Perspectives – Week 3: Fields of Practice

RESEARCH AND REFLECTION:GLOBALISATIONI spent a few evenings this week going through all the resources, videos, the Ideas Wall and then off on some tangents looking at the work created by some of the designers mentioned. There was a lot of information to get through this week – and that was before I even got toContinue reading “Perspectives – Week 3: Fields of Practice”

Perspectives – Week 2: Industry Today

Wow, what a week, migraines, a whole lot of research, and a lot to think about… RESEARCH & REFLECTION: HOW DID WE GET HERE?I spent ages looking at all the different resources for research this week. I ended up going off on tangents and looking in depth at designers who’s work I really enjoyed, orContinue reading “Perspectives – Week 2: Industry Today”

Perspectives – Week 1: Workshop Challenge Part 2

WORKSHOP TASKI went to the Ideas Wall in a bit of a panic looking at everybody else’s designs to see if I’d gone in the right direction, whether I was doing the right thing. I realised pretty quickly that everybody’s design was very different and everyone was approaching it from a different standpoint. I realiseContinue reading “Perspectives – Week 1: Workshop Challenge Part 2”

Perspectives – Week 1: Workshop Challenge Part 1

WORKSHOP CHALLENGE:WHO, WHAT, WHERE AND WHY?They seem like 4 easy questions… My first thought was to write down my thoughts on them (see earlier blog post). Then I started thinking about how to actually execute this… My initial ideas involved 4 different images, but with text on all of them, that in some way ledContinue reading “Perspectives – Week 1: Workshop Challenge Part 1”

Perspectives – Week 1: Reflection on research

RESEARCH AND REFLECTIONI made so many notes on these resources, which then led me off on tangents – so I will try and make these coherent…! The first interview really made me think about what a graphic designer does. For a few years now I have becoming disillusioned, as many of my jobs required meContinue reading “Perspectives – Week 1: Reflection on research”

Perspectives – Week 1: Initial Thoughts

I thought the best way to approach this task would be to get down my initial thoughts and ideas on the 4 questions, in the hope I can then develop the ideas for the quadriptych. I seem to have a lot to say on all of these…! WHO AM I?Initially, my thoughts on this wereContinue reading “Perspectives – Week 1: Initial Thoughts”