OUGD303: Progress_EASTER BREAK

Briefs.

01_ Commercial Vehicle Parts

Currently this brief hasn't got started. The guy i'm meant to be seeing who owns this company is always busy and when he's free to discus the project i'm busy. Theres also the issue that I have to go home back to Grimsby to take the photographs of the vehicle parts and collect the information about them. If i cannot get the opportunity to meet him then I might have to drop the brief.

Things that need doing: Research, photographs of products, concept development, idea development, packaging designs, information booklet, proposed computer interface etc.

02_ Eddisons

Been in contact with Eddisons Residential and got the information that I need and there blessing. Just need to crack on with design development and a little more research.

Things that need doing: Research into Leeds city centre, design direction, design development and range ideas.

03_ British Engineering

Need to speak to GNB. Originally I wanted to send off some emails to British engineers and get some feedback off them but I haven't got round to doing it. Possibly going to ring GNB and get the information I need off them. Would be nice to have some primary research.

Things that need doing: Loads.

04_ ISTD On Yer Bike

This brief has very much been completed. I have done plenty of design development and concept generation.

Things that need doing: Start to put the boards together and get some feedback of piers.

05_ Year Book (Graphics)

This pitch we didn't win and instead got the fashion brief. Completed and everything has already been blogged.

06_ End Of Year Show

The end of year show pitch was submitted and we got the results back that we hadn't won. The brief is finished however me and Tim Wan want to do a few small adjustments to the poster design. We shall get some feedback for it during the Critique.

Things that need doing: Rephotographing the front page images and tweaking up some of the text.

07_ Fashion Year Book

The brief is running ok I guess, even though the commitment and communication of the fashion course is a bit of a joke. Starting to understand why Fred get's a bit annoyed with me at times. The cover design has been chosen and so has the internal spreads for inside the publication. All we are waiting on now is the photographs to be taken of the fashion students work and the information about the students. Something we requested 2 weeks ago and still haven't been supplied with.

Things that need doing: place the images into the pages, add the information to the pages, statements from the tutors to be placed.

Overall

I feel that my progress so fare hasn't been great, mainly down to the fact that meetings and critiques keep popping up all the time. Having to work then go to a meeting then get the momentum to do work again is proofing a little bit difficult at times. But its something i'm slowly getting uses to. I might have to drop one brief and possibly do a one day brief in the middle. Overall including the design context i should have 7 briefs completed in 8 weeks time. I need to start prioritising my time more and working a bit longer through the night. Starting from the first week back. 16 hours a day we need to be achieved so that i can get a good grade. Blogging needs to become more frequent.