Module Evaluation

Overall I have really enjoyed the module and the fast pace nature of it. I have found that working on short briefs has encouraged me to work quicker as I have had less time to deliberate on ideas, instead I have plunged straight into work. Despite this I have still made all of my design decisions considered. I much prefer working in this way as I haven't got bored at any point or felt like I ave spent too long on one specific project.

The publication brief was slightly disappointing as I was really looking forward to designing for my own idea. Megan's idea was a lot different to mine as hers was a guidebook to a city whereas my idea was a recipe book. This brief was very rushed as it took a long time for Megan to provide me with the content required and when I did receive it, it was very limited. Because of this I had to  do my own research and find things to put in the book, however as I didn't have much time I couldn't find much content which made the book quite short. In my opinion I think it is an acceptable length as the main idea of it is to use it as a guide to a day out in Krakow therefore it doesn't need to be too long. I think there are other elements to the booklet which show I have been considerate and spent a lot of time creating it such as: the collages, the Japanese bind and the paper stock. Despite the few problems I came across,  it did give me some experience as to what it would be like working with a client and the issues that would arise. I tried to look at this in a positive way and use it as a beneficial experience.

As for the second brief I really enjoyed this and found it less stressful, a lot of the time I didn't feel bogged down as if I HAD to do work like with the previous brief, I found this one much more relaxing and fun to do.  Despite the fact I had never done any design for screen previously I think I am now pretty competent at it. I looked at a lot of the apps I use everyday throughout the process to aid me with my design as I needed to know the best/ most popular places to arrange things on a page. A lot of the research I did in the initial stages such as looking at the Apple iOS UX requirements also helped me throughout the process as it informed me the do's and don'ts for designing an app. I was initially worried about how I would come to animate the app once I had designed it however, with a basic animation workshop run at uni and watching youtube videos I managed to do an animation in a very basic which I am proud of. In the future I would like to develop these skills and become better at using Adobe xD as I think it is a very useful programme. When I do more design work in the future I may consider looking at After Effects as I think this would be a useful skill to have.

I have realised that working on a brief I have a specific interest in such as the baking app I created has helped me produce better work as I have more knowledge in that field and it is more appealing to me. I will keep this in mind for future and tailor the work to suit my interests where possible.