OUGD503 - End of Module Evaluation

Overall I have really enjoyed this module, despite finding it quite challenging at times!

Answering the live competition briefs is something I found particularly exciting as it allowed us to 'get into the real world' as such rather than just working on briefs given to us by the university. The possibility that we may be chosen or win any of the competitions is something I found really engaging and helped hold my interest throughout the module.

I also enjoyed working on briefs for small/short amounts of time. One thing I believe I struggle with is remaining interested and engaged throughout a whole project and I do tend to become less 'involved' with the particularly long briefs. Working on certain projects for just a day or two is something that I really enjoyed as it was great to see a brief started and finished within such a short amount of time.

On the other hand, I do think that this was detrimental sometimes as my outcomes were not always as refined as they could have been had I spent more time working on them. For some briefs, the short time constraints worked well and I believe they actually led me to produce a better outcome than if I had spent ages on it. Similarly, I do think some of the projects I undertook needed more time spent on them than I did and this in turn led to final outcomes not being as refined as they necessarily could have been.

I have learnt a lot from this brief in terms of how to manage my time and how to weight the time spent on each section of the projects properly. On the shorter briefs, less time was allowed for the research stage, which meant that sometimes my ideas were not as informed as they were on the longer briefs where I had more time for some in-depth research.

I have also learnt that spending a shorter amount of time on a project works better for me as it keeps me interested and I do believe I personally produce better work under a greater time pressure.

In general I am happy with how this module went and I have learnt a lot about not only the design process but myself as a designer along the way.