a reflection
Somehow we are at the end of semester one, and therefore the end of this Comm Design Studies class, which I am having trouble coming to terms with given it doesn’t feel like we’ve really had much of a ‘proper’ uni experience! The shift to online learning was hard and testing at times (family and internet interruptions, sore eyes from looking at my screen all day and so. much. coffee I think I now may be immune) I’m pretty proud I was able to get through my first semester of uni, given the craziness of the world in the last few months.
I’ve really loved this class, it was such a great mix of all of the different things I’m interested in, being history, design and writing. These are all things I’d love to combine in my work or at a job one day, so this subject really excited me.
Andy and Karen’s lectures were interesting and inspiring and l learnt so much from them. The beginnings of type, The Bauhaus and post-modernism lectures were a few of my favourites. With the way things were discussed in the lectures, and this reflective Tumblr blog I feel as though now, when I see a design of any kind, I’m able to analyse, question and think about it. About it’s influences, its effect on the world and how or why the design had been created, almost like I would analyse a piece of writing. These are skills I am so glad I now have in my arsenal, as I think it’s improved my personal style and how I design.
The practical classes with Bailey were a great opportunity to discuss the theory of the lectures, collaborate (somewhat!) with people in the class and do some fun activities. Although I wish I was able to do all this in a real life class, I think I was still able to get a bit more confident with sharing my work in class, getting feedback on it, and then responding to it.
I’d never made a zine before, so the ‘Ask Me Anything’ assignment was really exciting. I’m still getting used to having freedom within projects and being able to control a lot of the work I do, so I found it a little difficult to ‘get going’ with this assignment. Once I had, I had so much fun learning about the subject of my zine and then channelling this into my design.
In reflection, I do feel a bit sad about the in-class trivialities we missed out on this semester, but really did enjoy the class nonetheless and feel as though I have come a long way in my design style and skills as a result!










