Zhang 1) White:A simple script with the Chinese stylised water painting Red: This feels flowing. Reflective of asian culture gives sincerety Black:Very stereotypical imagery. May not work with standard fonts Yellow:imagery lends itself easily to a variety of colour palettes.Can be modernised or retro-ed easily. Green: Font could be given watercolour stroke. Blue:Needs some work but could be effective and versatile.
2) White:Asian font covered by stylised chinese roof. Red:Has possibilities, but may fail dismaly Black:Could look cheap, too stereotyped Yellow:Echos chinese architecture and culture. simple. Green:A more simple font could accentuate the imagery. Blue:a strong idea with potential.
3) White:A lotus flower sitting above a simple font Red:The lotus can be a very beautiful image, and relaxing. Black:cliched image. narrows colour palette. Yellow:the colour palette is relatively simple and expected, evocative Green:work with different colours to find a new way of displaying the lotus Blue:may have restricted flavour options but could be effective
5) White: Bamboo forest with vertical type Red:i love the vertical feeling of the bamboo Black:colour palette is staid and too subtle. bamboo is the wrong image to connect with tea Yellow:the vertical design is strong. bamboo could be used in packaging Green:could attempt to make stalks cartoonish, to add different colours. Blue:a strong design, needs some work to find a way of making the colour palette more evocative.
Alternative
1) White:A yin yan with type inside Red:this annoys me because it is so cliched Black:extremely stereotypical, boring, Yellow:easily recognisable, strong Green:could be a strong design overall using b&W Blue:could be effective, but could i work with it?
Samadhi
1) White:Indian female eyes and bindi above type Red:evocative, i like this one Black:lacking originality Yellow: Brings India to your home, authenticity.A brilliant colour palette possiblity Green:Have to work with the size of type versus image. drawn image vs photographic Blue:could be a lot of work, but has possibility
3) White:type sitting in cloud Red:not too taken with this Black:boring, not related to tea Yellow: a great deal of texture to deal with, relaxing colours are possible Green:could be connected to breath/medicinal Blue:needs a lot of work, could be used as an interesting backgound
4) White:type inside a leaf Red:it works but is cliched Black:stereotypical, Yellow:could be used in many different scenarios Green:colours should be experimented with, different leaf shapes, more than one leaf Blue:as is, it is too simple
5) White:type inside love heart Red:i depise this Black:awful. hippy conotations immediately, severly stereotyped. limited colour palette. Yellow:could be worked into a really sweet design, for a specific demographic Green:experiment with multiple hearts. different colours for different teas Blue:although i dislike it, it has potential and i can already see ways of making it work
6) White:planet shape with revolution lines, type in sphere Red:i dont very happy about this one Black:ugly, not related to tea or the name. Yellow:uplifting, universal, quirky, fun Green:investigate the possibilities of creating a more planet like logo Blue:not much to go by. not particularly evocative.
samadhi 3 and 5, green hat- could make the heart out of clouds, water, tea leaves. they could be raining tea from heaven... they could be heart droplets to give you the multiple hearts. yes its an old hippie talking!
Zhang
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White:A simple script with the Chinese stylised water painting
Red: This feels flowing. Reflective of asian culture gives sincerety
Black:Very stereotypical imagery. May not work with standard fonts
Yellow:imagery lends itself easily to a variety of colour palettes.Can be modernised or retro-ed easily.
Green: Font could be given watercolour stroke.
Blue:Needs some work but could be effective and versatile.
2)
White:Asian font covered by stylised chinese roof.
Red:Has possibilities, but may fail dismaly
Black:Could look cheap, too stereotyped
Yellow:Echos chinese architecture and culture. simple.
Green:A more simple font could accentuate the imagery.
Blue:a strong idea with potential.
3)
White:A lotus flower sitting above a simple font
Red:The lotus can be a very beautiful image, and relaxing.
Black:cliched image. narrows colour palette.
Yellow:the colour palette is relatively simple and expected, evocative
Green:work with different colours to find a new way of displaying the lotus
Blue:may have restricted flavour options but could be effective
5)
White: Bamboo forest with vertical type
Red:i love the vertical feeling of the bamboo
Black:colour palette is staid and too subtle. bamboo is the wrong image to connect with tea
Yellow:the vertical design is strong. bamboo could be used in packaging
Green:could attempt to make stalks cartoonish, to add different colours.
Blue:a strong design, needs some work to find a way of making the colour palette more evocative.
Alternative
1)
White:A yin yan with type inside
Red:this annoys me because it is so cliched
Black:extremely stereotypical, boring,
Yellow:easily recognisable, strong
Green:could be a strong design overall using b&W
Blue:could be effective, but could i work with it?
Samadhi
1)
White:Indian female eyes and bindi above type
Red:evocative, i like this one
Black:lacking originality
Yellow: Brings India to your home, authenticity.A brilliant colour palette possiblity
Green:Have to work with the size of type versus image. drawn image vs photographic
Blue:could be a lot of work, but has possibility
3)
White:type sitting in cloud
Red:not too taken with this
Black:boring, not related to tea
Yellow: a great deal of texture to deal with, relaxing colours are possible
Green:could be connected to breath/medicinal
Blue:needs a lot of work, could be used as an interesting backgound
4)
White:type inside a leaf
Red:it works but is cliched
Black:stereotypical,
Yellow:could be used in many different scenarios
Green:colours should be experimented with, different leaf shapes, more than one leaf
Blue:as is, it is too simple
5)
White:type inside love heart
Red:i depise this
Black:awful. hippy conotations immediately, severly stereotyped. limited colour palette.
Yellow:could be worked into a really sweet design, for a specific demographic
Green:experiment with multiple hearts. different colours for different teas
Blue:although i dislike it, it has potential and i can already see ways of making it work
6)
White:planet shape with revolution lines, type in sphere
Red:i dont very happy about this one
Black:ugly, not related to tea or the name.
Yellow:uplifting, universal, quirky, fun
Green:investigate the possibilities of creating a more planet like logo
Blue:not much to go by. not particularly evocative.
samadhi 3 and 5, green hat- could make the heart out of clouds, water, tea leaves. they could be raining tea from heaven... they could be heart droplets to give you the multiple hearts. yes its an old hippie talking!
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