Highs and Lows of Level 5

Reflecting back on level 5 I feel that my work has defiantly improved. I am getting more confident in my design decisions and my way of working. My most proud moment of the year was going to see Coralie Bickford Smith talk at her exhibition. It was amazing being able to meet her in person and I felt more confident and inspired after it. My favourite project I worked on was UK greeting cards mainly because there was such a large change from my initial ideas and designs to my final designs. This was due to all the feedback I was receiving. I good new thing we have started this year is a small group started critical Wednesdays (Pizza Crit Night) anyone could join us and we stay in till 9 and order takeaway to the studio. This encouraged us to stay in and do work as well as spend at least one night a week getting feedback on our work. One weakness of this year has been playing it safe. I feel like I could have used more traditional techniques rather than just thinking that digital was the best option. I also am not the best at essay writing therefore next year I will need to work hard at COP if I want to reach my grade target. I found this year that I really enjoy designing for exhibition purposes as the work does not need to be as practical. This was shown within OUGD505 when I sewed a A3 poster. This took hours but was something I wanted to do as it was relevant to the subject and I wanted my work to stand out. I have changed a lot since my first year and since I started designing as I am getting more and more ideas and am becoming more knowledgable in techniques. My personality has also changed as I am becoming more and more confident. Overall I have had many opportunities this year to be creative and explore what design interests me and what I do not enjoy as much. I am definitely growing as a designer by gaining knowledge and I am really excited to continue growing within level 6.