Design Direction: Week 5

Week 5

Mon 22 
The Stage 2 Meeting this week was about us getting on and developing our chosen brief - I have chosen to go forward with my idea for a recycling app so I need to start collecting some visualisations to build its identity.

Tues 23

The learning team feedback this week helped me to realise gaps in my 'brand identity especially for things that weren't getting across clearly. It was useful though, to present current 'sustainability' apps available on smartphones to see what their style, colour scheme and layouts are like. Additionally, someone else in my team is also covering recycling so it was interesting to see her work and the more detailed approach she has taken to the topic.

Thurs 25

The textworks lecture today looked at "Truth and the Media'. It's a very deep topic and really makes you think about what you take in without questioning, whenever you're alone, on your phone, in a park etc. What is always being forced upon us, what do we want to take in, are we being naturally changed through the use of leaflets, adverts and posters? 

Fri 26

The guest speaker was Supple Studio, which is a graphic design studio based in Bath. Some of their work that I found really interesting was their video game stamps: a set of stamps to celebrate the breakthrough of gaming in the UK in the 80s and 90s. The style was really simple but bright, getting across quickly the retro game design for that era.