Cannabis Design Work
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- BK0
All creative directors, art directors and desingers in Portland hate weed and will hold it against you.
- obey_pdx0
A real "design discussion" on QBN... Man, perhaps I was wrong about this community. I think I am definitely going to do it. I study retail design and materials, here's some inspiration if anyone else wants to take a crack at this:
https://www.pinterest.com/cirque…
https://www.pinterest.com/cirque…
- VEEJ770
I created the brand and was the creative director for the largest north american producer of marijuana and then rebranded the oldest producer in the netherlands... It completely changed my career trajectory.
I will never be a designer for hire again.
- elaborate?true_cut
- tweed.comVEEJ77
- bedrocan.caVEEJ77
- I think what we're all wondering is: HOW did your career trajectory change? Better/worse? More money? Opportunity? Less?nb
- I'd like to know as well... Portland is a small design community, it feels like this would truly happen to me if I did it. Change my trajectory...obey_pdx
- There is a huge amount of opportunity if you do it right. A lot of entrepreneurial spirit in the industry and there is a lot
of money in the space.VEEJ77 - As for me, I would never go back to being a creative director in any other industry. It's nice not being confined and setting benchmarks.VEEJ77
- detritus0
I did a lot of work for synthetic cannabis, entheogens and smart drugs a few years back and I'd gladly drop everything I do now to work on a cannabis brand if and when the legality issue in the UK was ever resolved.
Preferably my own brand though.
One day, perhaps.
- monNom1
I lump this in with all the other vice industries. Tobacco, vape-shops, online gambling, chat-lines, exotic dancing, etc. Probably not great for your portfolio if you want to continue to appeal to more conservative mainstream businesses.
- nb0
Make a digital sploof on your site that checks for Republican-esque cookies and filters out the weeeeeed, man.
- bainbridge0
If you want Republican clients, don't put it in.
If you want good clients, do a good job and of course put it in. Great work for non-evil companies is fine.
- Milan0
Why the fuck not? If someone's offended by weed, why would you want to work with them anyway?
- formed0
If you are going to actually design a shop, etc., it would need to be above and beyond amazing to not look cheesy (imho) and like a stoned community college project. There's a lot of money and interest in pot, so you aren't exactly hitting things at the start or something 'new'.
I'd say go for it if you can make amazing renderings (truly photoreal and great interior design, not just 'ok') and really bring something new. If not, I'd be careful that it doesn't end up looking like a stoned inspiration (everyone wants to sell/grow weed, 'wanting to' is the easy part, the money/business side is the hard part, design/concept is also the easy part - a billion designers would do anything just to get free weed!).
- Get face_melter on board!unhappymustard
- I am a former Nike Global retail designer - I know what people look for in modern design >>> https://www.pinteres…obey_pdx
- uuuuuu2
you should research more restaurants, cafe design. i think you'll notice the successful ones dont focus on a concept so much as the experience. when i smoke pot like everyone else i am not necessarily looking to get super baked and look at trippy science fiction stuff from the 60s.
a lot of people smoke in the morning or at lunch, what would they enjoy as decorum? how does this change throughout the day? do you want the place to cater to mostly evening crowd? then what experience do you want for them?
- people want to take it home and chill with their friends, not hang out in some shop to smokemonospaced
- then design around that is the point. what is the display like?uuuuuu
- and if thats the purpose why have anything to do with space like he imagines? should be more like a boutique shop not a space bar.uuuuuu
- this is what i'm responding to BTW, http://www.qbn.com/r…uuuuuu
- i wouldn't think of the concept so much as the buying experience. and space cadet weed is just a cheesy weed stereotype.uuuuuu
- that wouldn't convince me to return because its just a gimmickuuuuuu
- exactlymonospaced
- also, people smoke/take/eat it to sleep better, also to stay awake, there's a lot more to it than tie dyesformed
- uuuuuu0
"...but fearful I will never be employed because I support this lifestyle."
you should get that out your head first. cannabis isn't one lifestyle no different than alcohol is a lifestyle. many lifestyles are associated with alcohol. I figure if you use that frame of mind you will just focus on stigmas or stereotypes in your ideas like "BOoziies Booze Eporium-COme Drown Yourself ANd FOrget". Thats not a very appealing bar concept.
You live in Portland and have acknowledged it is a booming business so you should focus on this aspect. 'Cannabis is fresh and modern, professional and big business.' Think of it like other modern growth industries and your ideas and designs will translate better to potential employers or clients.
- as a n employer i wouldn't discriminate your work just because of cannabis. call me open minded if you must.uuuuuu
- seriously, in the design or advertising world weed is not an issue...zarkonite
- It's a multi-billion dollar business here in CO. It will take a while before the image really changes, but people take it seriously. Money has that effectformed
- obey_pdx-3
Cliff Robinson, former Trailblazers is open up a new shop here in the Portland area called Uncle Spliffy, his logo sucks and I want to specifically target and work on weed related projects - just to see how far I can go.
- http://www.unclespli…obey_pdx
- "fomer" blazer my assjaylarson
- lol. former. somethings going on herejaylarson
- ripping off uncle ike's, shame on you cliffgarbage
- sureshot-1
- feel0
- notice, it does not feature a cartoon of snoop with a big doob hanging out his mouth or any kind of stoner pothead referencesuuuuuu
- notice, it does not feature a cartoon of snoop with a big doob hanging out his mouth or any kind of stoner pothead referencesuuuuuu
- notice, i pressed save twice so it posted twice :\uuuuuu
- Projectile0
I'd say if you do a self-initiated brief on this, people will assume you're a complete wakey-bakey stoner. (A good thing for the weed market)
If it's an actual shop refit then definitely put it in your regular folio.
I'd still do it but make a separate folio that includes it.
- set4