NO3 - Mood Board Brief

Mood Board = FOCUSSED INFO to client/customer, STARTING POINT, tells a STORY and explores a CONCEPT.

Key Elements:
  • Colour Palette
  • Theme of research
  • Materials and Media
  • Design Equation (WHAT)
  • Key words/text
  • Market
  • Styling


General Rules:

  • Don't cover every part of the page
  • Allow negative space - adds dynamism
  • Varied scale of image
  • Allow for juxtaposition
  • Less is more
  • Visually Stimulating
  • Balance of quiet and busy areas
  • Clear inspiration Sources
  • Underlying grid to structure layout of composition

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR:
- Trend /season /occasion - colour, motif
- Customer/client/consumer - profile (age, gender)
- Target market - price point / analysis
- Materials - focuses creativity
- Costing - price
- Practical outcomes - production expectations

I chose Henry Holland - H! by Henry Holland (midstream collection) and House of Holland (designer collection) as my favourite Designer/Brand

I chose to do my mood board on his House of Holland collection because it's got a real quirky, overpowering, vibe and he has a strong visual element of colour which bursts through his collections in some way. Kate Moss was a big impact for the beginning of his brand - he designed bold, 80s T-shirts with catchphrases such as "I'll tell you who's boss, Kate Moss". 
What was possibly a turning point as well for Holland was his collaboration with Levis Strauss & Co in 2009, collaborating with a well-known label would have made his label more publicly noticed for the consumer/client. 

To start with I focused on his 'nana rave' A/W 13 collection for my mood board because I felt his message as a brand really portrayed through it. I then decided to go a lot broader with it to really give a diverse look across his different collections yet when combining all this, the outcome should be obvious of House of Holland. 

Attached are some photos of experimentations I did in my seminar for the mood board...












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