OUGD603 - Verity & Matthew Wedding Stationery Design - Research

Last year, I created some designs for my cousin for her wedding invitations. This year, it has been requested that the designs be re-vamped and re-evaluated, as the old ones were never printed and the style and theme of the wedding has been re-established. 

Here are the diagrams and research I carried out last year, which I took this year and expanded on:

Mood board

Ideas from the bride and groom

Ideas for stationery

Ideas & development from last year (which we don't have time to do now)

Designs from last year

Designs from last year

Designs from last year

Final design from last year

After having another meeting with my family, we realised that the style that she loves and wants to be fed through the design is similar of that to clothing shop Joules, where she not only frequently shops but is a manager and visual merchandiser. It perfectly sums up her personality as it is playful, eclectic, bright, colourful, country and a bit eccentric. 

Here are a few images from Joules: 

Here are some patterns from Joules. I am noting the colours and floral patterns, in particular the blue and yellow, since they are the colours of the wedding. The main concern for me, if we're designing all of the different graphic elements of the wedding is to make sure that the colours are matching the chosen colours. But, if there was a random range of yellow and blues throughout the collection, then it wouldn't be so much of a concern. 

The bride  requested that she have something like this for the centrepieces of the tables. Again, we can see the pops of colour, Joules design and floral elements in this.