Brighton Trip

We had a trip to Brighton for our FMP Project, as this project is self directed we had to plan out where we would be going when arriving in Brighton that would be relevant to our project.

We had to take pictures while there to give evidence of going to the trip and getting Primary Research that would then help with the development of the final project with idea generation.

My FMP being focused around books, the advertising and layout of them as well as the advertising behind books I had decided that book shops would be the most sensible and relevant locations to go to for my research. Other than places we could gather relevant pictures and information we was also asked to go to a gallery in which I went to the Pavilion.

This was my first trip to Brighton and I really enjoyed the environment, the location, the people who all looked different in some way. All pictures added to this blog entry were taken by myself.

The first trip was to Dave's comic and graphic novels which was a few shops away. This shop took up most of mine and the groups time due to the map not being clear enough on the location. In Dave's comics and graphic novels I found it very helpful to find out way that books can be presented within a shop, the layout on the covers and the feel the book gives when looking at it. Pictures were aloud to be taken and these are used for Primary Research.

We then went into the Pavilion where there was a theme of culture in the gallery. I found this interesting seeing all the types of designs that could be made from specific cultures and feelings. We were granted permission to take pictures of which is used in primary research along with the pieces picked up from the side. Due to lack of time we could only see a small percentage of the Gallery before moving on to find the next shop on our map.

Waterstones was the last shop our little group could go to due to the time running out. This stop was very relevant due to the fact that the books I am focusing on are sold within Waterstones and many other bookshops and supermarkets (Morrisons, Asda ect). This was useful because compared to Dave's comics & graphics novels, the layout was completely different and the shop layouts were different also. The pictures have been placed on a page for primary research.