Tuesday, 19 February 2013

What is a Design Practice ?


What is a Design Practice ? 

Appropriateness of response
Quality of Resolution
Meeting the Deadline

Appropriateness of response

What is the problem ? ( What is a problem ) 
Who is the audience ? 
What is the context ? 
What is the method of delivery ? 

What do you want to do ? and what do you have to do ? 

What is your rationale ? 

Concept/ Idea / Research (could be a sequence of all 3, might have to be more flexible) 

Audience/ Context/ Media (there is a relationship between them all)

Creative/ Ethical/ Commercial ( creative influenced by the ethical and commercial, all work together on some level)

Handmade/ Digital/ Lens-Based

2/3/4 Dimensional (4D is time , e.g. a series or sequence, supplements, billboards)


Quality of Resolution
depth of appropriate research
breadth of initial ideas
selection of potential solutions
through visual development
attention to detail/ crafting
clarity of presentation

Type and/ or Image ? 

Media and the Message
(as production and distribution) 

Tone of Voice 

Try It 
Test It 
Make It Better 

Collaboration ( not group work ) 

Meeting the Deadline
Time and Project Management 

message
communication
clarity
context

+

creativity
concept 
ideas 

X

skills
organisation
discipline
commitment

/

boundaties
limitations
rules
time 



An Effective Design Practice


My Questionnaire 

What is your professional name and contact details ? 

Amy Hill 
ah99330@students.leeds-art.ac.uk

What five words best describe your design practice ? 

Digital 
Typographic
Layout
Minimal (in one way or another i.e. the layout or colour)
Commercial

What five words best describe you as a person ? 

Hard-Working
Organised
Honest 
Friendly 
Conciensious

What are your best design skills ? 

Research 
Idea Generation 
Visualising 
Time/ Project Management 

What areas of graphic design interest you the most ?

Retail and Promotion 
Branding and Identity
Editorial 

Who are your five favourite designers/design studios? 
  1. Two Times Elliot 
  2. Ogilvy and Mather
  3. Analogue 
  4. Si Scott
  5. Seb Lester

Why are they your favourite (where can you see their work) ? 

  1. (Some of their editorial work) http://www.behance.net/twotimeselliott#page=2&sort=creatives_order
  2. www.ogilvyparis.com
  3. www.madebyanalogue.co.uk
  4. www.siscottstudio.com/
  5. www.seblester.co.uk/

What are your favourite design blogs ?

From Up North 
Designspiration 
Behance 
Design Week 
Creative Review

What five things do you want to be ? 

More aware of the industry around me i.e. designers, design studios and work
Better at developing a range of ideas and developing the ideas I have selected
More confident with other people 
Aware of what my motivations are 
A successful designer in my fields of interest  

What five things do you need to be this ? 

Look at more online sources and and journals
Carry on developing ideas and more than one idea 
Try speak to more people and keep being friendly/ approachable 
Review what I am producing and why  
Keep practising and stay current 



We then had to get into a group of three and question the other two people on the same questions

Task 
Make 3 free ads based on me and the other two people in my group 
50 words max 
Not A-scale 
All have to be a separate format 

Contextual References


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