Coca-Cola; colour considerations for bottle design.

Before I started designing the actual bottles I thought i'd research the previous years' christmas bottles to see if there was any consistency within the bottle design. I found that the colour red has always been used and reallistically thinking about this, it makes sense because this red is what has branded santa claus and christmas so it's important to keep using this. It's also a way in which the brand is recognised as well as linking to christmas. When it comes to my own designs now, I know the main colour I will try and utilize is red. 

Coca-Cola; repeat pattern on bottles.

I came up with the concept of using the christmas imagery in a repeat pattern style on my own bottles but I wanted to see if this had been used by any previous designers of the limited edition bottles. I found a few examples of bottles that had been done using this style so now i'll have to think about how I can make my designs more unique whether it be the style of my artwork or the way in which I apply it. These images also gave me inspiration for my own work. 

Illustrative type; monsters inc quotes.

Boo: Kitty!

Henry J. Waternoose: We scare because we care.

Roz: I'm watching you, Wazowski. Always watching.

James P. Sullivan "Sully": ROAR!

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Boo: Mike Waszowski. 

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0198781/quotes

Quotes to use on my products. 

There wasn't really a 'top' number of quotes for this film so I decided to choose some of the most memorable and well known quotes from it instead. A lot of these tended to be a lot shorter than with other films but I feel the typeface will be a massive indication of which film they have come from. 

Illustrative type; top Harry Potter quotes.

Hagrid: You're a wizard, Harry.
Harry: I'm a what?

Albus Dumbledore: It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.

Ron: Why spiders? Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies?"

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Lord Voldemort: There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it...

Dumbledore: It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices.

Hermione Granger: Ron, just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon! 

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Quotes to use on my products.

There was a top number of quotes for this film so I picked from these and tried to go for humorous quotes and also thought about what the audience would go for if they were going to buy it. The most popular is probably the first quote, however. 

Illustrative type; top star wars quotes.

Quotes to use on my products.

I already had an idea of the quote i'd like to use for this film because there is one that's most famous but thought i'd research others just to see what else I had available to me. 

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12. “I suggest a new strategy, R2. Let the wookiee win.”
11. “I’m a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan.”
    “You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor. Take her away!”
10. “You’re all clear, kid! Now let’s blow this thing and go home!”
9. “These blast points — too accurate for sandpeople. Only imperial stormtroopers are so precise.”
8. “I’ve got a very bad feeling about this.”
7. “You’ve never heard of the Millennium Falcon? … It’s the ship that made 

6. “When I left you, I was but the learner, now I am the master.”
   “Only a master of evil, Darth.”
5. “I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
4. “Use the Force, Luke.”
3. “You don’t need to see his identification … These aren’t the droids you’re looking for … He can go about his business … Move along.”
2. “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.”
1. “May the Force be with you.”   

The Wind in the Willows; bookshelf banner inspiration.

Just before I started designing my bookshelf banner for this project, I googled the title to see what existing banners there was. Originally I was thinking of a uniform, straightforward rectangle design but I found this image of bunting. This then gave me a really good idea, that I could use the bunting to create a banner but obviously personalise it with the characters I'd already created. I think this engages better with the target audience because it's quite fun and quirky and more so decorative so could be sold as a further product. 

Black and White Print; photos to apply products in context.

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Originally I was going to apply my own design to these photos that I sourced from google images but I have now decided that all my products would be located on a stand in the middle of the shop so this is nescessary anymore. Collecting these photos however, wasn't all bad because they are a form of visual inspiration seeing as I'm creating products for this shop. 

The Wind in the Willows; Window displays.

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I wanted to look at existing window displays in order to get ideas for when I create my own to promote The Wind in the Willows. From the research it seems that a lot of promotional material mainly consists of the actual from of the book covers but scaled up to something like A0 in order to capture the audiences attention in the bookshop window. Some smaller bookshops tend not to use a single book for their display too so I could consider having different sizes of poster to work across the different places my product will need to be advertised. 

Black and white print; Paperchase.

Paperchase is the UK’s undisputed leader in innovative, design-led stationery, cards and gift-wrap. We have been around for over 40 years and are now firmly established as the top destination for customers looking for new and different gifts, cards and stationery.

Much of our merchandise is exclusive. We love to innovate so our collections are constantly changing yet all are specified to our high quality requirements. Visit our stores or online and each month you will find new arrivals – so for birthdays, Christmas and Valentine’s Day........indeed, for any occasion or celebration, there will always be new and different ideas to be found.

There are now over 100 Paperchase outlets in the UK as well as stores in Denmark, Ireland, Holland and the Middle East. You can find us in many House of Fraser and Waterstones stores as well as Selfridges and Harrods.

Our online store offers a large selection of our products across all our categories, including new collections and firm favourites.

www.paperchase.co.uk

Being a regular customer in Paperchase stores seems enough research in itself but I have researched the company further via their website just to see how they describe theirselves and whether what i'm creating is relevent enough to their brand. 

The Wind in the Willows; visual research.

Lisa very kindly picked up this leaflet on the theatre version of The Wind in the Willows as a form of visual inspiration for my project. This has been a great help because it's further showed me a style that has been used and the sort of font that may work best as well as showing an example of colour pallets that can be considered. This is directed a such a wide target audience with both adults and children so I need to remember this as my own designs mainly need to speak to the children more so than the adults.

The Wind in the Willows; childrens illustration.

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I looked at children's illustration as a main focus for my brief because I think the imagery is what is going to speak to the children most when they see the book on the shelf. I've noticed that a lot of work tends to have a very unique hand rendered look shining through from each illustrator so I need to consider how my style will stand out from whats already existing. Vector imagery also seems to be consistent through the research just because the is a current popular style and makes things look very cartoon-like which also speaks to the target audience. Watercolour consitency has also began to inspire me because I feel this style still speaks to the target audience but has an element of sophistication to it which I really like. It'll also be a new technique for me to work with if I do decide to go down this route.