OUGD501 Briefing

Research project

Areas of interest could include...Typography, Advertising, Branding, Publishing/Editorial, Design for screen etc

10 words that relate to my Graphic Design practice:
Colourful
Funky
Abstract
Fun
Cutesy
Experimental
Girly
Physical
Illustrative
Printing

Deliverables: This brief is separated into two parts but assessed as a whole;

Part 1-
1. COP blog
2. 2500 word critical essay including reflective evaluation

Part 2-
3. 6 Design boards documenting your practical work including project brief/ any practical work

Deadline: 04/04/2019 by 15:00

Academic support pages:

-JSTOR

-Google scholar

-Google books

Design issues/themes that I am interested in:

-Music

-Buying things/shopping

-Socialising

-Gigs/Festivals; the design for these as well

-New places/travel

-Interactivity 

-Illustrative zines/prints/posters

-Miniature designs

-Girly things; pink, glitter, soft

-Physical printing; screen print, collagraph

-Humorous design

10 Things I read about/research last year in PPP, COP or Studio Practice:

-Print making history- from the first printed book ever to Anthony Burrill. Learnt how to screen print

-Researching things like music- 80/70s in particular for the last Studio practice brief

-Typography- how legible/illegible something can be, its still a typeface even if its slightly illegible. The type specimen brief

-Book binding, all the different techniques and how some are more suited to certain concepts

-First hand research- actually going out and visiting places in order to gather research instead of doing it all online

-Aesthetics- a certain aesthetic can make you feel a certain way

-Colour theory- contrasting boundaries, colour wheel, contrast of extension etc

-Grid Systems- Muller Brockman

-How to present yourself in the real world (PPP)

Create five mash up titles/themes using one of each of the 3 categories:

-Funky, festival branding, colour theory

-Experimental, miniature designs, aesthetics

-Illustrative, humorous design, music research

-Colourful, interactive designed, grid systems

-Cutesy miniature things, using print making