OUGD201 - Progress Tutorial

Today I had my first Level 05 progress tutorial, in advance to this I had to fill in the forms below; in order to be aware of the issues within my design practice, that needed to be talked about and hopefully somewhat resolved. The main issue(s) I raised were that I struggled with a RANGE of research techniques, ideas and development. In a nutshell I was advised that the best way to solve this is to decided which is most appropriate depending on the brief. So I should be coming up with ideas and when I get stuck, do some more research and then go back to ideas etc. The other issue was I was concerned my work is too one directional, with type being almost solely the forefront of my design work. The answer to this is this is not a problem, I still need to consider other types of design, for when they are necessary to include, but I can focus on and resolves the majority of work with type. The only issue here is that I would then in turn have to become an expert in type in order to rationalise my work effectively. I now need to look into companies who prioritise their work with type, and how effectively it can be used. I also need to gain an industrial awareness of type based companies in order to make contact and aim towards potential industrial experience.