DATE: 9/10/11
TIME: 12.30
CLIENT: KELLY JOSEPH, CRAFTY GINGE DESIGNS
LOCATION: FUEL CAFE, WITHINGTON
COSTS: Lunch and drinks
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS: Within walking distance of home
This is the first meeting between Alison Hoyles and Kelly Joseph of Crafty Ginge Designs.
AIMS OF MEETING:
- Introduction. I have met the client briefly on two occasions but this is meeting will serve as a foundation for our working relationship.
- Presenting initial ideas for the project.
- Working together to formulate a brief.
- Establish what the client’s wants, needs and expectations are for the project.
- Presenting each other’s work and learning more about each other as practitioners.
- Gaining further information from the client to begin researching into different styles, products, resources and ways of working.
- Gaining information and resources direct from the client, i.e. websites, organisations, groups
MEETING OUTCOMES:
I feel the meeting was very productive and has provided me with a deeper insight into what my client expects and requires from the project.
The client requires professional photographs of all designs and ranges of products to help set up online stores on folksy.com and esty.com and images for a new business website. We have decided that I will also create promotional materials that include a handmade book/catalogue, business cards and postcards. All promotional materials must be handmade from recycled or ethically sourced materials and be ethically printed.
Next steps will be to research into book binding, sourcing recycled paper and card and finding an ethical printers either in Manchester or that offer an online printing service.
I will also need to book studio space to begin professionally photographing all the client's designs and products to build up and catalogue of the client's work.
The client has also provided some useful links and resources for me to read about and include in my research.
NEW RESOURCES:
MEETING OUTCOMES:
I feel the meeting was very productive and has provided me with a deeper insight into what my client expects and requires from the project.
The client requires professional photographs of all designs and ranges of products to help set up online stores on folksy.com and esty.com and images for a new business website. We have decided that I will also create promotional materials that include a handmade book/catalogue, business cards and postcards. All promotional materials must be handmade from recycled or ethically sourced materials and be ethically printed.
Next steps will be to research into book binding, sourcing recycled paper and card and finding an ethical printers either in Manchester or that offer an online printing service.
I will also need to book studio space to begin professionally photographing all the client's designs and products to build up and catalogue of the client's work.
The client has also provided some useful links and resources for me to read about and include in my research.
NEW RESOURCES:
- Action for Sustainable Living – Charity organisation www.afsl.org.uk
- Stitched Up - Manchester-based ethical fashion collective offering workshops and swap shops www.stitchedupuk.blogspot.com
- Esty – online shop for craft makers to sell products www.esty.com
- Folksy – online shop for craft makers to sell products www.folksy.com
I don't think I could have asked any more questions of my client at this initial stage and the information provided by the meeting is sufficient to continue researching in a lot of different areas to move the project forward.
When my client and I meet again I will be able to show what research I have undertaken and this will provide the client with the opportunity to have more creative input and perhaps provide some guidance.
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