29.02.2012

today lesson broke down

first half : was an exercise for my contextual studies. we have been reading a book called 'practice of looking'. each week as a class read a section of the book and then do a questionnaire on what we have learnt. today we looked at the meanings of

• central tention in a camera generated images
• what is positivism
• what is the myth of photographic truth 
• what is the meaning empirical, information document and an expressive vehicle 
• what the difference between 'denotation and connotation'
• what is the word myth defined by Barthes
• what are ideologies and how can imagery effect ideology

afternoon session

as a class we looked at the difference between a creative CV and a formal CV. then we was given a task to see how we would design/make our own what we should put in it.

tried looking into one of my idea generations. i have looked at the immigration board to see minor information on Australia and there values

256 fallowfield

Was approached my a group of people to design a up coming night at a venue called 256 fallowfield. The theme around music festivals. The event is called 'fallowfest' raising money for the rainbow trust children's charity.

They wanted a poster and flyer to promote the night. Giving me a brief description of what they wanted. This what I and up with.

unit 9 1st idea inspiration

i was looking at letter press "the allure of the handmade" by david july

i was researching routes if letter pressing would be a great way to express the passion to immigrate to Australia.

check out the link

planning unit 9

today i have been investigating into my self directed studies, i have come up with three deliverables.

these are my deliverables:

1. series of posters encouraging british citizens (purely) to immigrate to Australia.
2. promoting the winter Olympics
3. graphic design inspirations and interpretative there work to the century it was at

Work experience JD sports and bank retail stores

Just been sent an email from the director of manchester's JD stores and would like me to go down n work with there design team.

John rylends

Was walking through town this afternoon and 'popped' into the john rylends museum in Manchester. On deansgate. There is variety of letter press technology and great architectural presence. Present little walk round. Must see

Art direction

For my new brief I wanted to look more into different artist styles and imply them to the most obscurest ways.

I find these two piece of print ads very clear with the art direction and the phot montage effect.

THE CHASE

http://www.thechase.co.uk/homepage/

the national football museum art work -

this is a great piece of self directed approach to help promote the national football museum designed by THE CHASE

NO BRIEF

RESEARCH 
http://prism.talis.com/bournemouth-ac/items/378095

project meeting 1

09.02.2012

today we were briefed on what my next assignment will be. my tutor asked us to quickly look at what the brief was asking of us and find a subject to work work that shows different design directions to help our portfolio and help board my mind with experimentations

we sat as a group and discussed are ideas individually:

1. rick - design for the blind / typeface / posters/ booklets / re-design nation flags to there culture / create for a company/organisation "occupied london"
2. lisa - looking into typography styles / the history of type / slogans / poster / website / tumblr / "what type face are you"
3. olivia - direction at photography and how it was influenced with art movement at the time / stock motion
4. jojo - still decided what design direction to pursue 
5. andy - branding & illustrating a new skateboard brand for a new skate shop
6. liam - album covers / how they have been inspired through out the years / techniques / 2014 world cup branding / research previous word cup themes / promotions / campaigns
7. stuart - sign language regard culture
8. tinash - street art / new york / hip-hop 

INTRODUCTION TO UNIT 09.02.2012

planning arrangements for my new self directed studies


this will help me to structure my time correctly, so i know if i am behind or on target :

wk 1. introduction to unit & swot analysis
wk 2.indentifying project themes and smart objectives
wk 3. building project proposals
wk 4. project proposals presentation
wk 5. project development with tutor guidance
wk 6. artwork skills
wk 7.project meeting & tutor guidance
wk 8. artwork skills & development
wk 9. all project review
wk 10. artwork skills / all project review
wk 11. project finishing and SMART targets
wk 12. project meeting & tutor guidance
wk 13. industry project presentations
wk 14.
wk 15.
wk 16

self directed studies / commercial brief

BRIEF 09.02.2012


this unit gives me the chance to create a piece of work following either a self written brief or taking advantage of a commercial opportunity brought into the studio. showing my abilities to plan and self manage and project, understanding the design cycle in a manner that will produce clear results. prepare artwork to a commercial standard, support design direction with study into related specialist subject topics, demonstrate imaginative thinking and produce working solutions with clear rationale.


summary of the brief (research)

• look at pieces of commercial standard of work 
• variety of design direction
• what are my specialist subject topics

FOR THIS SUBJECT I MUST SUBMIT

PDF presentation of the following :

• project plan, project direction, specialist areas of research, clear deliverables
• notes on fellow students presentations taken at the time of presentation

self directed studies :

• research folder including areas of persoanl interest and research
• sketchbook showing clear understanding of the design cycle with annotations including personal interest
• mounts - self explanatory layouts of deliverables that meet the brief/ following agreed areas of work to proffessional standards
• press ready artwork on cd packaged and pdf's
• unit 9 evaluation 550-650 words max

Inspiration readings

• how to create a portfolio & get hired: a guide for graphic designers and illustrators (portfolio skills) / fig taylor (author)/ Lawrence king

• jhon o'reilly (2002) no brief: graphic designer' personal projects. switserland: rotovision
• the chase (how a graphic design company thinks it thinks) - the chase

• barker (2007) 'brilliant project management: what the best project managers know, say and do' pearson education limited, dorchester; UK

• newton, R (2006) project management, step by step: the proven, practical guide to running a successful project, every time. pearson education limited.

• goslett. (2000) 'the professional practice of design' batsford, london UK

UNIT 10


TODAYS NOTES 08.02.2012


This is the next unit that will consist of 16 weeks. looking at the academic and professional side of my chosen career 

• self directed unit - topic - area that relates to graphic design
• academic side - research skill - critical analysis
• awareness of my chosen path
• present findings effectively

HOW I WILL BE ASSESSED 

this is a low down of what will happen throughout the 16 weeks

• 2000 word academic essay
• showing rigorous research - referenced properly (harvard referenced)
• bibliography
• personal development portfolio (pdp) - continuing from unit 9
• continuing blogger
• complete work shops (per week)

IN LESSON

• Weekly reading
• seminars
• worksheet (inrelation to reading)
• new research skills
• essay writing tutorials
• individual tutorials
• presentation of research undertaken

APRIL 19 2012

presentation of referencing on unit 10

MAY 9 2012

prepare my first draft of a minimum 1000 words for my essay ( still not known )

MAY 23 2012

prepare my second draft of a minimum 2000 words for my essay ( still not known ) and complete for submission.