Throughout the year this module has taught me a lot about myself as a designer. There were many times where I have surprised myself with my design abilities I think this is down to having a much better direction within my work. I have been able to identify with designers and studios that have similar interests to myself and I think this has helped me to realise where I belong within the design industry. At the start of the year, I had no idea that I would be where I am now in terms of knowing what I want to do after university. This was all been down to WYS, it has pushed me in a new direction in previous years I have always said that I was interested in editorial design but by starting WYS this has helped me to learn about a whole new side of that and I am no very passionate about this and can’t wait to get more involved with it after graduation.
If you had asked me at the start of the year if I had a style or a way of working I would have said no. But over the course of this year I have been able to produce a range of briefs and looking back on them I feel that I can see a style starting to develop and the more that I design now I get better at finding out what my style is. I don’t particularly want to have a style for myself but I like the fact that the work that I am producing feels more considered I put this down to undertaking the research stages of the brief in more depth which helps to get a better overall design.
A lot of my briefs this year have involved collaboration. This has shown me how important it is as a design to be able to collaborate with people as a designer in the real-world we will be forced to work with lots of different people and I know feel that I work best when I am able to collaborate with others. It helps me to stay on top of my work as I never want to disappoint while collaborating I can let myself down but I don’t like letting others down when working on a project. I feel that I am also able to take a range of roles within a group if needs are I am now confident enough design and person to lead a group to get the work done.
One thing that has been a large improvement from previous years is my time management. I don’t know if this is down to me carefully considering my time better or just enjoying the work that I am producing more so there for the time that I spend on it has increased which means more work gets done. That was one of the main things that I wanted to set out to achieve this year as I have bad with managing my time before. It was also important to learn this before leaving university as when working for someone else or working for myself I need to be on top of everything that is going on so I don’t get left behind. As well as time management a key skill that this module has taught me is how to be more professional, whether this is talking to clients or just being mindful of others I feel that I have learnt how to work in a professional environment. I am now very eager to put what I have been learning for the last three years into practice as well as now have time to explore my practice even more.
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