PPP2 // Module Evaluation

1. What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

  Throughout the whole of this year, PPP2 has kind of always been hidden away in the background, but we have learnt a lot to support the fundamentals of our practice, and even thought I am still a little clueless, I have more of an idea how studios / collaborations  are formed.
I have grown a little more in confidence with the work I am producing, especially towards the end of this year, and this module has helped me understand how I would go a bout approaching studios, John has re inforced the fact that networking is the most important element of a graphic designers life. Even though I hav't started contacting studios as of yet, I still have more confidence of both the types of studios I would like to work in as well as how I would get my foot in the door (so to speak).
 Working as part of a group in Life's a pitch wasn't as fun as I initially thought it would be, I realize that it was finding all the duller important information that would help build the foundations of a business, but our group struggled to ever get any time where we were all together, so therefore the collaborative element was lost a little bit.  However i learnt about necessary costings that you can apply to your practice whether you are freelance or part of a studio. everything costs money so charge them for it.

'DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR MONEY'  - John

2. What approaches to/ methods of design production have developed and how have they informed your design development process?

 

I havn't really developed an specific design production methods in this module, this is mostly down to the fact we hav't had to do that much designing in this module, However I intednd to take the progress I have made on my self branding material and develop it furtehr trying to incorporate some more interesting production methods which would help me stand out from the crowed. I don't think I am completely happy with my branding, espeically after watching some of the design strategy presentations. and some peoples self branding is incredible, and they have really captured their individual personality in the brand they have produced. and I am not sure tht mine does, i think I could improve on my brand concept and the link between my visual identity and the info pack and product range I produced.

3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/ will you capitalise on these?

Again, anything I have learnt this year that has developed my design work or skills was learnt in the other modules, I couldn't confidently point out a strength in my self branding as I think I am going to change it as I don't really like it any more.

4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?

The main weakness I found for my branding was the fact that I faild to analyze myself and my interests enough to know actually how I would brand myself. it is a really difficult question to answer when someone says 'describe yourself visually' where are you meant to start? and I often find that I what I think are my strengths are often not and factors I just take for granted are actually my main strengths. I need to conceptualise my self branding more, I want to come up with a concept that not only visually represents me and my practice, but also is a really clever idea that would help grab the attention of who ever I eventually send this to.

5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

- Ensure that I develop a solid concept for my self branding rather than just trying to design a logo that I like for myself, which is what I did this year. This will help bring all my product range together as well as hopefully represent myself more appropriately.

- Contact studios, go to design events, start emailing designer I like, getting more of my work out onto the world wide web, as at the minute I have no networking progress, and I would ideally like to have a few visits and placements under my belt before I complete third year, I think at the minute even though my confidence in my work is growing, I am still not overly confident with what I have produced, enough to send it as my samples of work.

- Contact studios, go to design events, start emailing designer I like, getting more of my work out onto the world wide web, as at the minute I have no networking progress. An online presence is very important for all creative industries and it is something I want to develop so I am ready to represent myself when I am no longer at LCA.

-  Organise myself and my time better, this will avoid the rushing and panicking stages towards the wend of the module, which is probably why I have ended up with  some self branding that I don't actually like.

- Spend more time researching studios or freelance designers that  really appeal to me and my taste in design instead of just looking at more main stream studios that everybody looks at, I really want to have a large list of studios and designers I like. I forget that looking at others work can really inspire you and make design a really fun thing to do. I think I forget that I enjoy design sometimes and this is mostly down to stress on the course and a large work load that I am still trying to manage myself around

6. how would you grade yourself on the following areas? 

Attendance -3

Punctuality - 4

Motivation -3

Commitment -3

Quantity of work produced - 3

Quality of work produced -3

Contribution to the group - 4