Saturday 19 November 2011

Research Process - PG01-09 (15 Nov 2011)


PG01-09
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Presentation of Manifestos

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Debate on privacy - rights of people in certain spaces

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Metaphors:
digital screen/poster/video/book/surface:

Caroline

out of the box
stateless citizen

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Mark
misty countryside / make your mark
anti-branding
know your place
people want to know who you are

people are impatient - explaining only in 3-5 words

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Adrian

I as a person
outlook that an individual should have
a path leading to i in the distance
Lots of typos!
A path, a road

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Huan
Manifesto - it makes you feel good
Chosen to not be enjoyable
To be slapped with the imagery and narrative, strong words
Apply attitude
Masked man - idea from guerilla girls, unknown identity
Use of the mask is appearing every day
Anti-manifesto
Sits within tradition of South American politics
N represents the neutral, normal position, to go beyond

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Kieran
AppleTalk
Black and White Forest with TV on a desk running video
Poem repeats over, nature films from the seventies
Nature and Technology
Building a technological world to benefit the environment
Computer with humanity
Utopia

opposite
Technology will ruin nature
Plant inside a museum
Dystopia

Riccie
Manifesto tall board - on brown board
Creating machines that make our lives easier
iPhone - mass produced in China
The medium will not be the message
Responsibility
Share knowledge
Question the brief
Love and care about what you do,
if you do not care about what you do move on, only do things that excite you
Generalist view
Is the debate in the middle. moving debate.

Mike:
Fashion
Personal
Everyone wants to be me
Thinking about taking a job
Day rates, negotiate
This is fashion
So glamourous
Freelance = frustration
My style / Our style
Very insightful
Communicating the struggle

Ian Lin - composer, musician, filmmaker
Critical reflection
Strategy
Important to make mistakes, get lost
Where am I, experimentation is crucial
Ability to fly / Professional crystalisation
EXPERIMENTATION
EXPLORING
WHY AM I DOING THE MA?
REFLECTION
Can push work out for deadlines
Abstract ideas
Analysis of creativity
Awards as a camera person
Degree - tick approach
Do not use the same approaches as Degree level
GET TO THE IDEA OF WHAT A MA IS ABOUT
Step sideways
What is difficult / easy
Be alive / do not go through the routine
Do not do a job you do not enjoy, is not for suffering.

Fashion
What is marriage? - fairytale.
Bridal wear
Ethereal
Fantasy
Cinderella
Fairytale, utopian view

Simon
Black square - revolution in Russia
Poem - collective
What does the Black square - break with traditional russian art
Reliance on technology bringing us forward

Myself

Work is too finished
Should be looser, more explorational
Two groups - China / Graphic Design

Challenge convention
Courage over convention
Question things the way they are.
Put into a box
Careful not to belong to money, certain country, way of living
Flexible thinking
Looking outside of professional practice

Who runs Ravensbourne - IT ?

Art
Looking at something / and reading it
Challenging assumptions
Kicked outside of comfort zone
Uncomfortable to own practice

Brian
What is a postgraduate programme for?
Challenge yourself?
Time - we never lose, re-synthesized.
Inspired world of sound
People buried in technology / buried in images
Realism is outside
Art - subjective, categorise inside a box
Liverpool - Seaport
Studied as an art student, realist painters
Seeing someones craft - veneeter, painting - symbolism
Places - realise the importance of the journey
Impeteus to make something
Opportunity to come and do what I want to do
Sit next to people who you do not know

email copy of learning plan -

ITC

Each of the manifestos looks at peoples ethics

Sanna
Boundaries do not exist
Communication
Difference exist in perspective
Perspective is unique, can be harmonious
Impossible to be someone we are not
Travel the world
Exchange equitable
Commonalities
Let it be possible
Responsible designer
Obliterate boundaries
Will not be comfortable
Me / We
Going into the EU commission office
Looking from outer space

Jake
Useful life
Standing on the shoulders of giants
Not fool yourself
Need to step back at look at things in context
Over-embellishing things
Blind acceptance
Need to be able to take criticism
Dont believe the hype
Nuts and bolts of things - science
Fun
Peer review
Getting the best phrases

Boreana
Fashion is main motivator
perspective, personality
manipulation of personal feelings - fashion
montage/collage - images
morality at work, gone into presentations with the wrong piece of work

Daero
Manifesto for physical interaction designer
'make things talk'
Interaction Designer
Cup - how can you make it talk?
Words/Layout from Idrino board
Burning heart / Cool head
Passion for emotion / intelligent thinking
Find the difference from yesterday
Simple is the best
Love / Respect / Life
Not to be greedy - about ideas
Brainstorming - idea but keep the original concept
Everything to the core
Inscrutability - stereotype - of Asia, thinking is very clear
Very noble person
Lot of beliefs, not just the method
Vertical english and Horizontal english

Alexandro
Rhymes
Dante
Communication is also sound
Remember our past
Inner personalities
Symbol of cross
Anti-psuedo
Lots of ridiculous words
Art is to discover our roots

Animation/Poster/3D model
Words on a guitar
Music words
Colour words
Key points
Different musical styles
Words as surface/floor/wall/neck.
Animation
Visualising Music
Dont play whats there / Play whats not there
(Visualising what is not in the sound)


Football social network
Webcams between fans
Away fans
Home fans
The manifesto is the social interface
Social television
Data integrated video app
Audience psychology
IPTV
Passionate about Football

Comfort
Lots of places people go in London
London is a place with different scenes

Labyrinth poster
Statistics
Theres nowhere to hide
Logos/Brands
They are watching us
360 degree view
Through social networks
Very detached approach

Laser cut alphabet on black card
Wider stroke width / Thinner stroke width
Overlapping letters

Agnostine
Maturity
I Believe in
One of the manifestos
Important to put words on things
I want to let the architecture create the surprise
Choose to put words into manifesto - feeling rather than a picture
Something that is transient / intangible
Everyone wants to leave a trace of themselves in this world
Synesthesia
Ephemeral architecture
Letmotiv
What is a good environment to design
Creation which answers the human needs - all the senses are working together in the same creation. Point to reach for good design to adapt.
Can be adapted to other fields

Presentation

Thursday
Freelancing - 4.30pm
D&AD
5-7pm - chat to speakers
Music and Sound
6 - live skype to LA - americas got talent
7.30
booking table

move 1/2 day from wednesday to thursday

Bruce - 1st guest lecture

Thesna - 2nd guest lecture (Thesnas could only leave from mtns)
Hardey Amies - fashion house, Saville Row, designed uniform for England world cup squad
Design manager - textile, print design
Consultant designer - menswear, between 2005 and 2008
Worked with Jeff Banks at Debenhams
Hardy Amies Archive - Saville Row
Hepworths
Look at modern menswear
Independent buyers, voting with wallets
Learned to trust commercial experience
Sensed bigger orders on the horizon
Suppliers / Factories
Called on every favour, contact
Over 3 years
Tested supplier relationships
Independent stores
Learned to be entrepeunerial
If going into a small business
Think on the feet
Product development
Relationships - be nice, be firm
Communication
Judgement - knowing when to draw the line on something that is not working
Buyers commiting to orders, then assembled the team
Quality Assurance
Build on Product categories
Look at branding on everything
Build strong mutually respectful relationships
You become good at what you are excited about, thats when people will notice you
Work in a cog in a brand / Be an individual that contributes something really important
Get the first break with a well known brand
Important to get things on CV that people recognise
Job satisfaction becomes important later
Fashion is taking seriously by the continent, resources not so av in uk
Working for self - choose how you manage your own time
Better to have several projects at once, keeping diverse skills
Choose projects carefully


- Professional/personal objectives
- Add learning into blog (this entry)
- Add post-learning plan

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