After doing my creative CV, i wanted to try and get a bit more of design style across in my business cards. So of course this entailed wood and laser cutting.
IM really happy with the busniess cards, and it didnt take long to do. I tried a varying amount of effects; kiss cut, engrave and cut through and realised that kiss but worked better, as it was clearer.
My new seal and wax arrived, which gave me the opportunity to test out the effect. I want to use this on posters i do as well as sealing envelopes shut etc. Im happy with the clarity of the logo, and it's very easy to transfer.
After looking at my CV and everything I have, i realised that it looks quite boring and it isn't exactly representing me as a designer.
So i have decided to make my CV a lot more creative, and incorporate things that i have used in the past, methods etc so make it represent my practice a lot more. Its all well and good me talking about tactility within a brand and making it special, yet not making mine? So i decided that i wanted to make a poster for my CV. That will come in two formats. 1, printed on newsprint for when i need to post it/take it with my to places and 2, a wooden engraved poster that focuses on the tactility of the CV and this would be used when i want to visit places and i can leave it with someone.
Initially i started out with a little key that i was going to use to map out my creativity, using the same dot sequence that i have on my website. I tried different colour variations and using lines to highlight different elements, but at the moment it just looks strange standing on its own. So i realised i needed to design the rest before i added this.
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After this i decided to take all the information that i had on my CV and start laying it out:
The reason it has a brown background is due to the fact i want to use newsprint to print on which has a slightly colour background so i just wanted to drop a similar colour behind to get a feel for balance. It will be a double sided A2 poster, that can be folded down into A5 for ease of use and carrying.
I need to tweak my design ethos, and maybe replace young with Hungry, but overall im happy with the design.
Once its printed i want to wrap it in ribbon and create a seal with my logo to keep it shut.
I emailed the placement opportunity guys at creative spark today, just to see if i could get some experience with them. I did get a really prompt response which was good, and hopefully they will get back in touch. If not i understand, but i would like to maybe try and visit them if i could.
One company that i completely idolise is Moving Brands, based in London and all over the place really. I love their work and its something that i would love to get involved with if i could.
So using my DC Publication as an excuse i got into contact with them to try and see if i could get a response. I emailed them, possibly the most kiss ass email ever but every word was meant! And i got a response which was amazing. So happy.
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Once i have received the book, as a thank you i am going to send one of my prints down to them to show i appreciate them and hopefully i can keep in contact with them in the future.
At the moment i have designed my busniess card, letterhead, invoice, website, portfolio and CV. Now i have my brand i want to try and focus on adding some tactility to the design so im in the process of investigating getting a wax seal and emboss stamp.
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