MA Project: Phase 2 – Define, Test and Prepare

Weeks 7-8 More research this last two weeks. I bought a book about the See Red Workshops which was an amazing find. This was an amazing snapshot of the 70s and 80s. Sadly, some of the posters still hold true, some things haven’t changed, or at least, not enough. They were inspiring, basing the activism

MA Project: Phase 2 – Define, Test and Prepare

Weeks 5-6 I started by rewriting my Draft Treatment, Critical Path, and editing my Ethics Review to reflect the changes to my project question: I started a research plan, trying to think of everything I wanted to find out about and things I thought may help my project. It is more of a starting point,

MA Project: Phase 1 – Research and Discover

Week 4 Everything changed this week. I spent the early part of the week taking some time off from this project, whilst I waited for feedback. Then Roe vs Wade was overturned. Like many women, I was shocked, angered and saddened by this decision. I looked back at my draft treatment, and felt that it

MA Project: Phase 1 – Research and Discover

Week 3 This week I have been reading and researching as broadly as I can as quickly as I can on the subjects of feminism in graphic design, and activism and protest design. I wanted to try and get a feel for what has been done, on the opinions and discoveries made, and to try

MA Project: Phase 1 – Research and Discover

Weeks 1-2 I have been excited about finally getting my teeth into this project, and as soon as the module was (finally) unlocked, I dove in, listening, taking notes and thinking about what to do my project on… and my mind had gone blank. I decided to work my way through the case studies, to

History and Futures: Week 12 – Promote and Test

This week I looked into global agencies and the benefits they bring. Having a massive global agency such as Superunion, the merger between Brand Union, The Partners, Lambie-Nairn, Addison Group and vbat means that clients and brands can utilise multi-disciplinary techniques to get their brand message communicated across the world succinctly, and with brand cohesion.

History and Futures: Week 11 – Design and Develop

The lecture this week was interesting to hear from a service design studio. Both George and Jonathan come from different backgrounds and now work with an interdisciplinary team, of researchers, designers and innovators. Their aim is to tackle problems and issues surrounding ageism, and do so through service design, different research processes and ways of

History and Futures: Week 10 – Research and Reveal

Service design works well when the project specifically engages with the community it is working for. There are often problems when a designer is brought in temporarily, get the research they think they need and leave, there needs to be a more collaborative approach where the designer(s) work with the community throughout the whole project.

History and Futures: Week 9 – Service Design and Saving the World

Graphic design can bring about change to society for the good. However, we look at it our work is always intertwined with society and politics, whether we are working for a client selling a brand, product or service, or working on a self-initiated project specifically to initiate change, we are affecting society in some way.

History and Futures: Week 8 – Design and Critique

I looked into self-publishing, crowd-funding and making independent short films this week. Crowdfunding can help you create something unadulterated and uncompromised, provided you can raise the money. A good crowdfunding campaign needs to attract backers and can be very time-consuming. It is easier to find a group of people who are passionate about a subject