After my charity research I began looking further into charity products/ merchandise. I initially looked at the products you see the most such as the ribbon badges for Aids and Breast Cancer Research, the Marie Curie Daffodil, the Royal British Legion poppy and the Comic Relief red nose. All of these products are extremely recognisable which is what makes them so popular but not all charities have items like this. I also looked at art works created for charities/ have been sold to raise money for charities. For example the ceramic poppies or 'Blood Swept Land and Seas of Red' created by Paul Cummins and Tom Piper, displayed at the tower of London. I also looked at the tops Stella McCartney designed and sold at Glastonbury for Oxfam.
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The MS Society has a vast range of products but they do not produce anything that I, someone closely involved with the charity, would personally buy and wear. They sell badges, wrist bands, trolley keyrings, t-shirts, running vests, flags, balloons, sashes, rosettes, bunting and a frisbee (to name a few). In terms of me producing a product I want to create a garment as that's where my interest lies. I feel that this works well as the existing garments produced and sold by the charity are not very visually pleasing so I think it's a way for me to experiment and create something a lot more exciting.
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