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Final Post

Before starting Communication design studies I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, I was hoping to find a new understanding of communication design and hopefully learn some new design strategies. I think I did achieve these things which were unexpected as they were very broad, I learnt about different times and how design has evolved as well as new design strategies like using my environment as well as making simple publications like zines. 

Some of the things I learnt and that really stuck with me were the design movements Pop-art, Bauhaus and Modernism. Some of the skills I unlocked and will definitely use in the future are Prototyping, Layout and Zine-making which were mostly through my ‘Ask me Anything’ project making zines.mSome of the new concepts and ideas I discovered were Material literacy especially through project 1, Typographic principles and Publication design. I found all of these things really interesting and helpful and will definitely impact my designs in the future.

I was definitely inspired by both Andy and Karen throughout the class, the things they have done in their lives is amazing and they design work is great :) I also found inspiration from the Bauhaus movement and I thought they were a real game changer when it came to design. I think if I had to choose 1 activity that really inspired me was looking for objects in buildings around RMIT and was just a unique way of exploring our environment. I think if I'm going to explore thing else in this course it would be zine creation as I think it is a really effective way of displaying a lot of information together in a fun and unique form.

Thanks to everyone in the class for a great time :)

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Week 12 was the final week and in this class, we went over the checklist for the zines and worked on them a little bit and I finished and printed mine. We also filled out a form to help us write out final post which you will see up there ^ once I write it. The lecture also covered everything we had done in the subject and I was able to see some of the things I didn't get to do which were nice but also a bit sad. especially the collages :(

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In week 11 we worked on zine layouts again where I tried something a bit different and used half pages with a heading on a later page that was visible for the first few photos. The design worked well but there were a few hiccups regarding the flimsiness of it as well as some issues with the cutting. Overall I was happy with it... whos, not ever happy with a booklet of puppies ;)

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In week 10 we working on the layouts of zines and I made a very simple one called sunsets just to get the general look and feel of a zine. It turned out okay but I had some problems with the numbers but the double-page images turned out really well. I will definitely be something I use in my final zine.

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Unfortunately, I Missed both the lecture and class in week 9 due to an ear infection which I was really sad about because the collaging looked really fun and I would have definitely liked to do it. I took this time instead to start working on my project and reaching out to some of the creatives that I was interested in interviewing. I drafted a group of questions for Brendan at burn as he had replied to me and was keen to help out. I then refined this list down later on.

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In week 8s class we did an activity where we explored RMIT looking for type in everyday things around the campus looking for every letter of the alphabet to be compiled into a website that will generate phrases using this type found around RMIT. I’m really excited about this! I think the task was great and definitely got me thinking about design in the world a lot more and how simple things are often hidden in plain sight.

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I was under the weather in week 7 and missed the exhibition. I decided to look into some of the artists I had been following for a while and think about candidates for my ‘Ask me Anything’ task of who I looked a BURN clothing, Lee McConnell and Vincent ball who all have different styles of art but I like all their different kinds of work.

BURN specialises in street art and clothing designs, Lee works closely with a lot of artists I like to design album artwork and posters for music events and Vincent has a really unique style using shadowgraph which is so satisfying and different. I think all their work is great.

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In this class, we experimented with making type with shapes. We were originally given quarter circle pieces and had to make the alphabet, this wasn’t too hard and it was good hearing other peoples opinions and working together to make the best typeface possible. We were then asked to mix in a triangle shape and work it into each letter which originally we thought would be difficult but we found purposes for them and it definitely made the typeset better.

I really enjoyed this activity and found it really usefully and fun.

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There was no class in week 5 so I spent most of my time perfecting my “Hello, my question is” assignment. The images above is my final picture for the task. I made the question ‘What powers design?’ out of cords and power related things which I think worked really well and the theme made sense. I experimented with different lighting setups and I think this one worked well except I did get some unwanted shadows.

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In the week 4 class, we explored RAW files and editing in photoshop I already knew a lot of these things but it was my first time working with raw and the editing of multiple items at the same time which I thought was really useful. as well as the white balancing as well that I hadn't experimented with either.

We also looked at a good way to set up a studio for photography which later helped me when making my “Hello, my question is” assignment.

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For our 3rd week of class, the written word was our focus as well as pangrams which is a sentence that contains all the letters of the alphabet for example:

‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.’

We had two activities in this class one where we wrote a sentence on the pavement with water that was intended to make us think about being quick and efficient. The second activity was focused on using a limited resource and taking out time to form it strategically.

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This week in class we looked at tablets and hang signs and used different things to make our initials and other things. The hand signs for bc was hard to do and definitely needed to be through about lots but I think I got it done pretty well in the end. For the ‘clay’ tablets we used a range of different utensils to made different things and experimenting with the kind of tools that have been used to make tablets in the past.

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For week 1 practical activity, we were asked to empty our bags and pockets to find letters in everyday objects. I found it interesting how many items I really had that I could use for this task and how it was so easy to find letters in everyday objects. At first, it was hard to work out how to make the letters for my name but after I really started looking at it, it became really easy to find it and by the time we had to make the phrase it was very easy to make because I had built that into my head to think that way.