Comments VERY VERY VERY much appreciated!!
Since the FMP is a great opportunity to promote the paths of graphic design that we are most interested to follow in the future, I would like to operate within the field of web design. I would also like to focus on the live market of Nicosia, Cyprus, since it is a market that I’m familiar of and easier for me to approach, as well as because it is a thriving and progressing market, since Cyprus’ inclusion in the European Union.
My aim will be to research and track down several companies, preferably ones that represent international brands, and design their websites. Some of them may already have existing, running websites, which I will attempt to re-design. The companies and enterprises I will select (or better, try to select) will be from various domains of the industry (fashion, music, medicine, property, sports etc), so that the project will have an interesting variety. All websites will have a similar and familiar layout, since my aim is to introduce my personal graphic touch in all the works so that they will appear balanced and in proportion when assembled and viewed together.
I have started researching and enquiring in the Cypriot market, anticipating to find worthwhile customers before I write this proposal. So far, I have found 3 companies that agreed to participate in this task. Fortunately, all of them from different industries.
1. Kirmico Ltd. is the official representative of the KYOCERA printers in Cyprus, also responsible for the importing and distributing of scanners, faxes, shredders and other office machines.
2. ESPRIT. The famous worldwide clothing brand.
3. Deep Horizons Recordings. The first electronic/dance production studio in Cyprus with a 7-year experience in house music production and DJing.
The project will be a live brief since the constructed websites will be published on the net and will be running normally. I will endeavour to overall find at least 4 or 5 different companies ranging from as much types of business as possible to create my collection of websites.
14 weeks will be just fine.
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As you have stated web design as your preferred field for the future i think this project would be good for creating a name for yourself.
Im not sure about keeping a familiar layout for every company however, as whilst it is good to maintain a personal style, would it not show a greater ability to be adaptable if each one was relatively different?
Rachel
I completely understand your idea to pitch against national identity and attempt to tap into potential growth commercial markets. On first reading however, udertaking the re-design of three 'live' website is a huge task and in paralell with real/commercial deadlines appears impossible. Arguably this would take 12-18 months commercially...originating content, design, pilot-testing,
programming, promting etc.
Also all three companies may wish to maintain a non-specific international-look that is not particlur to any one cutlture or identity, ie: the only change might be use of language, (this is quite usual).
Lastly we have to be sure that you are fully confident in your web skills, there is a small sub-group in GDComm level three that appear to be particularly strong this year, therefore competition is strong.
Please consider these points, your responses might help firm up the brief- I will then get back to you.
GTS
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