OUGD406 - End of Module Evaluation

During this module, I feel I have really developed my skills and flourished as a young designer.

During the first brief I learnt what it was like to enter a live brief and a competition. I enjoyed this as it added an extra element of excitement to the project and helped keep me interested in the brief. I liked incorporating my own elements of design into the book cover, e.g collage. I have been wanting to include collage within my own work for a while and saw an opportunity to do this with the book cover. I felt towards the end I was short on time and perhaps rushed the last part of the project, so in hindsight I would like to have managed my time better. I think a bit of extra time would have really helped my refine my final design, and in turn I may have been more successful in the competition.

I also really enjoyed the second brief as again we were allowed to take control of our own project as such, which allowed me to really focus on something I was interested in. Basing my poster on a hospital related event helped keep me engaged with the project as working in a hospital myself, I knew a lot about this already. This allowed me to carry out lots of primary research whilst working and spark ideas within the development. I really enjoyed designing the poster and putting different elements together. On the other hand I really did not enjoy the actual screen printing process - I found it very stressful and time consuming, and in places it did not go to plan, which was disheartening. In future I would like to develop my screen printing skills and become more confident with this technique.

The third brief was new for me as working in a group is something I have never done before. This was fun yet at times challenging, as I found it was hard to bring the group together and make joint decisions. There were lots of different personalities who all had different ideas and inputs on the design development, which led to some tricky situations sometimes. Overall I felt we worked well as a group and we were really happy with our final branding for the exhibition. This brief showed me how fun it can be working in collaboration with someone, which I would like to do more of in the future.

The fourth and final studio brief was my favourite of them all. I really liked this one as I felt we had the most free-reign with it and were able to create anything of our choice. I chose to work with Lucy on this project to make it easier to produce lots of work in a short amount of time. I felt we worked really well together as a team and I enjoyed sharing ideas with her. We were really happy with our final outcome for this brief and felt it not only looked good, but also had a positive impact on society and the people of Leeds. I felt we managed our time well and were able to produce our booklets efficiently during the project.

Overall I have really enjoyed this module and felt it has really broadened my knowledge of design and its processes. Each brief has been unique and I have loved the variety. I have learnt a lot that I can take forward with me through my degree and onto my career.