Existing design agencies.

Here.
http://www.heredesign.co.uk/
Here Design is a small team of multi-disciplinary designers based in East London. The studio was set up in December 2005, by Kate Marlow, Caz Hildebrand and Mark Paton. 

Since then we have been crafting quietly powerful design for a client list of individuals, brands, charities and institutions that we believe in wholeheartedly.

Our collective experience includes design and strategic thinking for branding, packaging, print, publishing, point-of-sale, products and websites. This scope allows us to create effective and original solutions to work across any media.

Design project.

http://www.designproject.co.uk/

Design project have a history of creating distinctive visual communications that deliver outstanding results for clients in industry, the service sector, media and the arts.

Across brand identity, print and digital media, our multi-disciplinary approach ensures that every project, regardless of scale or budget, results in a functional, effective and crafted solution that fulfils the communication objectives of the client.

Studio Makgill.

http://www.studiomakgill.com/

StudioMakgill is an independent design studio. We work with businesses and cultural organisations, large and small. Our focus is on the creation of brand identities and visual communication for a broad and discerning clientele.

Our philosophy is simple: to create succinct, innovative, beautiful solutions. Solutions that last, that inspire and that enable our clients to realise their ambitions.

Creative reviews advertising costs...

Here are screen shots of all Advertising prices for Creative Review, something our group will need to consider when designing the advert.

ppd resubmission 10 things I aim to focus on in level 5

1. Time management-Gain more confidence in completing tasks and prioritising my work.

2. Analytical skills-Enables me to criticise and evaluate my work.

3. Oral presentations-More confidence needed. 

4. Work experience-Develop my professional skills by gaining live brief experience.

5. Networking-Visiting other courses and universities to discuss course interests to gain new outlooks on graphic design.

6. Independent research-Rather than simply researching according to a given brief.Go to galleries and exhibitions to build on existing knowledge.

7. Animation and moving image-More knowledge needed which is a priority of mine.

8. Attendance and punctuality- Realisation of how important this is to my learning process.

9. Staying motivated and keeping positive attitude towards work-This will help with staying optimistic throughout every task.

10. Stay on top of blogging-This effects time spent on other projects.

ppd resubmission 10 things I have learnt this year

1. Time management- how important is in relation to staying on top of work.

2. How to work in a team-allocating different members of the group different jobs to achieve final goals.

3. Working on briefs-reading, understanding and developing briefs.

4. Realize how important evaluating and analysing work is.

5. I have learnt the higher expectations of a degree level course.

6. I have learnt  how much specialist equipment is at both of the Leeds Collage of Art buildings.

7. I have learnt how helpful and valuable the advice and knowledge of the technicians is.

8. I have learnt a deeper breath of knowledge in programs such as illustrator, Indesign, photoshop and final cut.

9. I have recognized that a project should not only be aesthetically pleasing but that message within the final outcome should be justified through thorough research.

10. How valuable the library is as research resource.

PPD resubmission 10 examples contemporary design

evaluation

end of module self evaluation

1. What skills have you developed through this module  and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

I have developed my visual thinking and illustrator skills and I feel I have effectively applied these skills to my projects. Mainly the alphabet soup illustrator and alphabet soup part 1-were we picked a  word from the randomizer. In regards to illustrator I have picked up valuable skills that  help me to experiment with creating 26 different variations of the letter B. 

   With the alphabet soup 1 I felt I had answered the brief in a simple but effective way this was due to me coming up with a solid idea.

2. What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process? 

By going through the motions of brainstorming and researching, designing initial ideas and developed ideas sheets and then final outcomes I have found that I will more often than not come up with a final idea that I am happy with and that is relevant to the task. The best example of this is No news is good news. For this project I  started researching Paul Gascoigne and ended up doing a poster for drink driving, the reason I mention this is because without the body of research I had gathered I would never been able to produce the envelope I did.

3. What strength can you identify in you work and how have/will you capitalise on these? 

I think my strengths lie in coming up with good initial ideas and then  building on them.I found that the ideas for brain storming and experimenting  were really interesting and original and I will capitalise on this by spending even more time producing and experimenting with different ideas and outcomes. After all its these begining stages that shape the final outcomes.

4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?

My main weakness organisation and time management skills, I didn't leave myself enough time for some of the briefs and felt that if I had  have put more time and effort in then things would/could have turned out differently in certain projects. I know this  is one of my weaknesses and I need to make sure I work harder and make better use of time in the studio.  Other areas I can improve on is producing more experiments design sheets before I come to my final outcomes, this again depends on me managing my time efficiently.

5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

a) Improving time management in particular making sure that all necessary work is completed in time for crits. This will help me get the best feed back possible.

b) To use studio time effectively and get as much use from the facilities the collage has to offer. This will help me produce better work. 

c) Take more advantage of saturdays. There is no one in on saturdays and I would have the college to myself (pretty much) leaving me with peace and quite with access to all the facilities the collage has to offer 

d) Listen and concentrate to specifics of briefs. Help me answer briefs better and produce better ideas and final outcomes. 

e) Produce more design sheets for initial and developed ideas. This will help me with producing my final designs making sure I have explored as many different routes as possible.