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                                                                                                                                                                        The initial sketching phase of the

                                                                                                                                                                        project conisted of studying some

                                                                                                                                                                        of the form factors associated with
                                                                                                                                                                        both Marc Newson’s desing work

                                                                                                                                                                        and Audio Technica’s product

                                                                                                                                                                        range. The main goal of this pro-
                                                                                                                                                                        ject was to try and create a prod-

                                                                                                                                                                        uct  that was predominantly an

                                                                                                                                                                        Audio Technica product and one
                                                                                                                                                                        that fit seemlessly in with their

                                                                                                                                                                        rane, whilst adding some of New-

                                                                                                                                                                        son’s design elements to both the
                                                                                                                                                                        design process and the end prod-

                                                                                                                                                                        uct.  The purpose of the initial

                                                                                                                                                                        sketching phase was to try create
                                                                                                                                                                        a visual  board containing both

                                                                                                                                                                        Audio Technica style products with

                                                                                                                                                                        some of Newson’s most notable

                                                                                                                                                                        design works. This allowed me to
                                                                                                                                                                        look at both factors together and

                                                                                                                                                                        try  and  create  some  form  of

                                                                                                                                                                        design link between the two, ulti-

                                                                                                                                                                        mately leading me on to my con-
                                                                                                                                                                        cept generation phase.












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