Monday 13th February - Sunday 19th February

After waiting weeks to receive my grades on all of my projects, I finally had got them. In my add-vantage module, I have 82%, for 111AAD I achieved 70%, for 112AAD I achieved 71% and for 113AAD I received 53%. I am very proud of myself for the grades I have achieved, and I have done a lot better than I ever thought I would. I’m not exactly very happy with the grade I received for 113AAD because it is my lowest grade and is also the only project I did not get firsts in. If after being given feedback and the opportunity to redo this project, I probably would do it.

This week we also had another critique with our tutor. This critique was about our individual concepts and final branding identity design. For my concept I’ve decided to go with typography. The comment my tutor made was that I need to finalise and narrow down my concept, because at the moment it is very broad and I will be unable to produce work unless I narrow it down. On the other hand, she likes our final branding identity design and said that there are no other changes that need to be done to it. She asked us to now move on to designing our house style board as a team.

On Thursday I asked my group to come together after our class so we could start out next group task. None of them turned up which met this would not be complete for Monday coming. Due to no-one turning up, I decided to produce a house-style board for my own sections of work. This wasn't what my tutor Paula had asked for but it was the best I could do. Thursday is also the day were I have my html lessons, as usual I got lost and ended up teaching myself the aspects I did not understand.

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D&AD Submission

I decided to submit my work to the D&AD competition. Here I have attached the video presentation and support .jpegs that I sent. I am very excited about this and I am hoping I win a pencil from this completion, as this will give an advantage over others when applying for jobs. To submit work, I had to write small explanation. Here is what I put: ‘Virgin Venture’ is for the adventurous. The app and website allow people to book holidays based on categories and destinations. The second feature, which differentiates this app is ‘Venture Luck’. This feature is for the risk takers. The interface of this section is inspired by the popular Tinder app, allowing people to skip, save or book pre-planned holidays. The only detail needed from the person is a date. There are also interactive posters that work identically, allowing someone to tap the screen. Each tap reveals a new destination, they can then use NFC to save the details. ...

Campaign Presentation

The week of submission is such a blur. After rushing about trying to hit a deadline that was sooner than originally told, I was also struck with a sickness bug making it hard for me to function and concentrate. The work was supposed to be due on Wednesday 10th January however, the paperwork said it was due Monday 8th. Even though I was struggling to keep anything down, I still managed to go into university to presentation my presentation (Friday 12th January) of the work I have produced. After all of the struggle, I'm proud of myself. My presentation went well, I received verbal positive feedback from Paul which makes me feel like I will achieve a strong grade of 2-1 or a first. Hopefully, it will be a first as I am aiming to achieve all first for semester 1.

Placement research

Over the last few weeks I have been researching job placements. It has been very hard to find 3 month placements, all of them seem to be a year long or I am not qualified for the opportunity. However, I kept on looking even with these minor set backs and I have now found some placements that I can apply for. 12 month placements DISNEY - Creative & Product Development https://jobs.disneycareers.com/job/london/internships-creative-and-product-development-2018-19/391/5832619 UNIVERSAL - Graphic Design Intern http://jobs.jobvite.com/universalmusicgroup/job/ofZm6fwq Both of these 12 month placements are amazing opportunities but this is not what I am looking for. I want to either have a placement over the given time during semester 2 (March -May)or, have a summer placement. Due to this, I decided to research local design agencies in Coventry. Here are the three I liked the most. These three design agencies would help me develop professionally b...

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