Design Supply Chain

The design supply chain is everything involved in the process that takes the idea of whats needed through to its final production.  It is where the custormer comes up with an idea of what they want and tell the designer either by phone call, email or a design brief. The designer will then go through the design process finding additional information if it is needed, like photographs etc. and then 'proof' this design and send it to the custormer. This proof is what the final product will look like, and so the customer can check if anything wants changing or if there are any errors, also in case the customer agrees to something and changes their mind later this proof is evidence of what the designer sent to the customer. Finally if the customer is happy with this proof, the product can be produced.  This can either be done inhouse or the proof can be sent to the printer/webdeveloper etc. in the appropriate format for production.  The product will then be produce and transported to the customer

Banner stand

These are the only things you will need for a banner stand, the ruler and snap off knife will be used for cutting the banner stand down to size. The roller will be used later when applying the banner to the banner stand.




After cutting the banner down, you need to then apply it to the banner stand top and base. You do this by putting the banner flush up to the top and making sure there isn't any banner hanging over the edge, then slowly take the tape of and apply it to the top of the banner stand.
Then you need to use a roller to make sure the banner inst going to come of from the strain.


Then you will need to repeat the process by doing it to the bottom of the banner stand.





After doing the top and bottom of the banner stand you will need to retract the banner into the banner stand so that you can stand it up. You do this by pulling the banner tight and taking a pin out, then slowly let the banner slip through you fingers making sure you don't catch it on the side to mark the banner.


























After doing this, you can then place the banner stand on the floor, and pull it out so that you can do a final check of the whole banner before you send it to the customer. Because if there are any marks or scuffs on the banner it would need a reprint.





When this has all been done, you then package it the same as you would a normal banner, this then gets sent to the customer by the courier.

Printer maintenance

Maintaining a printer is very important in a sign making company, we rely on the printers for nearly everything we do. They need to be cleaned at least once a month or it can create problems for the machine and the prints.
To clean the printers all you need is some maintenance fluid, ECO buds and paper towels.

This is what the inside of a printer looks like if you don't clean and maintain it at least once a month. 

To clean the printer you soak the ECO buds in maintance fluid and dabs the part of the printer that needs cleaning, then leave this to soak so the ink will come of easier later on.


After leaving the fluid to soak in use some different ECO buds to rub away the access ink, you also have to rub the ECO bud in between the printer heads this is to get away access ink.

These are all the things you need to clean the printers
Maintenance fluid, ECO buds and blue roll or paper towels.
The ECO buds are used for applying the fluid to the printers, then the blue roll is used to wipe away any unwanted fluid and wiping away the ink of the printer. After doing this to the printer it should be clean and ready for using again.

Banner Finishing

Banner finishing is one of  my more regular duties in the work place.
The things i require are:

• A good size work space
• A snap off knife
• A ruler
• Banner tape
• Roller
• Eyelets
• Eyelet press

 

The first thing i have to do, is cut the excess banner material away from the banner, i do this by placing the ruler at the end of the print to give me a 34mm hem, this is to give the banner edge strength for the eyelet.

 After cutting the banner down, i flip it over face down so i can put banner tape down the 34mm hem. Then i would fold the hem backwards this gives the banner more strength for the eyelets. Then you would just run a roller down the edge putting on pressure.

Then depending on the size of the banner is where i would now eyelet the banner using a eyelet press and eyelets, unless the banner has special requirements i would do this every 2foot. This is so you can hang the banner in various places.







After doing these procedures this is what a finished banner should like, then all that is required is to pack the box where you put bagging over the banner this is for protection then to put it into a box to fit the banner size. 




After boxing it you get the paper work for the banner you have just finished and send it to the warehouse and from here it is sent to the customer with a courier.

This is my first attempt at making a paper toy, I used a simple well known cartoon character design.

To make this I used:

•   A printer
•   Cardboard 
•   Snap off knife
•   Ruler

Printer

Snap off knife and Ruler

Book cover prototype

This is a prototype of my chosen book cover. I have chosen to do ' Enemy at the Gates ' because it is one of my favorite films. Just like the Penguin Harry Potter books i have only used 2 or 3 basic colours, and the writing in the title is all in line. Also the image placed on the book is taken from some main plots in the book and from the title of them film.

My job description

At Victory Design i am an apprentice and my job involves me to understand the full range of products and services offered by the company. To ensure that all production jobs are produced promptly and efficiently, all jobs meet the customers requirements, all the jobs done in production are recorded and entered on job cards. To ensure all machinery in department is correctly maintained. to always ensure all jobs are checked against their job card details, and checked and signed by two people before sending.
The products and services Victory Design offers: As a company in the warehouse we sell all sorts of materials ranging from vinyl to banner material and even printers. All of the materials that we sell, we use in Production where all of the sign making is done from making banners to banner stands and plotting vinyl to weeding the vinyl. After the required signige is made it is then sent down to the warehouse where they send it to the custormer via courier.
In production each job is brought down to one of us depending what it is and then proofed and sent back to the custormer to see if they approve of what is going to be printed. Then when we get the all clear it is then sent to the printer and left to dry, so it doesnt pick up any scratches or marks. After it is dry it will be finished, depending on what it is differs how it gets finished. A banner will be cut down hemmed and eyelited. Then the item is bagged and boxed and the paper work gets signed and checked. Then it is sent to the warehouse where it is ready for delievery.
The design work that we do is small vectorising work because we dont really have the time for any bigger jobs, and we might just do the placing of images and writing onto a banner or banner stand.

Design Brief

This is my Design-Brief for my company ' Kurto Designs ' this would be ideal for my company as it is a sign making company, and all the information i need is on the design brief. I have made the design a three page spread back to front, so all of the required fields can be fit onto the design brief without being squashed.

The purpose of a Design Brief: A design brief is a critical part of the design process, it helps develop a understanding between the customer and the designer, it is also a essential reference for both customer and the designer.The design brief is something the designer can refer back to, regarding what the customer wants such as text, text colour, size of the thing they want designing, any specific requirements or even if they have any money constraints.

Why a Design Brief is critical: A Design Brief is critical because it gives the designer something to look back on for reference towards the design. Also the more information you have on the Design Brief the more likely you are to fulfill the clients requirements. A design brief is a constant thing for example it is there in case the person who has received it becomes ill, so it can then be passed on to someone else. Or if the design brief needs to be sent to another company to fulfill the requirements, if it is filled in correctly the next person who receives it should have no problem with designing the product that is needed.

Different ways of recieving a Design Brief: A Design Brief can be recieved a couple of different ways, for example you can recieve it as a email which is quite helpful because you then you always have the Design Brief sent and that you have spoken to the customer.  You can also get a Design Brief of a client by having a one to one chat with them over the design, which can be helpful to give you a more definate idea of what the client wants designing, and how he or she wants it to look, this one to one chat could be over the phone or actually in person. Another way the Design Brief can be recieved is if the Brief would to be filled in and then sent back to the company for the designer to look over and use the relivent information on the Brief to design.

How different companies contexts impact design process: Depending on what the company does will influence the design, for example if a beauty salon or anything to do with beauty came to a designer, the basic colours would be vibrant colours such as pink and purple. Or if a Plumber or a Electrician company or person came to the designer the basic colours would be earth colours such as brown.
For the font the designer would use thin, curvy writing for a beauty salon or even just something 'girly' where as for the plumber or just something more manly they would use bold thick writing. 
For the images for the design the designer would use suitable images, or images the client has asked for. Suitable images for a beauty salon would be treatments such as pedicure or facials, just something that applies to the job. For the plumber the images could be tools, boilers or even piping.


The design process relates to different buisness needs because if the company is only a small company which is only just starting it may need all of the apects designing such as logo's, letter heading, buisness cards and website. But if the company is already a big company they might already have there logo's and other things designed, so it would just be a case of putting there logo and things together. But for the smaller company it would be a case of designing the whole piece of work which would take a lot more time and cost more money.

Review

Kid Acne

Kid Acne started painting graffiti from the age of twelve; nowadays you can see his work from all over the globe. His signature style of graffiti has furnished products for world leading brands such as Prada, Volkswagen and Levis.

Going into a city art gallery like the one we went to in Sheffield, I’d expect to see the exhibition to be put together by the artist, or at least the artist to have some influence on the room or where the art work was going. Kid Acne had a big influence on the exhibition in Sheffield, he was the one who put the art work together and he gratified the walls with some of his well-known graffiti. The room was set out so his work he first developed and his sketchbooks were first, and then the further you got into the exhibition the more recent his work got, where he took his graffiti from the streets and developed it into the art world and even produced a short film.

At first I didn’t the quality of Kid Acne's work would have been displayed in an art exhibition, because he is a graffiti artist and all of his works were sketches from when he was young. But the further I got into the exhibition you could see where he'd developed his graffiti of the streets to a work of art, and he'd even made a short film which your average graffiti artist wouldn’t do.

I really liked the fact the artist was a graffiti artist, because I really enjoy the art of graffiti, and for someone to become a well-known artist through graffiti on the street must mean his work was eye catching and have something special about it. I liked how he had a big impact on the exhibition such as his graffiti on the walls and some of his artwork he painted onto the walls, I also liked how the room was set out quite simple there wasn't too much to take it at one time and there was even some photos of his graffiti he had done from around Sheffield. You can also tell from his work that he hasn’t thought too much about what he is drawing or sketching, it’s very simple but effective.

I didn’t really like the back of the exhibition featuring 'Stabby Women' I didn't really understand his whole idea of another world of beliefs and how these 'Stabby Women' would exist in the world. I thought as a artist he should have stuck to creating his work as he did before in a sketchbook or a wall or even the skateboards and Vinyl’s he was creating.

For my design work regarding the future I could see Kid Acne's graffiti work having some influence on my work because it’s simple but so effective. I would examine his graffiti work from the streets and his sketchbooks then I would try and use his work methods to help me with my design to give the same simple effective work that Kid Acne gives out.