Monday, 12 November 2012

OUGD402 PPP1. Studio session. What is Graphic design for?

Information and Way finding.
Publishing and Editorial design.
Branding and Identity.
Product and Product packaging.
Retail and Promotion.

Consider content, type, image, format, text and layout.

Categorise via Genres, content, audiences, sectors, function and form.

Focus on Publishing and editorial design, product and packaging and retail and promotion.

Editorial and Publishing.
Fashion
Music
Lifestyle
Health and Beauty
Current affairs
Photography 
Technology
Hobbyist
Food and cooking 
The home.

Publishing
Fiction
Non- Fiction
Travel
Blographies
Manuals
Childrens book
Education
Training
Reference
Languages 

Below the Line
General publication
Annual reports
Catalogues (Commercial)
Catalogues (Events)
Brochures
Instructional.


Retail and promotion
Tags, Bags, Signage.
Unified Identity.
3 dimensional Environments/ Scale.
Retail experience.

Design for all scales tags to walls.

Product and Packaging
Gift wrap and tags.
Calendars.

Stationary.
Wallpaper.
Opulent Packaging - Packaging being the main reason people buy things. 
Low cost/ Budget.




Friday, 19 October 2012

5. How is the quality of my design?

Check my design practice blog, against the briefs we are given.

4. Have I reached mandatory requirements for each brief?

Is this evidenced and documented well on my blog?
Is it clear concise and in order? 
Have I collected enough research?

3. How well is my work written?

Do I make points, with evidence and reasoning?
Do I use appropriate terminology?

2. Am I time efficient?

- Work up to date.
- Posting all at once/ in intervals.

1. Is context understandable?

- Levels of understanding.
- Makes points evidenced by reason and rationale?
-Is writing in a structure?