Tuesday, 3 May 2011
With this module being so different to the structures of conventional design modules, it was a struggle to plan, organise and find the motivation for most of it. The tasks were so hard to contemplate as they were all so directly aimed at freelancers or start up companies, where I definitely see myself targeting a job in an established design studio. I generally tend to struggle with writing and analysis, where referencing and backing up ideas is essential. When it came to choosing the groups, I was really happy with the four I was part of, as we all have complimentary design skill sets, similar client sectors we are interested in and an equally high drive for success. As a group we definitely struggled to find time, for this module, as optional modules clashed and with the timetable being split into 3 alphabetic rotations we never seemed to be free at the same time. Resulting in all meetings taking place on the weekends at our homes. However once we did get to arrange a meeting, they were all very productive and we covered a lot of ground in the available time. Once we had decided upon our company direction and ethos, we went through all of our lecture notes and handouts to distinguish the essential contents of the presentation, allowing us to split these into four equal responsibilities. So with two slides to do each it just left opening and ending slides to combine heads for the content. Having split the presentation into two tasks each it was obvious that Alice and Steph has more research and sourcing to do, because of all the funding issues, which are a lot more in depth that other areas. However we balanced this out as group because I was in charge and company branding and the visual content of the presentation. Arthur also stepped up with organisation skills, and a lot of verbal solutions to any problems the group had. I think as a group we are all pretty happy with how the presentation went; we covered all areas, and added in client examples, long term goals and a bibliography. The verbal delivery of the presentation was successful, as we had majorly image based slides allowing for a little distraction between that and the verbal content. Overall I definitely picked up a few tips for business, but struggled to adapt my direction of aiming to be part of an established company in order to answer some of the tasks.
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glad you enjoyed working collaboratively Aaron.Some modules are going to be more challenging and as this is more of a theory based one-this is one of them I hope you feel that you gained some useful knowledge from the lectures and tasks that will support you in your final year and beyond.
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