Cannabis Design Work
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- obey_pdx
Has anyone on QBN put cannabis design (weed related projects) into their portfolio?!? I'm tempted to design the interior of a weed shop, a logo and my own brand - but fearful I will never be employed because I support this lifestyle.
Mind you, I live in Portland where recreational weed is legal and huge business. I also live one block away from the "green mile" (tons of weed shops)... Thoughts? Puffs? Tell me stories...
- set4
- Gnash0
if it's real work -- and it's good -- show it. otherwise, too much 'concept' work ends up looking a bit amateur.
- obey_pdx-7
So here's my idea... I want to start my own brand of weed called "Space Cadet"... If I seriously had money, I would make this happen.
The interior of the shop would be something like a Stanley Kubrick movie // THX // yadda yadda - super clean and minimal... All white. The weed would be displayed on a DNA helix of some sort in the center of the room. The higher the THC level, the higher it would displayed on the shelves - premium would be top shelf "space cadet weed"... The weed itself would be displayed in glass rockets where the bottom half of the rocket was removeable.
This would all make more sense in a rendering... That along with a killer logo and identity. If anyone wanted to help me design this - I'm down to put it in my portfolio and share credit. I do logo design, I do 3D renders, just haven't taken the time to start this...
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- exador10
along those same lines, i always thought it would be a fun idea to do an 'amsterdam' style pot cafe called...
Salvador Deli :)
tables of course would resemble melting clocks etc...
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ok, I'll see myself out :)
- 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
- 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
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- 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
- Weyland-1