OUGD401 - Practical Work Feedback

From my ideas that I had already planned, I asked for feedback. I explained the question I was discussing in my essay and what I wanted to focus on in my practical work. I asked the questions:

"Looking at my research and initial experiments, will this project be engaging?"
"What aspects of design do you associate with 1950's packaging?"
"How can I redesign packaging in a modern way using old aspects?"

The responses I received were overall positive. Many people thought that using a household product was an engaging experiment. It would make the consumer think twice about buying a product, and asks the question, would the consumer still buy a product if the packaging was drastically changed? One person recommended looking into cigarette packaging design as cigarettes and cigarette advertising was a huge part of the 1950s.

Many people associate rich bold colours with 50's design, particularly red. People associate stripes, banners, pattern and block type with 1950's design. The designs appear overall flat.

In order to keep the designs modern people recommended looking into examples of serif type that have been set in a current age as well as looking into using sans serif type. People recommended using pastel colours instead of bold rich colours as that holds a more contemporary tone of voice. However one person recommended sticking with the rich bold colours but advertising it in a clean way, similar to that of Apple products.