1. What skills have
you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have
applied them?
This module has assisted
me in developing a greater understanding and appreciation of a number of topics
and theories, as well as the ability to take one of these theories through into
a visual practice. My ability to find the appropriate literature for a project
research has also improved and now I find it much easier to use and utilize the
college library.
It has seen a steady
increase in my academic writing by increasing the strength and substance of how
I put across and discuss topics. Now I write from an increasingly unbiased
standpoint whereas I may have been found guilty of this in level 04.
What approaches to/methods
of design production have you developed and how have they informed your design
development process?
The
practical element of this project has been an interesting one. After I had
decided what my concept was to be, finding a practical solution that best
expressed that was pivotal to its success. I needed to find the most effective
way of expressing two different messages in the same sentence visually. After
some thought I found using colour contrast to my advantage allowed me to do so.
I gathered influence and decided a fluorescent and black meant I could achieve
an almost invisible quality from a distance on chosen pieces of text. Green
appeared to give me the best results. These ideas of using process and colour
to assist you in guiding the viewer onto elements you want them to first is
something I have explore in other aspects of my design practice since, and will
continue to do.
On
the theory side of the module it has also been beneficial. It’s helped me to
view design in a different way with a deeper understanding of responsibility.
When we deal with the matter or persuasion, we must be careful of how we
achieve it.
What strengths can you
identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
I’ve gone into this
already in the previous question but to iterate I feel the main strengths in
this brief have been to do with the synthesis between theory and practice.
Learning how to bridge that gap is becoming vital to progressing my practice
into increasingly professional methods.
4. What weaknesses can you
identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
I still struggle in two
areas that I plan to correct over the summer period so I am completely prepared
to tackle COP 3 head on. In terms of academic writing there is room for
improvement. Triangulation needs to be worked on in order to produce a better argument
and most importantly a superior grasp of theory in my own practice. Practically
I need to have a firmer grasp of my content and a better plan of how the
publication will flow.
5. Identify five things
that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from
doing these?
1. Give more focus to research to increase my understanding and
better inform my practical elements.
2. Work on triangulation to improve my academic writing.
3. Spend more time on the structure of writing to present arguments
and discussions better.
4. Define subjects more to focus both research and practice.
5. Find something I am really passionate about to increase
motivation.
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