SEMESTER 2_ M&S, PAUSE
It was a new start for me, and after falling behind in the last module, I was determined to keep my work up to date and stay on top of the workshops. It was getting that balance of dedicating time to each module, and I started this new semester off successfully by creating a time plan. What was effective for me was to only focus on one module per day, so I was not backwards and forwards between different work, and would alternate a different module each day.
I was rather excited by the prospect of this module. It would be a new experience designing a collection for a specific company, but this way of working would be valuable for work within the industry. I enjoyed the way the module was set out, guiding us in the way the projects should be approached, and the order in which to do so. I benefitted from this, as I struggle to get started on new projects and often get set back because of that so having a direction to go set to us was good.
I chose the M&S brief, an athleisure womenswear collection with print. The WGSN trend to accompany the brief was pause. I was immediately drawn to this trend because of the colour palette and the interesting technological images provided.
I started my primary research based on objects I thought related to the theme of athleisure- sports wear, interesting plants, embossed surfaces, luxury fabrics etc. I then drew from these objects using different methods (left hand, continuous line, blind drawing) to leave me with some interesting results. I am rather confident in the way I draw, and am not afraid to work on a big scale. Built up a good body of drawings that could be potential garment shapes or print ideas.
The start of my portfolio. It was around here that I had broken my rule of time management and started to fall behind. It wasn't drastic, but I wasn't keeping up as well as I could have been. I feel my skills to create a portfolio weren't as strong as my darwin and designing skills, so I left it, focusing more on gathering research.
the first page of the portfolio was a shop report. We were to visit M&S and review the store, picking out garments from their autograph range to analyse. It wasn't gathering the information, it was presenting it which bothered me. I still couldn't determine my style, and this frustrated me- I wanted it to be perfect from the off.
I have a lot of development, however I have identified the areas that need attention, so hopefully the rest of the brief will be more successful.
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