Academic Progression

Brief Analysis and Proposed Idea The brief for the 'Self Negotiated Project' has been provided. After reading the project synopsis, it appears that it is less restricted in comparison to the previous briefs we have been set on this course. I  heard details about this project prior to the brief going live, which meant I had ample time to come up with a solid idea in preparation for this project. The project will undergo over a period of 5 weeks, considering the idea I have in mind with just over a month to complete it is going to be precarious. However the combination of the preparation prior to the brief and consistent development with the idea, I believe that I have a step up from the deadline. The Idea I have decided that I will be developing relates to the subject I am currently discussing about in my essay. The subject of my essay is, the discussion of the influential effects and social impact that the subculture and genre of Cyberpunk has had on modern day ...

With the first Brief  'A Sense of Place'  being provided,  our first session in relation to the brief heavily aimed towards the students developing early ideas and bring out our creativity by seeing what a sense of place meant to us individually. To accomplish this, the class were given sticky notes and were then tasked with writing down words, phrases and sentences in relation to sense of place, collectively as a class we would then stick them all up against a wall to create a mind map. For this session I chose to do city life, due to living in Manchester for most of my youth I thought that writing about the city life with it's pros and cons could be a solid initial idea that I could develop upon throughout this project.  Along side the sticky note session I also created a possible idea in relation to the brief about living in a city and experiencing 'city life'. Understandably city life isn't for everyone, but personally I enjoy the architectural hori...

Concertina Sketchbook For the first half of the sense of place project we have  been provided with an A5 concertina sketchbook which is a spineless book that opens out landscape, providing us with enough space to experiment with ideas relevant to this project. With this sketchbook we have two sides, one side will show all of our primary research where we will carry out the research ourselves, such as going out and drawing up maps, signs and various pieces in relation to the project. The other side is secondary where we will fill the pages with artwork of artists, photographers and designers that we are inspired by.  I am excited to get this sketchbook underway and even more so to get it completed but currently I am unsure about what to add and how to add it. I don't wish to make the sketchbook look messy and carelessly thrown together but at the same time I don't want to take too long creating it.