Design Research 604/53

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W13. Hand in & Reflection

Since the boxes weren't put out yet, I handed in my poster alongside where the other early submissions were.

and handed the essay and digital copy at home later.

Reflection

I found this exploration of my work in relation to the creative communities I am fostering interesting. I usually look towards other work during any project to get inspiration or a look at what I am heading towards - it also helps explain my concepts before I am actually finished. Exploring that in-depth was enlightening, It also led to me discovering creatives I wasn't aware of before this class but I can see myself following and referencing them in future work as well. I enjoyed the research and writing process as none of my other classes gives me the opportunity to do research and form thematic connections of this sort and be so 'open' with how I want to research. There weren't any obvious challenges during this process from the perspective of the tasks set out but I found how unsure everyone was of what was allowed and what was not in our poster to be limiting initially. It was hard to design my poster when I wasn't sure if I was able to format it how I wanted to (across two pages, with elements mixed), and with no clear instructions it was allowed. It delayed the writing and designing process at the beginning of the second term but once it was more set in stone it was easy to pick up work and start iteration cycles. Generally, the brief changing throughout the term was confusing but towards the end of the semester, it was relatively easy to follow along and get my deliverables ready for submission. I think the connections I have made in my work regarding themes; girlhood, psychogeography, storytelling and conventions; collage, photography, and handwritten type will relate to my future work and have made my past 'graviations' more clear and meaningful.

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W12/13. Final Edits

Poster

Key edits:

- I fixed all the spacing between the title and the copy paras, since it was pointed out to me in class - I realised my name wasn't on the poster anywhere so i added it in under the title, in a similar way to how an author is mentioned in magazines, I also wrote 'october edition' to play into the magazine idea some more. - Since I shortened my title, I altered that in the poster aswell.

Essay

Following Aakifas Feedback in class, I resolved all the comments she left behind regarding adding footnotes and some more full stops in long sentences

I then went through a turnitin check, and I got a score of 1% but the item highlighted was a quote I made sure to intext reference and is in my references - I think it was featured in another essay which is why it was getting highlighted.

I also submitted my final version to Studiosity, who helped fix up some grammar mistakes and any inconsistencies in the references. I asked it to look through my structure, sources, grammar and conciseness - the feedback I got indicated my structure and comprehension is fine and to fix my comma splices in some places.

Tumblr

I have kept pretty up to date with my tumblr, but I went through it using the checklist on canvas to see if I was following the outline. Since our class was little different to the outlines set by the checklist, we were doing a lot of the essay writing at a different pace set to that one on the checklist but it was helpful to see if I have everything needed, even if it was a week later.

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w12. Trial Print

Before doing any final touches, I wanted to do a test print of my current poster to see how the colours looked and whether the quality of the images was all fine. After printing everything seemed to be fine.

I tried to print this at AUT but the printers and computers werent working properly, so I printed this trial on 2 a3s through warehouse stationary and since I plan to print my final on a A2 (i have text running across the two pages), I explored the paper options at warehouse stationary. 150gsm matte seems to be a good fit for my poster, and the warehouse stationary i went to wouldn't be able to print my poster since they have a new machine in but luckily another one near my area could with no waiting time either. I also bought a poster tube while at uni for handing in .

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W12. In Class Formative/feedback session

Questions I want to ask:

Is there a certain layout for the figures we need to be doing?

Aakifa suggested it would be best to put them right after the paragraph I have talked about it in - also to not put figures for images in my poster.

In the communities section do we hwve to reference the artists again if we have already talked about them?

No, we do'nt have to follow the anatomy document to a T

Do foot notes and notes under figures count in the word count?

No I was told to make use of them more in my work.

Other feedback:

feedback on my poster was minimal - although the feedback about consistent line spacing is something I will double-check before I hand it in. I am happy with my poster, I think it reflects the concept I had of the teen magazine what's in my bag and I have fit in my words and images in a legible format.

Critical Reflection Feedback

Since I got Holly's feedback last week, I got Aakifas this week - my main issue was wordcount, and with her help we were able to cut down my word count to under 2200, and she also advised me to make use of footnotes for explanations that are nice but not necessary. I've also used a lot of words that should be explained further.

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W11. Poster Development SDL

After class, I read my object write ups and put them into my poster. Since I had planned space for them in the poster using filler text it wasn’t too hard navigating that in but I may change it some more after formative feedback.

I changed the colour palette to a warm toned one - I feel it exudes more nostalgia than the cool toned one - it also looks more “teen mag” like than the cool toned one which is used on fashion magazines for older audiences.

I added a graphic that says happy birthday scorpio next to the “magazine” Element to make it more playful and work with the theme and the object writing. Horoscopes were always something I loved to read even though I didn’t fully believe in them - I am a scorpio hence using 'happy birthday scorpio' since it’s the season right now. Thought it was playful in a way teen magazines usually are.

I also used uneven boxes to highlight the titles - think it makes it look more scrapbooky and I’ve seen conventions like that in teen magazines in the past. I have used mainly pink and orange in the colours - orange titles are the ones linked to music/movie or other creatives and the pink titles are the ones linked to myself directly. I decided to draw some little illustrations as that's another convention common in my work as well as teen magazines.

I am not sure whether I will include a key on the poster or just leave the connections as is but as of now I want to get some feedback on the poster before I go further as I am blank on where to go now. It’s 90 percent done at this point.

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W11. Anatomy Document Development

Photos of quote collection, then modifying my essay to now include them and referencing as I go

With my final quotes artists and ideas planned out after class. I reviewed eveyrhjng I had written so far and started to fill in the blanks and add more context/research where it felt fitting. I am struggling with word count as I have gone over the amount before I even got to the conclusion. So I went through and condensed what I had so far. Upon finishing I am sfill around 180 over 2200 but I plan to condense it some more after formative feedback. I also wanted to ask on whether figure “notes” and footnotes are counted in the final word count or not. Aswell if there’s a certain figure layout they prefer as currently I have put mine at the end of the essay before the references. Unlike in the past I have been citing my sources as I go and writing my footnotes as I go to reduce the stress of finding page numbers and authors at the end.

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w11. In class

I wasnt finished with my anatomy document and had some sections blank but the feedback in class was helpful as was reading other people’s work and looking at their posters.

Photo of feedback + notes I wrote

Current Stage of Poster

Some key takeaways:

The colour palette could be worked to be more stereotypical girly - would reinforce the magazine look. I could also look into using little catchphrases common in teen magazines like “scratch and sniff” or “horoscopes” “turn to page 10 to see what’s in ___bag” etc.

I was planning on including photos but it was reinforced throughout class to make use of figures in the essay and if there’s something we talk about that’s in the poster to make it clear in the essay aswell. The two should link.

I spent class looking back through my research and finding quotes I could use aswell as what specific projects/photos I wanted to use for the creatives section.

I was planning on including 5 artists but due to the word limit I felt it would be better to stick to the 4 and discuss those more thoroughly.

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w10. SDL Anatomy doc development.

Started to write the creatives and communities section - I started with a plan of the creatives I wanted to focus on. I had asked in class if we follow the same requirements we did in the format such as 1 nz creative is necessary. I planned out 5 artists I want to talk about, when planning I knew I wanted to focus on women telling their stories, about girlhood so picked out creatives in my community who have atleast explored girlhood and adolescence once but I found the following creatives often explore womanhood and themes of sentimentality and adolescence.

Evangeline Davis (NZ) (photographer) Lise Sarfati (photographer, novelist) Petra collins (mixed media, photographer, novelist) Kija lucas (photographer, collector) Vewn (illustrator, animator)

Communities

This section was hard to start writing about i used the guides in the anatomy document but I realised I could possibly talk about the presence of journalism and storytelling in my communities. Petra colline was a key part of the rookie mag which was one of the first platforms to talk about girlhood in a universal and accessible way. This is a rough draft I plan to fix and include more research in - it’s a word vomit for the time being.

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W10. Poster Development SDL

During class I was told to use the cooler colour tones. I also added in any new objects I decided to after class and rewriting my objects. Since 'whats in my bag' is a popular magazine format, i decided to play into the 2000s magazine look some more. Its a perfect way to combine text and image in a way that works for me and the brief and also links to the themes of media consumption and girlhood in my work and this poster specifically.

I grew up on teen magazines and used them to dream lives of adulthood, I think itll be powerful to use it as a way of showing who i 'actually' am as a designer, considering I used magazines to idealise adulthood.

I took to looking at some existing magazine designs from a range of magazines, to get an idea of the formatting. The font 'Archivo' looks similar to the fonts used in these magazines and i decided to go with sanserif rather than serif even though magazines use both because its fits the look of my other work more and serif is typically used for 'older' magazines or more mature ones rather than teen ones.

This is a finished draft for the time being, I want to get feedback on it, and whether I should continue the idea of the animatic and possibly what I could do further as I feel something is missing. I think other perspectives could help...

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W10. In class Peer Review

Poster

In-class poster feedback: stay with the blue-toned colours make the qr code its own object self-reflection now that it's been made clear I can have text and images together, I could play around with even more magazine sort of double-page spreads?. Maybe add more cutouts of pages in the background or something to that effect.

Anatomy Type

in-class - reflection ratings: contextual enquiry - I think b+? a- - I think there’s lots of links n my work to cultural, ideological, social concepts. Research Skills a-? - I think i used a range of different research methods - videos, articles, documents, images. lots of my research methods also reflect my creatives way of working. I have also documented it all.  critical analysis b+ - I think i could probably dig deeper into the why, but i have defiantly made connections and talked about creatives, how they inspire me, the key themes and why.  synthesis - I have identified the theme, and I think the themes I'm showing such as girlhood to womanhood, sentimentally, collection etc. can be captured through the individual poster, context etc - I think in conjunction it works even better. what do you need to improve: - I think could add more of my own work to the objects. there is a lot of them talk… and maybe some examples of my work? too its not just stuff i collect…. how can you improve it? - change some of my objects do you need further research and reflection? - i will develop my reflection som more. as for research, possibly if I have time to do more contextual work into girlhood. do you need to reassess the 20 chosen elements: - yes I think i may switch some of the media out for some of my own work. 

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w9/10. Final Object Writings

Previous Object writings

I had unfinished “drafts” of the object write ups but since I was huddling around the objects so much during the class feedback sessions I decided to not fix/finish then until all my objects were finalised. most of these were over 50 words so I need to cut them down aswell as possibly rewrite some.

Over week 9&10 I started to rewrite my objects but after w10s reflections I switched out some of my objects to include other artists and my own work so reworked some of my object rewritings into the finals below.

Final Object Writings

I need to do some final spell editing but they are done for the most part

Found it challenging to write what objects meant to me in 50 words but I managed to over reading over and over. I think for some of them If I had more word allowance I could have gone deeper but as if they all are 50 words and under and generally address what that object means to me.

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W10. SDL

Objects Finalised (after feedback/reflection)

I now have my work and other creative work that fits the themes I have talked about. WIth these objects I think I tackle who I am and other creatives while showing the wider community - I plan on referring back to poster commonly throughout my writing as I develop it some more.

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W9 SDL. anatomy 3 paragraphs

I decided to continue with the idea of 'whats in my bag' in that title as well, and by loosely following my plan followed with word vomiting I have wrote out the first 3 sections which are the title, intro, and creative. I think adding in photos and possibly quotes in the section about my own work could be useful. At this point, it needed to be heavily edited but I will do that once I have written out the following sections and after feedback in class this week.

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W9 SDL. Poster draft development

Following the feedback I got in class, I decided to play around with the idea of 'whats in my bag' and took my colalge from the first example of them being layed out to one where it fits my current handbag into the equation.

I was thinking of using the tape as a labeling tactic, In my mind i was thinking of the trend of showing what's in bags on social media, shown below. I think its interesting how the different bags also reflect whats inside - really shows how different your belongings become as you grow - perhaps I could play on this idea of carrying 'things' with you your whole life. That they make up your bag

I decided to continue this idea of whats in my bag, but wanted to include some fun elements, I was drawing inspriation from the movie posters of the 60s.. some of the work done by Rene Ferraci aswell (previously mentioned artist in my community) - i think showing my 'media consumption' theme within the poster alongside girlhood could be a good idea. Some of the posters I was looking at while designing:

I didn't really like the look of the boxes behind the objects or even inbetween the pages, I wanted to 'marry' the two pages together, at this point I was told that they had to be seperated pages between imagery and text so I followed that idea.

This is what I am working towards right now, the idea that all these objects 'fell' out of my bag, and now i have to explain them.

To play into my future as an interaction designer, i thought making the poster could be a cool idea, to explore how my poster could become an experience - i thought it would be interesting to animate the objects leaving my bag with music - the text could possibly pop up on the side as an object 'falls out'.

I dont know what color palette to go with right now, I want to get feedback before proceeding. The bigger blank box I have left uptop is where I would put my title, and down the blank right side of the spread is where my 20 object descriptions would be in columns.

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W9. Poster Draft + Feedback

I showed both the posters above to Kyla and we discussed our answers for the following questions - to help get us thinking on what to write for the anatomy task that is this weeks SDL.

Kyla, Holly, and Aakifa mentioned that my themes were strong and that I could play on the womanhood idea some more, perhaps including bags? or playing on the idea of this being what's inside the 'walls of my rooms', possibly showing contrast to a childhood room wall? I was told the idea of scrapbooking and being 'collagy' was apparent in my work and linked to the ideas of collection and sentimentality I was alluring to, but the girlhood to womanhood idea could be made stronger through the aforementioned ideas. I found the activity useful in stimulating conversation about my poster and my essay before going into it fully.

Since I was at AGI last week I didn't get my feedback back till now, I was happy with the feedback I got on my tumblr, I hope I can keep it up in the following weeks even though its going to get busier.

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W8. Digging into subcultures popping up in work

Riot Grrrl - I was told to dig into subcultures a little deeper, I think the riot grrrl movement was key in my life, stylistic choices such as collage and handwritten typography is something common in my work and the creatives I admire. It was also one of the first feminist movements I have read about and looked into, it heavily lead through music, and music was the first element that got me into it. I dont think i am a 'riot grrrl' but I think learning about the movement when I was younger was key to my development as a person and designer.

Key facts

Riot Grrrl: '90s feminist punk movement, started in Olympia, Washington. Used zines and music to spread its message. Emphasized DIY, youth freedom, and challenging oppression. Resurgence among Gen Z, embracing femininity's strength. Online platforms, like TikTok, popularized Riot Grrrl aesthetics. Movement had an ideological and activist component. Promoted inclusivity, diversity, and community. Aimed to address various forms of discrimination.

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Week 8. Anatomy Document

I took a look through the document and made a plan on where to talk about what, we were told to read through and get a feel and to work on our posters.