independent study update.

1. For independent study, I am going to be making an inspiration lookbook that involves perusing through magazines and other sources to pull out and compile in a book.

 2. My task relates to my EQ because in order for a window display to be effective, it needs a theme, story or concept. Visual merchandisers always make big inspiration boards to aid them in their creative planning process. After making this, I will have a resource that I can refer to when helping plan window displays.

3. The tasks associated with my independent study that I have completed is that I have compiled plenty of  magazines that inspire me. The next specific steps that I need to complete are buying a scrapbook album or something along those lines that I could paste my inspirations on to. I will also start making tear sheets of my inspiration and trying to group things together according to any theme ideas I have.

what i've learned so far.

1) So far in my senior project, I have learned quite a bit. I've learned that placing displays in a store is more than just randomly placing it wherever it looks nice. There's a certain psychology behind it. I've also learned how to look at window displays and dissect them to figure out whether they are good or not. Window displays should also have a theme or storyline behind it, so you have to look for inspiration everywhere.


2) This book Visual Merchandising: Window and In-Store Displays for Retail by Tony Morgan has been so helpful and the pictures in it are absolutely beautiful. It's so inspirational. :D

Yay, you can't see my face! :D