OUGD402: What is Design Practice? Free ad

Professional name and contact details?

• Daisy Sunshine
• DSCdesigns@gmail.com

Words that best describe your design practice;

• Simple
• Clear
• Professional
• Thorough

Words that best describe you as a person;

• Happy
• Determined
• Friendly

Strongest design skills;

• Type
• Hand Crafting
• Layout

What area of graphic design interest you the most?

• Product and Packaging
• Branding and Identity

Favourite designers/Design studios;

• Noma Bar
• Anthony Peters

What makes these your favourites? (where can you see their work?)

• Simple and minimal design, uses negative space in a very clever way.http://www.dutchuncle.co.uk/illustrators/noma-bar/portfolios/portfolio
• Like the style of his work, also minimal, love his print work.http://imeusdesign.4ormat.com/fathoms-deep

What are your 5 favourite design blogs?

• http://www.fromupnorth.com/
• http://www.itsnicethat.com/
• http://www.creativereview.co.uk/
• http://www.designweek.co.uk/
• http://designspiration.net/

Things do you want to be;

• Successful
• Happy
• Accomplished

Tristan's answers;
Professional name and contact details;

• Tristan Currie
• Tristan_Currie@hotmail.com

Words that best describe your design practice; 

• Handmade
• Crisp
• Ideas
• Minimalistic
• Detail

Words that best describe you as a person;

• Organised
• Punctual
• Neat
• Reliable
• Quiet

Strongest design skills;

• Layout and composition
• Crisp
• Perfection

What area of graphic design interest you the most?

• Editorial and Publishing
• Wayfinding
• Product and Packaging

Favourite design blogs; 

• http://designspiration.net/
• http://www.trendland.com/
• dailymovement

Things do you want to be; 

• Hard Working
• Sucessful
• Motivated
• Smart
• Knowledge

My answers;

Professional name and contact details;

• Samson
• Mr-Cook@live.co.uk

Words that best describe your design practice;

• Lense Based
• Digital
• Minimalist
• Modernist
• Geometric

Words that best describe you as a person;

• Genorous
• Opinionated
• Leader
• Friendly

Strongest design skills;

• Lense Based
• Layout and Page design
• Type
• Text and Image

What area of graphic design interest you the most?

• Branding and Identity
• Editorial

Favourite designers/Design studios;

• Isidra Ferrer
• Mark Weaver
• Design Studio 8

Favourite design blogs;

• http://designspiration.net/
• http://pinterest.com/
• http://www.creativereview.co.uk/
• thisiscolate
• wallpapermagazine blog

OUGD406: Design Is About Doing crit and evaluation

For the secret 7" live brief crit we had to create 5 final record cover designs as well as at least 30 thumbnail sketches of original ideas. we were assigned groups and had to crit each others work. I found it really interesting to see how other people had interpreted the brief. I displayed my ideas and explained them to the group, they came up with some useful feedback over all, but I am still undecided as to which final design I will pick.

Feedback:

• Add colour- The group expressed that they thought the design was a little bit flat and using coloured photography rather than black and white could really add some dimensions and interest to the design. Another way that it was suggested that i could add some colour is by adding tints and tones of a single colour.

•  Add a frame- One person in the group said that although i had tried to keep my design simple it was a little too simple. To improve this they said i could try and add a frame or border to the design. I will experiment with this, however i think it may detract from the cover.

• add new textures and layers- this will add new interest and dimensions to the cover.

Over all i think i have gained some decent ideas and useful feedback from this crit. I didn't find it as useful and other crits that we have had as my group were quite quite quiet. I think over all i have worked well in this brief. I have tried to work in a different more illustrative style in order to challenge my self and learn new skills. I am relatively happy with my final designs but still need to improve them over the weekend before the submission on monday. I need to make a final decision on what design to chose before I continue.

Final evaluation:

This is the final design I chose for the secret 7 submission. I took the critique from the people in my crit and decided to add colour. I am really pleased with the outcome. I think the simple design works well and suits the genre of music that i am designing for. I really enjoyed this brief. It was the first live brief i have participated in, it was exciting and challenging at the same time. I tried to use new and different techniques such as cut paper and illustration to challenge my self, although i discarded the illustrations i am happy that i experimented with them. I like the juxtapositions between the busy colourful forest and the crisp clean lines and negative space. Over all i am happy with how i worked in this brief, i kept to the time limit and created a design that i am proud of.