http://illusion.scene360.com/art/21526/artistically-engraved-coins/

Time table

Please note the date and name change for the presentations of your Case Studies. The dates are the time table page above.

Peer Case Study Feedback

• Check your blogs after you have posted. Some times images or script doesn't publish properly.
• Use spell check and check your grammar.
• Make rough draughts, rewrite them. Rewrite the rewrite. Repeat this until your writing flows.
• Ask a peer to go over your writing and give you feedback. Listen to their feedback and rewrite.
• Follow the guidelines of the brief.
• Illustrate the points you are making by referring to images of actual pieces. This is the most important aspect of your writing. Describe and analyse pieces in-depth. You do this by describing techniques, use of materials, aesthetic principles and elements; how the designer has employed these to express their approach and philosophy. 
• Point out evidence of their inspiration and references.

Catalogue workshop

http://www.behance.net/
space for professional design networking



http://issuu.com/
space to publish catalogues on the net

Catalogue:
We work shopped the following:

Cover:
What will you place here? Title, picture, colour?

Writing:
What writing will you include in your catalogue?

• Write on your theme (this can come from your methodology classes)
• quotes from other authors
• writing from a peer
• inspirational text
• poetry
• background
• contextualise yourself (biographical)
• your design philosophy
• your approach
• references
• inspiration

Images:

• your work from this year (10 pieces, enamelling projects)
• work from previous years
• drawings, sketches, design process, rhino drawings
• your bench, workshop, manufacturing process
• photo essays

Back page:

CV, bibliography, contact:

• phone numbers
• web contacts/links
• blog, face book pages 

Size/Format:

• shape of book
• one-off-print/quantity of books
• formats-book, cd, web book

The catalogue needs to be done in photo shop and saved as pdf. I will update you on this as printers etc. are still to be established.

Consider:

Your catalogue is to bring your entire year together. It is also a platform to showcase you as a designer.

This can be a powerful tool for marketing, sharing your work and developing your brand. 

In assessing your catalogue, your moderators will look at the following:

• Clarity (is there a logical 'clear story' through the pages?)
• Involvement (what is the level of enthusiasm?)
• Aesthetic (what is the level of personal expression/signature?)
• Finish (level of professionalism)

Case studies

I have posted the marks for your essays on the above Case Study Mark Page. Any queries please come and talk to me. I have also posted comments on your blogs for feedback. If you posted your essay as a page I commented on your last post.


General feed back:
Answer the headings of the template. Refer to images of actual designs in order to illustrate the points you are making

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Peer Case Study Template

Template for Peer Case Study research

·                     Brief biography

·                     Design Philosophy

o                  principle concerns

o                  attitude to design

o                  themes

o                  aims and aspirations

·                     Influences

·                     How do they plan to market themselves?

·                     Use of materials

·                     Techniques


Include images of their work and refer to these in order to illustrate the points you are making.