Tuesday, September 23, 2008

words and name

List twenty feeling words to describe your modus operendi and individuality as a graphic designer. Please comment on everyone else's posts
During term break please Brainstorm business name and check availability before commencing designing identity
http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Businesses/Business_names/Registering_a_business_name.html
http://www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au/oft/oftweb.nsf/AllDocs/RWP86A22C693B42F48E4A256E1B001A251A?
if you want feedback you could also post on blog

brief 2 and 3

7891 GRAPHIC DESIGN DIPLOMA
7891N VISUAL IDENTITY

BRIEF 2: WORTH 40%
DESIGN THE VISUAL IDENTITY FOR YOUR OWN PRACTICE AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

Identify the requirements of promoting your design skills and services as a graphic designer

Develop an image for your operation as a graphic designer that conveys your individual style

Test consumer acceptance of the proposal for
a) suitability. What sort of work are you seeking? Corporate, Funky?
b) consumer acceptance of the visual identification.Ask your collegues, friends and family

Develop a promotional strategy and recommend use of particular media to best promote your services.

Design and develop logo, front page, and other applications - stationary invoices, business cards, t shirts, uniforms etc

Prepare a justification or defence for the decisions for taking a particular approach to branding of your services.

Identify and agree requirements of the brief

Develop a scope of works including timeline, budget, audience/ consumer, applications, promotional media etc

Develop a promotional strategy for your services that pays particular attention to the continuity of particular elements, symbols, colour associations or logo types that identify your individual style.


PASS CRITERIA

· Demonstrated design creativity
· Compliance with brief
· Professionally satisfactory standard of technical competence
· Professionally satisfactory standard of design concepts, development and execution
· Professionally satisfactory standard of technical competence
· Verbal presentation is structured and presents the design solution to its best advantage
· Professionally satisfactory standard of presentation
· Work submitted on time

1
24/ 09/08
Receive brief. Create a blog to faciltate process.
First post is to list twenty feeling words to describe your modus operendi and individuality as a graphic designer. Please comment on each others posts.
homework:
Brainstorm business name and check availability before commencing designing identity
http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Businesses/Business_names/Registering_a_business_name.html
http://www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au/oft/oftweb.nsf/AllDocs/RWP86A22C693B42F48E4A256E1B001A251A?OpenDocument&L1=Business


2
15/10/08
Commence thumbnailing and produce at least 10 thumbnails on each selected names



3
22/10/08
Show concepts and thumbnails to teacher for feedback

4
29/10/08
preliminary critique: Show concepts and thumbnails to teacher/class for feedback. select inital prototype and Continue to refine thumbnail

5
05/11/08
Continue to refine and develop logo and applications

6
12/11/08
Continue to refine and develop logo and applications. Theory assignment due 20%

7
19/11/08
continue to refine final/s

8
26/11/08
final critique:present finals to class



7891 GRAPHIC DESIGN DIPLOMA
7891N VISUAL IDENTITY WORTH 20% 1000 word illustrated report.Use powerpoint.

BRIEF 3: INVESTIGATE 10 GRAPHIC DESIGNERS OF INTERNATIONAL , NATIONAL AND REGIONAL STATUS.

Identify the requirements for graphic designers promoting their design skills and services

What image do graphic designers project to describe their individual style

Identify the style of work the designer. Show examples.

Identify promotional strategies and the use of particular medias to best promote their services.

Examine designers logos, web front pages, and other applications - corporate and product identity

Examine the designers' justification or defence for the decisions for taking a particular approach to branding of their services.

Identify and agree requirements of the brief

Examine promotional strategies for their services that pay particular attention to the continuity of particular elements, symbols, colour associations or logo types that identify their individual style.

PASS CRITERIA

· Demonstrated design creativity
· Compliance with brief
· Professionally satisfactory standard of technical competence
· Professionally satisfactory standard of design concepts, development and execution
· Professionally satisfactory standard of technical competence
· Verbal presentation is structured and presents the design solution to its best advantage
· Professionally satisfactory standard of presentation
· Work submitted on time

1
24/ 09/08
Receive brief.
Show video Hillmancurtis:Artist series: Design. Commence research

2
15/10/08
continue to research and document



3
22/10/08
continue to research and document

4
29/10/08
continue to research and document

5
05/11/08
continue to research and document

6
12/11/08
Verbal presentation. Theory assignment due 20%

websites

http://www.miltonglaser.com/
http://www.pentagram.com/
http://www.sagmeister.com/index.html
http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/
http://www.paulascher.com/
http://www.jamesvictore.com/
http://www.duffy.com/duffy/index.aspx
http://www.bermuda.ch/bd/home/
http://www.cahanassociates.com/
http://www.cato.co.nz/whats_new.html
http://www.emigre.com/
http://www.frogdesign.com/
http://www.fontshop.de/fuse95/fuse-read/fuse-read.html
http://www.wonksite.com/version3/
http://www.koeweidenpostma.com/fe/iface/index.html
http://www.landor.com/
http://www.metadesign.com/index2.html
http://www.movingbrands.com/pages/home/
http://www.siegelgale.com/
http://www.tolleson.com/
http://www.tomato.co.uk/
http://www.vllg.com/
http://www.catc.nsw.edu.au/work.html
http://www.casuscellidesign.com/
http://www.ruptureddesigns.com.au/
http://www.visualunity.com.au/
http://www.de-luxe.com.au/page.cfm?s=3
http://www.wolffolins.com/
http://www.logoorange.com/logodesign-A.php