Sites, Spaces and Public Places
At first I was unsure how to approach a makers brief and it confused me to think so differently as I like to know my outcome and know my process I want to take to get there. This challenged my way of thinking and at first I struggled coming up with ideas/ outcomes that I had no idea how to achieve. Finally settling with my strong suit of graphics with typography. Through doing this I learnt more about my personal style and preferences, knowing what I do like and what I am capable of. This should help me when I come to branding myself as a graphic communicator and how I can go about showing my skill set within my portfolio.
Usually I would never think on a large scale so I pushed to do at least one experimental idea within the chosen concept, leading to a second. I will take this forward into future projects to push myself to achieve at least two experimental ideas. Then if some these don’t work show why and how they helped to develop my concept, but if they do take it further and truly take the experiment forward for the final evaluation.
When at a talk we discussed the impact design has on the wellbeing of anyone who enters the space. Meaning we need to feel safe and secure both with the people surround us and the setting we are in to be able for ourselves to have the freedom and exploration to play. Becoming aware of this idea of play helped trigger the start of this project. When I visited for the first time I got lost so had a slight uncomforted feeling so I was unable to play or have the want to explore and learn more about the artefacts. By going back with the university learning where everything was I enjoyed my time and became curious and read into some of the artefacts. Thus creating designs that would even hypothetically help the visitors gave me joy and knowing this made me want to continue doing designs like this in the future.
I am proud of my visuals and have contacted two members of the design team for all six of the museums asking the way they introduce new designs and who it is that has to approve these concepts. But also is it themselves who design for each museum or is it somebody who they bring in? All of these questions will help me create a link with these people in position to help me in the close future. Although, I am still waiting for a response.
However, I struggled when understanding the task of asking for a budget. The museum has financial reports as a collective for all six museums. When reading the report noting was mentioned about the designs and signage so I asked within the email about how much of a budget they have as well how they break it down.
Fiona Fraser's Graphics 