This is a good starting point for your investigation. Given your interests (in the factories around the area), it seems that your geographical / contextual investigation should focus more on this kind of manmade materiality (the information about animal and plant materials is less important in your case). Your work is all about distilling what is the important information that you need to show in the posters. As mentioned during the class, the exercise briefs are worded to be as open and flexible as possible (and relevant to everyone), but it is your job to show in the posters only what matters to you. That way, you can also work towards a better graphic presentation on the posters, where they don’t work as ‘tiles’ next to one another, but they actually work as a coherent whole. If you were to re-work this poster based on the feedback on this comment – what would be the ESSENTIAL information that you must include? I think – the location of all relevant factories, what kind of pieces do they produce, what kind of clay do they work with, when were they founded, are they threatened / about to close? Who are their customers (local / international)? Are there any programs to save them? Could they expand their markets and/or offer a premium / luxury product?
The rest of the information that you find in the process can be kept in a folder in your computer (and in your head), but doesn’t need to go on the poster. Another idea is to create a folder in your computer where you collect references for visual posters that you like, or that have an aesthetic that is suitable for the message you are conveying.
As you know, some students will come to present their work, so that you can get a better idea on how to work and improve your course output. Until March, we won’t be having 1-1 tutorials, so this feedback is very important to take onboard until then. If you have further questions about this feedback, please do not hesitate to get back in touch. P
This is a good starting point for your investigation. Given your interests (in the factories around the area), it seems that your geographical / contextual investigation should focus more on this kind of manmade materiality (the information about animal and plant materials is less important in your case). Your work is all about distilling what is the important information that you need to show in the posters. As mentioned during the class, the exercise briefs are worded to be as open and flexible as possible (and relevant to everyone), but it is your job to show in the posters only what matters to you. That way, you can also work towards a better graphic presentation on the posters, where they don’t work as ‘tiles’ next to one another, but they actually work as a coherent whole. If you were to re-work this poster based on the feedback on this comment – what would be the ESSENTIAL information that you must include? I think – the location of all relevant factories, what kind of pieces do they produce, what kind of clay do they work with, when were they founded, are they threatened / about to close? Who are their customers (local / international)? Are there any programs to save them? Could they expand their markets and/or offer a premium / luxury product?
The rest of the information that you find in the process can be kept in a folder in your computer (and in your head), but doesn’t need to go on the poster. Another idea is to create a folder in your computer where you collect references for visual posters that you like, or that have an aesthetic that is suitable for the message you are conveying.
As you know, some students will come to present their work, so that you can get a better idea on how to work and improve your course output. Until March, we won’t be having 1-1 tutorials, so this feedback is very important to take onboard until then. If you have further questions about this feedback, please do not hesitate to get back in touch. P