Thursday, January 13, 2011

Make A Trend Board

Trend boards can be seen predominantly in the fashion industry. This occurs because fashion often contains trends and staying modern boosts sales in the fashion industry. Yet, you can make a trend board for any industry. For example, you could make a technological trend board to help plan a new video game console or computer. Creating a trend board will help you understand where the trend has taken your industry and how you can stay ahead of the curve by employing your creative capacity.


Instructions








1. Research your industry. Come up with the key developments in recent years. You need to understand what has occurred historically to lead to modern day trends.


2. Decide on your trend board style. You can use either a digital or a physical form for your trend board. The physical board will look only as good as the content you can physically create. The advantage of a physical board involves the ability to use real life physical examples of objects. The digital board will give you the advantage of being able to use Photoshop and other programs to create images of endless varieties.


3. Create your trend board. Use a timeline to display the date of an emerging trend. Place an example of that trend on the board and then give a brief description of the trend in no more than three sentences. This will give a timeline of trends in your industry. Feel free to add in your new invention in the industry at the end of the trend board. Alternatively, you can add in a question mark at the end of the trend board to encourage innovation within your team.

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