Chat Room Final Designs & Information Leaflet

I've printed both my posters, the first on A4 matte which is to be stuck on university notice boards and the other on A3 gloss which is to be hung around universities promoting the service to wider audiences of students who may not necessarily be looking out on notice boards or initially contemplate wether they would benefit from the service. 

The vinyl stickers came out really well however it was frustrating during the production process as even though I tried to book a slot to print onto vinyl in the morning on the first day back from easter, it was booked up for two weeks. This meant I had to manually cut out the designs by hand, I'm not particularly skilled with a craft knife so this was very time consuming and initially very crooked. I had to then buy a new craft knife as the previous was just a little too blunt meaning the edges lost pigment as the cut was not so precise, stretching the vinyl.



You can see above how before I went over it with the new craft knife the holes were had very rough jagged edges. After this was remedied, I was really pleased with the outcome.

Feedback:

Subtle but not too vague they make no sense, assuming people have seen the posters, otherwise they're ambiguous enough that people will not feel embarrassed following them if they don't want others to know they're using the service.

Information Leaflet

I felt looking back over this work it could've done with an additional information leaflet. Having no time to print this in the digital print suite due to lack of available slots I've started mocking one up. This is just to make aware that Chat Room is run by student volunteers and is a friendly, confidential environment to express ourselves anonymously, that runs just like a health drop in service so you can avoid waiting lists which my questionnaire stated would put/ have put 100% of students off using welfare/ counselling services.

I can just print this out using a classroom printer, fitting the brief by cutting costs as this is already the biggest strain on welfare services. This leaflet can be handed out during freshers fairs and events such as welfare week, currently happening at Leeds Arts University; furthermore normalising the service.

I chose the final leaflet with help from peer feedback. They liked the text bubble as it was reminiscent of an online chat room, linking it also to the app I intend to make for my COP practical. It also increases the legibility of the font as Loopy Regular has quite a thin stroke.

I feel this service could be implemented in universities and would be beneficial for both students volunteering in terms of work experience and those seeking help, as I’ve heard of so many cases where negligence has led to serious circumstances.