Researching culture

I just wanted to start my research off by sketching what I think best represents Geisha and American culture. I think this is a good starting position as I'm displaying what I already know and what I can improve on and what I need to research more into. I need to look up the inspiration for the Japanese prints and collect my own photos that link to the information I find. For the American culture however, I want to use iconic logos and edit them so they create prints for the final collection. The two logos I'm paying attention on the most are McDonald's and Coca Cola as they are obviously recognizable and I've began to research into Japanese patterns in the hope that they will contrast. I really like the layered patterns as I want the prints I design to appear quite busy and bold and after doing the research, I discovered I really like the flower and fan ones. 

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Figure 1 Authors own

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Figure 3 McDonalds golden arches. 2009. Creative commons wiki [Online]. Available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:McDonald%27s_Golden_Arches.svg

Figure 4 Unknown author. 2012.Coca-Cola makes EPA list of largest on-site green power generators. [Online] Available at: http://www.rewmag.com/coca-cola-epa-green-power-success.aspx

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