Home Display

In the home display project the class was put in groups consisting of four to five people. We were asked to create a temporary tabletop and assume that it would be used to introduce a new line of merchandise. Team members brought different items with them to class that fitted with the theme chosen.

The theme chosen for our home display was a tropical theme. Thus, our table display was colorful and eye catching. One important lesson I learned by the end of this project was that by working together in a team it is important to have similar yet distinct ideas. Because of this we were able to bring all of our items together and create a home top-table display that in the end looked well put together.

Layout and Fixture Assignment

The Layout and Fixture assignment was on of our most important projects. In this project we were asked to work with our partner, the one chosen in creating the store "Le Chic", and prepare a single floor plan for the store as well as to find different fixtures online that could be displayed our store's merchandise. One important section to this project was to write a one page explanation to why the floor plan and fixture we chose were appropriate for our store.

The total number of fixture chosen for out store were five. These were placed strategically around the store to allow customers to see all of our store's merchandise. Since clearance racks tend to be the least organized we located our clearance rounder in the back of the store. We also placed our cash stand int he back of our store so customers would look at all of our merchandise and maybe see something they would have missed if the cash stand was placed near the door. This project was immensely helpful in teaching me how to design a store layout plan and to be familiar with different types of fixtures and also to be able to work within a budget.

Coordinated Fashion Display

In the coordinated fashion display project we were put into groups of four and were asked to create a fashion look that we would consider for a shop window or indoor display. We also had to choose an accessory that would be our focal point, meaning the fashion display would complement the accessory and make it stand out.

The accessory we chose was a blue pure. Therefore, to complement the purse we chose a baby blue satin like fabric to create a sophisticated evening gown. By the completion of this project I was able to understand the coordinating step-up 3-D display. Although, I was satisfied with look of the dress and focal accessory put together, one think I would change would be the Tri-Fold board set as our background, by adding more color to it, by doing this the whole display would look more complete.

Color Wheel

The first project we had for MAT 237 was to create a color wheel. We were put into groups of two, and were asked to look through magazines and catalogs and find different objects that belonged to the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. We then assemble them together on a color wheel to show the development of one color to the next.

This project was fun and creative it also introduced me to color notation and the twelve-part wheel. I learned the basic color schemes, which are complementary schemes, split-complementary schemes analogous schemes and monochromatic schemes. By being familiar to these I am now able to combine merchandise items in such a way that customers will be drawn to purchase store items.