OUGD503- Studio Brief 01 Individual Practice

Studio Brief

Using the list of websites provided below, identify and respond to a range of competition briefs that reflect your emerging creative interests and professional ambitions within Graphic Design. You will need to select one main brief that will become the focus of the taught sessions and studio workshops for the duration of the first part of this module. In addition to this you will need to select a number of smaller/quicker briefs that will allow you to demonstrate your ability to develop effective responses within professionally realistic deadlines

Background / Considerations

When selecting and responding to briefs you will need to consider the following: How do you balance what you want to do, design or produce with what the brief requires? Do the briefs offer enough breadth and scope for the development of a range of responses whilst at the same time allowing you to focus your practice? What are the realistic timescales for completing the brief? Are you working to these? Have you clearly identified what the problem is before you start? Where is the challenge in the brief and what will you get out of doing it? What do you need to present and how will you present it? Studio workshops will help you to build an understanding of how to approach these questions to develop appropriate responses to your selected briefs.

Mandatory Requirements

You will need to meet all mandatory requirements specified on individual briefs. In addition to the submission requirements for the briefs you will need to evidence the research, development and production of your resolutions. Your work should be documented through regular labelled posts to your Studio Practice Blog. Responses to this brief should be be presented on your Studio Practice Blog and labelled with the module code and appropriate Studio Brief & Study Task number. For example: OUGD503 Studio Brief 1 Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that all work for this brief has been presented and labelled in line with these guidelines by the submission deadline. Work that is incorrectly labelled, posted to the wrong blog or is in anyway unclear or inaccessible will not be assessed. You should ensure that any material, discussions and reflections generated during the taught sessions, workshops and group critiques are evidenced for assessment on your blogs.

Deliverables

Deliverables will be outlined on the competition briefs. These should be included on your CD/DVD for submission. For submission and assessment you will need to present a summary of the development and resolution of each brief on A2 presentation boards (submitted as a .PDF on CD/DVD and also posted up to your Studio Practice Blog.)