Theory...

This week has had alot of theory. We've had the C.R.A.P. (contrast, repitition, alignment and proximity) and colour space lectures along with a talk on image formats. I have enjoyed it this week and found the lectures to be quite informative. It feels like we're really starting to get into the industry side of things I can see this as being actually quite useful in the big daunting workplace.

I found the lecture on image formats to be quite easy but there were somethings such as bit depth which I'd never really heard of. I also learnt that DPI (dots per inch) reffered to pixels per linear inch and not square inch which was what I always thought but then thinking about it seems so obvious.

The exercise on Wednesday morning where we had to create 12 business card designs in half an hour was good. I liked the fact we were given the brief to do that in such a short amount of time and it really makes you aware of what you can do when you put your mind to it. It was also a chance to show creativity and it was good seeing what other people had done. I'm always interested in what other people do as I believe it helps you to understand them more in some way. It gives you clues about certain personality traits that you wouldn't normally find out by just talking to them. I'm also nosey so this is probably the underlying reason!

This week I also started the TDR assignment and found that I went off tangent at times reading about Damien Hirst and his 'Mother and Child Divided' art piece. I also found myself distracted with the age old debate of design vs. art and I can only conclude that there is simply no right or wrong answer to this, it's just a test to see if we can write a valid and balanced argument of the topic. After all, as a web designer, should I be more biased towards design, or simply provide a balanced argument?

I'm starting to look at the TDR in a different way than before, I used to sort of like the things that they did but I'm getting a bit tired of the style of work they produce. It seems a bit dated to me now and they're lack of new work on their website leads me to believe that they're maybe trying something new. For example, the Supergrass album cover is a very minimalist design compared to their more usual 'busy' style.