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NEGOTIATED BRIEFS Gontext FACT: YOU NEED A PLAN. ln order to make the most of the opportunities available to you during Level 06 of the programme you need to take control of your own future. The direction of your own individual design practice will be dictated by the briefs that you select. With this in mind it is essential that you put a significant amount of thought into what briefs you choose, why you are choosing them, what you aim to learn from thern and what work'you will have for your portfolio at the end.

The Brief ldentify and formally present a set of 10 briefs that you intend to respond to during Level 6 of the

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The briefs that you present should be supported by a completed statement of intent (see additional document) and should represent the undertaking of a significant body of work that should reflect your emerging interests in professional Graphic design practices.

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What skills do you want to develop and what briefs will support their development?

10 Briefs presented in the standard studio brief format.

What subjects/themes are you interested in investigating and how can a brief 'accommodate' your investigation?

A statement of intent outlining your rationale, areas of creative focus, proposed research activities and practical development.

What audiences and contexts do you want design for and why? What do you want to design for them?

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Posts to your Design Practice Blog documenting initial research, development and evaluation of source material.

Which Competition / Live / Collaborative briefs willyou choose? Why? What do you aim to get out of them?

Studio Deadline All material should be available in printed format for studio workshops during the week commencing 24th September and 1"t October

This brief should be read in conjunction with the module brief. Please refer to E-studio for further module information, module brief, submission deadline, graded outcomes and further reading.

OUGD301 Desiqn Practice 3 - Neqotiated Briefs It is important that you select & negotiate briefs that will allow you to develop an appropriate range of skills and offer you the opportunity to develop a body of work that is relevant to your creative/professional ambitions. The briefs will also need to offer you the potential to generate responses that demonstrate a significant investigation of the practical, conceptual and theoretical aspects of your individual design practice. You will also nee to be able to demonstrate your understanding of the relevant professional, social and cultural contexts of your practice.

You should aim to select and develop a set of briefs that will balance wf,ai you 'WANT' to do as a creative individual and what you 'NEED' to do as a professional. This includes considerations of practical skills development, appropriate media/formats, awareness of production requirements as well as relevant contextualisation.

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to*â&#x201A;Źtttt Research Briefs: e<AttAlvtl ov-r t'trr^ WAnhl*qgrY of a specific and sustained investigation more self directed tend to represent a Research briefs generate your own theme, concept or specific area of individual interest. The focus of the brief s to content from which you will develop appropriate design solutions, products and responses. These briefs can take time to get going and o you should always have other briefs running alongside them in order to keep you designing. As a result these briefs require a high level of planning and oroanisation.

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Skills driven briefs offer you the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of production or distribution methods, processes and/or technologies. The content of these briefs can be 'given' or from predominantly secondary sources as the emphasis is on media investigation, visualisation and production. Quotes, existing texts, facts and stock imagery will allow you to focus on the specific practical skills that you want to develop which may include investigation of print processes, finishing processes, book binding, web design, motion graphics, story boarding, etc.

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Live briefs otfer the opportunity to work directly with a client or external agency in a more - d professional context. You may get the opportunity to pitch for live briefs against other students ail and or professionals which gives you a greater sense of how the industry works in terms of pace, decision making, proposal and production. Jhese briefs are usually exciting and frustrating in equal measure and rarely meet your creative expectations. (but this is why they are useful). You may identify a number of smaller,' quick turn around' live briefs that you combine into one larger brief or extend a live brief beyond the clients requirements in order to turn it into a more substantial and appropriate boy of work.

Gollaborative briefs You can work collaboratively through out Level 06 offering you the opportunity to combine your skills with other members of the group or work across disciplines. Many Graphic design students work successfully with students from other degree programmes. This gives breadth to your portfolio and depth to your design practice. Be careful who you collaborate with and always make sure that you are clear about your expectations, requirements and what you are actually gong to get out of the brief. All collaborations must be discussed with Programme Leader &/or year tutor before any commitments are made.

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BA (Hons.) GRAPHIC DESIGN Module

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Studio Deadline

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This brief should be read in conjunction with the module brief. Please refer to module information at E-STUDIO for module brief, submisSion deadline, graded outcomes and further reading.