OUGD402 - PPP1 : Studio Session

For this session we focussed on two main questions :

What makes me me?
What makes me a designer?

As a task from the previous session we were asked to provide visuals which go along with a set of statements we wrote about ourselves. We had 5 images which represented our personality and 5 which represent our professional signature and aspiration.

We were split into pairs and had to swap images with another pair. We then had half an hour to go away and look over the images and make an assumption as to what they were trying to communicate.

Rinesh and I first wrote a list of words which came to mind when we looked at the images :

Amy -

Practice

• Commercial
• Simple
• Black and White
• Editorial
• Promotion
• Limited Colours

Personality

• Supports breast cancer
• From Leeds
• Reality TV
• Open to interpretation
• Free Spirit
• Likes to cook

Sam -

Practice

• Hand crafted
• Editorial
• Commercial
• Promotion
• Colour

Personality

• Veggie
• Jimmy Carr - Dry sense of humour
• Travel
• Nutella - Chocolate
• Open

After coming up with the lists we had to compile the words into a statement for each :

Amy -

Practice

This person seems to be interested in simple editorial design for publications focussed around fashion and beauty. They also favour promotion design for businesses which could reflect an interest in branding. The images also seem to have a feminine feel to them.

Personality

This person is in support of breast cancer which could reflect how much she values life and wants to live it to the fullest. She is from Leeds which could mean that she prefers a city life. She is quite open and enjoys reality TV shows like Made in Chelsea.

Sam -

Practice

This person seems to be interested in mainly commercial design such as publications, editorial design and promotional graphics. There is also a slight preference of hand crafted font and type alongside this, which also links into a possible preference to work with a variety of colours.

Personality

This person has a humorous side more edged towards dry humour and has signs of affection towards Paris which could reflect their aspiration to travel. They also like Nutella, are a vegetarian and likes the ocean.