OUGD403 - Evaluation

 

 



OUGD403 - Message and delivery: Distribution Crit

I found this crit really helpful as it has reinforced the issues I need to address before I do my final print outs. I don't actually have many changes to make and I am happy with the suggestions which have been made. I have actually demonstrated a lot of the suggestions throughout my developmental work (such as designing on a black background) and therefore know that I don't need to make that adjustment. 

I particularly liked how we completed this crit in pairs as it made it less daunting and was useful being able to discuss our opinions before writing them down on paper.

The change I will make are as follows...

• Put a heading with the list of recipients to clearly portray my choice of addresses

 

 

OUGD403 - Crit and evaluation: Poster designs

Crit and evaluation

We were separated into two groups for our crit. The first group sat down infront of our posters and filled in three crit sheets for all three sets of posters on the table, and then we did the same once they had finished. We were then given our feedback sheets to take away and look at. I am going to take into consideration what people have said about mine and I am going to list all of the possible alterations I could make and see what I can do to improve mine before submitting my work.

Feedback form 1

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Back

Feedback form 2

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Feedback form 3

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Valid suggestions to take into account

• More of an indication as to what isn't equal, what is actually happening in Afghanistan
• Make alterations to the image alone poster (I could perhaps put a globe in the tear with Afghanistan highlighted in another colour to add more detail)
• Using one background on all three (I don't think the image and text one would work with a black background)
• Experiment with stock for final print
• Perhaps remove the text which forms the outline of Afghanistan on my text alone poster as I could be criticised for making an image out of text



OUGD403 - Group crit and evaluation: Kirsty typeface

My crit involved sitting down with Simon and another student to review how successful my typeface is. I found the conversation really constructive and helpful and I was able to gain more knowledge on ways in which I could ensure my work is to the highest standard possible. I was told I could maybe experiment with my typeface by completing the following tasks:

• Print off one letter enlarged to produce an image rather than a set of letters
• Try lowercase lettering to see how well it works
• Maybe try my letters in sentences to see whether all letters work well next to each other

I was given lots of positive feedback which gives me confidence. I was told that my work was intricate, detailed and even at a distance or when it is at a smaller scale it would still work as a set. 

When I get any spare time I am going to experiment further and develop my work by considering what was said to me during my crit. I don't think this will be too time consuming but it will be worth it to see a variety of outcomes.

 

OUGD403: Alphabet Soup Part 2 - Group power crit

Having had my crit review with the rest of my group and Amber and Simon I now know what I need to do to improve my work and ensure it is designed to the highest quality possible.

To improve my work I am going to experiment with the following:

1. I am going to experiment with visual variations by seeing what the shapes I use will look like in negative space (reversing my current designs).

2. Having shapes emerging from the shape to give it an added dimension.

3. Ensuring my shapes don't get lost within my letterform and deciding on whether they are going to be in block colour or just linear. 

I will document this experimentation in my Design Practice blog.

OUGD403 - Alphabet Soup: Group crit and evaluation

Group Crit

Today we presented our work to the groups we were assigned to. Once we had done that we were asked to select our strongest five designs and put them up on the wall.



As a group we were then asked to rotate around the room and sit infront of a different set of letters. We then had to eliminate each letter one by one until we were left with a collection of five letters which we felt were the strongest designs. Then we were able to feedback to the rest of the class what we liked about each one and why we had chosen them.

Below is an image of our chosen five.

Here are the five letters which were chosen out of our groups' work.

I found this group crit very beneficial as it was interesting to hear opinions from other students about what they felt were the strengths and weaknesses of other people's work. This helps to broaden our knowledge as a group and will help us to improve in the future when we are set more briefs. The discussions worked well as everyone respected each other and carried out the exercise in a mature way, ensuring that nobody felt offended if their work wasn't chosen. 



Evaluation

When designing my ten letters I found it quite challenging to try and create something which represented 'pop' without it looking unprofessional. I decided to design them quite literally to make them easily recognisable. I had many thought processes along the way and my ideas changed quite a lot throughout my development. I am fairly pleased however with the outcome of my work but after doing our crit review I felt as though I could have improved my work a lot. Whether this is because I felt that there were much stronger examples I'm not too sure but it is hard to determine the reason as everyone has a different style of work and we shouldn't really compare because everyone thinks differently and works in different ways. To create my letters I collected images and eventually came up with a continual theme which I would portray running throughout all examples. I think if I was to redo this work I would maybe try not to create a sequential set of letters but rather design each one individually to make it more appealing and interesting to look at. Despite this, I do feel that my work represented the word successfully and I did spent a lot of time on the thought behind the concept which is why I don't feel disappointed that my letters weren't chosen during the studio exercise.







OUGD403 - How to: Self evaluation

OUGD403 - Group crit: How to

This morning we had a group crit which involved us pairing up with another group and writing our opinions on their work so far. We then received some feedback for our own work and how we could possibly improve.

- Rather than having one referee to every couple of people it may be more effective to have the referees just walking around to make the environment a bit more relaxed.

- They thought ours was well suited to our age group and so it fitted the criteria we were aiming to meet.

- They also said that we had a fun concept and it would be an enjoyable event to take part in.