Saturday, 5 November 2016

OUGD601 - Revised Planning for Dissertation

I decided it would be beneifical to bullet point the areas in which my dissertation will  in order to get more organised. This is basically an up-to-date, consolodated/sicint essay plan:

Points to Cover

Chapter 1- Theories and Contexts
  • The arrival of modernism in graphic design – cover structuralism
  • Its key figures and notable examples of work
  • The supposed departure of modernism and the birth of postmodernism – cover post-structuralism, a critique of modernism or an extension of its ideas?
  • Key protagonists and notable examples of work
  • Introduce the idea that these movements can be considered as binary
  • Explore the deconstructivist movement which appeared from postmodernism
  • Outline the fact that there is an apparent lack of a defining term for the current moment? Comment on why this may be the case


Chapter 2 – The Role of Graphic Design
  • Explore the role of the designer – if work and movements are to be deconstructed, then surely the same treatment must be applied to the role of the practitioner?
  • Explore the concept of simulacra and the combining of styles and its influence on contemporary aesthetics and contribution to a lack of definitive term?

Chapter 3 – Looking at the Now
  • Discuss key examples of contemporary work

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