Weekly Reflections

Weeks 09-10

Week 09:

The posters that I produced show art through visual design processes communicated in literal and abstract ways with the assistance of line drawings, diagrams and renders. The art that my design is performing is communicating movement that tells the tragic tales of Medusa’s story through dynamic design. The dynamic design represents Medusa’s tragic story through the rotation of the outer walls in a synchronised manner to translate the sudden events unfolding.

It was a challenge to represent the art of Medusa’s story on the posters as the complexity in Medusa’s story is too intricate and delicate to entirely include in one design. With the help of line drawings and renders, the concept was able to be conveyed in a contrasting and interactive way. I also found it difficult to show my design during the prototyping stage as the design itself is very simple.

The technology that my design uses to perform its motions is from the bone system of gear mechanism that I learnt from exploring crank and cam systems. The technology is exposed in poster 5 and the movements from the mechanism is depicted in poster 6 where it shows the stages of motion. Background abstract line drawings on the posters are also used to represent movement in the technology through its layering and colour palette.

I found it challenging to represent the technology through my posters as it is a very basic mechanism that does not have too much detail to it. Although this was the case I think that the way I communicated movement and the mechanism was clear and aesthetically pleasing and worked well with the overall design style of the posters.

Week 10:

It is important that you use visual and verbal communication to present a design because the design will be proposed to people that do not understand architecture or design. Diagrams are important for this as they use both visual and verbal aspects to translate a design in a clear and effective way so that everybody understands the design.

In a folio, it is important to limit text to describe a design process. As designers, it is our job to communicate in creative ways to visually describe the design process. Although limited text is important, it is still needed to clarify and label elements. Not only does it have this job but it is also useful for storytelling and for design briefs. It is important to include mission statements at the end of a design that summarises the purpose of a design.

For previous projects, I structured my design communications to tell a story that is personal to my design style. Each year I improve on my storytelling ability through a visual portfolio that translates my design process.

In future projects, I would like to communicate my design in my folios to consciously be structured in an aesthetic style that is consistent and interesting on each page. In order to precisely keep this storytelling seamless would be to keep a planned schedule and stay on top work in a time effective manner.