Concept/No Concept

sorry bout my lack of presence the past few days. i'm trying to juggle about 5 projects at the moment as well as keep on top of third year stuff for college.

with regards to the texture/collage, colourful/real debates, it certainly won't hurt to keep an open mind about what we do/don't use. real textures always look good up against vectors so i'm up for that. as for the colour, why don't we try them both? with a name like 'high public sweat' i'm still tempted to get some fleshy/sweaty colour scheme. but i'm not against using all out technicolour.

and about the descriptive/abstract thing... interesting point. but i'm finding it difficult to make these sorts of decisions without making something first. having said that though, i do like the idea of using symmetry.

with using symmetry or a full on colour scheme, i'm not against it, but my only concern is what the purpose of it would be other than to look good. i think no matter what we do it's going to look good, and it's very easy to make something cool and trendy, so we don't really have to worry about that side of things. as for having a message to say... well what do we want to say? i hear what your point about any concepts we come up with being lost on them, and maybe it is pointless to work with concepts. But regardless, we're designers, it's good practice. no matter how superficial the client/brief, i'd still rather have a reason for making x y and z. for my own sake more than anything.

but then... i suppose it is needless... if i'm honest i'm not a fan of their music, it's pretty generic indie pop, so maybe you're right - it is best to stick with something that just looks good.

hmmm... i'm thinking too much about all this. maybe ignore everything i've just said.