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Mock Situation Test 1 for NIFT entrance exam

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In Reply to Sreeja's mail:

“hey malvika!! nice blog…
i hv been selected fr d situation test.. n nw i am preparing fr it…
i hv made a table time clock fr a fashion designer.. im not sure hw good it is… is der any way i cn mail it u so that u cn give me ur opinion on it???”

Ok.. So that’s a table time clock. A clock you put on the table to check for time. OK.

Its too crafty. Little thought has gone into it. Since the target customer is a fashion designer, its just too direct to make a fashion model and paste her there on thermocol with the time showing on her chest. Its like making an Eiffel Tower to suggest Parisian style. I did that once. Heh heh…

If you see the date..Its hanging on her arm very arbitrarily..clipped on with pins. The model's legs are crooked. You can’t just put her in ANY clothes if you are focussing on the fashion aspect of it.

Its also a FLAT design. If it were to be hung on a wall, that would be understandable; but since it will be placed on a table, it will be viewed from all directions and this clock offers no side and back surfaces worth looking at. When you work, you are working with space, not a single surface. Its a model, not a drawing sheet. So I suggest that in many cases you should start your concept by determining an easy-to make 3 D shape. Think of the clock as a cube (not a square), as a pyramid (not a triangle), as a sphere flattened at the bottom (not a circle).

The primary aspect of the table time clock is showing time. It is important to

1. Keep Time Prominent.
2. Make it specially designed for a table.
3. Convey the Fashion aspect.

The fashion aspect can be dealt with in two ways. One, you make it appealing to the fashion designer’s aesthetic sense, sense of style etc. which the girl responsible for this model has done. Two, you serve the requirements of a fashion designer like offering him a place where he can store pins and measuring tape etc.

Dude.. I am sorry..I’ll have to do a fast job.. I don’t have much time. Your table clock also lacks steadiness. It looks like it will topple over. Here are examples of what you could try.. (I’ll get back to it, Gotta Rush)

 

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What routes could I take..

Why am I thinking of a clock which is also a pin cushion

Playing with the concept of time perhaps…

A clock to inspire..?

Time and Fashion design.. Time and fashion design

Late nights, bent and working over long tables on garments..Looks at the time.. a few more hours to go … A friend walks in.. the designer wants to show off his fine tools, table clock and fountain pen..

Will the designer look at the clock from front or from above..Its very likely that the table clock is viewed from above as the designer bends over his table and works on his patterns etc. Must be mentioned in the write-up. A slanting face then.. Or really a top-faced clock.

How about an elephant that gets olllddd with time… heh heh.. Designers enjoy having fun!

Or since it a designer, a clock inspired by very traditional fine art and craft techniques..

Wire work or something..

Still thinking… And gotta get back to work again (This may just be undo-able today.)

 

Is there a new way you can show numbers?

Look at this shape.. I like it, got it off the internet. You can make a steady base with a solid triangle..

 

 

This image is just for inspiration as far as the shape goes. You can use plastic sheets to make this simple shape... Look, no thermocol poking out, nothing. Clean design. And maybe you could write text around it. Maybe with a mood for each hour and in between.. A way would have to be thought to use a few more materials in this..The clock may have hands or be a digital clock.. For this look i prefer digital. What if three such round surfaces are joined edge to edge to make a 3 D triangle.. One face showing time, The other showing date and the third.. I dunno.. Think of something.. The third could be a back surface used to set the alarm.. record reminders in. IS fashion design getting left out..? The colours could be a little more vibrant.. Layers of transluscent plastic..concentric circles.. pink, blue, green. The last circle in a set of three could also be a place the designer can use as a pin-cushion..ahhh..There comes my pin cushion.. Or better still.. It can have some rods poking out to throw rolls of thread around.. Now that gives you an opportunity to use materials, make a fashion designer specific clock, clean 3 D design.

I suggest you take some DST with you in your pocket - DOuble sided tape. You can use it to stick surfaces without ANY tape showing.

 

Here is another idea I have..

A playful feeling. A button detailing to give it the fashion designer touch. The button can be a plastic cut-out with stitching over it. Before you start, I suggest you make a rough doodle of your model, a sketch and leave it there for the judges to have a look at later.

So how to make this..

The shape is a major issue here..

I think if you cut strips of plastic, they can be coiled to roughly make a shape like this.. To give some weight stuff paper balls or your socks inside. Yeah take off your socks,, stuff them inside. But yeah you cant use ur socks on the outside. That would be using a material you weren’t given as the foundation of your design. Unacceptable. The watch face, hands,, everything can be made with plastic cut-out and markers. The stands for spools of thread can be made with straws. Tell them the FUNCTIONALITY and the LOOK of your clock in your write up. And maybe MATERIALS.

Function – Apart from showing time, holding thread spools.

Look- A toy look for an upbeat mood. The object can be placed around anywhere.

Materials – The clock would be a soft toy like object, with a battery under it.

It would be great if you marked a battery slot under the whole model. DO all the cellotape sticking etc underneath..not right on top. You know the way you pack birthday presents. Ok, I have really spent far too much time over this. I hope its of some help to you guys. Best of luck!

Hey if you get thick sheets of thermocol.. you can also quickly make a block by sticking many squares together, like a loaf of bread and then quickly shaping the block to this roundish smooth shape - a rugby ball shape or the shape shown in my model above. I hope you can achieve it in good time. Its a great way to make all kinds of flexible shapes. Practice once at home with thermocol. You need good glue and something like sand paper. Take sandpaper in your pocket. If you do this thermocol scultpting thing, its a sure winner!

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