Tuesday, 17 October 2017

COP Question Presentation, Notes and Feedback

Slide 01: Question

  • Discuss my chosen question
  • According to a 2015 pol 50% of people in the UK believe gender exists on a  spectrum 
  • Last decade attitudes towards the acceptance of gender within a spectrum have shifted
  • As a result of this it is effecting the way in which some people are designing

Slide 02: Themes

  • Gender Identity - what it mean for creatives today
  • Gender Stereotypes - looking at the negatives/positives of how it is still used today in design
  • Masculinity/Femininity - researching into how these influence designer's outcomes
  • Androgyny - the way in which masc/fem qualities within design are blending together
  • Pop Culture - how gender has been used as a tool to sell 
  • Feminism - looking at how feminist designers use their gender as a tool to design
  • Gender Neutral Design/Neutral Culture - in contrast with the feminism behind gender forward design, comparing it with genderless design - looking into the argument of whether we should express ourselves through gender or design for no gender in mind at all

Slide 03: Case studies 

  • Design Studios - contact studios with a survey/questionnaire on their practice and whether gender is factor that consider when designing or themselves or a client
  • Interview Creatives - who have based projects around gender and interview them on their reasonings behind their design decisions 

Slide 04: Practical

  • Gender Neutral publication following the theories and design methods with the influence of no gender

Slide 05: Extended Practice

  • Talk about my collaboration with Tommy (London fashion student) on my photography publication that is focusing on the masculine/feminine qualities of men
  • Collaborating on the visuals, fashion garments and modelling 

FEEDBACK


  • Narrow down my question by specifying what practice I want to focus on... whether it be graphic design or a practice within graphic design


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