Pat Bradbury - Mapping

Wind map - Tim Knowles 

What time space does it exist in? 

GPS on your dog 

Strava - good for GPS

What will you map? 

BE SPECIFIC ! will it be type? 

- sounds 

- conversations 

- classes/  ages 

-  icons 

- collage 

- shapes 

- textures 

- recording 

creating a map of .....

by using only ..... 

Design Practice 2 module briefing

Deadline - 8/05/2019 - 13:30-15:00

Individuality/ effectiveness will be measured as a designer and how you apply them 

Personality, tone of voice, creative concerns 

Highly research focused 

Conceptual design development for 2D, 3D, 4D media 

SB1 - MAPPING A JOURNEY IN AN INTERESTING WAY 

Research / experiment with ways of mapping and recording journeys within the local area.

Screen printing must be evidenced in the process but the final production method/ format is chosen by you, should be useable and designed with a viewer or reader in mind.

-  Research 

- Go on a journey 

- Outcome 

You will be required to produced 2 map copies by 29/03/19   

20th/ 26th/ 27th March am/pm (10 people per session) 

SB1 DELIVERABLES 

- 2 copies of your map 

- 6 A3 design boards 

- Blogs 

SB2 

Research, creative a product and disturbing a product 

Responding to an issue of your choice 

Responding to a social / ethical and political issue & the role of a graphic designer 

PART 1 - Conducting research  

PART 2 - deliverable 

- Poster series/ manifesto 

- Publication/ book/ zine / printed matter 

- web / digital platform / video / moving image / animation 

- Range of products / merchandise that communicates your identified core message ( placecards, banners, set of badges etc) 

- Currency

- Way riding, exhibition space 

- Game

Deliverables - SB2 

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William Knight - Flags for the forgotten 

Metahaven - 

25/02 - 08/03 - Research

End of module evaluation

In response to the module as a whole I much preferred studio brief 1 which was self initiated. This is because I chose to complete multiple shorter briefs, therefore, I enjoyed the fast transitioning between briefs as it meant I did not get bored of the briefs and kept engaged in them. I also loved the interaction that this brief maintained such as meeting up with clients especially for the cricket flyers where I was able to actually visit the club itself as part of my primary research.

I felt that from completing the following module it allowed me to learn to stick to a restricted timetable to allow for all of my work for myself and clients to be completed on time but also to a professional standard. I have learnt that in the future branding is something I mostly enjoy particularly logo designs and exploring printing techniques. I also learnt that I love interacting with clients and being responsible for bringing clients ideas a reality.

If I was to re do the module again I would choose a collaboration which I would enjoy more. However, working with a copy writer and art director allowed me to be able to get a true feeling of what it is like working as a graphic designer in industry. This module made me feel I would much prefer to be an independent Graphic designer who focusing on freelance branding for smaller companies/ businesses.

Out of the following briefs I felt that Megan Callan's logo designs and the cricket flyers were the most successful. This was due to them exploring printing techniques giving the finals more of a professional finish whist holding a strong concept/ reasoning.

If I was to improve the following module I would allowed more congruency time for errors and allowed more time for final production. This was because I felt I spent too much of my time on initial ideas and research rather than diving my time equally for the entire process of the briefs.

Scans produced to inform final outcomes

Today we scanned in work of students/ founded art work from around Leeds to create collages to emphasise our message 'seen the unseen'. This was done in order to work towards our finals as we were certain we did not want them to be flat/ digitally focused designs in order for our final outcomes to stand out amongst other posters around Leeds. 

Will and Neave's Top Tips // Submissions boards

Online - 16:9, 1920x1080. Print - A3.
Text and Layout: Clear & Concise

Show your full range of products together
Show how things can be extended

Tips 
Analyse brief
Keep writing brief max 200
Keep it relevant
Tell a story

How to set out design boards/ what to include

Studio Brief 1. 

- At least one set of design boards. ( 6 boards per set) 

- Some boards may require more than one page 

Studio Brief 2. 

At least one set of design boards 

Rationale 

Communicate the reason behind the brief 

outline the brief itself 

Why is the brief relevant to you? 

Include the brief on the rationale page 

Collaboration - include contract 

Say how long the brief took to make

Research 

Key points of reference 

Ensure you clearly communicate this - bold? 

Subheadings 

The source 

Why it's relevant 

How it will inform your development 

Initial Ideas 

How has researched informed your initial ideas? 

A range of ideas - don't need to be developed at this stage 

Scans of sketches, captions 

Paragraph to evaluate thoughts 

2 or more ideas on how you can tackle the project 

Development 

Images - Evidence of experimentation.

Development of testing some of your initial ideas 

Focused development leading to final outcome 

caption images - what you were trying to find out/ why. Refer back to research/ initial ideas

Summary/ evaluation work worked what didn't and why 

Final Outcome 

Photograph your outcome 

Professional and convincing 

Justification of design decisions based on the process you have evidenced on previous boards and why it led to this outcome. 

Evaluation 

Text based

Evaluation of briefs/ process 

could refer to learning outcomes to help structure 

what worked, what could be improved

1 evaluation for each studio brief. 

Write to clarify images, no need for masses of writing on all boards. Don't over complicate the process. 

Clarity !