It would be great to see you produce a piece of work inspired by John. It doesn't have to be complicated, can be a simple sketch or outline - just to see how he inspired you to create!

Well done on researching the hats themselves!

https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/rebel-30-years-of-london-fashion

Great to see you research on the six thinking hats. It would be nice to see you create a small sketch or inspirational drawing from this research.

It might be a good idea to create a small sketch or piece of work inspired by Jenny!

It would be great to see more visual references of the artist you have chosen as well as an inspirational drawing created based on those references.

It's nice to include some visual references from film and other personalities such as the Queen. However, it would be good to dive deeper into who the hat maker or the costume designer is - learning about their inspirations and ways of working.

Finally, please also include a small sketch or drawing based on your visual research. Anything that inspired you.

It would be great to include a few more visual references and perhaps a piece of work that you create, that is inspired by the research on James.

It's great to see you reflect on Mathew's work and inspirations. It's clear that you are thinking about this deeply, from the culture around his work to the materiality and form. Your research on De Bono and the 6 hats is equally well noted.

It would be great to see you include some visual experiments based on your learnings from the research as well. Great start!

Your visual references are nice to see but you are missing relevant information on the artist/designer/hat-maker. This is critical information in order for you to be able to articulate your research as a design direction. It would be great to include this information as well as some visual experiment/s that correspond to this research conducted.

It's great to see you identify some of the central questions around De Bono and the 6 thinking hats. it would be good to go deeper into this, in order to understand more about the hats themselves.

It's good that you have begun some visual research into your chosen artist. However, it would be good to also dive deeper into their inspirations and motivations. Please also include a visual experiment/s based on this research.

Excited to see where you take this!

It's great to see you start testing the structure. Maybe you can take images from a few more angles, it's a bit difficult to tell which part of the hat this is. Either way, I think your ideas are really strong and I'm looking forward to seeing where you take this. Maybe try to simplify some of the form, and be careful about which materials you pick - there is a lot of intricacy and detail in your sketches which may/ may not be hard to achieve depending on the material choice.

It would be good to see a physical prototype and include some reflective writing to communicate how your hat is showcasing your ideas.

I think the prototype is a strong interpretation of your sketch and I like the idea between animals and humans. What materials are you planning to use in the final design? Make sure the structure is able to hold everything up!

Excited to see where you go!

It would be good to think about what materials you will use in the final hat and how the different materials will come together and be held by the structure. Keep going!

It's good to see you work out the structure and form through the paper prototype. Think about what material you will use for the final nest and how it will contribute to the overall structure. Really great experiments, keep going!

What materials do you plan to use in the final hat? will be interesting to think about this and how will you incorporate colour to continue with the meaning? The construction is working well. Think about how the strips of paper will connect to what's underneath - is it going to be fabric or something else? I think the photography and staging will be really important for you as well?

Do include some pictures of the paper prototype when possible, keep going!