#timeplan

Week 1

Generate ideas for Translate and Transform brief.

Conduct initial research to develop my ideas further.

Create 1-2 practical experiments around 2 of my ideas.

Use tutorial feedback to direct further research

Week 2

Use further research and feedback to being developing final idea.

Create mockups of my final idea

Begin creating my idea using research, reflection and tutorial feedback.

Generate ideas for major project.

Start initial research around my ideas.

Week 3

Research into the business mindset and how to run a small business.

Contact small business to ask for an interview or chat about their personal experience.

Research around user experience and start looking at how users interact with a brand's identity.

Week 4

Research into existing businesses that combine multiple concepts.

Interview Lav who is employed at a vinyl café in York.

Research why florists and ceramics studios do not already coexist.

Visit a ceramics cage to understand how they have created their customer experience.

Week 5

Define the concept and audience of my business, using my initial research.

Create learning agreement and action plan, based off my research and tutorial feedback.

Research contemporary brands that combine two business concepts.

Refine learning agreement, using tutorial feedback and further research.

Use this research to experiment with a range of mediums that will help to form visual identity mock-ups.

Week 6

Research contemporary florist and ceramic artist brands, to see how they have established a unique brand.

Use research to experiment with digital software that will help to for visual identity mock-ups.

Use my research into how to make small brands successful and contemporary design to create 5-10 sketches of a visual identity for my business idea.

Use my experiments to quickly visualise 3-4 of my initial sketches.

Week 7

Conduct research on what my target audience are appealed towards to inform the development of my idea.

Use my audience research to narrow my ideas down to one idea which holds the most potential.

Create a Pecha Kucha that shows the development of my idea and project.

Develop my idea using audience research and tutorial feedback.

Easter Holidays

Begin to create layouts for my process book, using my research and experiments to inform my choices.

Continue to research around industry trends, to see what is popular right now and what I may need to avoid.

Week 8

Create mock-ups of my visual identity to put my existing design into a realistic environment.

Reflect on these mock-ups, using my target audience and primary research.

Refine my designs using my research on industry trends, reflections and tutorial feedback.

Week 9

Continue to develop layouts for my process book, using the development of my project to inform what I include.

Use Adobe dimensions to look at the customer experience my brand creates.

Reflect on my customer experience, using primary research around current businesses.

Refine my design using primary research, reflection and tutorial feedback.

Week 10

Test print my process book and reflect on my designs.

Research around how contemporary businesses advertise their branding to their customers.

Use this research to refine my designs.

Using mock-ups and Adobe dimensions, place my refined design into a real-life setting.

Refine my designs to solve problems I may face when placing them into mock-ups.

Week 11

Continue to develop my process book, making sure to clearly show the narrative of my project.

Create a presentation showing my current designs and my reasoning behind them.

Use my presentation feedback to conduct relevant research around my area of interest.

Use my presentation feedback and further research to refine my designs.

Week 12

Continue to refine my designs, solving problems I may face using research and experiments.

Place my final designs in a presentation and other appropriate assets to clearly show what the brand will look like, what the customer experience is and why it will appeal to the target audience.

Test print my process book, making sure my process and reflection are clear throughout.

Use this to make necessary changes to the design.

Print off process book and bind using my chosen method.

Critically reflect on my project, looking at how I have solved problems throughout and what I have gained from the project.

Week 13

To form my action plan, I have decided to use a bullet point list to clearly indicate what I need to complete each week. This will make sure I am on schedule throughout my project, lowering the chance of my project not hitting the learning outcomes. I have decided to only write the future weeks for my rough action plan as I have already planned the first 4 weeks of this project.

Week 5

Define the concept and audience of my business, using my initial research.

Create learning agreement, based off of my research and tutorial feedback. Creation rough action plan Using tutorial presentations, research and my outlined proposal.

Research contemporary brands that combine two business concepts.

Refine learning agreement, using tutorial feedback and further research.

Use this research to experiment with a range of mediums that will help to form visual identity mock-ups.

Week 6

Research contemporary florist and ceramic artist brands, to see how they have established a unique brand.

Use research to experiment with digital software that will help to for visual identity mock-ups.

Use my research into how to make small brands successful and contemporary design to create 5-10 sketches of a visual identity for my business idea.

Use my experiments to quickly visualise 3-4 of my initial sketches.

Week 7

Conduct research on what my target audience are appealed towards to inform the development of my idea.

Use my audience research to narrow my ideas down to one idea which holds the most potential.

Create a Pecha Kucha that shows the development of my idea to Rich and Dot.

Develop my idea using audience research and tutorial feedback.

Easter Holidays

Begin to create layouts for my process book, using my research and experiments to inform my choices.

Continue to research around industry trends, to see what is popular right now and what I may need to avoid.

Week 8

Create mock-ups of my visual identity to put my existing design into situe.

Reflect on these mock-ups, using my target audience and primary research.

Refine my designs using my research on industry trends, reflections and tutorial feedback.

Week 9

Continue to develop layouts for my process book, using the development of my project to inform what I include.

Use Adobe dimensions to look at the customer experience my brand creates.

Reflect on my customer experience, using primary research around current businesses.

Refine my design using primary research, reflection and tutorial feedback.

Week 10

Test print my process book and reflect on my designs.

Research around how contemporary businesses advertise their branding to their customers.

Use this research to refine my designs.

Using mockups and Adobe dimensions, place my refined design into a real-life setting.

Refine my designs to solve problems I may face when placing them in mock-ups.

Week 11

Continue to develop my process book, making sure to clearly show the narrative of my project.

Create a presentation showing my current designs and my reasoning behind them.

Use my presentation feedback to conduct relevant research around my area of interest.

Use my presentation feedback and further research to refine my designs.

Week 12

Continue to refine my designs, solving problems I may face using research and experiments.

Place my final designs in a presentation and other appropriate assets to clearly show what the brand will look like, what the customer experience is and why it will appeal to the target audience.

Test print my process book, making sure my process and reflection are clear throughout.

Use this to make necessary changes to the design.

Print off process book and bind using my chosen method.

Critically reflect on my project, looking at how I have solved problems throughout and what I have gained from the project.

Week 13

Week 8

Monday- Tumblr update and Investigative studies

Tuesday - Experimenting with type and hierarchy. Collecting primary research.

Wednesday - Analysing the conversations and starting to prototype layouts and typefaces. Tutorial

Thursday - Continue developing the prototypes, reflecting on what direction I wish to go down.

Friday - Researching type and hierarchy. Using this research to develop my experiments

Week 9

Monday - Refining my prototypes into a more refined idea.

Tuesday - Reflecting on my development and create a full mini mock up of the final outcome

Wednesday - Final Critique. Using Feedback to develop my mock up and refine my idea further.

Thursday - Refine my outcome. Research binding methods and experiment with which one would work the best for my outcome.

Friday - Create a mock up of my outcome to test the type, layout and binding method. Make any improvements necessary.

Week 10

Monday - Print out my outcome and bind it using the method I have chosen. Photograph outcome. Print out process book.

Tuesday - Bind process book and evaluate on this project as a whole.

Week 2 

Research project – Tutorial, Friday Lecures/ workshop. Complete mini assignment. 

Mini Deadline 19th April - First draft  

Concepts of Visual Language – Create initial ideas for the subject of my brief. 

EPM – Refine UX for app, Combine UX and UI elements. Tutorials 

Deadline – Thursday 20th April 9.30 AM – Upload Presentation 

Process book – Experiment with Book size, layouts and binding methods. 

Week 3 

Research project – Zine Workshop. Tutorials. Write 2nd draft 

Concepts of Visual Language – Choose a concept for my brief. Write learning agreement and construct a brief. 

EPM – Make improvements from feedback. 

Process book – Plan out pages for EPM project. Experiment with Layouts and decided a book size and binding method. 

Week 4 

Research Project – Tutorial. References. Write 3rd Draft 

Concepts of Visual Language – Refine learning agreement and brief using feedback from tutorial. Research topic and create initial ideas 

Hand in – Friday 5th May – Learning agreement 

Process book – Print out initial layout for EPM project with text and image. Refine layout and book size. 

Week 5 

Research Project – Refine essay. Check reference list. 

Hand in – Friday 12th May 

Concepts of Visual Language – create mini-Pecha Kuta for Crit. Develop ideas and conduct relevant research. Start generating ideas for final outcome. 

Process book – Finalise EPM project. Start planning out COVL section of Process book. Begin formatting layout. 

Week 6 

Concepts of Visual Language – Start Visualising ideas for final outcome. Conduct relevant research and experiments. Develop ideas using feedback from tutorials. 

Process book – Continue planning out COVL process book. Add content using layouts created for EPM project. 

Week 7 

Concepts of Visual Language – Develop concept for outcome. Conduct relevant research and experiments. Start creating Final outcome. 

Process book – Add content using created layouts. Test print and refine layouts. 

Week 8 

Concepts of Visual Language – Create final outcome. Create a presentation for Final crit.

Process book – Add final sections of process book. Create reference list and Figures. Test print. Refine layouts and design. Print and bind. 

Week 9 

 Hand in – Monday 5th June at 10.30 AM 

Week 2 Plan 

Monday – EPM and Research Project 

Morning – Refine UX design for App.  

Tutorial – Present concept and idea to EMP. 

Afternoon – Use feedback to refine UX design. Add colour palette and font choice. Combine avatar design, videos and logo my team have created. 

Evening – Update Tumblr. Collect evidence for Research Project. Begin writing first draft for research project. 

Tuesday – EPM and Research Project 

Morning – Continue writing first draft for research project. Conduct research to fill in gaps of information and make my argument stronger. 

Afternoon – Continue writing first draft for research project. Reread my draft and make sure it is fluent. 

Evening – Design Buttons and Icons for App, using design elements from existing apps and my team's art style as inspiration. Update Tumblr. 

Wednesday – EPM and Research Project 

Morning – Add references to first draft. Read it and refine it. Send First draft of essay to Konstantina or Sally for feedback. 

Afternoon – Meet up with group to refine app and plan out presentation. 

Evening – Practice Presentation and upload it to the online file. 

Thursday – EPM and research project 

Morning – EPM Presentation 

Afternoon – Refine app using the feedback from presentation 

Evening –Refine app. Update tumblr. Write the mini assignment for morning lecture. 

Friday – Research Project 

Morning – Lecture 

Afternoon – Tutorial with Konstantina 

Evening – Refine and write second draft of Essay using feedback. 

Saturday – Concepts of Visual Language and Process book 

Morning – Use lists I created last week to start generating ideas for brief. 

Afternoon – Start sketching layouts for Process book. Look at existing book layouts to get inspiration. 

Evening – Choose 3 topics and conduct initial research to see which Idea has the most potential. 

Sunday – Process book 

Morning – Digitally experiment with Layouts. Use EPM project content. 

Afternoon – Plan out EPM process book. 

P1, P5, P7 Time Plan

9th of December 2019 (19.30)

One of the key tasks to do in Interior Design is having the ability to manage time effectively. Following on from last week’s task (RIBA Plan of work), in today’s lesson we discussed our negotiated major project -- NMP -- and how we can use our time sufficiently. As a group we communicated the tasks that we as designers carry out when completing a project. This is a useful task to unpick the different activities that will be manipulated in NMP. Identifying the several exercises in a project and placing them in a specific time frame will ensure that the project is run smoothly and is on track. Therefore what was done in today's session is not only useful for the final major project, but it is also a way of life in design practice. 

      As Seneca quoted: “It is quality rather than quantity that matters.” (good reads, n.d.) In the past, I often used to put too much work on myself, however, I learnt to let go of some tasks to ensure I have better quality work and manage my time effectively. In the lesson we were taught a strategy to make us prioritise work over the other and if followed strategically it will impact the control of the project. The magical five step plan is as follows: one, list everything that needs to be done; two, break down the big tasks into smaller steps; three, take the tasks and organise them under three headings - now, soon, or later; four, do the tasks from the now list and tick them when done (to feel the satisfaction); and five, last but not least, put the other tasks in priority order and make a plan to tackle them.

Update: 3rd of January 2020

Following on from the lesson, I worked on creating my own design for the NMP and I decided to include all the days within the week in my time plan. As I will be working on the project throughout the entire week to ensure I produce the best outcome that I can possibly deliver. 

Reference List:

Seneca. (no date). Good reads. Retrieved from

January

9th - 16th Jan 

Borrow camera, lenses and tripod from uni, go and shoot areas that I have already shot, already know where I need to be positioned so just achieve final images for these. 

16th - 23rd Jan

Contact archive again and find out whether I am able to copy/take some of the archival images of town. 

23rd - 30th Jan

Borrow equipment and shoot areas which I have not yet explored, concentrate on getting the positioning correct. 

30th - 6th Feb 

Go out with drone, try and capture birds eye shots of town, similar to ones found. Find more images of old green spaces which are now gone around town. 

6th - 13th Feb 

Go out and shoot areas which have completely changed over the years, these do not have an original to copy from so figure out what expresses the change in these images the best. 

13th - 20th Feb

Go and photograph areas in the housing crisis such as terminus street, see if I can gain entry to the flats themselves. This then gives me the opportunity to add this in if I feel that this is what the project needs in order to be successful. 

20th - 27th Feb

Collect media coverage of housing crisis to include in final piece.

 27th - 5th Mar

Start editing and bringing work together, figure out how coherent the work really is as a whole, decide whether I feel anything image wise is missing. 

5th - 12th Mar

Go out and finish any last photographs if needed. If not begin working on layout/presentation of work. 

12th - 19th Mar

Continue working on presentation.

19th - 26th Mar 

Start planning on creation of final piece.

26th - 2nd April