Plate IV · Wedding Design

Wedding Design Assembly

a place where each wedding is designed like a publication

Each highly customized wedding moves from client intake through site analysis, an editorial point of view, design direction, vendor documentation, and production. The judgment that lived only as experience now has a structured place to be worked out, ending in a keepsake-quality design book for every client.

INTAKE SITE DIRECTION VENDORS KEEPSAKE THE DESIGNER THE WEDDING
The Wedding Design assembly, in brief. The full method of reading a plate is on the Anatomy page.
§ 1The work

A wedding, before and after.

Before assembly
  • Intake, site notes, and inspiration scattered across tools
  • The editorial point of view carried only in the designer’s head
  • Design decisions re-explained to each vendor by hand
  • Documentation rebuilt from scratch for every couple
After assembly
  • Intake, site analysis, and direction in one structured place
  • An editorial reading written down and kept
  • Vendor specs and design direction drawn from one source
  • A keepsake-quality design book produced for each client
§ 2Materials

Materials in this assembly.

Each assembly is built from a different set. These are the ones this one leans on.

§ 3Quiet evidence

What the assembly changes in a day.

  • IntakeThe couple, the venue, and the brief arrive into one structured discovery.
  • ReadSite conditions and an editorial point of view are captured while they are fresh.
  • DirectionDesign decisions and vendor specifications assemble from a single source.
  • KeepsakeThe project closes with a production-ready design book the couple keeps.

A representative project, assembled from recurring observations. Details are composite.

This is one plate. Yours would be drawn differently; the materials change with the work.

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