As a whole, the brief was completed within a short period. The biggest advantage of the collaboration between me and Hannah was how fast the communication was. Whenever I needed feedback she would always respond very quickly. The final outcome was a success and Hannah loved it. There were a lot of negative aspects about the process of the brief, I've spoken about it a lot through the blogs but the main don't side was this invisible restrictive barrier I was faced with. Even though we were collectively a collaboration the zine was essentially her zine. It contains her photos and I was the only in charge of putting it all together. This made the feedback quite tricky. I couldn't turn around and disagree to implement a change because she has control whether or not the book is printed. From this negative aspect, I learnt not to attach myself as much to the work as much. The zine started off as something I really loved and was happy to put my name on it but over time it ended up as a zine that I wasn't too fussed about. It's disappointing but I supposed that's the life of a designer sometimes. A lot of the time I questioned why she wanted to collaborate with me in the first place. She knew in her mind what she wanted the zine to look like, she was involved with the design part throughout which I wasn't too pleased with as she had all the control. I encourage close collaboration where Hannah gave her opinion but I felt she gave a bit too much and I couldn't say no in the end.
What did I learn? the main thing was being patient and to avoid being attached to the work. Being invested will end up negative when things don't go your way. Instead, I need to come at the work as an experiment. I don't often work within groups but this was a good opportunity to tackle a brief where I wasn't too invested in the final outcome. Sometimes being invested could blind you from seeing different perspectives or routes that the final outcome could go down. Overall, I was pleased with the final resolution and the work I put in to ensure Hannah was left with a book that could be easily mass-produced at a low cost if she decides too.
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