OUGD603: Module Briefing

Submission Deadline 7/5/19

- Content of project is for portfolio
- Defining interests in terms of ethics/ audience/ clients/ studios which you would like to work in
- Independent and strategic approaches to the research, development, resolution and evaluation of a body of work
- Your own creative, social, cultural, ethical and commercial roles in relation to areas of specialisation or vocational interest
- No assessed presentations but practice for interviews by presenting to tutors and other year groups
- Working indépendant and professional
- Tutorials- project management and to give structure
- Bringing attention to issues/ look at previous briefs from level 4 and 5 and expand/ develop them further
- Briefs informed by current design/ issues/ research
- Questioning things and whether they're appropriate
- Make decisions to work smartly and efficiently
- Connect with an audience
- Also interesting and engaging (dogs/food)
- Questioning the process- why/ what/ who?
- Record and document everything
- Crits- people who are working in similar and different ways
- Bibliography within submission

PART 1 

DESIGN PRACTICE

You are required to identify, negotiate and resolve a series of design briefs which are appropriate to your individual design practice. A range of briefs should be included in order for you to fulfill all learning outcomes and create a varied and individual body of work, you will be expected to include live, competition and self directed briefs that you have undertaken collaboratively and independently, which should allow you to demonstrate a high level of practical and conceptual design skills informed by a contextual and theoretical understanding. (see Summer task for further clarification)

You will be required to formalise briefs into the provided format using a brief template and present work as directed and/or appropriate professional conventions.

PART 2

PROJECT JOURNAL (in support of your design practice) 

Your blog will be used it to document the research, development (both practical and contextual) and management the Extended Practice module. This will include your statement of intent/position statement, ongoing evaluation and reflection of your progress, documentation of research (practical, theoretical  and contextual) undertaken, and a summative evaluation of your project.

In addition to your blog you will be required to present evidence of time/project management in the form of a paper based project file or publication.