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FOR THIS BRIEF WE WERE ASKED TO DESIGN A SET OF STAMPS THAT REPRESENTED THE BRITISH SEASIDE. I ORIGINALLY RESEARCHED THE BRITISH SEASIDE AND WHAT EXACTLY REPRESENTS THE BRITISH SEASIDE. I LOOK AT THE PAST, THE PRESENT [ESPECIALLY SEEING AS WERE VERY MULTICULTURED TODAY] AND THE FUTURE, I.E. WHAT WILL THEY LOOK LIKE IF WE DON'T LOOK AFTER OUR BEACHES. I DECIDED TO TAKE TYPICALLY BRITISH ICONIC IMAGERY AND FIT THEM ONTO A SET OF STAMPS THAT COULD BE EASILY DISTINGUISHED BY COLOUR BUT ALL LINKED [SEE 1] BUT THESE STAMPS GOT SLATED BY MY TEACHERS AND I ALSO PERSONALLY THOUGHT THEY LOOKED CRAP SO I REDESIGNED FROM SCRATCH. I LOOKED AT CURRENT STAMPS AND PAST STAMPS AND A LOAD OF STAMPS I'D HAD SINCE BIRTH THAT WERE FROM ALL DECADES AND TOOK INSPIRATION FROM THE IDEA OF INTERACTIVE STAMPS. I SET ON CREATING A SET OF STAMPS THAT NOT ONLY LOOKED VERY BRITISH AND BEACHY BUT WERE ALSO INTERACTIVE AND FUN AND WOULD MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO BUY THEM. SO I MADE MY STAMPS AS A SET OF STICKERS. YOU WOULD BUY A SET OF BACKGROUNDS AND BEACHY IMAGERY THAT WOULD CONSIST OF UK FLAG BACKGROUNDS AND BEACH BACKGROUNDS AND THEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT IMAGERY THAT HAS ICE CREAMS AND BEACH BALLS AND BUCKET AND SPADES ETC...YOU CAN PEEL AND STICK WHATEVER IMAGE YOU WANT ON TO THE BACKGROUND OF YOUR CHOICE AND THEN STICK TO YOUR ENVELOPE. VERY INTERACTIVE. VERY FUN. VERY BRITISH SEASIDE. ENJOY / TEAM 82 /