Tuesday, March 7, 2017

OUGD502 - Studio Brief 01 - Part 2 - Notes on upcoming PPP presentation

9:30 - 3:30 Monday 20th March Presentation Submission

5-7 minutes Presenting +
3-5 minutes of Questions
= 10 minutes in Total

Talk about:
  • Who you are as a learner and a Graphic Designer
  • How the things you have experienced over the past nine months have affected your current aims and ambitions. 
  • Creative concerns, personal aims and professional ambitions that you intend to explore further over the Summer and during Level 6 of the programme.
  • Reflects on all your modules and experiences in Level 5 eg. everything you've learnt, seen and where you've been.
  • Invoice, Tax, Communicate with clients 
  • Emily Coxhead, The Happy Newspaper
  • WEA, Science Poster
Overview of your engagement with the “real-world”
Evidence of communication with professionals
  • She does digital
  • SidebySide Studio
  • Peter and Paul
  • Pentagram
  • Tonik
Placements/internships/studio visits
  • CellarDoor, Cheltenham
  • Penguin NYC
Networking ~ exhibitions, book /magazine launches, talks, conferences...
  • Glug
  • FemFest
Live briefs and competitions
  • Penguin
  • Papyrus
  • Bear
  • The Happy Newspaper
What are you good at?

  • Idea Generation
  • But after speaking to side by side - graduates don't need to specialize. 
  • Instagram 
  • Quite Illustrative / Expressive 

Culture shift - pushed your practice forward. 
Compare your first-year work to your work now. 


  • Danny Devito book compared to this year's book. 
What has made you work in a more professional manner? \ your progression and learning 

  • Overview of your engagement with the “real-world”
  • Evidence of communication with professionals
  • Placements/internships/studio visits
  • Networking ~ exhibitions, book /magazine launches, talks, conferences...
  • Live briefs and competitions

* important - not just a descriptive journal, analyse how this engagement has informed and influenced your overarching practice, aims and ambitions.

  • Overview of your practice
  • Professionally presented examples of your work
  • Articulation of your practice (skills, focus, etc...)
  • Overview of how you communictae your practice e.g. business cards, letters, emails, social media,website, behance, etc...

* important - aim to articulate what makes you unique as a creative, what is your design process, are you traditional, digital, type based, editorial, etc...

What you should cover:

  • Overview of your learning
  • Identification of significant learning
  • Techniques
  • Skills
  • Theories

* important - this is always neglected but should underpin your

  • Overview of the future
  • What are your plans for the summer
  • What do you want to concentrate on in Level 06
  • What opportunities do you want to take advantage of
  • What designers, studios, agencies are you going to get in touch with
  • Ways of thinking
  • Communications

* important - how is all this appropriate to your aims and who you are overall. 

5A3 - How professional you present your work
What you've been doing to engage with the creative industries
Where you as a creative sit within the industry - by focussing on interests and skills
Exhibitions talks

5B2 - What are your challenges?
How many people graduate each year
How many jobs are there?
How can you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and being successful 
How can you embed being passionate about your work within this
Networking opportunities

5C2 - Put together a professional body of work that is relevant with you within the creative industries
Make the presentation look professional

5D2 - Professional communication methods


  • Photography of your work
  • Typefaces
  • Colour
  • Layout
  • Slick, clear, legible - line lengths, spacing, widows etc. 

  • Talk about emailing the illustrator Natasha Durley 
  • Talk with Shedoesdigital 
  • Conversation with Lee Davies from Peter and Paul
  • Talk with Oliver and Dave from SidebySide 
  • Talk with Emily from Happy Newspaper. 
  • Talk with Emily Cox from Tonic
  • Quote from how to be an artist. 
  • Abstract. 
  • Think outside the box - John Watters
  • Visit with Justus Oehler. 

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