Design Context Workshop

Today's workshop was based on helping us with our rational and statement of intent for our final major project. Through the workshop I have a new revised overall rational for my practice which seems a lot more refined to my practice, even though i feel i cover a wide range of work.


It was difficult to separate my different skills and areas of interest into the two categories, even after a full session on their differences. But i feel i have covered what i wanted to and think this has been a useful process in determining my practice.


Print lead designer dealing with layout, typography and paper engineering.


Subject /Theme
Language
Type Theory
Paper Stocks
Colour Theory
Print Production
Interactivity
Promotional 
Distribution
Culture and Society


Design Disciplines
Technical Typography
Paper Engineering
Layout and Grids
Interactive Packaging
Photography to Document and Research
Print Production and Manual Process
Promotion of events


After being give the statement 'A ... Investigation of ... with a focus on ... ' it was easy to see how this will help us with our practice, while writing these short statements i found i was thinking of briefs to do and linking them with briefs i already had in mind.


- A typographic investigation of language with a focus on print production 
- A print based investigation of culture and society with a focus on publication 
- A print investigation of interactivity with a focus on packaging 
- A typographic investigation of layout and grids with a focus on even promotion
- An interactive investigation of paper with a focus on distributions
- A typographic investigation of language wit a focus on photography
- A photographic investigation of culture with a focus on publication


In preparation for the context publication we have been thinking of chapters which could go within the seperate titles of the book. 


A typographic investigation of language with a focus on print production
- The English language
- Linguistics
- typeface design
- typesetting and printing press
- different typefaces
- cultural differences on language
- accents
- production of print
- colour processing
- print finishes
- paper stocks
- printing technologies