Reflection on achievements.

I have worked religiously today to ensure that I am on target, ready to move on from the point of brand research for tomorrow. The work has paid off, as I have just finished the research into my final brand. Below I have listed exactly what I have achieved.

Today's achievements:

• All work has been presented in my portfolio by taking screen prints, cutting, pasting and annotating either relevant information or generally points which have inspired me in some ways.
• I have contacted relevant persons at the two finals brands: Diesel and howies.
  Research into Diesel taught me that the brand has a wide variety of stock and product lines which are open to promotion.
• Diesel also has retailers in Manchester which I could contact for primary research if permitted.
• I successfully researched into certain ‘newsworthy’ elements of both brands and presented my findings.
• I further looked into the history of Diesel and howies, picking out any key points which could be used as hooks in a press release.
• Similarly I discovered that howies is an extremely broad brand.
• I contacted addresses provided on the site, and also signed up for a newsletter and ordered a catalogue – all of these would ensure I was fully aware of the brand’s movements and progress at the time of completing this project.
• I went shopping today and brought an A3 ring binder folder to present my portfolio work in.
• I also brought plastic wallets and page numbers to present my work professionally.
• One thing I would like to develop from my work last year is the ability to make it flow.
  This project will flow freely with the addition of black card in between different sectors, with links saying what I intend to do next.
  
  In Reflection:

In reflection I feel that today was very successful, my work is presented in a neat and professional format, and all of the information that I hoped I would gain has been researched at this stage.
I must now prepare for tomorrow and moving the project forward drastically. I should research both invitations and business cards for inspiration to create my own.