INITIAL PROPOSAL

Since beginning the course I’v attended a range of workshops. Screen printing and book binding workshops taught me processes that I applied to produce a set of zines. Letter press and handmade type workshops showed me the range of type that can be created, and the broad array of media that can be used in the development and outcome. The course has allowed me realisation that the pathway of graphics is a lot more open and experimental than I believed, allowing me a broader approach to graphic design.

People are broadcasting mundane tasks on status updates via Twitter and Facebook. Celebrities sign themselves up for reality shows such as Big Brother, their own television series, to then have their lives torn apart by critics and psychologists. People’s lives are no longer private. It interests me how willingly people submit to this, and allow all of their personal business to be so openly shared and assessed by complete strangers.

Within this project I thought it would be interesting, instead of rebelling against the lack of privacy, I’ll embrace it and be completely open with my life. For a month I’ll document all things I do, this could include how many cups of coffee I drink, how many hours a week I spend arguing and how many new people I meet for example. This project will be an opportunity for me to experiment with info-graphics which is something completely new to me, as well as allowing me to take a step back to observe my own life, and as I’ll display the information I find in a clear graphic way, I’ll make my research interesting to other viewers. In order to ensure I collect the right information, I’ll conduct research into the things people want to know and see about people’s lives, and the information they actually get. When collecting my data, I’ll need to be extremely strategic and consistent in my method of recording it, so that I can then assess and display all of the details affectively. I’ll need to devise an interesting way to display all of the information, for inspiration on how to do this I’ll use the internet and the college library to research into info-graphics and artists that produce work in this category to. I’ll also need to decide the media and format of the final outcome. In order to make this clearer I’ll look into workshops and tutorials within Camberwell, for example screen printing and letterpress could be useful to me when creating block colours and type within the final outcome; however I could also do this using vector graphics within illustrator.

In order to evaluate this project effectively I will use a reflective journal to instantly record any feelings I have regarding the project. I will also keep a blog which I will update weekly; this will allow me to use images, links and text so I can have a broader method of evaluation. Finally I will create an action plan timetable so that I can review my time keeping skills, as well as allowing me to see when I planned to complete tasks by so that I can complete the work to deadlines, and stay on task.