Notes:
- Briefs needed to be decided on by next Friday when they will be submitted
- Sheet needs to be filled in for tutorial next week
- Research document: things you intend to do, things you have done (use as a bibliography) Hand in at the end. Be specific.
- Track what you intended to do, whats changed, how its changed and why - track progress and project management
- Decisions: what, why and timescales.
- ISTD briefs are good examples of how to write a thorough brief
- Submission sheets: additional briefs are in case you need another brief: short, live, competition, etc.
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TASK 1. Answer for each brief.
- What skills will that brief allow you to develop?
-- What contexts will it allow you to explore?
--- What content will it allow you to research?
---- What products will it allow you to create?
TASK 2.
In this task I cross referenced the things that I said I wanted and needed to achieve in my statements, with the briefs that I have written.
This has helped me to see if the briefs are allowing me to do the things that I said I wanted / needed to and to help me see if there are any gaps missing between these.
TASK 3. Answer for each brief.
For each brief complete this sentence: A .... investigation of .... with a focus on ....
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TASK 1.
Brief 1. Competition Briefs: Type Focus
Skills
- Typography - Software
Context
- Design for a specific audience
Content
- Current G.D. trends
Products
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Brief 2. Stationery Design
Skills
- Image - Illustration - Pattern Making - Drawing - Software: Illustrator and Photoshop - Presentation - Business - Professionalism
Context
- Product and packaging - Retail and promotion - Live work
Content
- Product design: stationery - Business and enterprise - Trends - Patterns - Print - Illustration
Products
- Stationery [see deliverables] - Packaging
Brief 3. Graphic Design Rulebook
Skills
- Illustrative Type - Print - Book binding - Layout - Image - Typography - Drawing - Presentation - Screen printing, letter press and laser cutting
Context
- Product and packaging - Design for a specific audience: G.D. students
Content
- Graphic design quotes - Type and image - Book design - Book making / binding
Products
- Book - Merchandise: bags, t-shirt, posters etc - Packaging
Brief 4. Graphic Design Exhibition
Skills
- Research - Software: Indesign and illustrator - Print - Typography - Branding and identity - Layout - Info graphics
Context
- Signage and way finding - Exhibition design - Identity design
Content
- History of graphic design - About the internet - Famous graphic designers - Current G.D. trends - G.D. through the ages - Printers
Products
- Signage and maps - Editorial: guides and leaflets - Advertisements: posters
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TASK 2.
[On design sheets]
TASK 3.
Brief 1. x A competition brief based investigation of a response to a few selected briefs with a focus on typography.
x A type based investigation of a few selected competition briefs with a focus on printed outcomes.
Brief 2. x A skills driven investigation of stationery with a focus on product and packaging
x A live brief investigation of product design with a focus on illustrative stationery
x An image based investigation of business and enterprise with a focus on stationery products and packaging
Brief 3. x A skills driven brief investigation of design for a specific audience with a focus on illustrative type
x A typographic investigation of editorial design with a focus on inspirational quotes for graphic design students
x An editorial design based investigation of illustrative type with a focus on graphic design rules
Brief 4. x A research driven investigation of the history of graphic design with a focus on exhibition design
x An information and wayfinding investigation of exhibition design with a focus on the history of graphic design
x A research and skills driven investigation of the history of graphic design with a focus on signage, editorial and promotional outcomes
