1. What skills
have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you
have applied them?
Throughout the Design Production 2 module I believe I
have developed my skills in research, particularly during studio brief one in
which we were asked to collect a vast array of written and visual research in
response to a subject of our choice.
Using this research that I had gathered I was then able
to refine it in order to create a 16-page publication that informed the
audience of our subject. This research also became to a point of reference in
order to inform the design decisions made for the publication.
2. What approaches to/methods of design production have
you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
In terms of method of production, during the Design
Production 2 I have developed my crafting skills, which I personally believe,
have vastly improved since the beginning of the module.
One of the mandatories for the first studio brief was a
packaging solution for the publication we were asked to produce, by
experimenting with nets during the development stages of the brief I was able
to practice and thereby improve my skills to ultimately produce a net I was
proud of.
I then further improved my crafting skills during the
second studio brief of the module by producing a range of printed outcomes in
response to my set brief including packaging.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how
have/will you capitalise on these?
Throughout the Design Production 2 module I believe my
strengths have been in time management, particularly during the second studio
brief we were given.
Despite having several briefs on-going during the course
of the second studio brief I personally believe I managed my time on each brief
well.
By producing a visual identity for my beer festival
early on during the course of the brief I therefore had more time to apply this
to a range of considered deliverable and produce professional photographs of
the final outcomes, which is something I have not had time to do in previous
briefs.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how
will you address these in the future?
Throughout the Design Production 2 module I believe my
weaknesses have been in experimentation of media.
For each of the three studio briefs, particularly studio
brief one and two I have relied on digital software such as Illustrator and
Indesign in order to produce my final outcomes despite this being a medium I am
not confident in.
Although I happy that I have hopefully improved my
skills in digital software during the course of the module in future, when
producing outcomes for set briefs I would like to experiment more with
hand-rendered media in order to produce something which is true to my design
preferences and style.
5. Identify five things that you will do differently
next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
1.
Experimentation into production methods for final
outcomes
2.
Improve professional quality of final outcomes
3.
Experiment with more digital solutions to the
problem as well as printed solutions
4.
Do more variations of design solutions during the
developmental stages of the brief
5.
Improve motivation to during the research aspect
of the design process
