Brief Two - Communication is a Virus: Initial Ideas

After chatting as a group we decided to all go away and think of ten possible ideas/concepts to run with. This would mean that when we next meant we would have 60 rough ideas which we could sort through and think of strengths and weaknesses of. It may also spark new ideas and get us all talking.

MONDAY 17TH FEBRUARY 

Below is a list of the ideas I took to the group meeting:

• saving money
• scrimping
• staying creative
• cooking
• productivity
• type
• fonts
• party tricks
• short cuts (computer)
• surviving in the wild
• confidence - speaking in front of a group etc..
• cocktails

After talking it through we wanted something simple, as none of us were experts in anything we wanted something fun which we could enjoy doing and learning about at the same time whilst still incorporating something we all have in common; creativity. We chose to look into origami as we thought it could be a creative way to get people doing more arty stuff, as well as getting people chatting and off their phones! 

This idea led on to an idea of having an exhibition space where they could all be exhibited and hung around. The idea of this competition meant that it would be engaging, we would get an idea of how many people were getting involved and we could have a twitter and website page which would allow us to put out more information and save on printing as well as getting an idea of how many people are responding. 

Why are we doing it?

To teach people a new skill and a party trick. Something fun and simple which gets people talking, thinking and off their phones.

Who are we aiming it at?

Creative people, mainly students as it would be around the college campus.

After we began to formalise a plan, problems begin to arrose. Firstly you have to question

1. Why would people do it?

There needs to be some sort of prize or incentive.

2. How much would it cost?
If we printed out sheets then it would cost a lot more than online. A colour scheme could up the price.

At the end of the meeting we decided that we would meet again on Thursday the 20th. For then we all would produce a rough design or page layout. This way we can look at the layout, logos and style we are all thinking of and combine the best parts and remove some of the weaker ones.