OUGD603 EXTENDED PRACTICE - 10 BRIEF PRESENTATION & FEEDBACK

Presentation showing my 10 briefs for the year:


Research led brief discussion:
My tutor was really interested in the idea of documenting in a log the day to day activities of a midwife, and thought this would lend itself really nicely to a publication, however ideally for a research question you shouldn't have any idea what you might produce as the practical outcome.
I discussed with them my idea of researching into the Armed Forces, and what it takes to pass out, what the different roles are, and potentially doing a weeks training course to get a first person view of what the training may be like to be in the Armed Forces.
During this discussion we came to the conclusion that it would be better to do my research question for the Armed Forces, as there is a lot more to research that I could practically do, and I also have no idea what the final practical outcome may be, which is really important for the research question. However they also said that I should still do the midwife brief, as this is something that's really interesting, but just not as a research brief.

Next steps:
- Write up templates for each brief thinking about the brief title, the brief itself, background/considerations, timescale, mandatory requirements (design boards, blog posts, a repot - things set by the programme), and deliverables (things you set yourself, publication, website, posters, logo etc).
- Write a statement about who you are as a designer. Only one sentence, simple, to the point, no fluff, for eg. "I am a type designer focused on the cultural sector." It's not what you 'like' but what you actually produce.
- Nick from creative advertising is coming on Monday to look at our brief templates from an outside perspective to give us feedback.
- Write self initiated briefs that are FUN.
- Post collaboration requests on the notice board to the right of the entry to the studio.
- Get on with Harrison Calendar design, and then focus on Virgin Media Communication Boxes.
- Don't forget about dissertation research and tasks.
- Look for army training sessions.