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Tutorials

'A tutorial is one method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of a learning process. More interactive and specific than a book or a lecture; a tutorial seeks to teach by example and supply the information to complete a certain task.

Depending on the context a tutorial can take one of many forms, ranging from a set of instructions to complete a task to an interactive problem solving session'

Something We are doing this year is creating tutorial sheets to book appointments with our tutor with a list of aims and objectives that we want to discuss. We are to design our sheets and come up with a presentation around this, and I created a short cartoon of these 2 owls to describe what a tutorial was. I chose to base it around owls because they are often related to education and thought of to be wise. I also imaged my tutor as a wise owl passing on her knowledge to me!

The Quesiton

For todays lesson we had to have our proposed question that we intend to answer though designed information ready. 


Can Designed Information Reduce Anxiety Levels Within Patients Throughout The Duration Of Their Hospital Stay?

I have been working in Weston General Hospital as a housekeeper for 3 and a half years now alongside my studies so the 2 environments to me are linked very closely. I enjoy working in the hospital and feel a sense of pride from being involved in a corporation that is there solely to help people. Even though i am not a nurse or doctor my part in the hospital is still an essential one and together we all make the work done by the NHS possible. However over the years I have noticed that the hospital can be a very distressing environment for some people.  As the staff already have so much to do within their work and so many people to cater for, it makes it difficult for anyone to directly comfort everyone as this is not their prime occupation. This got me thinking about what is already in place in the hospital to make a stay more comfortable for example Sunshine Radio is a free service to patients that might not necessarily be aware of the fact that its in place. So im starting to generate general ideas around some sort of welcome pack 

A Is For Advertising

Today I began designing an screen printing my alphabet. I began here with A for advertising. I have decided to use 3 screens for each one so that each one only uses 3 colours and I intend to make them all follow these sort of shades. I really particularly like the man on the ladder I think using a person makes the image more life like.

The A-Z of graphic design

Thinking about my graphic design alphabet I started to get a little stuck on some of the letters so today I decided to write them so that when I came to design each one I could just get on with it instead of sit there humming and haring wondering which word would be the most appropriate! Feel free to comment if you have any other ideas of words I could use

A - Advertising

B - Branding

C - Colour

D - Drawing

E - Equipment

F - Flyer

G - Graphics

H - Heirarchy

I - Illustration

J - Juxaposition

K - Kerning

L - Letter press

M - Macbook 

N - Net

O - Opacity

P - Packaging

Q - Quality

R - Render

S - Screen Print

T - Typography

U - Use Value

V - Visual communication

W - Width

X - X height

Y - Y Height

Z - Zine

Paul Thurlby

Looking at my identity I feel that its essential for me to revisit the design of it so that the rest of my work pieces and presentations can follow the same design.  The reason being is because the current identity that i have been using doesn't have a strong enough concept and it is more about style over substance so i really want something that has a strong idea behind it. I have been thinking about how Ab-z is the beginning and end to the alphabet so my research as led me to looking into some illustrated alphabets and in particular this Paul Therby one stood out to me the most because I love the screen printed illustrations within it and how each thing goes into the shape of the letter that it is conveying. The use of color and style gives it a vintage look that I think is adorable. I loved it so much I decided to buy it! It also gave me the idea to print my own alphabet but an A-Z of graphic design version. 

Quantitative & Qualitative Data Collection

For our first timetabled day back at university from the summer we had a presentation day for quantitive & qualitative data collection which we were asked to research and put together during the summer. The reason being to inform our research proposals for this year.

Quantitative

. Quantitative data collection involves surveys and customer questionnaires, which can help you to improve your product and services by enabling you to make more informed decisions

. Its about asking people for their opinion in a structured way to inform your ideas

. To get reliable results it is important that you survey people in large numbers to find a more accurate results.

. Questionnaires can be done 

face to face

over the phone

via post or email

online or via your website

Quantitative research can also be used to compare certain groups of

people to minimize your results and target a certain audience

By repeating surveys you can compare and monitor how opinions change

Quantitative research can be usd to inform your work before the design process, then test the performance of your design afterwards.

Qualitative

Qualitative research aims to provide an understanding of why or how things are as they are. Exploring issues, understanding phenomena and generally answering questions. For example a market researcher may ask a customer how they came to the decision to buy into a certain product.

Unlike quantitative date  collection where there are fixed questions, qualitative data collection would be more of a discussion or topic guide used to explore various issues in depth Feedback: Generally quite impressed, my presentation was a bit to basic, but my understanding of it was recognizable and clear to the audience. Styling, explanation, conduction and examples are some of the key things to think about when putting together a presentation. Quotes are a nice way to break things up and added extras for the audience is a nice way of keeping them engaged. Anything like photographs, video and music can also add a nice touch to any presentation.