Wednesday, 14 December 2016
OUGD601 - Lecture 1.0
Overview of Organisation:
400 hours study for a 40 credit module.
6-9000 word Dissertation, and related practical work.
2.5 hours support on the written element of the module, in addition to support with the practical project
Indicative Content:
Students will develop a cohesive research project, with practical and textual outcomes, in response to a proposal developed during the later stages of the Level 5 programme.
This module will require the students to organise and undertake a personal programme of in-depth critical research, to collate and present a coherent written argument and related practical investigation based on analysis and evaluation, presented in the form of an extended formal written study and related practice-based research.
The chosen subject will be relevant to a student’s main course of study and will be used to support and inform their specialist practice. The extended study involves self motivated research but will be supported by individual tutorials aimed at helping the student to develop the appropriate scope and depth of subject matter required within such a project.
The work undertaken will reveal the student’s appreciation and application of research approaches and methodologies.
Planning the Project:
400 hours study for a 40 credit module.
6-9000 word Dissertation, and related practical work.
2.5 hours support on the written element of the module, in addition to support with the practical project
Indicative Content:
Students will develop a cohesive research project, with practical and textual outcomes, in response to a proposal developed during the later stages of the Level 5 programme.
This module will require the students to organise and undertake a personal programme of in-depth critical research, to collate and present a coherent written argument and related practical investigation based on analysis and evaluation, presented in the form of an extended formal written study and related practice-based research.
The chosen subject will be relevant to a student’s main course of study and will be used to support and inform their specialist practice. The extended study involves self motivated research but will be supported by individual tutorials aimed at helping the student to develop the appropriate scope and depth of subject matter required within such a project.
The work undertaken will reveal the student’s appreciation and application of research approaches and methodologies.
Planning the Project:
- Write down all questions that you want to investigate
- Consider each on their merits and focus on two (primary & secondary)
- Write an A4 ‘first thoughts’ sheet for each
- What is the purpose of the study? Is your question researchable?
- Working title
Structure
the Dissertation into chapters.
- A Dissertation should be separated into chapters.
- Each chapter should ideally evidence a different theoretical / methodological approach.
- The chapters can be quite different in focus – hopefully the introduction will explain why you have chosen a certain structure, and the conclusion will draw these disparate chapters together.
- Think about how these different chapters relate to your practical research.
- Move from the general to the specific.
- Discuss this structure with your individual tutors in your first tutorial.
OUGD601 - Cop Research
Graphic Design Posters Wiki
"Posters may be used for many purposes. They are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians and films), propagandists, protestors and other groups trying to communicate a message. Posters are also used for reproductions of artwork, particularly famous works, and are generally low-cost compared to original artwork."
"Visually striking, they have been designed to attract the attention of passers-by, making us aware of a political viewpoint, enticing us to attend specific events, or encouraging us to purchase a particular product or service."
Design and the future of the music industry
"The crux of the matter seems to be in helping people engage with music in a way that can—without exaggeration—change lives. Something tactile may have been lost, but music today still moves us and frames the world and our cultural experiences. “The way we’re engaging with music now is very passive,”
"The crux of the matter seems to be in helping people engage with music in a way that can—without exaggeration—change lives. Something tactile may have been lost, but music today still moves us and frames the world and our cultural experiences. “The way we’re engaging with music now is very passive,”
OUGD601 - Web Referencing
1.0
"Historically, records were packaged in a plain white paper sleeve, simply to protect the vinyl. These paper sleeves featured little or no printing on them, usually just the music title or producers name."
(https://www.emagine.ie/our-journal/the-importance-of-graphic-design-for-music. By Brian Hickey )
2.0
"describe what a designer creates for the musician is a brand for their music. Not a brand in a corporate sense, but in terms of defining a visual identity."
"the designer creates something that transcends mere packaging. They create a visual representation of your music"
"Like popular music, popular album design reflects the popular culture of the society, combines people’s tastes and appreciation for the popular culture, and symbolizes the background of a certain period and value. Popular album design is a type of Graphic Design. It not only needs printing and mass production but also includes graphic design such as Typography, Layout, Illustration, and Image."
"album and its design not only represent music, but also gives us another type of room for imagination. In other words, albums are tools which reproduce musical content and album design also is the bridge between the tools and media."
A context is the circumstances that form the setting of an event, statement, or idea. Webster’s Dictionary defines it as the whole situation, the background or the environment relevant to a particular event, personality or creation.
http://www.davidpublisher.com/Public/uploads/Contribute/573149d56528f.pdf
"Historically, records were packaged in a plain white paper sleeve, simply to protect the vinyl. These paper sleeves featured little or no printing on them, usually just the music title or producers name."
(https://www.emagine.ie/our-journal/the-importance-of-graphic-design-for-music. By Brian Hickey )
2.0
"describe what a designer creates for the musician is a brand for their music. Not a brand in a corporate sense, but in terms of defining a visual identity."
"the designer creates something that transcends mere packaging. They create a visual representation of your music"
Chen, L.-M. and You, M.-L. (1954) The style of graphic design as a reflection of humanity ---A case study on the early Taiwan popular music album design from 1954 to1971.
3.0
3.0
"Like popular music, popular album design reflects the popular culture of the society, combines people’s tastes and appreciation for the popular culture, and symbolizes the background of a certain period and value. Popular album design is a type of Graphic Design. It not only needs printing and mass production but also includes graphic design such as Typography, Layout, Illustration, and Image."
"album and its design not only represent music, but also gives us another type of room for imagination. In other words, albums are tools which reproduce musical content and album design also is the bridge between the tools and media."
Sicinski, A. (2012) More visual thinking ingredients. Available at: http://www.visualthinkingmagic.com/more-ingredients (Accessed: 28 November 2016).
A context is the circumstances that form the setting of an event, statement, or idea. Webster’s Dictionary defines it as the whole situation, the background or the environment relevant to a particular event, personality or creation.
When it comes to visual thinking, a context is the environment or canvas within which something is (the visual) or occurs. Therefore every time you draw an image on a canvas you are placing it within a visual thinking environment that is up for interpretation by those whom you’re trying to communicate your ideas with.
Simple but Dominant: How to Reshine
Depeche Mode on Album Covers After 80’s
"Design is the formal and functional features
determination process, made before the production of
a product. Among many other production items,
printed 2D materials are the subjects which graphic
design is dealing with. Graphic designer organizes the
2D surfaces with typography and visuals like
photographs or illustrations (Shaughnessy 2005: 18).
As graphic design products, album covers are the
packages of music at the same time (Gomez-Palacio
and Wit 2011: 251). These packages both protect and
visualize musical expression. The genre of music and
the expression of the musicians shows itself on these
covers by using special visuals and typographic
combinations which are the main components of
graphic design."
Thursday, 8 December 2016
OUGD601 - Cop Question
Question 1,
Why do we choose certain brands over other brands (Extend on question)
Question 2,
Why do we choose certain brands over other brands (Extend on question)
Question 2,
To what extent does graphic design communicate different musical genre’s to an audience?
OUGD601 - Cop - Practical Idea Generation
To create promotional material for an event, visually communicating relevant content to Tech, house R&B etc...
Material,
Poster | Flyers | Tickets | Media | Banners
Depending on the routes of my dissertation I'd like to follow the concept of incorporating outdated visual elements into more current visual elements. For example current visuals tend to express through distorted photography or astronomy with bold typography. Whereas with older material they communicate through symbols, geometry & lines.
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