RESPONSIVE - collaborative brief

Benefits of collaborative work
- learning new skill set
- use your partners skills
- concept ideas from two perspectives
- two heads are better than one
- you can take a risk
- push each other to do something
- more confident when you have someone else to do something with
- confidence to push yourself further
- not just letting yourself down but someone else as well
- professional and personal integrity
- share the pressure
- shared responsibility

Problems caused by collaborative work
- disagreement
- design decisions
- visual directions
- what something looks like
- choices of colour as it's a very subjective thing
- different levels of understanding
- expenses, how much you should and shouldn't spend
- workload in brief and broader practice
- when to get things done by
- compromise
- poor communication

Similarities between myself and my partner
1. we want to win
2. we aren't the type to fall out
3. willing to compromise
4. want to add humour and wit
5. admire each other's work
6. share an interest in fashion
7. both like the chosen brief
8. keen to experiment
9. positive attitude
10. design skills

Differences between myself and my partner
1. Steph prefers type over image
2. more clued up on current trends and fashion
3. different illustrative styles
4. I blog as I go along, Steph tends to leave it till the end
5. different ways of time-keeping and organising
6. idea generation
7. software skills - Steph's reliance on Photoshop
8. use of colour in design
9. academic skill
10. Steph is extremely good at getting her ideas down on paper and drawing everything out, this is something I struggle with