Working with an audience project

For unit 12 we are working with others from outside of college and it is shawlands primary school. Which is next to my old primary school. Their are three areas in the school that need designing, a sensory room which is for children with autistic spectrum and at the moment looks like this.

So they want us to come up with a design for the room. 

Another part is the library wall which has to encorage the love of reading we can do what we want in reason as long as the blue wall has gone. This is the library wall at the moment. 

Another area in the library are display 

boards there are two one for ks1 (5-7 years) and then one for ks2 (7-11 years) these have to be based on one book each for the appropriate age this is what they look like at the moment. 

our first thing to produce was a sketch book full of research i split it into two for my two choosen areas. throughout my sketch is primary book research, secondary book research, ideas and design, items i need, colour charts and mindmaps for both areas here are some of my pages. 

I've decided for my two choices to create a design for the display boards and the liabary wall. After all out designs are done only 3 are chosen and that is decided by the heads of shawlands. So to start off my research the first thing I did was create a mood board of books 5-11 the display boards, it was great to do because I know quite a lot of the books from when I was younger it made me more interested because it was bringing back memories it was also a great way by doing a mood board to get all the information I needed to start off with on an A2 sheet. This was the sheet when completed. I've also put some illustrations in that may help me when I come to doing artist research and my sketch book. 

My second mood board was my idea for the library wall which is to do the four season and then link books that are based on the four seasons so I split the A2 sheet in four so I then added pictures to go with the seasons and then I did a section of books I found for each season. It was interesting to do because I didn't realise how many popular books there was that are actually linked to seasons so I'm quite proud of my idea. The problem I'm having because I am used to girl books and because I have no male inspiration around me I don't really know what boys are into so I'm finding it hard looking for books that are for boys. So to help me out I've been asking my friends who have brothers or children what there mainly boys and girls like to read. This was my final sheet. 

To practice design for a coustomer we had to make up a coustomer as a child we could base it on our selves when we where younger or just make up a child. We had to do a mood board of photos that represent things and interests in the child's life I kinda based mine on me when i was little so it was a girl

Who is 7 years old 

Her favourite CDs are ultimate Disney and pop party 

She lives with her older brother and mum 

She has brown hair and eyes 

She lives in a detached house 

She goes to Joseph Locke primary school 

Her favourite book is rainbow fairy books and the jolly postman 

Her favourite colours are pink and purple 

She likes drawing and singing 

Her favourite character is Cinderella 

Her favorite game is mouse trap

She has a pink Nintendo DS and her 

favorite game to play is style boutique 

Her favourite toy is bratz dolls 

Her family has a Yorkshire terrier and a King Charles spaniel 

And when she's older she wants to be a horse rider 

After my mood boards I moved onto artist research my first one was based on  rainbow magic fairies which I had taken from my primary research in my sketch book because they are books that I had when I was younger. The two on each side are the front pages and in the middle is an illustration from inside the book of The two main characters Rachael and Zoe. I have used watercolour for the front pages and I think it has worked well for the shading on the wings and on the clothing. For the illustration in the middle I used drawing ink and I think it came out well because it was an out line drawing. The drawings make me feel happy because they bring back memories from my childhood and it was great to be able to bring it into my work. I don't think I'll be taking it forward to my design but it's part of my primary research in my sketch book. On the Louise the lily fairy I didn't scale it properly so I zoomed in and painted the main part. If I was to do it again I would try the painting on different materials like calico eat to make it more interesting.

For my second artist research sheet I choose to do Winnie the Pooh from another one of my books from when I was younger. I think this is a great idea for my display board for 5-7 years because Winnie the Pooh is a widely famous book. For all three of the pictures I have used watercolour with drawing ink for the sketches. I was happy with the watercolour because I wet the page first and then added the watercolour which made it blend much better and easier. I was really influenced to draw the original because I wanted to try out the old sketchy versions instead of the graphic and computerised type now. I got this sheet done quite quick because I managed to scale it out really well, nothing looked out of proportion. For the back ground I took the main colours from each picture so there is no negative space. If I was to do it again I would either try different media for the background or make the pictures bigger.

after I had done my artist research I have then taken my research from my sketchbook to do my idea of the 4 seasons i have added as much colour as possible to brighten up the room and to catch the childrens attention. i have chosen to pick out the main key points of each season for example bonfire night, halloween etc. i like how i have managed to keep the consistency of the tree but able to show how it changed throughout the year. i have also designed it so it has the slogan books for all seasons across the top. the design is in budget of the money we have and i have made the spring and winter background the same shade of blue to save money and paint. if i was to do it again i would try and make it more realistic because i feel it might be abit childish for the ks2 children. i will also not put the paint on top of paint because it doesn't standout as well and changes some of the the colours. this is my final sheet and then another layout of the design so the customer has a better choice or if one will work better. the cost for both is 75 pound and 20 pence.

For my display boards I did 4 designs 2 for ks1 which I choose Elmer and the gruffalo and then ks2 which is Winnie the Pooh and the cat in the hat. For each one I have added and learning sections like numbers, colours, times tables, punctuation and words. I like them because there bright and interesting to look at and will not cost too much because apart from the printing cost the rest will be recycled materials that I have myself. Here was my final piece. 

On Boxing Day i watched Walliams to reveal Britain's Favourite Children's Book on Boxing Day. Where David Walliams counted down the favourite children's books it was interesting to see what book would be at the top to see if they linked with any that I had used in my work the top 5 where. Journey to the river sea, The Lion,The Witch and the wardrobe, The cat in the hat, Where the wild things are, and number 1 was A bear called Paddington. They also spoke to some of the authors including Michael Morpurgo, Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Micheal Bond, Julia Donaldson and Sir Quentin Blake. www.channel4.com › info › press › news

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