OUGD501 EVALUATION

OUGD501 was a real eye opener. It made me discover the importance of timekeeping, planning, having a structured blog post, and making sure organisation was key.

Timekeeping was a massive problem for this module as I struggled to separate time and split into briefs. As the module was so long, and split into 6 briefs, I had briefs that I had started but not finished, and briefs that needed far longer, compared to briefs that were shorter. This ended up being a massive problem because as the deadline approached, I found myself with briefs that were going to take a lot of designing time, and not having enough time to allocate to the remaining workload. I found myself stressing out when a simple time plan at the beginning of the module would have separated the time better and allowed me to work at a steady work flow.

Another problem I came across was my blog. Upon submission I found it difficult to compile my blog and show my design process to its full potential. One way I will improve my design process for further modules will be organising my mac and producing a structured blog post including the different sections I want to research into, the initial ideas, leading into development, final designs, and an evaluation. I need to make sure that the content is easily labeled on my mac, and make sure that all the design process is recorded and labeled in the correct order. My organisation for this module was terrible and reflects on my workload.

Upon working on my individual briefs, I enjoyed the freedom to choose my briefs, and the freedom to explore different outcomes and designs. I varied in briefs ranging from wallpaper design, to some branding, to movie poster designs. The range allowed me to work and try out different briefs to understand which type of brief I was most comfortable with. I enjoyed working on my own briefs and really liked the designs I created for the briefs. However one thing I was annoyed within the module was progress work. I believe my workload was produced too quickly without the required development within. I need to apply more development to future module making my whole design process a lot stronger and producing better designs from this improvement.

The collaborative brief was an experience to say the least. After working with my friend and discovering the problems of working in a collab, I found it hard to collect our work and go through our design process together, as my partner had commitments to his course so communication was kept brief and late at night. The brief would have worked if it was a collab with someone on my course, but with the intensity of architecture, it provided little time to work together as a collab and produce the intended work. The brief should have been a much smaller brief that could have been worked on together with a faster workload, or a larger brief but allocated much more time as it would be needed with the workload and the communication kept to a minimum. When working in another collab brief, I will plan each specific aspect of the brief and make sure time is allocated and meet up points are made. Making sure an equal amount of work is completed and the work gets completed at a happy working rate with each member of the team.