Study Task 02: Why am I here?

Identify and explain 5 reasons why you chose to study on the course

To learn the rules and theory behind design - you can't break the rules without learning them, and the history of design will always have to be acknowledged. 

To learn about design as an industry and how it works and how to access it. It's the only way to be successful in it. 

To work in an academic, albeit studio-esque creative environment with other creatives in an experimental way. It'll help me be more creative, and prepare me more for the life after.

To form relationships and make connections with successful creative people. People are everything. 

The position of LCA as a specialised institution, former work seen, the GD yearbook and the college facilities and environment. I was impressed by most aspects of the college.

Identify and explain 5 things that you want to learn during your time on the course

Traditional methods of graphic design e.g. printmaking, printing press typesetting etc.

The rules and theories behind design and design philosophy, studying design masters like Vignelli. By observing what made them what they became, it becomes easier for you to become that. 

Effective research methods behind good design decisions. It's almost impossible to create something good without starting somewhere good. 

How design studios operate and how to deal with clients - it would've been dangerous for me to try and wander into the world of design and services without being prepared. 

How design can change the world. I want to make a difference through design. There's no point in doing anything if it doesn't make a difference.  

Identify and explain 5 things that you think are your strengths 

Selecting (mostly) successful compositions, layout and type. Using type for impact. I'm good in creating and composing something in a way which just looks good, and mostly has reason. 

Creating UI/UX concepts. Understanding how people interact with machines. I've used technology and machines since I was 3 years old, and along the way I've picked up what makes a machine easy or hard to use, and what makes people enjoy interacting with them.

Forming a whole identity instead of just a logo. It can be easy to forget that an identity doesn't just stop at a logomark, but I can prove how it's so much more than that. 

Communicating verbally and visually. I like observing, talking to and interacting with people.

Thinking about the impacts of design and what we can do to improve the world. I like to think long term, at the things that matter (and the things that might not), in order to assess how I can make the things I do improve the world. 

Identify and explain 5 things that you would like to improve 

Creating and modifying typefaces? I'm good at using type, not at making it. 

Illustration and technical skills in Adobe CC suite. I'm relatively fluent in Photoshop, Illustrator, I can use InDesign, and I'd love to learn how to use Premiere Pro, After Effects and more. 

I have a passion for beautiful films, featuring both nature and people. 

Very deep research and research analysis. 

Communicating in a way which inspires and convinces.  

Identify and explain 5 things that inspire you

Elon Musk/Tesla/Space X. They're changing the world for the better, and their motives are simple: to make things better. To do the things that have to be done. 

Silicon Valley tech companies and start ups. I love the power and influence they have, and I love how they try and use it positively to improve people's lives. 

Earth and nature. The most epic things on our planet.  

Films and video games and their ability to be pure, unadulterated art and design expression. I love occasionally living in a world which isn't mine.

Mountains, trees, stars and space.

Future tech ideas and innovations.

Revolutionary action to make things better.

Really nice books.
Behance.
Tobias van Schneider.

Identify 5 examples of design that demonstrate your fields of creative interest