Looking back over all 4 briefs and the module as a whole it's been a lot stressful and a lot more work then any modules from last year. However, this is the first module that the design considerations have been the main focus on the module. I had to look in depth about areas of productions that I've never looked into before. By doing so it led me down a path to discover a lot more feature and aspects about designs that I either had no knowledge about or a small amount. Productions aspects like stock and printing I learned a lot more about then the whole of last year, getting the opportunity to really look into these specific areas in depth and understand how important they are was valuable to my practice as a designer. I really enjoyed all of the briefs and for me personally they all gave me new skills that I could take away from.
Before starting brief one I had disliked creating leaflet due to a bad experience in college but the brief made this process very enjoyable by creating a leaflet that explained our design process. This made it personal to me, therefore it was a lot more enjoyable and I became really involved within the process making. The second brief my logo got paid for so it was the best moment in the module. It also gave me great confidence and self-belief as a designer as before I started the brief I was in self-doubt about my abilities to create an effective resolution for the company and brief. I see branding and logo making in general one of my weakest skill sets so even before starting the brief I doubted whether or not I could do a good job. The outcome of brief 2 also gave me a good link with the clients by connecting with them on social media profile and a good chance of future work with them. It will also be feature to talk about for my PPP blog.
The main skills I learnt from this module understood the area of editorial, communicating with clients and a more in depth knowledge about user experience. Leaning to communicate with a client who lives in America was a new experience for me, dealing with the time zone and dealing with the process of feedback from company and not just a single person client. I tried to deal with the situation from what John had taught us in PPP. Even by first making contact with the company I wasn’t hesitant by contacting them at the very first opportunity I got where as before I might have been a bit put off by the size of the company and how well they were doing in the Kickstarter campaign. I always had the end game in mine, making connections that could lead to new opportunities and work.
Ux designer was my favourite brief and I sincerely hope I get the opportunity to do more UX stuff in level 5 and 6. I loved the process of UX and love designing for the user in mind. Having visits by the UX studio and by Only was very inspiring to me as a designer. It opened up my eyes to the possibilities and only strengthened my love for the subject. From the two visits, especially from that UX lady I’m in the process of contacting her to see if I could get some kind of placement there for the summer to learn more about the subject. In the end the module was a stressful one, I would improve on my time management but on brief 3 and 4 I had too much time and that was the thing that shot me in the foot. When I get a head of a project I tend to slow down, as I know that I’m ahead and have plenty time. That exact thought process was a bad idea because I began to get lazy and didn’t take advantage of that time to experiment more and try to improve on my existing design or try to collect more feedback. If there were any thing to change about myself for this module it would be that.
Overall, I loved the module the in depths look into the design considerations and also commercial considerations. It gave me greater confidence as a student and designer and the skills that I’ve learnt from the module I would be able to apply to the next module and other modules to come to hopefully develop myself and practice.
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