This publication is the result of the 56 Questions brief set by our tutors. The brief was intended as an exercise in time management and an endurance test for the creatively minded. This book contains the answers to 49 of those 56 questions. At the time of going to print some questions remained to be answered or were not deemed of a standard good enough. I hope you enjoy the work on display and take away even the smallest inspiration. Each image has the number of the question it answers and the questions can be found at the back of the book. For the movies section you can scan the QR codes with your smart phone and it will take you to the relevant youtube pages. Or if you would like to keep up to date with new work and my progress. or if you just want to get in touch, you can use the QR codes at the bottom of the page to find me on Facebook,Tumblr and Twitter. Thanks Spilt Milk.
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Q.25 AND Q.41
Q.1 Name. Q.2 Age. Q.3 Place of birth. Q.4 Position in family Q.5 What are your hobbies Q.6 Where do you live now. Q.7 Whats the most beautiful thing in the world. Q.8 What is Graphic Design. Q.9 Re-draw a famous logo. Q.10 Make an image using thumb prints. Q.11 Q.12 Print a T-shirt with an in-appropriate design. Q.13 Q.14 Describe the synopsis of a film in fifty words or less and make a film poster. Q.15 Learn a new skill and record yourself doing it. Q.16 What is psychology. Q.17 What is semiotics. Q.18 What is your favorite colour. Q.19 Re-design a rainbow. Q.20 What in lif is your greatest source of pleasure. Q.21 If you were a teacher what brief would you propose. Q.22 What is abstraction. Q.23 Using infographics construct a self portrait. Q.24 What is dogma. Q.25 Make a large folded paper aeroplane, paint a slogan to live by on it, and film it flying. Q.26 What is sacred. Q.27 What is profane. Q.28 Re-create, improve, or destroy an iconic image. Q.29 Who is the most important person in your life.
Q.30 Make a structure out of paper and film it. Q.31 What makes you happy. Q.32 Make a film of yourself being an animal. Q.33 Why are you here. Q.34 What happens after death. Q.35 Make a contemporary momento mori/ vanitas image. Q.36 What is greed? Q.37 What is waste? Q.38 Make a pin-hole camera out of something disposable and take a picture with it. Q.39 What is success? Q.40 What is failure? Q.41 Explain the Zen doctrine in twenty words or less, typeset & print it. Q.42 Q.43 Q.44 What is the purpose of Design? Q.45 Design and make something to sell. Make twelve of them, sell eleven, and keep one. Bring the last one to the crit, along with the object/s you bought with the money you made. *Spend no more that ÂŁ25 on this project. Q.46 What is leisure? Q.47 Make a looped animation sequence of a mundane activity. Q.48 What is re-appropriation? Q.49 Make a video from content lifted directly from the YouTube homepage. Q.50 What is theology? Q.51 What is secular? Q.52 What is a shaman? Q.53 Design a gravestone for a famous designer. Q.54 Q.55 What does this college need. Q.56 Complete the project you outlined in response to question 21.