MODULE AIM:
to extend your knowledge of design research methods so you may develop your research skills and apply them within your own design discipline for future practices.
MODULE LEARNING OUTCOME:
1. identify, evaluate and apply research methods that are appropriate to your practice.
2. critically analyse current thinking in the nature and the professional role of design practice, and from this identify future issues and opportunities for your own practice.
3. to formulate and present to a professional standard ideas and outcomes appropriate to your own design discipline.
4. identify relationships between your design practice and other academic disciplines and professions and employ skills of critical judgment in evaluating the economically and culturally.
Below I have drawn a diagram using a brief idea I had on how to layout my poster using all four of the research methods learnt in each session. From my thinking process I quickly sketched out an idea of how I could visually see my poster starting to develop:
From this quick sketch I later created a more detailed Illustration onto photoshop. The visual below is designed to communicate the elements from each method lab by using an actual physical research lab as my starting point, then drafting ideas off from this like a mind map using all four of the potential research methods I could use within my own design discipline.
I want the poster to look creative but to also communicate my understandings of each method lab as visually as possible including visual imagery.
Below I have attached another diagram with further exploration of designing my poster.
Attached below is one of my design outcomes for my final poster idea - designed on Photoshop.
The explanation of ideas behind the process and layout design for this poster:
BACKGROUND:
For the background I have used a fashion related mood board/design research image in order to portray how my design discipline would visually be communicated using research methods. I used this image because from my previous research as a fashion designer this is the types of methods I would use to visually communicate primary and secondary research data. I have used this as a background image to portray how I used to look at research from my past, so I have used this as a "background" from my background. I also lowered the opacity of this image quite significantly so that it wouldn't over power/distract the reader from the information of the research labs for this task.
TEXT:
For the text I have used Arial. I wanted to use a font that was easy to read. I have including 4 different sizes of text, this is for the headers, subheads, body and quotations. I used white for the majority of the text on my poster and it was it easiest colour to see against the grey.
BOXES:
With the background being quite busy I decided to use grey boxes to bring the readers attention to the foreground focusing on the information attached on each of the method labs.
COLOUR PALLET:
I have used quite neutral colour pallet for my poster design, simply because, along with all the research information, imagery and quotations I didn't want it to look to busy and un-readable.
LAYOUT:
Again, with the layout I have taken quite a simplistic approach, using the boxes to organise the text and imagery, simply to make it more readable and not look to sloppy.
QUOTATIONS:
I have used relevant quotations, taken from videos, the provided resource reading list and my own findings. I have used each quote and placed it to where I believe it has most relevance linking it next to the research method I have discussed.
IMAGES:
The majority of the images used have been taken from myself. I wanted to personally document each session and include it next to each body of work to show the assigned tasks visually as well as verbally. I have also attached images that were shown to me in each session of what I thought communicated best to me.
PROS
- The design layout is structured well and is easy to read
- The graphics tech design
- Decorative but straight to the point
- Includes imagery and text to indicate visual and verbal communications of each session
- Use of relevant quotation
CONS
- Lacks a clear understanding of the method lab sessions - refer back to start point
- Still looks busy - background distracts
- Could be more colourful - Bold
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