Monday, May 2

Please complete your first 3D thumbnail of your quick rebrand package. Select your final box and bottle that you want to transform. Research your company for your job folder. Minimum of 5 pages for the different companies / if can't find info on the company please have info on the product history. We will be having 10 per item (10 box and 10 bottle) 3D thumbnails. The photos of the thumbnails will have to be in printed and in your job folder by Wednesday. Come to class on Wednesday ready to work on a in-class project. You will not have any time to work on your thumbnails so budget your time wisely. Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, April 27

Please have your quiz ready to view in class on Wednesday. Your photos need to be labeled and downloaded to your computer. Please have an idea of what products (bottle and box) that you would like to rebrand. Must be an off brand or a not famous brand to be used. We will be taking a small out of class field trip on Wednesday. Bring a spot of cash so we can go out to lunch as class. Thinking chinese or panera.

Monday, April 25

Please make sure your SGA projects are out of the hallway after today's election cycle. This especially applies to your guerillas need to be down by Monday. Make repairs to your standups and we will be moving these.

Study the notes from the packaging items. There will be quiz over the material on Monday.

For your assignment on Monday. Pick a character from your favorite TV show and choose to repackage a product and a brand that they interact with. Have it to show digitally in class. Feel free to use the likeness of the person or show to get your point across. Here are a few examples from across the TV / Movie world.



Here are a few product psd mock ups sites that can help with your design material.
http://www.techclient.com/free-product-packaging-mockup-psd/
http://www.fusionplate.com/5207/33-free-psd-product-packaging-mock-up-templates/

Friday, April 22

Please have your Captain Crunch box image (just the front guys /8.5x11) ready to present digitally in class. Needs to be a reworking / rebranding of the cereal for adults. Same content just different market. Remember that this target market has grown up with the cereal and appreciates a little nostaglia for the brand. We will be talking more about packaging design on Friday. Be ready with your sketchbooks.

Friday, April 15

NO CLASS - The Posey household has gotten the flu bug so staying home and nursing my bottle of power aid and living under blankets for the day.

Use today as a work day for your SGA project and getting your materials ready to get to your client. Here's what you need for critique on Monday. We will meet in lab and then move the critique to all the different locations that your projects are located. If you would like to invite your client to come and comment on your work during critique it would be worth a couple of extra credit points to get their opinion on the work so feel free to invite them.

CRITIQUE
Poster must be up in the PAC on one of the boards.
Guerilla Piece must be installed in an approved space (must be approved by the owner of the space if not in a public hallway).
Item must be on you or carried into the critique.

JOB FOLDER
Left Side
1. Research
2. Proposal
3. Visual Brief
4. Documentation that client signed off on

Right Side
1. Thumbnails / sketches (whatever you started with - needs to something in there)
2. Roughs
3. Approvals from client
4. Finals -
 - Poster to size and photograph of it up
 - Guerilla photograph of it up
 -  If item is small include it and not able to fit in a job folder have a good photo of the item and bring the item to the critique.
 - Logotype / Logo centered on 8.5x11 page in color

Don't need to dress up for this critique since will be hoofing it around campus. Please make sure that your material is to your candidate no later than 5 pm on Sunday night so that they may put up posters for the campaign. Your designs will be up for the week. We will be moving our stand-ups for the library to the Logos (they want them in the library space to stay) at the end of class so be ready to move those at the end of critique.

Wednesday, April 13

Please have your proposal and visual brief pitched to your client. Be working on roughs for Wednesday.

You will need the following items:
1. Logotype / Logo for Candidate
2. Poster
3. Item
4. Guerilla Piece

All the items must be up and present to the candidate (approved by them following the guidelines for SGA candidate race) by Sunday evening. Your critique will be Monday morning. You are responsible printing one file of each of the materials and your candidate moves the rest of the material out for their campaign. Please give them the digital files.

Here are the assignments:

1. Anna - Morgan Morfe / Sr. President
2. Hannah - Hannah Willis / Sr. President
3. Kayli - Allison Floyd / Sr. Secretary
4. Caycee - Alex Garey / Sr. Secretary
5. Mary Scarlett - Eddie Echeverria / Sr. Treasurer
6. Kristen - Drew Hayes / Sr. Treasurer
7. Sydney - Josiah McGee / So. President
8. Ricky - Skylar Squires / So. President
9. Jessica - Austin Hamlett / So. VP
10. Chole - Danielle Lisk / So. VP
11. Duncan - VOTE SGA campaign
12. Victor - VOTE SGA campaign
13. CeCe - VOTE SGA campaign

Monday, April 11

This is short notice but we can get this off and do a last minute field trip for the day if you guys are up for it. Let me know what you think on Monday.
http://aigamemphisstudentday.weebly.com

Please have your state representative logo ready to look over in class. Still waiting on the final verdict from the petitions for SGA. Will post on here as soon as I get the names.

Friday, April 8

Please have all your posters for the poster sale printed and ready to package in class on Friday at 11 am.

Please revise and send your mascot / logos. Please have them on separate pages (one pdf) labeled out and sent to your contact. We will review them again on Friday.

Please have your political commentary poster (support or satire for candidate of your choice) ready to look over in class (digital) on Friday.

Wednesday, April 6

Please have your sports logos ready to view at the start of class on Wednesday.

You need to have
1. One logo with just mascot
2. One logotype
3. One initial of your school / team (aka think UT or can also combine letter with mascot)
4. Mascot and logotype in logo

This can be for any real sports team (school, church, local, intermural, etc. - any sport). Please make sure that they are accessible to you (not a professional team that you have no connection with). You will be sending the logo package out to the client so make sure that it is someone that you can approach that needs work done.

PS. Hannah please don't forget to move your standup or the 3D class will move for you. Not a good option.

Also don't forget to get your numbers and tallies to Andrew ASAP!! We need to get printing these people are starting to ask where they are!! Need to get on it! Deadline is Wednesday to get those numbers and we need you to start printing out your tallies so get on it!

Monday, April 4

Be sure to look at last post to get your numbers to Andrew Graham so we can figure out how many posters of each you need to print.

No homework over the weekend. Enjoy some catch up sleep. No job folder will be required for this project. Be ready to hit the ground running with next assignment. See ya then!