What problem did you identify?
How long it takes to get to college, and how to get there.
What evidence did you find to support your decision?
self experience, course mates stories and opinions
What methods did you use to gather your evidence and what form did it take?
primary
timing self from diferent starting points and ending at college
secondary
questionairre
What methods of research did you find useful and why?
i found that timing my journeys and trying out new routes to find the quickest ways was the most useful as it helped with my disicion of what route to put on my maps.
How did these inform your response to your problem?
they decided which route and what instructions should be given.
What research could you have carried out that would have proved more useful?
i could have carried out research that involved public transport and not just by foot as this may have been a fast way to arraive at college. however public transport is not always reliable and not constant on timemanagement.
List five things that you have learnt about the design process over the last five weeks
List five things you would do differently next time
Thursday 27 May 2010
Tuesday 11 May 2010
ppd presentation
words that describe me as an individual
considerate
objective
tolerant
Word that describe my approach to life
reflective
laid back
I want to be:
organised
informed
ambitious
Qualities I look for in others
honesty
creativity
humour
words that describe me as a designer:
expressive
effective
I want my work to:
attract
entertain
inform
Areas I have developed skills in
drawing
print
research
problem solving
Areas I need to develop skills in:
type
video
composition
concept building
I am interested in developing skills in:
Illustration
narrative
advertising
book design
considerate
objective
tolerant
Word that describe my approach to life
reflective
laid back
I want to be:
organised
informed
ambitious
Qualities I look for in others
honesty
creativity
humour
words that describe me as a designer:
expressive
effective
I want my work to:
attract
entertain
inform
Areas I have developed skills in
drawing
research
problem solving
Areas I need to develop skills in:
type
video
composition
concept building
I am interested in developing skills in:
Illustration
narrative
advertising
book design
ppd presentation
Ten things I have learnt this year are;
- not to be afraid of my ideas
- getting better at talking about my work
- getting better at photoshop
- that I love drawing even more that before
- type and image joined together
- i enjoy group work
- crits are extremely helpful
- how good pens and paper make all the difference
- how to look after myself
- first idea isn't always the best
Ten things I want to learn are;
- still need to improve photoshop
- type and layout
- still need to improve illustrator
- not to be afraid to ask questions
- time management
- blogging on the day
- presentation skills
- speaking in public
- describing my thoughts and ideas
- evaluating
Speaking from Experience The brief
Brief
To produce a range of graphic products which inform others about my experience of the first year and to help them with situationWho needs to know?
The new first year students
What do they need to know?
How long it takes to get to places around Leeds and the quickest ways of doing so.
Why do they need to know?
time management, so that they are not late on their first week of college and so that they can find their way around the city and know how long it will take them.
What will they respond to?
The will respond to map, direction booklet, chart. With a humorous approach with illustrations.
What research is required?
Primary distance and time.
Secondary map and photographs of Leeds.bus routes and walking routes.
Speaking from Experience
Concept
walking in circles!
getting lost and not know where you are is scary and a big problem for a new student in a new city
ideas
poster map of Leeds
make Leeds a jungle
website
research
own encounters, Leeds council guides, questionnaires to current students
resolution
a kit containing compass, map, camping kit,
make Leeds in to a jungle/desert island and that the new student is stranded on it.
Concept
be yourself and work the way you work. Don't change yourself to fit in and don't be afraid of your ideas and opinions
resolution
big poster with imaginative illustrations coming out of a new student with an inspirational quote.
Concept
Getting from point A to point B and on weekends point C
ideas
quickest ways of traveling around Leeds and time it will take. How many steps it will take.
e.g college to student halls
college to train station
weekends...student halls to clubs, restaurants, bars, shops.
Resolution
map, timetable, illustrated guide
concept
living away from home
ideas
how to wash up
sharing/stealing from flatmates
getting along with people
cooking
keeping clean
research
questionnaires to students and landlords
resolution
a guide about how to survive living away from home
concept
cheep healthy food
ideas
deals at shops
what good
how to save food
how to make it last longer e.g freezing foods
research
students
shops
market prices
food tips
resolution
student cookbook with funny illustrations and tip about food and staying healthy
walking in circles!
getting lost and not know where you are is scary and a big problem for a new student in a new city
ideas
poster map of Leeds
make Leeds a jungle
website
research
own encounters, Leeds council guides, questionnaires to current students
resolution
a kit containing compass, map, camping kit,
make Leeds in to a jungle/desert island and that the new student is stranded on it.
Concept
be yourself and work the way you work. Don't change yourself to fit in and don't be afraid of your ideas and opinions
resolution
big poster with imaginative illustrations coming out of a new student with an inspirational quote.
Concept
Getting from point A to point B and on weekends point C
ideas
quickest ways of traveling around Leeds and time it will take. How many steps it will take.
e.g college to student halls
college to train station
weekends...student halls to clubs, restaurants, bars, shops.
Resolution
map, timetable, illustrated guide
concept
living away from home
ideas
how to wash up
sharing/stealing from flatmates
getting along with people
cooking
keeping clean
research
questionnaires to students and landlords
resolution
a guide about how to survive living away from home
concept
cheep healthy food
ideas
deals at shops
what good
how to save food
how to make it last longer e.g freezing foods
research
students
shops
market prices
food tips
resolution
student cookbook with funny illustrations and tip about food and staying healthy
Comunication is a virus- getting people to give more
Crit
issues raised
cant read writing on cards
colour problems
should be examples on line
action to be taken
change had written type
website changes
general feedback
good idea
useful
could actually be a real site and company
issues raised
cant read writing on cards
colour problems
should be examples on line
action to be taken
change had written type
website changes
general feedback
good idea
useful
could actually be a real site and company
Comunication is a virus
Why have you chosen to work with your creative partner?
i have chosen to work with my partners as they both have skills at photoshop and illustrator. I am more illustrative and our group is planning on me doing the illustrations and my partners editing the illustrations. I also find my partner interested in the same style as myself.
I feel i am not good at public speaking and explaining myself and my ideas, where I know that my partner are more confident and dint mind speaking to a crowd
what are your specific areas of creative interest in this brief?
Creating hand drawn illustrations and giving ideas
what specific design skills do you have to offer in relation to your chosen brief? how do you intend to use them?
Our brief is about hand made gift which I often do anyways. So I have ideas for what we should inform people of what to make, I also have hand drawn illustration skills. Good with colour and positioning.
what specific non-design skills do you have to offer in relation to your chosen brief? How do you intend to use them?
i am on time
open minded
helpful
listener
good ideas
what will your specific roles be in collaboration in relationship to your brief?
hand drawn illustrations relating to the type and information
what will your individual responsibilities be in relation to your brief?
All the illustrations and hand written type ready for my partner to upload ant edit on the computer and ready for printing.
What will your joint responsibilities be?
time management
final decision making
arranging and sticking to meetings
i have chosen to work with my partners as they both have skills at photoshop and illustrator. I am more illustrative and our group is planning on me doing the illustrations and my partners editing the illustrations. I also find my partner interested in the same style as myself.
I feel i am not good at public speaking and explaining myself and my ideas, where I know that my partner are more confident and dint mind speaking to a crowd
what are your specific areas of creative interest in this brief?
Creating hand drawn illustrations and giving ideas
what specific design skills do you have to offer in relation to your chosen brief? how do you intend to use them?
Our brief is about hand made gift which I often do anyways. So I have ideas for what we should inform people of what to make, I also have hand drawn illustration skills. Good with colour and positioning.
what specific non-design skills do you have to offer in relation to your chosen brief? How do you intend to use them?
i am on time
open minded
helpful
listener
good ideas
what will your specific roles be in collaboration in relationship to your brief?
hand drawn illustrations relating to the type and information
what will your individual responsibilities be in relation to your brief?
All the illustrations and hand written type ready for my partner to upload ant edit on the computer and ready for printing.
What will your joint responsibilities be?
time management
final decision making
arranging and sticking to meetings
Monday 10 May 2010
Comunication is a virus.Brief
Brief
How to get people to give more
Considerations
who will want to make presents for people. who to make presents for.where they will find this information.
Target Audience
Children who can'tafford to buy present
Tone of Voice
Fun, playful, thoughtful
Background
Ages of childrenwho are willing to make present. What are popular home made present.
Information about time and how to make presents.
Mandatory Requirements
2 colours
1 stock
Deliverables
3x A2 presentation boards and a final project piece.
How to get people to give more
Considerations
who will want to make presents for people. who to make presents for.where they will find this information.
Target Audience
Children who can'tafford to buy present
Tone of Voice
Fun, playful, thoughtful
Background
Ages of childrenwho are willing to make present. What are popular home made present.
Information about time and how to make presents.
Mandatory Requirements
2 colours
1 stock
Deliverables
3x A2 presentation boards and a final project piece.
Book Fair
Brief
Using a hot dog fold, create a book that presents "A"
"A" is for "Autumn"
Who needs to know?
People who like autumn colours and images
What do they need to know?
that "A" is for "Autumn"
What will they respond to?
They will respond to illustrations on autumn scenery on each page of the hot dog fold.
They will also be able to unfold the hot dog fold in to a poster of a tree house in the autumn time.
What research is required?
Primary experiment with colours and images
Secondary research in to scenes
Using a hot dog fold, create a book that presents "A"
"A" is for "Autumn"
Who needs to know?
People who like autumn colours and images
What do they need to know?
that "A" is for "Autumn"
What will they respond to?
They will respond to illustrations on autumn scenery on each page of the hot dog fold.
They will also be able to unfold the hot dog fold in to a poster of a tree house in the autumn time.
What research is required?
Primary experiment with colours and images
Secondary research in to scenes
What is line? feedback
Good so far. Illustrations and colours work well.
Look in to stitches and materials to sew on to.
Look in to stitches and materials to sew on to.
What is line?
The Brief
Explore what is a line by investigating a mark indicating position, connection or boundaries
Considerations
Time management as the work must reflect 7 weeks. Also development from one idea to another. Experimentation.
Target Audience
Everyone.
Tone of Voice
Thoughtful, gentile.
Background
Look into sewing and tapestries. investigate wool and string and colour
Mandatory Requirements
must reflect 7 weeks of work.
Deliverable
sketches and examples
Indesign Workshop Ben Mckean
The brief
Design a double page spread about Ben Mckean
Considerations
Layout, colour, images, typography and copy.
Target Audience
Student, future employers
Tone of Voice
Fun, friendly and informative.
Background
Online double page spread to go onto personal blogs with hyperlinks.
Mandatory Requirements
Visual investigation into design, final printed version and digitalised.
Deliverables
One printed double pages spread (A3) and a PDF for online use.
Interview with Ben:
Male
29Th April 1990
London, Bedfordshire
Cristian
favorite weather- summer
favorite colour- blue
football team- Tottenham
music- electro, alternative
favorite film- shawshank redemption
Work- start by drawing, finish on computer
Best place he has been is South Africa and Mozambique
favorite food. roast dinner because he didn't realise how much it would be missed at university.
would like to go to Slovakia
Design a double page spread about Ben Mckean
Considerations
Layout, colour, images, typography and copy.
Target Audience
Student, future employers
Tone of Voice
Fun, friendly and informative.
Background
Online double page spread to go onto personal blogs with hyperlinks.
Mandatory Requirements
Visual investigation into design, final printed version and digitalised.
Deliverables
One printed double pages spread (A3) and a PDF for online use.
Interview with Ben:
Male
29Th April 1990
London, Bedfordshire
Cristian
favorite weather- summer
favorite colour- blue
football team- Tottenham
music- electro, alternative
favorite film- shawshank redemption
Work- start by drawing, finish on computer
Best place he has been is South Africa and Mozambique
favorite food. roast dinner because he didn't realise how much it would be missed at university.
would like to go to Slovakia
Don't Panic final crit
What concept/statement/fact/question/tone is being communicated?
Glamorously evil. The fact that this magazine comes across with beautiful, thin people, but gives a false image to the younger generation on natural beauty and how they should look and dress.
Is this being communicated effectively?
I think I have communicated this effectively as i have drawn a glamorously evil face. the face shape and hair are meant to look like perfection and evil eyes and mouth have been added in a glamours way.
Have the posters answered the brief?
I think I have answered the brief I have set and have created something that looks fashionable and glamorous with an evil side to it.
Who is the audience - have they been addressed?
The audience is students and I think the image i have created is modern and young. I think girls and guys would like this image.
The haven't really been addressed as it doesn't relate to student life.However the evil part could link to the expense on item in vogue and how student cant afford to buy them.
Strenghts
Colours and illustration skill. Posistion of the face.
What could be developed further?
type could be added.Background colour.
Don't Panic
vogue
the brief
create a poster for "don't panic"
given word- vogue
considerations
visually engage with illustration
target audience
students
tone of voice
simple, humorous, thoughtful
background
five words:
glamour
manipulative
fashion
beauty
evil
young
the brief
create a poster for "don't panic"
given word- vogue
considerations
visually engage with illustration
target audience
students
tone of voice
simple, humorous, thoughtful
background
five words:
glamour
manipulative
fashion
beauty
evil
young
100 collection crit feedback
issues raised
how do you know it is a catalogue
description is small
legibility
number references shouldn't be had drawn
action to be taken
more professional
change hand writen type.
general feedback
good illustration
Constantine book approach was liked
how do you know it is a catalogue
description is small
legibility
number references shouldn't be had drawn
action to be taken
more professional
change hand writen type.
general feedback
good illustration
Constantine book approach was liked
100 problem analysis rationale
Brief
what is the problem you intend to solve?
I intend to make a catalogue that will inform doll house beginner and dollhouse collector which object belong to which types of houses, prices and information about them to make it easier to build and decorate a dolls house
who needs to know?
collectors who are decoration lots of houses of different periods of time and new doll house builders who are not sure what objects are at offer and what objects go with which houses.
why do they need to know it?
They need to know this so that there dolls house is all from the same period and to give them ideas and incite to what you can buy for their dollhouse.
what will they respond to?
they will respond to an illustrated and informative catalogue with images and prices and information about the object and the houses.
what research is required?
i will need to find out what objects are out there, prices, popular items. which items match which periods.
what is the problem you intend to solve?
I intend to make a catalogue that will inform doll house beginner and dollhouse collector which object belong to which types of houses, prices and information about them to make it easier to build and decorate a dolls house
who needs to know?
collectors who are decoration lots of houses of different periods of time and new doll house builders who are not sure what objects are at offer and what objects go with which houses.
why do they need to know it?
They need to know this so that there dolls house is all from the same period and to give them ideas and incite to what you can buy for their dollhouse.
what will they respond to?
they will respond to an illustrated and informative catalogue with images and prices and information about the object and the houses.
what research is required?
i will need to find out what objects are out there, prices, popular items. which items match which periods.
collection 100 rational- part 3
The Brief
through a process of collection and categorisation of content specific to your own interests and recent research explore communicate through:
PRODUCT AND PROMOTION
PRODUCT AND PACKAGING
PRODUCT AND DISTRIBUTION
Your resolution that reflects your own practical and conceptual interests within the field of graphic design.
Rational
Product and promotion-why have you made this decision
I have decided to promote dolls houses and what should go inside different type of dollhouses e.g Victorian, Tudor.
I have decided to do this so people know what matches their dolls house and know which objects to buy for it.
Who is the audience and how do you engage with them
the audience will be dollhouse collector and new collector of all ages. I will create visually engaging images.
what is the function on the product- is it suppose to inform/educate/document/entertain/instruct? what has informed this decision
The function of my product is to inform buyers of types of houses and part, educate them to which objects belong to which house and past time, it could also entertain with the images and illustrations used.
How will the audience interact with the product
The audience will interact via a catalogue with images and information. there will be information on how to order the product and the prices of the objects.
through a process of collection and categorisation of content specific to your own interests and recent research explore communicate through:
PRODUCT AND PROMOTION
PRODUCT AND PACKAGING
PRODUCT AND DISTRIBUTION
Your resolution that reflects your own practical and conceptual interests within the field of graphic design.
Rational
Product and promotion-why have you made this decision
I have decided to promote dolls houses and what should go inside different type of dollhouses e.g Victorian, Tudor.
I have decided to do this so people know what matches their dolls house and know which objects to buy for it.
Who is the audience and how do you engage with them
the audience will be dollhouse collector and new collector of all ages. I will create visually engaging images.
what is the function on the product- is it suppose to inform/educate/document/entertain/instruct? what has informed this decision
The function of my product is to inform buyers of types of houses and part, educate them to which objects belong to which house and past time, it could also entertain with the images and illustrations used.
How will the audience interact with the product
The audience will interact via a catalogue with images and information. there will be information on how to order the product and the prices of the objects.
Collection 100. research proposal
Subject matter
Doll houses and objects
possible categories
doll houses
doll house objects
size manipulation
own collection
losable object
personal objects
Research processes will include:
my own collection
found objects
bought objects
given objects
most objects will be relation to dolls houses which i already own. Objects may relate to different size dollhouses.
How will you research:
Primary
I will be looking at different type of he same objects, where I found/bought objects. Where i keep the objects. Collecting objects from friends and family
Secondary
Looking in shops and catalogues with doll houses and doll house objects. Research in to the types of doll houses and their expense.
Who/Where will you research:
Internet websites
shops in Leeds
home
current living place
catalogues
books
Research Processes will include
interviews
objects
books
interent
galleries
Doll houses and objects
possible categories
doll houses
doll house objects
size manipulation
own collection
losable object
personal objects
Research processes will include:
my own collection
found objects
bought objects
given objects
most objects will be relation to dolls houses which i already own. Objects may relate to different size dollhouses.
How will you research:
Primary
I will be looking at different type of he same objects, where I found/bought objects. Where i keep the objects. Collecting objects from friends and family
Secondary
Looking in shops and catalogues with doll houses and doll house objects. Research in to the types of doll houses and their expense.
Who/Where will you research:
Internet websites
shops in Leeds
home
current living place
catalogues
books
Research Processes will include
interviews
objects
books
interent
galleries
Collection 100. idea generation
Objects I find interesting
pens
tea pot
doll houses
shells
odd socks
watches
Rubik cube
candles
moleskin sketchbooks
one dollar bill
paper airplanes
tiny things
lockets
ladybird books
Subjects i find interesting
stars
history
nursery rhymes
languages
planet
channel 4
moto gp
fashion
ice hockey
dubstep
origami
climbing trees
comic books
poems
quotes
Places I find interesting
farms
Leeds canal
train stations
basements and lofts
car boot sales
vintage shops
Edinburgh
space
new york
forest
lakes
Paris
People I find interesting
Adam Jenkins
Rossi
Kira Turner
Guy Ibbotson
Eddie Izzard
my dog
Michael McIntyre
pens
tea pot
doll houses
shells
odd socks
watches
Rubik cube
candles
moleskin sketchbooks
one dollar bill
paper airplanes
tiny things
lockets
ladybird books
Subjects i find interesting
stars
history
nursery rhymes
languages
planet
channel 4
moto gp
fashion
ice hockey
dubstep
origami
climbing trees
comic books
poems
quotes
Places I find interesting
farms
Leeds canal
train stations
basements and lofts
car boot sales
vintage shops
Edinburgh
space
new york
forest
lakes
Paris
People I find interesting
Adam Jenkins
Rossi
Kira Turner
Guy Ibbotson
Eddie Izzard
my dog
Michael McIntyre
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