paper scissor stone/we don't withhold poster competition

I got through to the next round of the poster competition; an exhibition in the shop of the 30 chosen poster prints. It was great to see 5 entries from our course on the wall! It was a really nice night and great to see Ailsa make the top five! 

My final poster design :

Pop up shop

Hand painted and screen printed tote bags sold at Leeds Pop Up Shop

Manufacturing cost : £19

Time spent on production : Under 2 hours

Cost to enter the pop up shop : £10

Commision taken by pop up shop : 20%

Retail price : £4.99

Total bags made : 14

Total sold :14

Total money made : £69.86

Total profit made : £55.89

End of module evaluation ougd203

Module code : OUGD203
YCN Collaborative brief
Product-Range-Distribution
Web Design

I have really enjoyed this module, particularly the second half. I think that following the good progress I made in the last module and getting my first 1st, combined with what I learnt about myself as a designer throughout the image module, I think that I have really started to establish my practice. I felt that the second part of this brief enabled me to really direct myself towards the design areas that are relevant and important for me, and that I really enjoy; such as illustrated type.

SKILLS ACQUIRED/DEVELOPED

Despite what I just mentioned, this is not to say that I have not learned any new skills. If anything, I feel like I have learnt more through this module than I have in any module so far. The YCN part of the brief demanded that we learn to work in a collaborative situation. I enjoy working alone and having final decision making privilege, however I am very diplomatic and also find that in terms of idea generation I work extremely well with other people. I really enjoyed working with Matt on this brief and we didn't have any discrepancies. This part of the module forced me to improve my communication skills as this was essential to the collaboration working successfully. I think that the main skills I learnt from this was getting my point and opinions across in the most approachable and suitable way. This is an essential skill that I will have to continue to develop.

I found that the Product-Range-Distribution brief taught me different kinds of skills, perhaps more practical ones. I created a publication for the first time ever, which was something that I wanted to do as I feel it is important that I learn this skill. My understanding of layout and formatting publications for print has improved phenomenally!

The other huge learning curve was learning design for web. I really enjoyed this - both the web design brief and also designing website mock ups for my Product-Range-Distribution brief, and I think that it is something that I want to take forward into second year. I feel like I am still such an amateur, but I feel like I have a huge amount of drive to keep learning. This is something that I am going to work on personally over the summer. I feel that it is something that the longer you put into it, and regularly, the better I will get.

Another skill that I think I developed enormously throughout this module is my brief writing skills. I always have an idea of what I want to do, (or at least what I don't want to do!), but until this point have not been fully capable of directing my brief so that I have the opportunities that I need. However, with the Product-range-distribution brief, I feel that I got exactly what I wanted to get out of it, as well as really enjoying it. This was by no means down to the brief-writing workshops which I found really helpful.

STRENGTHS :

I think that my main strength throughout this module has been my dedication to work and the amount of time I have put in. I have continued to put in the same level of work into this module as I have for the whole of this year, and I personally can see this reflected in my work and my growing confidence as a designer. I feel like I really push to get the most of my day, both through good time management and putting in the early mornings and late nights most days. This allows me to always feel on top of things, which stops me from getting over stressed - which I know is what makes me make my weakest decisions. I also feel that a strength for me in this module has been which my blog which I update religiously. I think that this helps me to evaluate my work more regularly and in a more constructive way. Another strength for me in this module has been my diplomacy skills - both with the ycn collaboration and my enterprise module, where I have been working with boys as well. I sometimes find it a little bit hard to be taken as seriously as I would like! But I think that these collaborations (especially with boys!) have forced me to learn to stand my ground!

In terms of design, I think that my strongest areas in this module were my website designs - now I have a basic understanding for how to program a website and how it is required to navigate, I feel like my understanding of design in this area has improved and so have my designs - particularly my website mock ups for the Product-Range-Distribution brief. I think that my strongest design area in this module has been my image driven/illustrative type. I am really pleased with this area of my practice and I think that it is something that I will definitely continue to develop in third year,

WEAKNESSES :

I think that my main weakness in this module has been setting myself too much in the time that is allocated. I took on two live briefs throughout the Product-Range-Distribution brief as well as making and submitting work for the pop up shop this week, (which also involved me working in it!), which in hindsight, was a pretty big mistake on the week of submission. This year I have found that my time management has improved a lot and that in fact each submission this year I have been more than prepared for. I think that I have become arrogant in believing that this will just come naturally now, and this is why I have ended up having a much more intense final week of this project! Although everything has been completed, I need to make sure that I do not do this next module if at all possible. At this stage in my career I think that the course has to take priority when it comes to the crunch!

Things from OUGD203 that I want to continue to develop in third year :

-Web design

-Illustrated/image driven typography

-Layout

-Image driven design

-Branding

-Time management - Multiple projects

How I would grade myself on the following areas:

5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor

Attendance 5

Punctuality 5

Motivation 5

Commitment 5

Quantity of work produced 4

Quality of work produced 3

Contribution to the group 3

Time 23:05 Thursday 26th May 2011

"Feedback Design" website screenshots

Pop up shop

These are the tote bags I have been screen printing for the Pop up shop next week. Been a bit hectic with the studio deadline next week as well but finally finished!

3rd design to come!

revised header designs for quince website

Live brief

I have been asked to design a logo for the website for 'Clay Barn Quinces' a quince farm in Essex. 

These are my initial variations :

I have also designed a pattern for the background of the site to match the logo, should they wish to use it...

I decided to send a pdf of my ideas to get feedback and to help decide if any changes need to be made before formating the files correctly for web and sending them...

Group work self assessment form

End of module evaluation - Enterprise

END OF MODULE SELF EVALUATION
BA (Hons.) GRAPHIC DESIGN
LEVEL 05
Module Code :OUCE255
Module Title : Enterprise


I think that throughout this module I have developed a variety of new strengths and skills. I have not had any kind of business background, so most of what I have learnt through the lecture program and tasks has been completely new to me. I found the information about legal statuses of our work and good business practice particularly interesting and I think that this is especially relevant as this will apply to us going out to work for other companies as well as starting up our own. I found the lectures explained things clearly and that my notes were thorough enough - (if not a little too lengthy!) - to refer to for the presentation research. I found some of the tasks easier than others, but I felt that they really helped me to understand the models and ideas presented in the lecture program. In terms of the presentation, I found that this helped me to improve my research skills, especially with regards to primary research as it was impossible to find out the correct information without contacting people. I think that our company was based upon an interesting and innovative idea and was thoroughly researched as a group. I think that we worked incredibly well as a group, we listened to each other successfully met regularly and had similar ideas of what we wanted to create and what we wanted to get out of the experience.


In terms of weaknesses, I think that our presentation skills were not as strong as other people presenting in our session, but hopefully the content helped to redeem us. I think that my other weaknesses were my ability to apply the models from the lectures to the tasks that were set, however, I felt that applying these to the group project presentation helped me to develop a better understanding.






Three things that I will do differently next time :
1) Revisit the tasks towards the end of the module to see if I could improve on my first attempt once I had a better understanding.
2) Make better use of the quizzes to develop a better understanding - I only remembered to complete a couple.
3) Perhaps try to improve upon my presentation skills. My confidence has certainly grown since first year with regards to presenting, however I still have a long way to come and was very nervous for the presentation.

How I would grade myself on the following areas:
5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor

Attendance 5
Punctuality 5
Motivation 4
Commitment 5
Quantity of work produced 4
Quality of work produced 3
Contribution to the group 5

Feedback design powerpoint presentation

business card research