Evaluation - Specialist Project
This module was known as ‘Design Process II’ earlier on this academic year, but now this is a follow up with a name of ‘specialist project’, this module was about designing your own brief and making up what you want to do as your project, so my own project was to create a LGBT+ support in education into the curriculum with social/support groups were students can create and lead whenever they want. This project was a struggle especially switching from the research to designing the brief. Firstly, I researched into more topics surrounding the LGBT+ Community and gathering leaflets and so on for my research folder. I created a blog on Tumblr were all the information and development of my designs. Then I created a website on Wix for my project whilst creating coming out videos on there as well, which during the exhibition this will be played whilst a showcase of the information pack with myself explaining what happens during it. I created along the way a booklet for how to set up the group, but I struggled as the design was not good at all, the background was pink because that was my website was mainly pink with white so I put that onto my booklet but changed the colours to white and sharpen my logo as well to stand the logo out more and make it more of a hierarchy, which that I struggled what should be on the front, big and bold to stand out which I spoke to tutors and they offered their opinion that the tittle of the booklet should be then I followed their opinion and made amendments. Then I created a stationery set with badges, t-shirt and name tags alongside the booklet to add more to my project and create a mini platform for people wanting to get this into the schools to help students to get better learning environment. I designed T-shirts and a net for a bag on Adobe Illustrator to draw a vector for both, so a quick design, but I did think of this more and created multiple designs before I chose the one what I was going to use! I did struggle first on what I was going to do for a long period of time but later on the project I did get what I was going to do and I have created multiple promotion items such as stationery set, website and so on which I am overall happy of this project and the outcome of the designs should have took more time on my own brief and creating more items such as adverts and posters along the way, but on my brief just stated a support/social group to come into the education so I think the main item is an information pack.
