Week 6 recap

Not sure where week 6 went, but I am sure I lived through it based on dates of email interactions. Beginning the week, I did not feel like I had an enormous amount to do, but apparently I did because I had a really stressful week. It may have been a combination of insanity at work and the regular school workload. Either way, I hope I don't have a week like that again.

I did the last few refinements for my "celebrate" and "eat" program and I put them aside for now. At the end of the semester I plan to have one large critique with my advisor and a few other people I work with. So for now, I feel comfortable with calling them "done".

I also went ahead with explorations to my educate program (named Little Farmers). This is a program that donates pods on the community growing floor for schools to grow in. Students are able to grow, harvest and eat their own food. This teaches them to appreciate food and nutrition and is also a fun way to learn. I had some parts of it started from last semester, but I wanted to try out new ideas with my updated brand. I also expanded the items in the program. The explorations are OK. I guess it was good to get them out of my system, but I am not really happy with them. My advisor agreed, and suggested bits and pieces of what I did on each variation to try for the next round.

The items I am designing are:
// a pod sign for the kids to decorate
// take-home grow kits
// t-shirts
// graduate certificate

I am glad I have them all started because that is the hard part. I always have a hard time being creative when I am generating ideas for materials and gathering text. It is like my brain can only concentrate on one creative thing at a time, then it shuts off. Boo to my brain.

This coming week will be fun. I will be beginning the work for my "sell" program which will be packaging materials for items sold in the produce shop, like jarred foods, baked items and loose foods like mushrooms. I have a lot of research done already and some ideas. So I get to draw and be creative all week! I also need to go to the grocery store to get ideas of what foods I will jar and package and to research current packaging. I love all the time I am spending surrounded by food.