Before the course, I studied A Level in Photography, Fine Art and worked on a 2 year BTEC National Diploma specializing in 3D design and Graphic Design. Back then I worked mainly digital; merging the disciplines of photography, fine art, illustration and graphic design. I was very experimental, but often approached a brief by going with my initial ideas without much development. I was a more of a visualizer for the past 2 years before this course, mainly working on the aesthetics of the final piece, rather than looking at the focus of what the brief actually addresses. As a whole, I was a very visual driven designer, I felt that my outcomes looked good, but the aesthetics didn't reflect much thought to the ideas.
Who are you as a designer right now?
Since I started the course up until now, I have abandoned my usual approach with design. Rather than sticking with the digital format, I have began to experiment with 3D materials and hand crafted areas of design. I feel that i've thrown myself different challenges for each brief, allowing myself to explore the various approaches and issues within graphic design and other disciplines. I do feel that my working method's have been more refined and generally feel that I have a clearer way of solving problems. During the course so far, I've also rediscovered areas of design that i've grown a huge interest in lately; installations as graphic design, paper, video and typography.
Who do you intend to be as a designer in the future?
1. I want to refine the way I work as a designer, a lot of the times, I've struggled to get things completed to the standard that i planned it to be. I want to develop a smooth workflow to solving problems, manage each brief professionally, keep things organised and resolve them to the best standard.
2. Presentation skills. Something that I feel I need to improve on as quite often I'll just forget everything I planned to say the minute I start and end up throwing all kinds of thoughts out without any particular order. This often confuses the audiences as what my idea/ concept is and can therefore be misinterpreted into something that it's not. As a whole, I believe that a good designer should hold good presentation skills to be able to communicate their ideas effectively to the client/ audience; something that I aim to work on over the 2nd year.
3. Finally, I want to be an all rounded designer. I don't want any particular style/approach to affect the way I work or who I am as a designer, but focusing rather on idea development and being able to identify good concepts.
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