i have really enjoyed every aspect of this brief and i feel as though it has taught me a lot about my self as an individual, as a designer, and as a creative person within the industry.
working with ben to develop a research methodology has made me reflect upon me and how i view the world and select/extract information for my experiences. at first i was unengaged as i could not comprehend the larger point or application of the sessions we had with him. he was purposefully broad and this was frustrating at first because i didn't understand the outcome yet. when speaking to him in the crit i realised that there were things that i didn't personally that i applied to my research, to my design process, to my general activities and he was trying to help us realise these. i recognised my hand rendered basis and my love for language and cultural experience. from that i was then able to develop a methodology that i was happy with and that reflected me and how i work.
recognising that i am interested in culture and language (two things that i really enjoyed learning about for my COP work) helped to dictate the topic of research i would apply my methodology to. as evidenced, i was initially stumped as to the topic and was leaning in the direction of a city or location. it was then coincidence that i had booked a trip to Barcelona, a city that i love, with lots of creative culture, in a country that i would like to live in, and speaking a language that i can speak basically. it was a great coincidence. i was able to really successfully apply my methodology to the trip and this proved to me how successfully developed and refined it was because i could see it working smoothly right in front of me.
gathering the variety of research that i did was extremely fun because i was able to have all the experiences that are evidenced while on the trip. the refining and reflecting on the research i had was also engaging because it allowed me to look back at all the amazing experiences i had and and to the think about how to apply them to the publication.
because i had employed the visual aspect of my methodology while on the trip i was in possession of a multitude of sketches, observational drawings, scribbles etc, all pertinent to my method and thus to my publication. the production of the publication allowed me to develop a number of craft based skills that i was interested in. it also allowed me to practice my hand rendered typography skills in line with the subject matter. all of this was relevant to my design process and style of work.
i feel that this project has helped me to mature a lot as a designer and as an individual and i enjoyed working on it very much.
if re-doing the project i feel that i would have considered layout more in line with the sub categorical content of each section of the publication. i would also have considered editing the photos a little bit before printing as some are a little bit dark. overall, however i am very proud of the outcome of my publication and my effort in answering the brief.
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