Monday, 6 October 2014

OUGD401 - COP Briefing

We had our first Context of Practice briefing. The work has to be completed by 5/5/15. 

Over the course of the year we will attend lectures, seminars and workshops based around 5 different themes that run within the general field of visual communication. Multiple pathways including graphic design, animation, advertising and illustration will complete the same work. I will need to choose one topic to research in depth and produce a 3,000 word essay. The topic areas are:

  • ModernismTo what extent have Modernist design principles influenced contemporary Graphic Design?”
  • Post-modernismHow did Post-modernism impact Graphic Design practice?
  • Gender representationTo what extent does advertising construct our ideas of gender?
  • Social/politicalDiscuss the role that Graphic Design has played in Political and/or social change in a specific period in history.
  • ConsumerismWhat is the relationship between branding and The Consumer Self
I find each topic intriguing, but I already have an idea of which topic I want to explore and this will most likely be modernism as I am fascinated with this movement in art and design and have never written an in depth piece of writing about it. 

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