OUGD501 - Studio Brief 3 - Research Proposal Initial Notes

• 250 word rational for a research proposal
• 5 Subtopics
• 5 relevant quotes from academic writers or practitioners
• 5 relevant books
• 5 relevant websites
• 5 relevant images which relate
• 5 relevant contexts (sub cultures etc...)

The impact of charity and ethical design within advertising

South Park (Parody)
Water Aid
There is an element of guilt with is unethical practice

Context
Audience
Research
Theories
Philosophies

Thoughts on this work in relation to synthesis, this person is relevant I have tried to express this in my practice

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

What is there to study? (ontology)

How can we know about it? (epistemology)

Interviews
Books
Surveys
Facts
Statistics

How do we study it? (methodology)

Photographing
Experimentation
How is the experimentation interpreted

Having looked at person x's work in relation to person y, I believe that person x is more appropriate because...

How does my practical project prove or disprove decisions and theories stated within the written element

Study Task: Context of Practice 3 - Research Proposal

Initial thoughts
Critical research journal which synthesises my continual knowledge into practical analysis and design
Pull together material which relates to theoretical, contextual and practical research

Q1

What is good?
Voluntary work
Social Responsibility of my practice
Sustainability

How to be a graphic designer without loosing your soul

Q5

To what extent do technological developments in production and distribution impact on graphic design?

social media
how print has developed

Q6

To what extent does aesthetic style reflect the context, audience and/or fiction of contrary graphic design?

Modernism
Composition
Trends

Produce a 10 page pdf research proposal submitted via ISSUU on your COP blog

This should include -

• The research question that you have chosen
• A 250 word introductory statement identifying a specific area of individual interest within the research question.