Summer Presentation

Level 6

Who I am as a designer
- a creative with an attraction to colour and hand drawn type
- I enjoy using colour within my work, but I think I've learnt that sometimes less is more

What I want to do more of
-publication, because I enjoy experimenting with different layouts
-branding, I enjoy creating things with one uniform house style 
-web, I would like to learn more about web this year and make my own site

COP 3 Question 
-I want to carry on the same themes from my COP2 question, exploring publication in the digital era
-I want to see if the publishing industry is suffering the same as the music industry has due to new technologies. 

Research areas
-there's a lot of areas I have been researching into
-I want my main focus to be with magazine publication, briefly touching on newspapers
-how the internet is making our lives easier but at the same time how people are becoming more obsessed with social media ect.
-also going to discuss how we will always need print and the different viewing qualities and experience it gives you 

Slow movement
-this summer I read 'in praise of slow' by Carl Honore
-Carl Honore believes that the western world has a massive emphasis on speed effecting the quality of life
-how new technology and the internet is speeding everything up, people have no patients
-living the fast life instead of the good life
-how we should sometimes slow down step away from technology and enjoy life

Briefs
-I have started to look for briefs for extended practice
-One brief that I am going to work on this year is called 'vital force' a new fashion brand that a friend from home is setting up, she has asked me to do the logo and branding
-this year I would also be interested in entering the royal mint competition, doing a branding and packaging competition on starpack and entering briefs for D&AD and YCN
-I am also going to work on a collaborative brief with a fashion student creating 60's screen prints including bright colours and patterns. 

Cheese
-I am doing all the designs for the cheese society for all the upcoming events this year including the dairy disco and the cheese ball

PPP 
-this year I want to create my own website, take sometime to learn more about designing for web
-I still like my logo, however I think I am going to use a less coloured version to make it versatile everywhere
-Also for PPP I am thinking of creating a newspaper or zine full of my work to send to design studios