What is design practice? ppp1

WHAT IS DESIGN PRACTICE?

You will only get out what you put in.

3 ways to think about it is your practice based on these:

• Appropriateness of response
• Quality of resolution
• Meeting the deadline.

Appropriateness of response-

• What is the PROBLEM
• Who is the AUDIENCE
• What is the CONTEXT
• What is the METHOD of DELIVERY

What is a PROBLEM? Are you being asked to or Do you want to... Is the brief specificly asking you to do something, or are you doing something personal.

Persuade, inform, promote, educate, entertain, explain, clarify, organise clarify, confuse, engage ……….?

Ask a question, make a statement, give an order, deliver an instruction, make someone laugh/cry…..?

WHAT IS YOUR RATIONALE?

• What are you doing and why?
• Concept idea research
• Audience context and media
• Creative, ethical & commercial
• handmade digital & lens based
• 2-dimensional , 3-dimensional & 4-dimensional

QUALITY OF RESOLUTION

Breadth of initial ideas

Depth of appropriate research

Selection of potential solutions

Thorough visual development

Attention to detail / Crafting

Clarity of presentation

TYPE &/OR IMAGE?
IS THE MEDIA THE MESSAGE?
TONE OF VOICE

•Try it

•Test it

•Make it better

Collaborate - The space between people working together is filled with conflict, friction, strife, exhilaration, delight, and vast creative potential.


MEETING THE DEADLINE

An effective design practice.

10 questions about us as designers

What is your professional name and contact details?

Victoria Redmond 

victoriaredmond101@hotmail.com

What 5 words best describe your design practice?

Geometric , minimilist , digital , clean cut design,

What 5 words best describe you as a person?

outgoing, 

What are your 5 strongest design skills?

Creating geometric patterns

Typography

Fast idea development

Page layouts

What areas of graphic design interest you the most?

Typography , Geometric Shapes , editorial & publishing, imagery and type combined, Product and packaging

Who are your 5 favourite designers/design studios?

Kate Moross , Mark Weaver , 

What makes these your favourites (Where can you see their work?)

What are your 5 favourite design blogs?

Grain edit , designspriation, pintrest , creative review

What 5 things do you want to be?

punctual , good decision maker

What 5 things do you think you need to do to be this?

Information from other group members:-

Danielle Muntyan

Danielle Mountain  - danielle-muntyan@hotmail.co.uk

Words that describer Danilles practice - Digital, pattern , collage , political , illustrative , experimental and type.

5 design skills - Type and image , digital illustration photo manipulation collage , editorials.

5 design that interests her the most - editorial and publishing, digital collage branding identity

Designers - Dawn Gardner , Kate moross , Jet set experimental , pentagram , allan fletchur

Design blogs - grain edit , pitikute

Kirsty Shaw 

Kirsty Shaw - megameanie-design.tumblr.com

Words that describer Kirstys practice - Dynamic , geometric , symmetry , simple colours.

5 design skills- new ideas, drawing , design development , decision making.

5 designs that interests her the most - packaging , logo branding , font design.

Designers - Kate Moross , patrick fry , fonts smith 

Design blogs - designseduces.tumblr.com , graphic designandtattoos.tumblr.com

1  Access there blogs
2  Research any contextual
3  All work documented
4  3 x printed resolution start of session 10am