A Designer's Voice: Module Briefing.

Context

Graphic design represents a constant dialogue between the client lead brief and the individual voice of the designer. Design problems, content, audience, and context are often given, however, resolutions often stem from your own interests, passions, obsessions and opinions. It is a recognition of and investigation into these personal concerns that help you to develop an individual voice within the creative industries. 

This module offers you the chance to focus on the content on your own choosing and will allow you to explore a range of practical workshops in digital and print based media. The development of your ideas will be supported by crits and tutorials. You will be expected to demonstrate an increasingly individual and independent use of appropraite workshops, working methods and time management.

Brief

You will produce a body of work in response to two overarching briefs:

BRIEF 1: 'Design for Communication'- A series of short studio briefs that focus on the generation and resolution of graphic responses to specified design problems (66.66%)

BRIEF 2: 'Speaking from Experience'- A set brief that focuses on a personal response to an audience centred brief (33.33%)

MODULE BLOG: The practical development of your work will need to be supported through appropriate contextual research, reference and on going evaluation evidence through notebooks and your blog. You can either set up a new blog and link it to your existing one or tag relevant enteries on your exsisting blog with 'OUGD103'. If you need advise on this element of the brief, please speak to a member of staff.

PROJECT FILE: You will be expected to document and evidence your project management skills through the use of personal timetables, statements of intent, and other appropriate methods of time management. Comprehensive records of your own organisation and reflections shoudl be thoroughly documented on your Design Practice Blog and labeled with the OUGD103 module code.

Preperation/Research Suggestions

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Briefing Date: Monday 28th February

Interim Crits: See Noticeboard

Studio Deadlines: See Noticeboard

Submission Deadline: Thursday 26th May 2011- 1pm