Speaking from Experience Workshop

OUGD402 PPP1 STUDIO BRIEF

LCA// BAGD

Level04

Brief Title	Creative Practice	Semester	2
		Tutor	Fred Bates - John Watters

Studio Brief 2 - Speaking From Experience

BRIEF

Produce a graphic response/ graphic product /body of work that makes a statement, comment, observation or gives advice about your experience on your first year of this course. You will need to identify appropriate content, and develop/identify appropriate media/formats that will effectively deliver your concept to next years new first years. Will it be entertaining, advisor, informative or instructional?

Background / Considerations

Think about the new experiences that you have had, the difficulties that you have overcome and the new people you have met and the life skills you have acquired this year. Remember what it was like starting your first week, how did you feel and what emotions did you experience? Excitement, trepidation, fear or did you feel overwhelmed. You might have benefited from some advice, opinions and insight from others that have experienced the same transition.  What might you say, do or give to next years graphic design students to make the transition into the student experience, particularly this course more welcoming?

Mandatory Requirements	Deliverables
Enjoy the process of reviewing your year. All work should be documented on your PPP blog and labeled 'Speaking from experience'.	Resolved design solutions in a format and media appropriate to your concept. 3-5 A2 presentation boards communicating the product, range and methods of distribution of your concept (pdf versions should be posted to your PPP blog.) Evidence of Design development in the form of design sheets, support work, notebooks, prototypes etc. documented on your PPP blog. Rational and evaluation (see forms provided)
Studio Deadline	Module Deadline
	28th May 2012 - 1pm(see Assessment briefing for further information)

Supporting Material / Resources / Useful Links

Download print friendly Handouts here.

For our new PPP brief, we have to create a graphic response that solves a problem, or delivers a message to first year students coming onto our course.

For a workshop with Fred, we had to detail lists of things we wish we'd known, and things we'd learnt over the past year, both about the course and Leeds, but also about students and graphic design in general. I found listing all the things quite difficult as generally speaking I am dull and boring, so I never have the chance to learn anything in terms of lessons, unless it's being delivered to me via television, but I did find listing things about the course and graphic design easy because it's obviously the main part of my life. 

For our crit on Friday, we have to have come up with 3 problems and 3 messages, along with 5 reasons for choosing these problems, and 5 methods of delivery each. 

I'm hoping to come up with some interesting responses, especially since this is one of the final projects of this year, it's just finding out whether I want to make something light hearted or serious.