The RSA brief is progressing but not as much as it should be. There have been a few problems with regard to the Thermochromic ink and the positioning of the text on the stamps. Also the colours are being difficult because of the yellow stamp and white text and queen’s head, so that needs to be addressed.

There has been some sketching of a few ideas of an actual ‘design’ on the stamps but then came a realisation that a design would negate the primary objective of this stamp concept which is for the user to imprint their own creation on the canvas and send it off to the recipient.

The size of the stamp has changed since the original concept of 35mm x 35mm to 35mm x 55mm in order to give the user a larger canvas to make their design.

In order for the user to be able to create their design, the canvas needs to be blank. Currently there is a single colour with the Queen’s head and price in white. When heat is applied to the tonal area it turns transparent and enables you to see the textual fact underneath relating to the specific renewable resource matched to the stamp. The colour is supposed to indicate which energy source as well as the cost of the stamp.

Problems keep occurring which can be quite disheartening but it also forces the search for an alternative solution, something which makes you think harder about the design and whether or not it is viable.