REFLECTION
When coming into this course, some of my person objectives were to learn a bit more about the history of design and to continue designing and expanding my skills through a range of different methods and media’s. I can say confidently that with each lecture I learnt more and more about all the introductions and movements throughout the history of design, I also feel within the workshops in this course I was able to learn new many new techniques to help with ‘pushing my design until it breaks’.
While I found many of the movements we looked at in the lectures such as the early print stuff like Gutenberg’s influence and the bold, exotic work done by the Memphis group in the 80s, I was most intrigued by the influence of the Bauhaus and its impact on how art and design is taught.
Throughout the semester I also really enjoyed the hands-on nature of the classes and the time we got to explore, think and create freely with a range of different materials and methods in groups. In particular I feel as though the collage making and prototyping really and helped me expand my ideas and I also loved learning my about zines and in the future, I aim to explore print design even more.
Thanks for a great semester Andy and Karen!











