THIS WEEK OUR MAIN FOCUS WAS WHAT OUR STORE WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WE HAD ALREADY LOOKED AT THE LAYOUT OF OUR STORE BUT THIS WEEK I WANTED TO FOCUS MORE ON THE DECOR. AS IT WAS MY ORIGINAL IDEA I HAD QUITE A CLEAR VISION OF WHAT IT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD THE CHANCE TO CONVEY THIS AS THERE A FEW STRONG CHARACTERS IN MY GROUP AND SOMETIMES (ALTHOUGH I WANT TO DO THE WORK AND CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE) SOME PEOPLE TAKE CONTROL A LITTLE BIT.
WE STARTED OFF MONDAY BY LEARNING HOW TO USE SKETCH UP. THIS WAS SOMETHING I HAD NEVER USED BEFORE SO I WAS EAGER TO SEE IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO GRIPS WITH IT. IT WAS QUITE FRUSTRATING AS I KNEW WHAT I WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE BUT JUST COULDN’T WORK IT OU, BUT AFTER A FEW HOURS OF PLAYING AROUND MAKING A POP UP STORE I MANAGED TO GRASP IT. AS A GROUP WE DECIDED THAT ME AND TALLULAH WOULD SPLIT THE LAYOUT/INTERIORS BETWEEN US AS I HAD THE VISIONS AND TALLULAH KNEW HOW TO USE SKETCH UP. I SAID THAT I WOULD TAKE THE GROUND FLOOR AS THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND DETAILED FLOORS SO I SKETCHED IT OUT IN MY SKETCH BOOK BEFORE STARTING ON SKETCH UP.
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR AND I PLAN TO GET IT FINISHED BY NEXT WEEK. WE ALSO MADE MODEL BOXES THIS WEEK WHICH IS RIGHT UP MY STREET BUT I JUST WISH THAT I HAD MORE TIME AS I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED IT MORE. WE DECIDED TO ONLY DO THE CAFE ASPECT OF OUR IDEA AS MAKING THE WHOLE STORE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET DONE IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WITH HAD, WITH THE LACK OF MATERIALS, TO A GOOD STANDARD. I WAS ANNOYED AT MYSELF FOR NOT BRINGING ANY MATERIALS AS I WASN’T SURE THAT THIS WAS WHAT WE WERE DOING BECAUSE I HAD ALOT OF STUFF AT HOME THAT WOULD HAVE WORKED WELL. I THINK THAT OVERALL OUR OUTCOME WAS QUITE GOOD AND I WAS HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO JST USE MY HANDS INSTEAD OF WORKING ON A COMPUTER ALL THE TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO A FULL MODEL BOX FOR OUR STORE BUT IT JUST ISN’T REALISTIC AS WE ARE SHORT FOR TIME AS IT IS.
WE MANAGED TO PHOTOCOPY THE MATERIALS WE HAD FOUND IN THE LIBARY TOO TO USE AS THE COUNTER TOPS TO REALLY GET OUR VISUALISATION ACROSS. WE GOT CRITIQUED ON THE EDITING OF OUR INSTAGRAM POST BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WAS WORKING ON AND THOUGHT THE MAIN THING WAS THE CONTENT AS OPPOSED TO THE EDITING. I PRESENTED OUR MODEL BOX (AGAIN) BUT TO BE HONEST I WAS A BIT EMBARRASSED BY HOW SOME MEMBERS OF MY TEAM HANDLED THE CRITIQUES AS I FEEL LIKE THE QUESTIONS ASKED COULD HAVE BEENN ANSWERED EASILY WITHOUT HAVING TO CAUSE A SCENE.
WE TRIED TO ORGANISE WHAT EVERYONE WAS DOING THIS WEEK BUT I FEEL A BIT LIKE NOT EVERYONE IS GETTING THE CHANCE TO PRODUCE WORK THAT THEY FEEL THEY CAN. I WANTED TO PUT THE PITCH TOGETHER AS I HAD ALREADY DONE THE MARKET REPORT SO HAD SUITABLE FONTS AND AS I WAS MISSING MONDAY I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I COULD DO AWAY FROM THE GROUP. I ALSO START MY INTERNSHIP ON MONDAY 2ND MARCH SO WON’T BE THERE FOR THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION SO THOUGHT THIS COULD BE MY WAY TO PUT MY PART IN BUT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN STARTED. I GUESS IT WOULD BE ALOT WORSE IF TEAM MEMBERS WEREN’T DOING THE WORK BUT ITS JUST A BIT FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. HAVING SAID THAT THOUGH I DID COME UP WITH THE MAIN CONCEPTS, CONDUCTED INTIAL RESEARCH, CREATED MOODBOARDS AND AM NOW WORKING ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE STORE ITSELF. JUST CAN’T HELP BUT WANT TO BE FULLY INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING AS I DON’T LIKE RELYING ON OTHERS TO PRODUCE WORK.
THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN THE BEST GROUP THAT I HAVE WORKED IN THOUGH AS EVERYONE IS FULLY ENGAGED AND CONTRIBUTING, ITS ALMOST LIKE WE THINK WE ARE ACTUALLY PITCHING TO GIVENCHY THEMSELVES.
(All images my own)
My Givenchy Journal 