Peer Review

I went in to today's peer review feeling really apprehensive due to how I am currently feeling about the reality of my complex intangible project proposal, but eager to gain some feedback in order to tie up some loose endss.

I discussed what I wanted to achieve through my project in the review, and I had some really constructive advice. My group were really keen on the idea of vocational learning, for example encouraging cooking and food preparation, or learning a skill such as knitting, but these didn't really jump out at me that much. However, if I reviewed my survey results as a whole, the majority of the suggestions are based on wellbeing and life skills which led to the suggestion of creating a self care package. This would be such a good option for me due to my strong interest in human behaviour and creating illustrative work to help aid the healing process. The discussion then led to topics such as exam stress for teenagers and young adults and looking after our mental health and wellbeing, which I can really relate to on a personal level, therefore am enthusiastic about using my own experiences to help others who are having a hard time too.

This has near enough flipped my proposal on its head, but I feel a lot happier with the potential direction that it could take now. I need to do a lot of thinking and as well re-consider some of my key aspects and deliverables for example, the fundamental aspects that are PRODUCT, RANGE, DISTRIBUTION. As well, I need to re-think whether this relates to Children's Book and Education, or would it be more suited to Product and Packaging. I think removing the whole idea of involvement with the National Curriculum takes a LOT of pressure off  where I 

SO, the solution to this problem would be to remove the whole idea of it being restricted to my workshop pack being delivered in schools alone. Janice suggested that it could maybe be distributed within schools or even external retailers, which could open up a whole range of opportunities. As well, I was struggling with WHAT exactly it was that I wanted to base the workshop pack on. Going back to my results, I realised that it would be a great idea to make a self-care pack, which would include all of the things that people suggested that we need to be more aware about. 

Plan of Action

• GET A WIGGLE ON
• Research the current market for self care and wellbeing products
• Do another survey: What do people do to de-stress
• Think about what could be included in this pack
• Make lots of mock ups and prototypes 
• Enjoy it!!!