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Friday, June 3, 2011

BSBDES501A- Implement Design Solutions

BSBDES501A- Implement Design Solutions - Nicole Walsh

Winter in Wagga Wagga report.
1. Research for this project could be undertaken by searching the internet, or in person. On the internet, you could go to the Wagga council website and the various websites that are linked; or other websites promoting Wagga, like the ones through New South Wales Tourism. These websites promote many things to do in Wagga at all times of they year- its just a matter of picking out what there is to do in the Winter months. In person would involve going to places like the council chambers and visitor information centre. At these places you can ask people about information regarding what areas you wish to cover.
2. I decided on an A4 page that is folded twice to end up as a DL size brochure. I chose this medium because it is practical, is versatile as far as storage and distribution are concerned and has the right amount of room for information and images- not enough to overwhelm but more than enough to bore the reader.
3. Resources i will need are paper sizes, printing templates, information and images.
4. factors which may impact on selection of resources can be image size and resolution, copyright on images, and reliability of information source.
5. Feedback has been positive so far- my logo had a few things that needed to be fixed up originally but with input from teacher and classmates is now fine.
6. The benefits of this process are that i could see the designs progress from its first stages- which will be useful in the future for saving time when i get similar ideas, i know what will work and what wont work.
7. My promotional piece will assist in increasing tourism numbers by showcasing the exciting things Wagga has to offer in Winter.
8. I could encourage a budget increase by pointing out the fact if there was more money spent on printing the brochures, the quantity would be higher, therefore could be distributed in more places and more people are likely to see it and visit Wagga.
9. The best way to present my design concept to my client would be to give them a print out of the brochure. Also a mockup with photos of the brochures in places where they would be on display- eg, in tourist information centres, on counters in shops, etc.

Printing quotes.
Whirlwindprint.com :
6PP DL roll
150gsm
gloss finish
full colour
QTY 5000
$974.16

Heroprint.com.au :
6PP DL roll
150gsm
gloss finish
full colour
QTY 5000
$584 (including delivery)

Thursday, June 2, 2011

ICPPP224B: Produce pages using a page layout application

ICPPP224B- Produce pages using a page layout. Nicole Walsh

front cover

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back cover

Rationale:
1. You wound need to ask the client to specify the style they want- for this particular project, Salvador Dali has a few different styles of work and the client may need to specify which particular movement they wanted the booklet to follow.
2. You could save wasting time by getting as much information out of the client as you can when you brief them at the beginning. By chosing colours, images, styles and possibly fonts they like, this would save them wanting you to change things later on.
3. Research for this project would be taken out by searching online or in books for Salvador Dali and his artworks. Being the famous artist and eccentric person he was, there is a lot to be found. The things you could search for include artworks, involvement in different art movements, quotes, political statements, biographies, museums and exhibitions.
4. Suggestions i would offer: be more specific with what information they wanted in the booklet- if they want a biographical approach or more of a factual account of the artist’s paintings. - Specify a budget they are planning on sticking to. -Specify their choice of stock, and weather they would like the cover a different stock to the rest of the booklet.
5. Limitations you would come across would most likely just be with the images- getting big enough images to be of print resolution may be an issue if you are sourcing images from the internet. Also copyright could be an issue in some cases.
6. Setting the document up in InDesign allows you to place elements and still have the option of editing them in other programs, without too much drama. You can also have styles set for paragraphs, characters and objects which can be edited to suit the style of the document. The text options are good also- including placement of text boxes and text wrap.
7. For the printer i have chosen, www.readysteadyprint.com.au, i will need to set up my file as CMYK, have already spell checked the text, fold and crop marks are clearly specified, at least 2mm bleed and fonts need to be supplied or converted to curves/ outlines. Issues which may uccur could be placing the pages in the wrong order and they will end up printing wrong. other problems might arise if there are any steps left out of the preflight checklist which may prolong printing due to errors with colours, fonts or images.

Printing Quotes
Whirlwind Print (www.whirlwindprint.com)
150 gsm
matt finish
QTY 1000
$1432.08

Specs: Has to be PDF; 5mm internal and 5mm external bleed on booklets; 300 DPI; CMYK; clear but short file names (eg NL_BOOK.PDF); colour maximum 300% for coated stock, 260% for uncoated stock; outline or embed fonts.

Ready Steady Print (www.readysteadyprint.com.au)
150 gsm
matt finish
QTY 1000
$1071.00

Specs: Do spellcheck; has to be correct size for product ordered; CMYK; 2mm bleed on all edges; text to be outlined or made into curves.

I would chose to go with Ready Steady Print because they are cheaper. Although Whirlwind are more specific with their requirements, they are not instantly recognisable as an Australian company like Ready Steady Print is, which i feel is important.