Planning the personal brief and mind map of issues/contexts and ideas

Today we looked at producing a personal brief, this was because not all of us have managed to produce one and so we looked at what should be put into making one.  One does not need to be too stringent on the pathways, or areas which need to be looked at, so it can be loose and relaxed and may be changed at a later date if something more suitable is found.  We have to consider looking at any issues/problems and think of ways to solve them.  The best way is to look at a broad general area applying to my issue/project and open it into sub-sets to what interests me and find more specific problems and ideas, for example:

·      Community

¨     People

¨     Education

¨     Religion

¨     Work

If I picked people, for example, I would break this down even further by looking into age groups such as Parents/Children then look at the problems within that area such as Anti Social Behavior etc.  From there I would find a specific aim.

We then looked at the overview of our projects.  Here is my overview:

Pathway – Design Digital

Context – Not necessarily physical, could be metaphorical – ‘virtual’, animation etc.  Possibly reminding people how beautiful ‘home’ can be through graphics

Issue – Awareness of the environment

Aim – To improve peoples way of life, to encourage them to cut down on wastefulness, be more eco-friendly.  To get these kinds of messages more visible, to get people to see more – see what they are using and doing, see the impact on where they live and see how they can make their lives better.

We then produced our own mind maps to see what can be incorporated into our projects.  We did this by looking at each individual aspect and then looked at what could be associated with that aspect.  For example ‘Dematerialisation’, it can be incorporated into my brief by having it ‘Digitally produced’, ‘Image projected onto screen’ or ‘Graphics on walls and signs’.

During the afternoon, we had our mind maps looked at in groups of four to see how we have progressed and what we have looked at.  As each one of us showed our mind maps, another mind map was produced and see what further points could be pitched across.  From there, we could then work on our personal briefs with these points and suggestions made.