T-shirt brief...

After consideration and talks in tutorials with Justin I decided to split my t-shirt brief into two sections... one section being the range of 1o womens and mens t shirt designs inspired by Lady Gaga and Lupe Fiasco and the second part of the brief being the packaging and promotional side to it designing labels, tags, gift wrap,bag packaging, promotional stands etc.

This will then in turn widen my variety of skills that I have aquired in this module instead of all my briefs mainly focusing on illustration which relates to my statement of intent and rationale.

This is a questionnaire I carried out on survey monkey on the internet...I think it was a good quick professional way of presenting questionnaires but I think it is better to just produce print based ones that you can personally give out to people and get quick responses from them to then get on with creating your work.

1. Do you wear screen printed t-shirts?

Yes

 

2. Is there any clothing company that you like or regularly buy t-shirts from?

 

1. www.buytshirtsonline.co.uk (gildan and fruit of the loom)

 

2. jonny cupcakes

urban outfitters

h&m

 

3. Do you prefer quite simple or complex designs on t-shirts?

 

1.simple but funky illustrations/prints..

sometimes a lil complex but fitting in with a cool unique style

 

2. simple

 

4. What shops do you like do go in on the high street?

 

1.Very rarely primark for a blank tshirt to print on if I'm skint.

 

2.urban, h&m, exit, chimp

 

5. What price would you expect to pay fro a screen printed t-shirt?

 

£10 to £20

 

6. Where would you think screen printed t-shirts would fit on the high street? For example could you see them in boutiques or big stores?

 

boutiques, especially if designed and printed by individuals artists/illustrators/printmakers or small collectives. People enjoy being unique and having clothing that can't be found elsewhere which is why I don't like high street shops. I work at River Island but will never buy a top from there. I enjoy selling my own eldavo brand tshirts. I hope to sell mine in a boutique sometime where I can keep limited runs of tees sold so that my cool funky designs will be hard to come by, better still, you'll be the only one wearing it! H&M on the rare occasion for a blank tshirt to print on if I need it urgently.

Another important issue about this brief is that it initially aimed to be a collaborative brief with Olivia Greaves but after looking at the work we were both producing we decided that we both had different intentions for the brief and wanted to do different things with it so we decided to go solo...that way I could work with the type and image combined that I initially thought which again refers back to what I stated in my rationale and statement of intent.