Evaluation

After a very long thurs night i made it!!!!!! I still can't believe i lost all my work thurs and i managed to do it!! Go me!

1. What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

Throughout this module i have developed a few skills, time management and decision making become a vital part of it. The 3 briefs i chose were Nude, Type Factory and Postcard from the edge. When i was reading these throughout Easter i knew my key interests were in design for print and i wanted to apply my skills to them.

I would like to thank Lorenzo for my time management advice as originally i was going to spend a week on each brief but he told me to manage a all 3 at the same time so if i came acorss anything which influenced my work the knowledge and direction of the other projects wold always be on the back of my mind! SO thank you Lorenzo for that! Because of you i was able to design a logo for my mates new hair salon as well as tackle the 3 briefs.

My type factory brief was the most exciting for me. I think i started off with a rocky start as i was doing what i usually do and not making a decision. However after making my decision of having a focus for the project i was on a roll. I produced and identity for the type factory, booklet, sign design, t-shirts for staff and promotional, clothes tags, clothes tissue wrap and tissues!! I was well impressed that i made all these considering i was tackling 3 projects. Just shows what i am capable of!

2. What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?

The Postcard brief was asking for a postcard from the edge. Therefore, the postcard needed to have a theme and look like it has come from that place. I did decide to produce a postcard to a blind person where i did a lot of first hand research around college with braille on the signs and also found braille on medicine boxes which i didn't notice before i started doing this project.

The nude brief was asking to increase brand awareness. As nude was a skincare product i looked at different existing skincare product leaflets and printed material to see how they had set their design out in order to sell their products.

The type factory was my favorite. I really enjoyed researching into different aspects of design and seeing how design was applied to bigger scales rather than just the standard sizes and by doing so seeing how my design would look like in environments was fun!

My work generally has improved a lot during these projects. Being able to make quick decisions made my life so much easier! I was able to develop my work and be happy!

3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalzise on these?

Decision making has definitely been my strength throughout these briefs. Being able to make quick decisions has allowed me to develop my work further into other areas and see how my design could work when applied to different resources.

Doing this in the future will definitely improve my design skills.


4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?

I think loosing my work day before deadline was my worst nightmare coming true! It really upset me and i know this has really put a downer on my work! I am definately NEVER going to use user work ever again!!!!

I feel i could have developed my nude design onto other sources which im quiet annoyed about as i really enjoyed that project! But i do think i fulfilled the brief which is fine.

I think developing two ideas would help in the future.

5. Identify four things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

SAVE SAVE SAVE MY WORK A MILLION TIMES AND NEVER EVER USE USER WORK!!!!!! ARRGGHHHH

APPLY MY DESIGN ONTO OTHER SOURCES EVEN IF THIS MEANS DOING IT ON PHOTOSHOP TO SEE HOW THINGS LOOK

MORE PAPER TESTING, I FOUND IT QUIET INTRIGUING HOW NICE OR HOW HORRIBLE DESIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE ON DIFFERENT PAPER STOCKS

DEFINITELY MAKE A TIMETABLE. THIS HAS MADE MINI DEADLINES FOR ME WHICH I HAD TO MAKE. I FELL THIS IS THE REASON WHY MY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS AND WILL DEFINITELY CONTINUE DOING THIS IN THE FUTURE.


6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas:

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

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

Postcard

Final Resolution
Concept-Postcard to a blind person with braille.




Braille research around college














Braille Research


Braille Alphabet


History of postcards

Nude

Final Chosen Poster in Context





Cropped the body to see what the imagery would look like. Didnt work as well. Type posters had more impact.


Picture posters to make a relation between product and skin.













Using the idea of the heart as a visual to represent the product.














I looked at imagery which related to the product more and the skin.






Type based posters



Contemporary font


Luxury font



Screenshots off the wedsite