Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Design process/ responsive: Douwe Egberts brief crit

During the lesson with Fred we were asked to answer a list of questions, the aim was to unpick the brief, break it down and fully understand it.

Initially i chose the Douwe Egberts brief for the lesson to break down, here is the results of what  feel about the brief:

1. Why have you chosen the brief?
- Because other than starbucks and costa, coffee seem almost old fashioned, so being able to generate something new would be exciting.
- I'm not a tea or coffee drinker, so choosing something i'm unfamiliar with could be challenging.

2. What do you want to get out of the brief?
- Have my work seen.
- Wint he competition.
- A better understanding or real briefs other than college briefs.
- To be able to communicate as a graphic designer.
- Gain contacts (if i win)
- Develop new skills, demonstrate my strengths.

3. What do you want to do/ propose in response to the brief?
- Redesign something for a popular brand.
- Experiment with different packaging design.
- Create something appealing and fresh for  younger audience, without losing the heritage of of the brand.
- Diesign good quality products.

4. Why do you want to enter the brief?
- Gain confidence.
- Be part of the design realm.
- Be part of the competition to win the competition.
- Fell proud of my work that i've produced.

5. What is the problem?
- To increase awareness of the Douwe Egberts brand.
- Make it more popular with a younger audience.
- To encourage people to drink coffee at home.

6. What is the brief asking you to do about it?
- How to create something that makes the brand of coffee appealing to drink at home.
- Design a product that is contemporary yet still holds its heritage.
- Get younger people talking about the brand, make it popular.

7. What is the brief trying to achieve?
- Generate excitement about the coffee.
- Attract a new audience.
- Get younger people talking about coffee, make it popular.

8. What are the ten most important words in the brief?
- Douwe Egberts
- Communicates
- Young consumers
- Contemporary
- Heritage
- Home
- Desire
- Identity
- Create
- Appealing

9. What is the message/ concept?
- To challenge the drinks market.
- Encourage younger consumers to drink coffee.
- Make coffee drank at home as appealing as drunk in a shop.
- Increase awareness of the brand.
- Step away from old fashioned theme.

10. Who is the audience?
- Younger generation.
- Those with a thirst for knowledge.
- Those who like to experiment.
- Food and drink lovers.
- Those who pay for quality.

11. What is the context?
- New identity
- Heritage
- History
- Coffee

12. What products do you associate with the brief?
- Existing coffees ( Nescafe, Kenco, Maxwell etc).
- Costa and Starbucks, the younger consumer - competition.

13. Ways to win the brief?
- Range of products.
- Original design concept.
- Follow the requirements.
- Appropriate designs, consider audience.
- Clear communication.
- Good quality designs/ products.
- Imagination.
- Enjoy the brief.
- Level of intelligence.
- Expert of the subject.
- Well informed design.

14. Identify what you have to do?
- Include the DE logo.
- Create a campaign or products.
- Bring a modern and contemporary feel to the brand.

15. Understand what you need to do?
- Have the correct audience in mind.
- Use relevant information.
- Have a well executed design.

16. Define what you can do ?
- Come up with innovative ideas.
- Produce a range of products.
- Create/ design something fresh and desirable.
- Use tag lines provided. (not essential though)
- Well executed and well produced.

17. Speculate what could you do?
- Surveys.
- Primary and secondary research.
- Investigate into previous branding ideas.
- Look at the new market.
- See what drinks are most popular with a younger audience, and perhaps apply design methods to the coffee brand.
- Think of ideas aren't realistic too.

18. What hasn't been done before?

19. What do you know already ?

20. What do you need to research?


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