1. What informed and motivated my design decisions?
My research was mainly based on constantly following the current information about the Women Strikes 2020 in Poland and around the world. The final appearance of my project was significantly influenced by the photographs taken during the protests, numerous interviews with the participants and the analysis of the words of specialists in the online news and radio. I also based my project on the experiences of similar campaigns and organizations such as METOO or EVERDAYSEXISM, or the more artistically abstract TODXS, all of which were aimed largely at women.
2. What changes and developments has my project gone through?
Designed response to 1 ISTD brief “The Revolution Will Not Be...”- a campaign in social media and creating a website visualization, has undergone many changes, in particular in the field of digital poster design. The elements established from the beginning were the color palette and the selection of typeface used in the project. Not theoretical, but visual elements, such as the design of the text hierarchy, composition and layout, or the selection of appropriate symbols or photographs, were subject of major development processes.
3. Did I manage my time well within the unit?
I believe that the question of time in this union could be debated. From the beginning of the project, I planned each step, but physically, I was not able to use all the potential that I could put into this project. In terms of time planning, I have nothing to blame myself, because I managed the organization, however some difficulties in keeping up with expectations (e.g. tutorials) were affected by unexpected changes in private life, including sudden loss of job due to the virus and the pandemic. I will try to organize my time even more efficiently in the future.
4. How did I respond to feedback?
For every feedback - this satisfying, but also encouraging improvement and development - I hope I responded effectively. It often happened that with each corrected mistake came another one, however, I found the given fedback useful and helpful. In this project, not only because of Level 6, but also because of online learning, I relied my own opinion, preferences and design choices to a large extent.
5. Are there areas of my design process that need more practice?
I believe that the changes that I could introduce were a matter of time and I could improve them. I definitely need to practice further using typography in my designs as well as working on some additional skills in Adobe InDesign.
6. What have I learnt from this area of study?
I gain lot of development from research in terms of typography and observing the projects of professionals from Behance - watching the work of designers always motivates me to work and gives me new ideas. For sure I improved some skills of using Adobe programs, and by watching tutorials, I was able to create short moving images (also for short projects).
7. On reflection are there any improvements that I would make on my final outcomes?
At this stage, I am satisfied with the result of my ISTD project. I created not only campaign materials, as two poster categories, but also website visualizations with communication, avatar and interactive map functions. I was able to design a possible Instagram profile for the project and put in it posts - photo edits, collages, use of symbols, moving images and animations. I am satisfied with the spectrum of work I have done during the hard time of the pandemic - difficult physically and mentally. If time allowed, I would like to introduce some modifications to the project and polish the details, however, it is post-assessment matter.
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