Monday, 15 June 2009
End Of Year Evaluation
Generally this year hasn't been as productive as I could have anticipated. I have struggled on numerous occasions with identifying where I lay as a designer. In many ways this year has helped me to acknowledge where my strengths lay and areas which need addressing.
Some aspects of this year have been a success, I have learnt more about myself and the work which I wish to engage in. Finding this year difficult, I have not fully understood the type of work I would like to be doing, I found myself in in the same place a number of times, questioning and not being confident in the work I was producing - not making the most of the briefs and failing to cease the opportunities which have been offered to me.
In retrospect I have learnt more about the type of work I wish to develop as opposed to developing new techniques and production processes which I plan to in my third year.
I now have a sense of direction which will develop a greater level of ambition. Its now the case of adopting these opportunities and embracing them more fully.
Not being satisfied with the work I was producing, I turned to self initiated briefs in the hope they’d inform my practice.
Over the duration of the summer period I plan to further develop methods to drawing, to find a comfortable approach which I can develop into a practice, as well as continuing with ideas and concepts.
I would like to develop a more craft based approach to designing, introducing letterpress, and screen-print as a means of reproducing work.
I need to develop a more consistent practice to which I feel a greater sense of ownership with and to become more engaged.
Although I have the ambition I currently lack the motivation which is required for myself to progress further with my work.
This needs to be addressed over the summer period in order to start my final year with more confidence and a better understanding of the work that I wish to involve myself with.
Having arranged a talk with Sam Winston, will help me gain a greater understanding of a design practice, how work is obtained and how payments are made and how he operates within a context.
As well as this I aim to negotiate a talk with Daniel Eatock and make the most of the opportunity of being back home in London, researching, arranging studio visits and potential placements.
Reflecting the work I have produced over this year I can can't see a significant development within my work, only within my thought process and within concept and ideas.
In order to progress into the third year I have to ensure to correct my mistakes, review where I have made them and not doubt and question my ability as much.
The self-initiated projects I have produced this year are beneficial to my on-going development as a creative practitioner. They have offered an outlet to produce work which has informed my design decisions within the studio and given briefs.
However I have fell short of developing ideas where need be. At times I have tried to be too clever, working on a conceptual level. I need to embrace other aspects to my work besides being conceptually lead as a designer.
I have found areas of the course frustrating at times, and has put me in positions I don't want to be. I should have been more acceptable and open-minded to the opportunities that were given to me. In retrospect I feel I have not made the most of them.
As a student I have let my standards slide, as well as my abilities as a designer. There have been few times where I haven't felt rewarded by the work I was doing-making things difficult for myself at times and allowing more personal concerns to distract me.
Being unmotivated lead to myself questioning what I was doing, the direction which I wanted to take, and my abilities.
I still have ambition, which is my main drive at the moment. The summer period will offer a time to re-cooperate and consider my position and direction.
I have a high interest in drawing, and the work of such artists as Sam Winston, Sam Messenger. Sam Winston's work deals with the visual representation of words through typography, I am not yet sure if typography is a route which I like to take and only admire his aesthetic approach, methods of drawing and producing exciting work.
I feel as though I can engage more whilst drawing, I sense of being more comfortable with the physical aspect of producing work. This is dependent on developing a set approach to be confident enough within my work and to allow a natural development to determine my practice.
Progression into the third year I plan to develop my skills within drawing, but not disregard concept and my ability to arrive at ideas. It could be said that I have arrived at this decision too late into the course, as I am not a natural illustrator or have a strengths within a basic drawing ability. I would like to engage within methods to creating visual images which rely on my natural persistence and intensive characteristic.
In terms of becoming and operating as a professional I am not at that stage as yet. If there's one thing that this year has shown me is that I am not as organized as I had initially thought. This is a serious issue which should have been dealt with last year.
Designers such as Daniel Eatock have become an influence, I admire his work, his disregard for aesthetic and allows concept to determine the outcome or form of a work, but at the sam time admire craft of producing work by means of hand.From looking at the type of work he does it is evident that he enjoys what he does which is where I want to be.
I want to be in that position, finding a way that works best for me to ensure I am happiest with the work I am producing.
As a general note I have let my standards slide, my abilities as a designer I have questioned. I have arrived at a point where I am able to make an informed decision as to my direction which I would like to take from this point onwards.
Deciding to take the approach of drawing I will have to spend a large majority of my summer period with a pencil or other drawing implement in hand, developing techniques which I am comfortable using, in order for when I return to have more options open to me with newly acquired skills.
As mentioned previously I would like to have an understanding and technical ability with letterpress and silk screening as methods of reproducing work with a craft based approach.
My strengths currently lay with concept / resolution and my ambition as a young designer. Where I fall short is my motivation, organization and not fully exploring and developing ideas.
My understanding of my direction has improved from exploring the various avenues. I feel with some of the work I do I lack the confidence or belief in the idea when presenting to others. This is an issues as it hinders my confidence within what I am producing and not fully embracing the approaches I wish to pursue.
I have enjoyed shorter briefs this year as they have given me less time to think about the ideas and have depended on a more instinctive method of working.
Now I see myself heading in the direction of drawing and developing this aspect.
Monday, 1 June 2009
Saturday, 30 May 2009
203 Evaluation
1. What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
Being able to resolve resolutions based upon an initial idea. This is something which I have struggled with in previous modules, the finishing of a determined outcome. This I think is based upon selecting the idea which I thought was most appropriate and discarding the others, and areas of testing and development. Going with an initial idea helped me to refine what I was trying to achieve. This approach to a design process and design practice however is questionable, however in this case I was comfortable and confident in the ideas themselves along with their integrity enough to not spend time considering others.
Over the course of this module I have learnt skills in areas of time management, being able to conclude work without spending too much time on small details and accepting compromise to what I see would have been the way in which I usually would set out resolving a problem.
2. What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
For this module I found researching difficult in relation to the projects I had selected. The research would have been based upon the development of ideas and processes used to finish the outcome/s. Here I have not been as successful as I could have, as I felt confident in the ideas themselves to allow the development and so in terms of research it could have informed the development more if I had embraced it more.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capatalise on these?
The strength in this submission of work has been the ideas and my ability to execute and resolve them. Particularly the ICA christmas card project and the National Portrait Gallery I felt have been most successful in fulfilling the brief. The success of these depended on simple ideas and not necessarily the strength of the final finish but allowing the concept to determine the from instead - making emphasis on the idea as opposed to a design based upon atheistic and processes to which may have become a distraction from the strength of the concept.
The strengths within my work are based upon the ideas as opposed to finished outcomes, as although they are completed could have been further refined.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?
Breadth of research in correspondence to the briefs, amount of development and time management all of which I plan to address prior to my third year. In order to
The insufficient quantity of work is the primary weakness along with experimentation of a range of ideas. Not fully exploring all potentials surrounding the concept has lead to a little amount of research, development of the ideas.
I feel that I haven't developed enough through this module as I could have and that in order to resolve this issue I plan to re-assess the point at which I am at and the direction in which I want to take within my work.
The standard at which I am currently working at is questionable as a near third year student, not embracing my know strengths has resulted in lack of motivation and commitment to which needs to be resolved in order to progress and operate as a third year student.
5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
Motivation and self direction - An improved considered direction along with a more motivated self will both execute and resolve the project to a higher standard. By resolving this issue I expect to increase productivity, gain more and resolve the briefs to a standard which reflects the abilities which I have.
Organisation of material - An improved sense of time management and organisation skills in order to ensure an increased level of productivity and a more developed body of work.
Research - Particularly in this case where research was important to having a greater understanding of the brief. For example in of the ICA brief an improved knowledge and understanding of media and its application may have helped to develop and more believable outcome/s. From this experience I expect to achieve more direction along with development of a body of work in relation to the problem.
Design Development - To understand and develop a better working method would help refine the design process and outcomes, thus giving myself a greater understanding into the variety oof ways in which an ideas can be developed.
Working Method - To develop an improved method of working in order to resolve and develop outcomes to a higher standard.
6. How would you grade yourself on the following areas?
5 = excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
Attendance - 3
Punctuality - 3
Motivation - 2
Commitment - 3
Quantity of work produced - 2
Quality of work produced - 3
Contribution to the group - 3
Being able to resolve resolutions based upon an initial idea. This is something which I have struggled with in previous modules, the finishing of a determined outcome. This I think is based upon selecting the idea which I thought was most appropriate and discarding the others, and areas of testing and development. Going with an initial idea helped me to refine what I was trying to achieve. This approach to a design process and design practice however is questionable, however in this case I was comfortable and confident in the ideas themselves along with their integrity enough to not spend time considering others.
Over the course of this module I have learnt skills in areas of time management, being able to conclude work without spending too much time on small details and accepting compromise to what I see would have been the way in which I usually would set out resolving a problem.
2. What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
For this module I found researching difficult in relation to the projects I had selected. The research would have been based upon the development of ideas and processes used to finish the outcome/s. Here I have not been as successful as I could have, as I felt confident in the ideas themselves to allow the development and so in terms of research it could have informed the development more if I had embraced it more.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capatalise on these?
The strength in this submission of work has been the ideas and my ability to execute and resolve them. Particularly the ICA christmas card project and the National Portrait Gallery I felt have been most successful in fulfilling the brief. The success of these depended on simple ideas and not necessarily the strength of the final finish but allowing the concept to determine the from instead - making emphasis on the idea as opposed to a design based upon atheistic and processes to which may have become a distraction from the strength of the concept.
The strengths within my work are based upon the ideas as opposed to finished outcomes, as although they are completed could have been further refined.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?
Breadth of research in correspondence to the briefs, amount of development and time management all of which I plan to address prior to my third year. In order to
The insufficient quantity of work is the primary weakness along with experimentation of a range of ideas. Not fully exploring all potentials surrounding the concept has lead to a little amount of research, development of the ideas.
I feel that I haven't developed enough through this module as I could have and that in order to resolve this issue I plan to re-assess the point at which I am at and the direction in which I want to take within my work.
The standard at which I am currently working at is questionable as a near third year student, not embracing my know strengths has resulted in lack of motivation and commitment to which needs to be resolved in order to progress and operate as a third year student.
5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
Motivation and self direction - An improved considered direction along with a more motivated self will both execute and resolve the project to a higher standard. By resolving this issue I expect to increase productivity, gain more and resolve the briefs to a standard which reflects the abilities which I have.
Organisation of material - An improved sense of time management and organisation skills in order to ensure an increased level of productivity and a more developed body of work.
Research - Particularly in this case where research was important to having a greater understanding of the brief. For example in of the ICA brief an improved knowledge and understanding of media and its application may have helped to develop and more believable outcome/s. From this experience I expect to achieve more direction along with development of a body of work in relation to the problem.
Design Development - To understand and develop a better working method would help refine the design process and outcomes, thus giving myself a greater understanding into the variety oof ways in which an ideas can be developed.
Working Method - To develop an improved method of working in order to resolve and develop outcomes to a higher standard.
6. How would you grade yourself on the following areas?
5 = excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
Attendance - 3
Punctuality - 3
Motivation - 2
Commitment - 3
Quantity of work produced - 2
Quality of work produced - 3
Contribution to the group - 3
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