#openfriday

During the lecture of Friday, Craig Oldham mentioned bringing the audience into the creative process. I was interested in this because I am exploring collaboration in my project. I decided to ask Oldham how I could include the audience within a project because I was unsure how to approach it. He suggested 3 methods:

Get research before constructing the brief : This will allow the audience to inform the contents of your project.

Get feedback part way through a project by collecting group of people : This will make sure the outcome is targeted towards the audience and fits the audiences' needs and wants.

Gather feedback after the project that leads to the next stage : This allows further development of the outcome after it has been released to the public.

For my project, I will use the first 2 methods Oldham suggested. I have already started to include the first method into my project by using a questionnaire to gather initial research. I will use the 2nd method throughout my project by asking a group from my target audience to test the designs of my planner and provide feedback on what works and what needs to be changed.

Talked about female graphic designers

Going to the library the amount of male graphic designer books compared to female graphic designer books was a lot.

Dorrit Dek

G.F.Smith is a paper supplier who provide their customers with a range of paper with different textures, thickness, colour and size. I found this lecture interesting and relevant to my current project since the type of paper I use could link to the concept behind my book.

Typography Workshop - Fred Wiltshire

Following the Lecture by Fred Wiltshire, I attended a typography workshop. during this workshop I experimented with typography using different prompts and boundaries. I liked this because it allowed me to see how others interpenetrated the same information. It also allowed me to see which parts of the type I could experiment with and what needed to be kept the same.

Notes from the workshop: