Placement.

For the past week and continuing into the end of this one I have been on work placement at a company in Ashburton called the Gro company, my life has also gone mental with deadlines and jobs, hence why I haven’t posted in a while. During this placement I have been given a creative brief as well as giving general design assistance to the creative team at the company.

My time has been spent mounting wall displays and images for presentations, helping out and modelling on product photo shoots and transforming the office into a more structured and well thought out display area for the company.

In addition to this my creative brief encompasses designing a range of Gro bags (baby sleep bags) and bedding with the focus on techniques (gathers, pin-tucks, pleats and panels). I am to design for 4 options:

• Boys

• Girls

• Unisex

• Nursery coordinated bedding

Towards the end of my placement I will then have to present these on presentation boards and talk through them with other members of the team including the creative director. So all in all I feel I will have accomplished a fair amount by the end of my placement with experience in a few of the major areas of a design company and a deeper understanding of the industry requirements (safety standards) when producing garments for a specified market area, especially if that area encompasses babies or children.

Pictured are a few of my initial design ideas.