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HomeWork #6

Homework #6: Process Journal 3 Due Thursday

What is the purpose of evaluating a product? Who will be involved in your evaluation? How will you use the data from your evaluation? What possible changes will you make depending on the results? How will you determine if you have conducted a good evaluation?


     The purpose of evaluating a product is to specifically see what others think about your album
cover. In evaluation you ask others questions about their opinion and whether they would buy the album or  not, and if they were to buy the product why would they. Using the data from your evaluation you can then either make changes to the cover or maybe even use their thoughts as referance to other products that you may want to create. You can determine if you conducted a good evaluation because the questions that you may have asked can lead to conversation. If you have good questions,conversating can help you with different ways that you may want to fix in future products that you want to create. 

Homework #4

Process Journal
Describe the steps you have taken thus far in the design process in a full and complete paragraph of 5-8 sentences. Consider the following questions: What have you accomplished? What challenges were there? How were these challenges addressed? How have the design tasks guided the development of your project?


What i have completed  thus far includes basic steps that i have accomplished. As of the first step,  i chose the person/ artist that i wanted to do my CD cover on , i chose Eminem. Then the next step was to research the artist and gather up the important facts and as well as pictures.The challenges in this project were that when i had to complete the design brief and the CD cover folder that had to be done on the computer i wrote so much in the design brief and research that it took a whole period of class time to just fix it. That was challenging. These challenges were addressed by editing what i had into more shorter well explained paragraphs.The design tasks guided the development of the project because it helped organize what i did and what needs to be done. It was used as sort of a check list that guided me to each of the steps.

HomeWork #2

Answer the following questions (1-5) in a blog entry. Create 5 additional questions (6-10) that will guide your investigation. Consider what you need to do and what you need to know to tackle the design challenge. You must post all 10 questions with answers. Answers must be written in full and complete sentences. Remember to spell check.

1.              What is the task?

                     The task in this project is to choose either a singer/rapper,actress/actor , famous person/someone you know or maybe even yourself and create a CD cover. On the CD cover we have to include the following:

• Bio of the person
• pictures
• why it targets the audiences?
• add specific examples on what the audience who enjoys this type of music like
• paper in CD cover which include the bio and etc

        The first step in creating this CD cover is to first research before you even start the design. Researching helps the biography that you have to write in the cover. After that, you then start to evaluate , which means to determine what specifically has to be done in order for the project to be done correctly. Then, the designs should be done afterwards.

 

2.              What is the problem? How can we create a… that will… ?

3.              Are we offering a product, a solution, or both?

                We are offering as the consumers a product. Why? because offering a solution will therefore mean that we are giving you something to solve a problem, a CD cover doesn't really solve a problem. So, as a product we are providing are audience with what they enjoy listening too,reading,what they like and try to grab ones attention.

 

4.              How will we attract our target audience?

                Choosing a specific person may attract our target audience. For instance, such as for example Jennifer Lopez. Some people may enjoy listening to her music and like her in general so therefore that attracts the targets attention into viewing the CD cover you've created. Designs as well may attract attentions and specific facts you have added into the bio and as well as pictures, colors and drawings.

 

5.              What does our target audience want to see?

                   Our target audience wants to see of course pictures. Having a plain CD cover with no pictures nor colors becomes boring. Target audience also want to see the facts. Facts indeed help others to know more about a specific person. Its sort of like learning the lyrics to their songs, knowing who they are makes everything more clearer to others.

 

6. How is the CD changing the artist as who they really are?

                    When creating this cover we have to choose the person first. Who ever we choose we have to create a design representing the opposite of what they really do. For example, Rhianna she originally sings hip hop/r&b, since we are doing the opposite we therefore say that she will sing rock and roll. Or Nicki Minaj who raps we have to say she will sing country as the opposite. 

 

7 Will the CD change ones appearance about the other?

        Creating a CD in my opinion wouldn't necessarily change how one thinks. Why? because as a project we are creating the opposite so we aren't really saying what they originally sing. Does this mean that the project is totally the opposite of who we are doing? Not exactly, we are just choosing different genre of music.

 

8.What are some important facts that need to be added in the bio?

               In the bio the persons real name needs to be added because some artists use different names like eminem for instance Rhianna, lady gaga, Nicki minaj etc. The artists childhood (includes birthday,place born,year). How they started their career as a singer, and other important information.

9. How can someone recreate the cover by using the facts?

      By using the facts as reference the artist can use specific designs that relate to the person. If someone was to choose a sports player, they can do the letters as the object. Like basketball one of the letters can be the ball or hoop,tennis the letters can be written like the tennis ball or racket , things like that. They can also add specific quotes or sayings, or colors that relate to the person.

 

10. Why does the consumer have to know what the audience likes before making or creating designs and the actual product?

 

          Knowing what the person likes helps you know how to make the product specifically for the audience. If you choose to make a healthy meal or restaurant as a company you can say that the audience likes to keep in shape,stay fit,exercises and eat healthy just by seeing as the consumer how the people react to the product.

Homework #1B

1. If branding targets prospects to recognize its product as having a solution to a problem, what problem does your brand address? 

                   My brand "Bow-Stele" is a company in which creates and designs their own bows.

The Bow is a product that solves bad hair days for instance. Ive had days where my hair has looked a mess and i see how some girls have the same problems and we are all familiar with bows so thats how i came up with this product. I thought about what people already use but create it in a way thats interesting, and i love bows so i chose something i love too.

2. What solution does your brand offer?

                  My brand which is a bow company , can solve bad hair day problems because you can pin your hair back on messy hair days and dont have to worry about having your hair all over the place.

The bow not only pins it back solving hair day solutions but it also is very stylish. They come in all different sizes and aswell as designs and colors.

3. Does the brand clearly convey that message? Explain how.

         Yes, the message that this brand conveys is that bows can be stylish yet helpful. Also, it also can be used  with all hair types, curly, straight,wavey and even with your natural hair. Thats why as of today they are a popular hair accessory.

4. Do you identify with the message? Explain why.

      Yes i do indentify with the message because i do agree that this hair accessory is stylish yet helpful and a very easy way to tie your hair back on rough hair days.Also, the apple logo on the top reminds me of my company because apple is always coming out with new technology and devices and the bows in my company are made differently and used on and on even when there are other hair things to use.