Triptych has been a fairly enjoyable and open ended brief. It's been simple and rather easy, a nice change of pace from a lot of the extended practice briefs I have worked on. Whilst generating ideas and developing it I took the brief as a representation of me, my personality and my design and I think it's why I found it so enjoyable. From illustrative styles which I love to my own imperfect hand rendered type which I haven't been able to use for a fair few years and even displaying a rather obscure quote purely as a joke to myself, this whole brief has been calm and informed by no one else but me. A slightly self absorbed and cathartic brief I'll agree, but one I felt I needed to do, simply so I could design something with joy and no complications.
Extending it into textiles was also just for myself. It's something I have wanted to do and have only now found a good reason to do it. Also it's good practice to understand basic costs involved in making cushions if I ever wanted to make a business like I presented in second year where I would make and sell prints and soft furnishings (which I definitely do). So as an exercise into how I may want to set up and run a business, it was beneficial.
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