Summer Holiday Research

• Product Research
• Having an awareness of current designer makers and visiting shops, galleries and trade shows is essential in identifying with designer maker products.
• Analysing and focusing on the quality of the design and product will enable you not only to gain more confidence but also give you a clearer understanding of that particular product and in turn potential selling opportunities! 

• Visual Research
• Visit exhibitions, museums
• collecting found objects from a range of places such as car boot sales, flea markets, thrift shops, vintage fairs, beaches, forests etc..
• This is just as important as collecting research from libraries and the internet
• Collecting photocopies from magazines and journals is not always sufficient in extending ideas into development more in depth research is necessary!