WIG? - Place.

MODERN DESIGNERS

DAY 10

Today I spent a few hours at Creative Concern before I went over to Modern Desingers which is a neighbouring design studio in Manchester's Northern Quarter.

The studio is much smaller than CC and there is only two full time staff so it gets pretty busy at times. After settling in I was set to work on getting to know one of the current projects which is a series of activity booklets for children aged 5 - 10 that would be based on them going on a series of educational trails through and around parts of Manchester.

The booklet will be 48 pages and divided up into sections and each section will have about 5 DPS's which facts and activities laid out in the order that the trail takes place so the children can stop and do.

This project is aimed at families that are going on a day out to Manchester during the summer and there is already a lot of work and content thats been put into it. So I've been reading through the ideas so far and trying to develop some or provide variations to the activities and draw more and more ideas from the surroundings and facts that will be in the booklets.

I'm trying to be as exhaustive as possible so that we can whittle down what will actually be put into the booklet.

The artwork for the booklet is being designed by an illustrator called Tracy Waller so this is more of an ideas based project than a design task.

It's quite a different environment in comparison to CC as it feels more like an office. It's interesting to experience two different studios in a day because you really appreciate different methods and working systems better.