Crispin Orthotics Brief - Email.

DEADLINE: 5pm 1st April.
Sharon Heleine has just sent through the briefs and information so now I can get started on producing work for this project!

Dear Student

Thank you for your interest in the Crispin Orthotics Competition.  Please see attached the written brief, together with an Expression of Interest form.  If you would like to enter the competition and submit some designs, please read the brief, and return the Expression of Interest with a maximum of two images, by 5pm on Friday 1 April. Each image should be no larger than 1MB.  If you would like to submit more than 2 images, you may do so under a separate email and Expression of Interest.  Expressions of Interest and images should be emailed to sharon.heleine@leeds-art.ac.uk 

If you would like to see some details of the presentation given by Mark Thaxter and Emily Jameson on 2 March, please see estudio, right hand pane ‘Online Resources’.  Go to Enterprise and Employability/Life After College/Crispin Presentation at the bottom of the page.  I will add the brief and Expression of Interest to the same area of estudio. 

I will forward all Expressions of Interest and images to the Crispin Orthotics Managing Director Mark Thaxter on Monday 4 April.  The winners will be announced later in April.

I look forward to receiving your images and Expressions of Interest.

My Expression of Interest statement: 
This work is aimed to add some elegance, fun and beauty to the prosthetics! Flamingos are very in at the moment in fashion and in high street stores because of their extravagant and eye catching exotic appearance, I think that these traits which draw an audience to flamingos should be the same positive traits which draw the eye to a prosthetic. Great purpose for this brief – I hope there are lots of great designs submitted!

My Images:

This design is for day to day wear. Bright and vibrant this should help the wearer to feel positive and happy when looking at it. Flamingos stand on one leg all the time; it is part of their intrigue and beauty, so I hope that this will help the wearer feel like the prosthetic is a unique positive rather than a negative.

This design is for a smart occasion such as work or a night out. It is smart but quirky, the black background makes it less noticeable than the above design, however the white outline appears luminous like it is lit up which creates a more exciting night time mood.