio to a standard which is considered expectable, I feel I have little time to get it done! I don't really feel I have enough work to put into it either. 

Creative Industries// Industriel Experience & Workshop

Firstly we had to ask 10 questions about Industriel Experience by ourselfs, not in the groups we were in. My first 10 questions were : 

• What exactly does 'industrial experience' mean? 
• How does it apply to graphic design? 
• What am I expected to do during a Industriel Experience
• Does it have anything to do with printing? 
• Experience isn't a long term thing, can an Industriel Experience be long term? For example a job?
• Is it complicated? 
• Is it difficult?
• How do you find s studio that will take you? 
• Do you need a portfolio? 
• Is there anywhere that will help me get a placement?

From these frist 10 questions, its quite obvious that at the time I had no idea what an Industriel Experience was. However I can happily say that it is in fact a work placement. 

We then got into our groups and chose our top 8 : 

• How do you present your portfolio?
• What mistakes to people make?
• Whats the best way to connect?
• How do you make the most of it?
• How much should you charge? 
• Should I go to a big company or a small company? 
• Whats expected from you?

In answer to these questions, as a whole group we answered them:

• How do you present your portfolio? : The best way? This will be something you come to learn as your second year goes on. John also goes through portfolio presentation with you.
• What mistakes to people make? : The best way to find out what mistakes people have made its probably a good idea to contact graduates of graphic design or even the studio you want to get a placement at.
• Whats the best way to connect? : By contacting the studio! Its up to you to do that . 
• How do you make the most of it? : Again, its up to you!
• How much should you charge? : Don't expect to be paid, this will be something that willl happen over time. 
• Should I go to a big company or a small company? : At a small company you will be more recognised so a small company might be the best idea.
• Whats expected from you? : To impress.

What form does Industrial Experience that place? 

• Internship 
• Live/ Competition briefs 
• Visiting Professionals 
• Freelance work 
• Online networking 
• Trade events 
• Festivals 
• Exhibitions 
• Visting studios 
• Business Support
• Research 

How do you get it?

• Contacting the studio 
• Questioning samples 
• Tailoring your portfolio 
• Creative Networks 
• Appropriate Places
• Ask for Feedback 
• Confident and Pro 

What can you get from it? 

• Professionalism 
• Confidence 
• Friendly and Approachable 
• Adaptable 
• A strong portfolio 
• An interest within a subject 
• Hardworking.

Group: What can you get from it?

• Clearer idea of what you want to do 
• A different perspective on your ambitions 
• Confidence in your professional self
• Contacts 
• Learning from yourself 
• A job
• Enjoyment 
• New set of skills 

What do you need to get it?

• A strong of skills 
• confidence an professionalism 
• a portfolio 
• Samples of work 
• Online presence 
• Knowledge of the company 
• Who you send your portfolio to
• Design identity

Creative Industries// Who, What & Where Workshop

Questions

1. Who is the client?
2. Who is the intended audience?
3. What is it's function?
4. What is the budget?
5. Where is it from?
6. Who is the designer/studio?


'Love Whoever You Goddamn Please'

1. Personal Work
2. Other Designers / Like Minded People
3. Spread a message, Inspire Others.
4. Personal Work Budget. Work created for personal use so probably quite a low budget used on stock etc.
5. Design Studio Product (www.steadyprintshop.com)
6. Steady Co.

Skarsill Ikea Tinned Mackerel Packaging'

1. Ikea Food Services
2. Ikea Customers, Food Consumers.
3. To contain fish and communicate contents is a forward thinking manner. To sell the product. Making the product look functional and affordable rather than appetising.
4. Fairly Large Budget? Sold on a large scale all around the world but from a design perspective, probably not as big a budget as putting it into production.
5. Designed in Stockholm, Sweden. Sold in Ikea, Internationally around the world.
6. Stockholm Design Lab. (www.stockholmdesignlab.se)

'Flaming Lips Stage Visuals'

1. Flaming Lips (Musicians)

2. The fans of Flaming Lips

3. To enhance the audio aesthetic and create a multi-sensory experience in the environment of a music event. 

4. Medium

Saloon

1. Saloon, A Boston Area Restaurant 

2. Customers of the restaurant. More sophisticated/older audience. Very contemporary. 

3. To brand the business and to give it an identity in order to make it appealing to consumers. 

4. Medium

5. Boston, Summerville, MA, USA

6. Oat Creative (www.oatcreative.com)

3D Wooden Mask

1. Personal Artist Work - AJ Fosik

2. Other Creatives - Displayed in Galleries

3. Decorative, Gallery Display, To Sell.

4. Relatively Low

5. Michigan, USA

6. AJ Fosik (www.ajfosik.com)

Catalogue Zines

1. Catalogue, Themselves. Personal Zine Work
2. Zine Collectors, 16-25 Year Old, Designers and Creatives.
3. To amuse, light hearted publication. To create a collection.
4. Low Budget, Cheap Risograph Printing on quite a small scale with limited runs.
5. Leeds, UK. But also sold internationally on a small scale.
6. Catalogue, Leeds. (www.thisiscatalogue.co.uk)

Foam Printer

1. IFA, 2010 - Consumer Electronics.
2. The Attendees of IFA 2010, Where the product was exhibited. Creative minded people. Advertising their services to electronic consumers.
3. To advertise their product to a large scale electronic consumer audience.
4. Fairly High Budget. For the design and manufacture of the actual printer and for distribution costs and advertising.
5. Berlin, Germany.
6. Unknown

Jeremyville 

1. Personal Illustration - Jeremy Ville 

2. Threadless Customers (T-shirt Website) and fans of Jeremy Ville

3. To impress and create a personal identity. 

4. Low Budget, small scale production.

5. New York City but sold Internationally.

6. Jeremy Ville - (www.jeremyville.com)

Ball Pit

1. Cartoon Brew

2. Animation Lovers, Cartoon Brew Subscribers.

3. Personal Work created for himself and to entertain others with a similar taste.
4. Low Budget, The animation is purely digital with no production costs.
5. created in Canada but shared worldwide via internet sites and art blogs.
6. Kyle Mowart 

USA Today Re-design

1. USA Today - Newspaper
2. All readers of Newspapers, In Particular USA Today
3. To present the news to the public whilst also branding the company, representing it and putting across the companies ethos.
4. Fairly High Budget. Massive company and huge production cost on a daily basis.
5. USA
6. Wolf Olins