My plan was to recieve answers from my list of questions pertaining the project ''The 15 below Project '' and to work out a list of research material that would need to start the project with the questions. Deriving from that I would write a blog in question form, have a logbook/diary and sketchbooks for visuals.
Also I had planned to create a weekly timetable to roughly set my projects by so i could better manage my time before the inital dates were handed out which could be adjusted; the timetable or the deadline dates.
After this I planned to list in detail my questions to ask myself to better focus my research these questions included but not limited to: What does my target audience use to search the web? how to raise funds online? What is Passionate/empathetic/authentic in design of web? and so on.
Soon after this I planned to recieve a list of accurate concepts and art therories from college to better find books and search online for material to better understand art in general and in design context.
I also quickly planned how to layout my sketchbook research.
Having the basics from reading the brief originally and through finding out research materials O thought it would be best to refocus my thoughts and write a condensed version of the brief and put it into a visual form to understand a bit better.
Moving on through the week I planned that by today i would have roughly done the two main books of research inserted into my sketchbook and the brunt work of my online research put in digital folders ready to be layed out and printed.
2. What did you actually do this week?
This week went according to plan roughly, but in these terms how i set myself the goals, i achieved all of them.
3. If there are any differences between items 1 & 2, please explain why.
For starters I had not realised how time consuming researchign and laying out ina sketchbook could be so it took a little longer than planned but i put in extra time anf got it just about done, only some text remains, and a sore back.
Also I feel that I made my plan too strict so I have decided That the times will be loose and mallable for me to enjoy a break or indeed do housework etc or fighting back the government hounds and trying to find a job :)
4. What worked well this week?
My ambition to get this project well started went well and I put a lot of work in at the very beginning, however I must admit a lack of attention to my other projects this is because in two cases I work with other people.
The amount of research I have collected so far is good and I have found out a lot of interesting Ideas, facts, concepts, different use of material and an abundance of my own theories on how to integrate the research.
5. What did not work so well this week?
I havn't as of yet got any big ideas on the microsite, this is likely because I have only just begun researchign and not yet fully moved onto the web research in visuals yet.
On a side note of my other Projects, which I have documented in my weekly schedual so it counts here;
ECA have not got back to me as of yet with a meeting date, and the Social Justice project Im having trouble focusing on it as I work with 2 others who weve all just not started very well and I cannot return my focus to being the big push of enthusiasm in the group anymore. I will however use the time I allocated to that project to do the best I can with little inpit from the others, other than what I ask them for.
6. What have you learned this week?
I have learned coloured pencils go a long way in sprousing up the logbook, and on a more serious note on Design; how companies use concepts to get you to do what they want, sort of thing. Also I have learned that sacrifice have to be made when necessary which is unusual as I can plan out a project pretty well before starting, so its new to me.
I have also learned that design from reading books is much more interesting that learning the basics at college from single points of view, to really graps many and of different cultures and countries is amazing. So to is some of the ideas and concepts I have not understood before or even thought of have suddenly become clear like in terms of raising funds asking less money each time so that the donator feels the initial contribution was valued, that I never understood till now.
7. Describe all the items that have been added to your portfolio this week.
Considering I writting in one right now I would have to say this blog, also my sketchbook with 2 books worth of research and my in my graded unti research folder on my laptop I have put definitions, research images and text, and also some back up prints of my book scans ( unfortunatly I only realised doing this would help after the first book from which I have used 40 images, damn). To conclude also my Logbook which is a constant portfolio of my thoughts and ideas/research.
8. Do you have any other comments to make?
Considering I overflow a bit on each question I think I have covered everything exept one thing that is I think that the planing and research stages should be 2 separate developments of the graded unit, this sort time is hardly enough for someone like me to get All the research I want to do in; I like to delve deeply into the research of the different subjects.
Here is a nice image for you that I found on Modernism, enjoy :
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