EXTENDED PRACTICE BRIEF IDEAS

We would also like you to prepare for your level 6 studio practice module by considering the sorts of design brief you would like to undertake. You will need to write ten studio briefs that you are planning to undertake during the academic year, a workshop will take place during the that week to provide feedback on the briefs and finalise any further details. These briefs will become part of your level 6 studio practice submission and your portfolio.

We suggest that you include within the ten:

• A competition brief (D&AD, YCN ISDT etc.) this brief will not need to be written but please research into the “type” of brief these competitions set.
• A collaborative brief with a person(s) external to the course.
• A collaborative brief with a person(s) from the course.
• A live/client brief.
• A research lead brief, this may be informed by a previous/current CoP question.

As with any brief consider the background, audience, deliverable outcomes and timescales (it would be beneficial to have briefs that range in mandatory requirements and timescales).

Brief Ideas:

*Try to think of briefs that will use different skills and allow me to use the workshops around uni such as screen printing, mono print, embossing and letter press as they will be beneficial to put in my portfolio.

-A set of greetings cards

-A guide to places in Leeds (choose a theme like bars, restraunts, coffee shops)

-A guide to veggie places to eat in Leeds

-A veggie cook book
- Tote bags for food shopping

-How to pack for uni

-Create something that people can use (shopping list, weekly planner, calendar)

-A weekly planner filled with inspirational quotes and art work- these could develop into screen prints

-Collaborative brief with someone external- live with 5 photographers so collaborating with one of them will be beneficial- create a guide, zine, magazine, something online.

-The competition brief- past 2 years I have enjoyed the Penguin book brief where you design and put forward a book cover chosen from 3 different genres so I would be keen to do that again.

-Looking at peoples university rooms and how they reflect their personality

-Looking at peoples 'desk/study' areas and how they are beneficial to them personally- would photograph these and then turn some of them into prints/illustrations to form a zine.

Competition Brief: