HOW TO TOLERATE YOUR
FLATMATES?

... ILLUSTRATION
... PUBLICATION
... USER EXPERIENCE LED DESIGN

I like making routed in my experiences, and at the time of this project I was struggling with issues with my flatmates kitchen standards.

This project was a satirical humourous approach to exploring the difficulties of living independently with flatmates for the first time as a student in the context of sharing a kitchen. I created a guide booklet that could be a tool for organising and advice. Its aim was to be part of a welcome pack to student accomodation, attempting to be more eye-catching than what currently exists in the kits, with a bright colour palette and relatable humour that takes the seriousness out of ‘adulting’.

IDeation brainstorm Process

When brainstorming what ways to communicate topics aroud student kitchens, I looked to inspirations such as student cookbooks, organisational systems, food illustration and different humour styles surrounding the theme of food.

Publication Page Concept

I sketched up ideas for the contents of different pages and chapters as well as design aspects including the colour scheme and printing of the publication.

Illustration stylisation

After deciding a colour scheme I started illustrating images to be used for my different page concepts. I wanted a feeling of chaotic-ness to be reflected in these illustrations, linking to the things that can go a bit wrong in student kitchens.

Finals

The set booklet and Stickers

As well as the A5 guide, I created some stickers which could be used to label your items and organisational spaces in a way which was humourously passive aggressive, as no one likes their items being commendeared by someone else..

booklet example spreads