Week five – printing and improvements

Last week we received criticism for our white wires, at last, we chose to follow the advice to recontruct the lights and make the cords and fittings black. When we finally finished our product we could put all our focus on the packaging. Later this week we were introduced to the photo studio, and could…

Week four!

Hello again 🙂 What a productive week this has been! Many different decisions about the packaging, colors, layout, logo and choice of material. We started with the black and white layout, but felt that it needed something to make it POP. Black & white in all it’s glory but it felt kind of plain and…

Fourth week

Hi! Today we have printed our first “real” prototype on the mimaki printer. Nerve wracking! But it turned out ok, so now we have plenty of things to keep working at to get it perfect. Earlier this week we have been testing different designs for our packaging and also making small changes for the packaging itself…

Week four ~ prototypes & more prototypes

A lot has been happening this week. We’ve been putting our ideas and sketches into motion and made things happen in the design department as far as layout goes. We also explored how we want to brand our company, KvarstĂĄ. Previously we took it in a more elegant and minimalistic direction but somewhere along the…

Printing, mistakes and reconstruction

Hi everyone! This week has been very instructive and important for us. We have printed on the mimaki and tried our packaging in the real material and real color for the first time. Unfortunately the printing did not go as planned, we realized that our cardboard breaks and flies during folding. We also noticed that…

Key design​ elements

Botanize among old newspapers and books to get inspiration for the appropriate fonts.  Find so much interesting and useful! We want the tie to appeal to both men and women. Strong women throughout the ages inspire us to collect key design​ elements to boost and inspire. Priscilla Beaulieu Presley in tie represents girl power!   Best regards…