Third week back at uni and the days are flying by! After a
few introductory lectures we got back down to business and have started working
on our final year project.
Over the summer we were given the task to decide on what
subject we wanted to choose for our final year project. I initially thought I
would continue on from my third year projects and do something similar,
focusing on children and playful design perhaps re-designing a primary school.
Although this did interest me I felt I wasn’t excited enough by it to spend my
last chance at uni working on this.
I have finally settled on an idea and although it may change
slightly in the coming weeks for now I have decided that I am going to re-design
a fish and chip shop. Fish and chips is something I know very well as my
parents have a shop that I work in often. During the summer I was working there
almost every day and could clearly see the problems that this business faces.
Although the British public still love fish and chips they’re not as
enthusiastic about it as they once were. As many fast food restaurants have
changed with the times fish and chip shops have remained the same and are seen as
dull and boring. Also more and more people are becoming concerned about health
issues such as heart disease and obesity so wanting to avoid foods they see as
unhealthy. I feel that fish and chips are a part of British culture and I think
it would be sad for it to die out. So my aim for this year is to figure out how
to save fish and chips and find out what its future will be.
I’m still not exactly sure what it is I will create at the
end of the year but I do know I want to have a strong message behind it,
incorporate branding into it in some way so I can learn more about the subject,
and do an interior design…oh and have fun of course!
p.s. I'm also keeping a board on Pinterest with some interesting stuff I find that is relevant to my project if you want to check it out! https://pinterest.com/soniaangus/fast-food/
