Gdes3004: Nice Examples of Student Roughs - 2014 Cohort

Here's a few quick references to ongoing rough work from students in the latest cohort of the Children's Book Design module. Some really nice early ideas and good research evidenced this week. Notable great rough work from: Polina and Cat, Matt, Rebecca and Zoe.

Cat

Andy: Cat you always create a great set of ideas and roughs and this time's no exception.. They're clear, we get an idea of both layout, design/art style as well as additional features. We suggested that you could refine by working on colour/art styles and make sure that you kept up your collection and analysis of a range of supporting research.

Matt

Andy: Matt you've pushed the boat out and have started to look into colour, art styles and visual treatments. You'd also got a range of very interesting refs in your research on your blog - I thought the 'woodcut' bold art style of particular interest and could see that it was one of your front runners too. A good early start.

Rebecca Hamilton

Andy: It's clear that you've enjoyed the development process so far here Rebecca. Your initial sketch ideas show promise, are clearly annotated and pay reference to classic characters from the likes of Beatrix Potter - which you aim to use as a narrator/character to support your menu/cooking process. Some good accompanying early research too.

Polina

Andy: You're my 'rough work hero' this week Polina. Some really lovely, well thought-through and clever ideas exhibited in your rough work. Some excellent early research undertaken and some clear and in depth annotations so we really see all of your thinking at this point. Some really good initial work - well done..

Gdes3004: Examples of Last Year's Cohort's Rough Ideas

I'm going to put up some of the great examples of last year's cohort's student ideas in this post.. There was a range of really great ideas and early thinking exhibited this week (last year) and I'm keen that students this year see examples of good practices and different approaches..

Flick: Journal research and associated notes.

Flick: Initial ideas and early sketch concepts.

Flick: Great early research examples in journal.

Rossouw: Some great initial thinking and 3x possible treatments..
Liking the messy play ideas in particular.. :)

Adam's experiments with pop-ups 01

Adam's experiments with pop-ups 02

An example of Adam's initial supporting sketches.

GDES3004: Added Features Feedback - Session Task

Please add your comments in line with the session task (link on R/H side this blog) as 'comments' to this post.

Please format as: (your names) and (book title) first.

• Describe the content of the title, format of the book and added features used.

  
• In relation to the information provided in the Powerpoint (about the way in which children learn), describe how the added features (or format) might enhance the content and engagement of the book for the child.

  
• List the senses that have been stimulated and describe how the format / design does this.

  
• Do you consider this an appropriate way to present the content (if ‘yes’ then why?). If ‘no’ discuss why and suggest an alternative approach. 

  
• Note down your responses, return the book to the rest and repeat the above with a different title. 

  
• Make sure that you look at a minimum of two titles between you

Do feel free to add additional thoughts and comments if you feel they are relevant.

Gdes3004 Wk 5 Blog Task: Make One of Your Chosen Recipes

Here's an example of me documenting myself making the 'Local Food Lunches' Purple Sprouting Broccoli recipe.

Examples of student work returned (this to be added to further):

Hannah Wood

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Andy: I think you've worked in some lovely ideas here Hannah. It's clear, the well-numbered steps are clearly separated and legible, the photography is appropriate and compliments the wording well. I really like the focus you've made on food miles and the associated graphical treatment too. A great piece of early work in this genre.

Sarah Kimbrey

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Andy: Some great photography here Sarah - lovely short depth of field shots, clear staging of imagery, like the informal-looking annotations too and linking arrows etc. Job well done in respect of this task!

Megan Feeley

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Andy: Like the 'polaroid' treatment here Megan and the idea of informally pinning/sticking a recipe to a corkboard etc. Clear staged imagery and you've also managed to summarise the process in the original recipe somewhat too. I think there's room to do this but it may need some kind of user testing to ascertain if the level of detail is still appropriate to effectively tackle the task.. Some nice early work though..