PPP Blog - Dan Everitt: OUGD502: Studio brief 2 - A Design Presence

As well as coming up with an identity for myself, the brief asked to produce an information pack which included a creative CV, a business card, promotional material, samples of work and any relevant material which would help promote myself.

I mind mapped my ideas and what I wanted in the pack.

I then sketched out some ideas of how I wanted the information to be packaged. I wanted it to be small enough to carry around and not be a nuisance. Also with it being around the size of A5 it's easy to give out, hold and read.

I tested out some of my ideas using paper to see how it would feel in the hand and to get an understanding of the measurements etc.

I originally had a big fold out, which was going to hold all the bits of information, but after mocking it up I realised in the time I had it was going to be to hard to print.

As an alternative I decided to use two a5 booklets to hold everything instead. It was easier for me to print it and make it and saved a lot of time.

In my information pack I decided to have:

> CV

> Business card

> Work Samples

> Posters

> Info card

Each item slots into the A5 holders holding it all neatly together in the package.

I made a net and made it digitally on illustrator:

The size of the package is just slightly bigger than a5, allowing for everything else to fit into it perfectly. The net has a hook which holds the pack shut.

The inside holders have slits in to hold the appropriate material:

I then designed a creative CV including all the relevant information that I needed. It tried to make the CV interesting to read, with relevant icons and symbols to show what

As well as my CV I designed a small booklet which showcases some samples of my work:

Along with samples of my work I've added a couple of posters into the pack. I wanted whoever has the information pack to be able to take something away with them from it:

For my business card I designed a pattern of squares, which was the outline of my logo. At first I tried out a few different designs, for some I used my original logo.

I then decided on this design:

I also made a small card which is at the front of the pack explaining what it is:

After designing my pack I sent it off to be printed at hobs which was a success. Although I couldn't choose the stock, the one that was printed onto was fine and actually enhanced my work.