This week was full of making crucial decisions about how we wanted to present our work at the exhibition and taking the next steps to be cohesive throughout.
Process
A lot of my time this past week has been redoing and improving the website component of the project. I included a couple of screenshots of the base website we started with and the fully customized site we have now. Since it is hard to share Indesign files, we decided if I focused on the digital aspect and Katherine edited the guide it would be the most efficient way to work moving forward.
I created an about page to explain the guide more, and a guide page to be able to sign up and receive the guide itself. I want it to look like a well-established project.
As seen in Katherine's blog, we also printed out the layout of our guide in black and white and looked at it collectively to see what was working and what was not. It was super fun to see everything together all at once. It helped us envision the size and weight of the guide and got me really excited about the final product.
I also made a crude mockup of what we intend for our exhibition to look like. I think we are going to scrap the extra poster down below and have the description attached to the plinth instead so the wall is less cluttered, but it helped us envision what we want quickly.
Reading of the Week
This week's reading of the week is focusing on an existing store in Nova Scotia and what they are doing to address fast fashion. You can read the original article here.
KingsPIER is a vintage clothing store that is dedicated to slow fashion — which advocates for sustainable, eco-friendly, and fair practices in textile manufacturing — the collection focuses on timeless, quality clothing that is “pre-loved,” or gently worn.
“My definition of success is making a positive influence in the supply chain, and in an itsy-bitsy way, I'm doing that, even if it’s just provoking people to think about what they're investing in.” - Laura MacNutt
I think what's interesting about KingsPIER is that the owner highlights the importance of making slow changes to your consumer habits rather than going all out and trying to make your own linen without any experience. She mentions the accessibility to those resources is not as easy as just buying clothes. I think we want to emulate that attitude in our guide as well.
Next Steps
Next week is a huge step in finishing our project, I hope to get our website finished and start a high-fidelity mockup of our guide with Katherine. We also plan on starting production for vinyl cutouts for our exhibition display.
This blog was written by Caitlyn Gass, co-founder of this project.
Last updated on 03.24.2023
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