Context of Practice 2 - Studio Brief 1 - Content and Ideas

Plan:

Main outcome : A 3000 word essay on either politics, society, culture, history, technology and aesthetics relating to graphic design

• Identifying an issue

• Make it relevant to practice - applying learnt skills and an opportunity to use understanding.

• Take information and apply it to practice, critical analysis of information we come across. 

• Content to include: ongoing lecture notes, responses to ideas/concepts/theories

• Include visual analysis exercise (500 words) 

• At least one review of a set academic text (500 words)

• Doesn't have to be in a linear format, chronological. As long as you stay focused on main issue.

• Has to have Harvard referencing

Establishing/finding a research question 

Idea 1: Aesthetics: Kitsch (In relation to kitsch popularity) 

Influence of kitsch on graphic design?

Subjectivity of visual communication 

Idea 2: Politics: Subculture -

Subcultures influence on graphic design 

Subcultures to consider: 

• Punk
• New wave
• Heavy metal
• Grunge
• Riot grrrl

From this consideration from the range of subcultures there is then an allowance of ideas to be thought about which