Idea And Plan Stationery Products by Polin Kuyumciyan

Bronze Art Supplies · 2020

Idea And Plan Stationery Products

by Polin Kuyumciyan

Bronze A' Design Award 2020 in Art Supplies
CLIENT: PK Design X Keskin Color
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About Idea And Plan Stationery Products

Idea and Plan series are designed to ease the daily burden of keeping track of to-do lists, organizations, meetings and ideas. The design process started by studying various bullet journals, organizers and sketch notebooks from different brands’, followed by a Q&A among friends and family to get a better grasp on different ways of listing and sketching. Idea and Plan series needed a different perspective. Through word play, contrasting colors, typography and self explanatory content, the series were designed to add a splash of color and fun to one’s daily responsibilities.

About the Bronze A' Design Award

Idea And Plan Stationery Products is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Idea And Plan Stationery Products is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Idea And Plan Stationery Products splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

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Unique Properties: This project is a collaboration between of two brands, PK Design and Keskin Color. The set consists of notebooks, planners and magnets. The design puts a play on the two words, idea and plan, and creates two different types of organizers, one for to do lists, one for ideas and sketches.
Dimensions & Packaging: Idea notebook: 13x21cm, hard cover, elastic fabric band for page protection
Plan notebook: 9x14cm, hard cover, elastic fabric band for page protection

Idea and Plan weekly planners: 26x12cm

Idea and Plan magnets: 10 x 19cm, notepad size: 8x11cm, a pencil included within the design
Tags: stationery, organizer, notebook, planner, notepad, magnet
Production Technology: Production was realized by Keskin Color, which is both the client and the partner in the project. Keskin Color was responsible for the production and distribution of the products.
The notebooks are each 80 spread with 80 gr paper. All printing is in color.
Design Challenge: The design needed to apply to a large audience and aim to organize their busy schedules and collecting all data in one place. The Idea notebook was tricky because the page layout had to be sufficient for an average person's hand writing and sketch process.
Colors were specifically made to cheer the owner of the products, literally adding a splash of color to everyday responsibilities and brain storming.
Another challenge was to make the products pop among other notebooks, planners and magnets. The typography and color scheme were designed to be loud and clear in order to quickly capture the attention of a possible buyer.
Research: An overall search for a common ground and differentiating points among planners and bullet journals was a must prior to the design process. It was almost like a sociological research since the two concepts were to apply to a large mass.
Some of the other research steps were: many trips to different stationery shops, Q&A with friends and co-workers about note-taking and daily organizers and color tests to find the right ones.
Inspiration: Daily chores and organizational skills.
Office life and the pace of modern world, mixed with humor and practicality.
Effects of colors on human psychology.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2018, in Istanbul. Design was finished at the end of November 2018.
Products were on shelves in April 2019.
Operation Flow: Idea and Plan stationery products are meant for personal use on a daily basis. Plan notebook is a small, pocket size notebook because since it is all about to-do lists and reminders so the owner has to carry it around. Idea notebook is a little larder than Plan, in order to capture the wonderful ideas, sketches, inventions and general brainstorming of its owner. Each notebook has an elastic fabric band in order to protect the content. The band can also be used as a pencil holder. The other products within the set use the same content and color scheme as the notebooks and appropriated to the specific product's size and use.
Image Credits: Image #1: Art direction Polin Kuyumciyan, Photographer Kaan Çaldıran, Idea and Plan, 2019
Optional Image #1: Art direction Polin Kuyumciyan, Photographer Seda Vardar, Idea And Plan, 2019
Optional Image #2: Art direction Polin Kuyumciyan, Photographer Kaan Çaldıran, Idea And Plan, 2019
Optional Image #3: Art direction Polin Kuyumciyan, Photographer Kaan Çaldıran, Idea And Plan, 2019
Optional Image #4: Art direction Polin Kuyumciyan, Photographer Kaan Çaldıran, Idea And Plan, 2019