I have made a few changes to my first prototype development, which was my schedule for making bracelets and necklaces. After about a week of execution and practice with this schedule I realized I didn’t have everything together in order to execute everything on it, as there was an issue with accessing the Instagram account I planned to post on which I’m still trying to figure out. Therefore, I decided to change my schedule for the current moment to just making / beading, as well as taking photos. I will say have the schedule to remind me to stay productive and actually make at least one piece of jewelry everyday has been very helpful – as you can see in the photos I’ve included.
I think I had a good design plan prototype but I could’ve taken it a few steps further and created like a mood board for the kind of jewelry I wanted to make. I found myself researching to get inspired anyway, and I realize after the fact that I should have from the start put together inspiration in order to speed up the process – so that’s something I want to do as I continue with this project. However making a plan definitely changed my experience for the better, because it held me accountable rather than like, let me just make something while I’m bored because I enjoy it. It helped me stay focused and productive, and I’m definitely going to keep this going for the future of the business.
I think next I need to develop the idea further to come up with the end goal for myself. Do I want to push selling jewelry right now? Or just send to my friends to cheer them up during this time? Or just make a ton to prepare for the summer so that when we get into pop-up shops and having to make a lot I’m prepared? Over the next fews I think I need to narrow down my focus for the future goal – and it could even be multiple of those things !
In terms of adding a wow factor I think this goes back to my point on making an inspiration board. How can I make something that no one has seen before and isn’t similar to other designs I’ve made – with the same beads? Is there anything online that can really make a difference in the inspiration process? I need to explore this further in order to develop the best jewelry I can make!
In terms of the design process overall – I found it really useful. I have never developed anything this way, and found it tough to come up with 50 whole ideas. However on the flip side of that I also found it inspiring that there were so many opportunities to spend the amount of time I currently have – whether I narrowly focused in on them or not it really reminded me how many directions it was possible to go in. I also enjoyed developing a prototype with the idea in mind that there was always room to grow and expand the original idea – as I have personally realized I have to do. I have included some photos as well of product I made and I can’t wait to see where the iteration process takes me even further during this semester at home.
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