Competition Entry For Penguin Design Award

This is my competition entry for the Penguin Design Award, the brief was to design an original book cover inspired by 'The Wind In The Willows'.

Texture 

Texture can be found anywhere and everywhere, these are just some of the textures that are in our everyday lives, I have done this mood board to help me decide on what texture I could use for my spectacular sculpture concept for the Nation Picture Theater. The sculpture is relating to world war 2 as people worked on growing their own crops 'grow your own' was the slogan on posters to help people eat healthy and not run short of important foods during world war 2. My idea is to construct a welly promoting the fact that people grew their own food during this time.

Mood Board 

This is a mood board that I have done for a project involving world war two, so that I could get inspiration and develop my ideas for the Nation Picture Theatre which was bombed during this time.

Window Display With A Twist

This is a window display with a difference as the models are illustrations instead of being the traditional manikins. I like this concept as it works well to sell the products, which in this case are a girls best accessory her bags! I like that they have added a splash of colour within the display by adding oversize paper flowers, which makes it fresh and fun. The products are easy to view in this design as they are bold block colours. I like the way the illustrations are drawn as they look fashionable keeping in theme with the brand and image of the shop.

Gift Boxes 

These are my little experiments that I have been working on since I found the inspiration from my last post, I have recycled materials that I had around the house and made some cute little gift boxes. I have recycled a couple of book pages for one of the boxes then added satin coloured ribbon to add a little detail which I think works really well. I have also made a simple  package with just a little string around it, simple but effective. For the next box I used a bird stamp, then used ribbon to make the design more special, To finish the design off I used a flower and glued a pearl from a necklace in the center.

I have to say the one I like the best has to be this purple one as it's overall design is beautiful and the two satin ribbons add a touch of elegance to this gift box. I have also recycled a section from a necklace which forms the maid feature for this construction.  

Construction

I have found this beautiful box design online which has been constructed by Lee Conrey using card stock, so the sustainability of the box is sturdy for it's propose. In this design they have used recycled materials such as the oversize button and string in the middle of the amazing big pink flower.

The colours that have been used complement each other beautifully and work together to form a pretty design, the black card stock and satin bow detail help make this design stand out and make the other colours look more crisp.