Charlotte Knibbs

Unit 1: Design Literacy

So I was given another load of briefs on Thursday, these are due to be handed in in around four months time on April the 19th. That will complete Unit 1 of 3. It’s of course alot more nerve-racking when you remember that this is just a one year course, making this project I have just been given 1/3rd of my MA. Eeek!

By the time Unit 2 has started in April I will already need to know what I am going to do for my final project!! Because the whole of Unit 2 is my final major project proposal. Again… eeek! Everything is happening so quickly it feels like the year is already over.

I have been especially busy recently as the Top Drawer Spring Trade Fair is on. Which means I am crammed with work. Which is always handy when you have a crap tonne of reading to do and an induction project due in on Wednesday!!!! >_<

Part 1.1, Design Literacy, of this new unit consists of 2 separate briefs. (I’ve linked the briefs under the project titles, if you fancy a snoop?)

The first brief, Input, has two parts, Object and Context.
Part 1, Object, says that I have to investigate my “selected shape” (which according to my brief is a square, although I would have preferred a circle) using first hand research. We watched this video which apparently summed up the aims of this section

And part 2, Context, asks me to consider the cultural contexts of the form using second hand research.

The second brief, Output, is where I compile my findings and create a piece of work, in which a particular, focussed aspect is developed into a design project intended to communicate to a specified audience.

Then 1.2 Design Discourse is where I create arguments posed for me in each of the 4 set texts for the course. I then discuss/argue in a group, blog our resolution (not here sadly) and then write a 2000 word essay.

…and finally 1.3 Research Methods is where I critically review my personal project development from this primary unit in a brief 700 word essay.

This is all jibberish to most of you, and for those of you who bothered to read the whole ream of text *highfive*

This is mainly just a process for me to have these briefs uploaded. I can access them from anywhere, or I have a back up copy if for one reason or another my sketchbooks and briefs burst into flames or I happen to spill noodles on them rendering the illegible… which is not to say that I haven’t done that at some point

Thankfully, this is the lot until April now. I can just get my head down and get on with things. Please have your fingers crossed for me, I have so much work ahead!!