STUDY TASK 1: WHY AM I HERE - WHAT DO I WANT TO LEARN

Using the online resources that you have been introduced to in the module briefing and based on questions raised in the studio workshop and experiences of the first 2 weeks of the course:

identify and explain 5 reasons why you chose to study on this programme.

• The reputation is upholds in the education and design community.
• The small cohort which allows more one on one time with the tutors.
• The description of the course was appealing to what I wanted to do and who I wanted to become as a designer, in regards to being independent and learn skills in how to start my own business.
• The location of the university was close to home, incase I got home sick! :)
• The facilities and range of other creative courses it offered for me to collaborate and immerse myself in.

Identify and explain 5 things that you want to learn during your time on the programme.

• Different skills in design production.
• How to present myself in a professional manner.
• Simply grow and develop as designer.
• How to expand on my digital skills, e.g web and app design.
• Learning how to contact studios and working in a studio environment

Identify and explain 5 skills that you think are your strengths.

• Contextual writing
• Concept development
• Branding
• Photography
• Editorial and layout

Identify and explain 5 things that you want to improve.

• Presentation skills
• Research skills
• Crafting skills
• Time management
• Money management

Identify and explain 5 ways that you will evaluate your progress.

• Posts to my PPP and module blogs so that I can reflect on my actions
• Images
• Notes
• Brainstorms
• Videos

Identify 5 questions that you want to find the answer to.

• What type of designer am I going to be?
• What other printing methods are there that I can capitalise on?
• What can I do to be a better designer?
• What is my style?
• Who will I work for?

Identify and explain 5 things that inspire you.

• Music
• Popular culture
• Global events e.g festivals, travelling
• Art
• Design and creatives in all formats!

To start of our workshop we were set into our presentation groups were we allocated 10-12 things we achieved over the course of the first year.

12 Successes as a group

• Learn how to screen print independently
• Using certain programmes and tools and short cut
• Management of time and punctuality
• Management of money
• Be more confident in presenting
• Creative & theoretical writing 
• Summative and formative feedback
• Knowledge of contemporary resources
• Collaborative work 
• Execution of work and printing 
• Module hand in structure
• Workshops and skill development 

We then collaborated all our idea's together and created a class list of our successes in the first year.

10 Successes as a class

• Presentation skills
• Feed back
• Workshops - new mediums and processes
• Independence
• Research, experimentation and development
• Understand time management!
• Working in/with groups/specialisms
• Confidence / motivations
• Theory/ context
• Style - finding your feet and what interests you.

Extended Task: Pick 10 successful things that you want to explore this year, new targets and aspirations and how you will take control of this. - label PPP2