HELLO

- Overall = a more successful year than last year.- Learnt huge amount; me as designer and also how I work- Now - more idea of the design I like...still trying to brand myself as a designer!

WHAT I WANTED TO GET FROM THIS YEAR

- Learn more about the Graphic Design Insustry- Develop style & better quality of work- Improve software skills- Time management- Learn more about what kind of designer I am - undecided if TYPE /IMAGE- incorporate more photography in my work

TRANSITION FROM LEVEL 4 TO LEVEL 5

- Daunted, felt slightly behind after missing so much of 1st year- Last year = left work to last minute - needed to be more proactive- What is good Brief; long time to make decisions & concept-150 logos - set the pace - took a while to get into momentum of work- Design began to have more meaning; designing for concept and purpose rather than idea.- Blogging; taken a back seat after the summer- Talk about work; 1st year = slap dash, unpro�essional and no clarity. 2nd year = more consideration and knowledge- MAIN POINT; now developed systematic working method, I understand how I work to a brief

PRINT MODULE; learnt my interstest...only partially successful brief

- Lorenzo’s sessions; background to Graphics and it contextualised my design- Enjoyed learning; stock, print processes - it’s huge impact on design- I packaged and promoted a new music device- I spend too long on concept and the idea behind device rather than design development.- Start to identify a style of working; bright bold and use of blue!- what I learnt from this brief; time management, the library, range- First became intersted in packaging and promotion- At the time I thought I had done enough work but now looking back...- Learnt; plan ahead, chose stock before designing

WEAKEST MODULE - MOTION GRAPHICS

- Started with high motivation, time management, continuous design development.- Never worked with time, just 2D & 3D...and intro to After E�ects- Enjoyed ‘silent movie’ - simple, clear way of working for me- Downloaded After E�ects over Christmas to get to grips- Motivated about Top 10 Music Festivals...but too broad subject- Kept changing / rede�ning concept - wasted time- Research - strongest for brief - procrastinating!- Not enough body of image / text to work with = limited for design- Trouble with drawing idents in sequence; design block for 2 weeks- Frustration with After E�ects - came together in last few days- Blogging = non existant = concentrating on getting an idea / design- WHAT I LEARNT; water tight concept before I start the brief

MOST USEFUL MODULE - TYPE

- Debating from start of year, wanted to use more photography so debated about image but love for typography won!- Hands on sessions = out of comfort zone & very challenging and also frustrating- Learnt valuable skills that has helped every part of my design since- Type journal; useful = opened my eyes to di�erent layouts. Now have a reference and basis for future work- Now think constantly about; USE OF WHITE SPACE, HIERARCHY, VOICE OF TYPE- thoughrely enjoyed, most useful and insightful part of this course

MOST SUCCESSFUL MODULE - OUGD203

- COLLABORATION - Feel Good Drinks - Francesca - Image module- Valueble, insidteful and helped me manage time - not wanting to let her down- more responsiblity, more continuous development & constant feelback = didn’t loose momentum- how did I feel the brief went overall, what did I learn?

- PRODUCT RANGE DISTRIBUTION - struggled with concept AGAIN- problems making decisions of which brief to chose - WHISKY then 17- early confusion stunded motivation- packaing promotion of new line of Body shop make up = BEAU- applied my work method; research, design, evaluate, develop- poor time management - spent too long on PACKAGING- needed more digital development to have a RANGE- happy with the design outcomes I produced

STUIDO VISITS

- Slightly daunted me - still �nding out what designer I am- List of contacts; Leeds, London, Cheltenham & Oxford- Drafted emails but yet to send them out - - Made by Analogue - most interested in; print, photography, promotion and branding - like their style of work - bold use of colour, type and image- Hesitation, slightly duanted by not knowing what sort of designer I am yet- Travelling for summer but will arrange visists for when I am back- ASIA - Bangkok & Changmai - studio visits

SUMMER PLANS

- Travelling in Asia - experience di�erent culture, people and style of design- Arrange studio Visits in the UK and abroad - Contacts; increase list and meet people / network!- MY WORK; live briefs, self initiated work, develop more of style, photogra-phy- Freelance; earn some money after travelling- SOFTWARE; photoshop, dreamweaver - still pretty poor- MY WEBSITE; design it, buy domaine, and upload to Tumblr- Build portfolio

NEXT YEAR

- Aim of this year was to use more photography - love work that uses pho-tography and type. Learnt to use type...now need photography- WEB DESIGN; want to master coding - very interstested in this area of design- Master time management and organsiation- Build a strong Portfolio...naturally- Industrial Experience in a range of design studios; specialities, size & loca-tion- Design for digital & promotional / publication- this year = packaging based.