Creative Futures Week

Organised the printing of the cards through I Will Print of Telford following Neil's decision to go with the original burgundy/pink colour scheme. The print run was incredibly cheap and the results OK. I had asked for the cards to be printed matt on board with a slightly rough tooth. The results are far from glossy, and have a slight texture to them, but the ink finish gives the product a satin sheen which is less than ideal. These are not artisan printers and I guess that you get what you pay for.

Neil said that they went down pretty well when given out to fellow students, although I always get the impression that he's kindly sheltering me from true opinion. I like the concept of the little tea bag card but I feel it's a bit corporate in it's execution. If time had allowed I would have liked to develop the design to make it a little more dynamic or stylised, but time has always been of the essence with this project. The supporting posters and web banners suffer even more so in this respect and I am not proud of them at all. They fail dismally to arrest the attention of passing traffic - dull, dull, dull! I'm left doubting my stamina to truly stick with a project and explore a variety of potential avenues. Sometimes I think that I'm glad to conclude a brief, see the back of it, and move on. If this is true, I have to resist because it leaves me with a product I'm not entirely comfortable with. That's no way towards a pleasing portfolio of work.

On a positive note, I did a terrific amount of 'running and carrying' on this little project, including inserting over one hundred tea bags into cards. I have without doubt been reliable and pulled my weight.