OUGD503 End of Module Evaluation

OUDG503 was a varied module for me. I began the module extremely organised, breaking down each brief into small tasks to be completed helped me to organise my time and keep my projects running.

I enjoyed some briefs more than others, in particular the short briefs - Secret 7 and Penguin Book. Having limited time constraints to create a piece of work in, has in my opinion, lead to some of my best work, as the concepts behind the design are strong. I feel as if I think best and have the most imaginative ideas when under a short time restraint. Because of this I may apply this to future briefs, as I can create striong work when under this limitation.

I think my tea packaging is also a very strong project with resolved outcomes, that look professional especially when photographed properly in the context of the photography studio. This project was the most fun for me as I got to not only design the labels but the packaging itself too. After this project I am more interested in packaging design and will want to explore it further in future.

On of my aims for this module was to be more professional in presentation and analytical writing, I think I have pushed myself to meet these aims, and taken steps I have not in previous modules in order to make this hand in one of my most resolved.

One issue I faced this module was the organisation of a collaborative brief. Leaving it to a very late stage in the module prevented me from reaching a fully resolved set of outcomes, however working in collaboration with other students was fun and as the project is ongoing I have the opportunity to further refine outcomes if needed and also be part of organising the exhibition, something new I have never done before. If I was to go back and organise the project earlier on in the module, I feel my outcomes would be of a higher standard. However I am happy with one aspect of the brief, my open call for submission advertisements were creative and looked striking.

In terms of the module and its structure, I felt as if we had too much work set and it was hard to keep on top of the vast workload even when deconstructing briefs and organising time effectively. The teaching structure for the module too has been very confusing due to other modules running alongside. Stopping teaching for this module earlier on provided us with less of an opportunity for crits with peers which I have always found to be immensely helpful and has led to better final outcomes within my work.