Design Practice 2 // Beard Head - Knitted Viking Beards

I have decided to start researching related products that are outside of the topic Vikings as Warriors, I want to use vikings as a visual back bone of what ever products I decide to create through out this brief, but I want to take a more light hearted approach than to say produce way finding for a the Jorvic center.

Beardhead.com

This is an awesome website I found when researching Viking Beards. As you can see these are obviously for a bit of fun, and arguably to keep your face and head warm (but I cant imagine many people wearing these out in every day life). All the beards are made from wool, mostly knitted but other techniques are used in some instances.

The idea is brilliant and made me laugh quite a lot especially when you see some of the beards, but I think the unique concept and high quality finish will probably attract quite a lot of people, it has both a comical and functional element to sell itself and there is a large range to suit a larger audience.

These amaze me! they are such a brilliant idea and finish, this is a similar light hearted approach as I would like to take within this brief.