A Question Of Research

 I tried one of the BBC maestro courses during my BA last year, for children's book illustrations which wasn't overly helpful so kind of forgot alllll about this for a while but then Scher bought out a course and given how big she is in the graphic design world, I thought it would be worth a watch! It did not disappoint! Sure not every moment was super interesting and useful but I got really inspired watching it and it (virtually) surrounded me with design work, some of which I really liked. As the course went along, I mostly just listened, so that I could actually focus and take it on but I made a few notes here and there - some thoughts, some key points and a few things to look into: I'm really intrigued by 'The Type Directors Club', I found one addition in the library which I haven't looked at yet but I'm pretty excited about it! I'm also trying to get the David King book Scher had but the library doesn't have it soooo I'm trying to borrow it ...

 I need to start creating and getting a bit more productive but this reading felt like a bit of bridge between reading and creating, connecting to pretty much everything I've done thus far. This extract was recommended during the first/most recent discussion of work and it felt like a good way to expand and start exploring thoughts and ideas specifically to do with interactive/tactile design. Why sensory design? A good question... (purely digital reading & note making this time) As is quite clear, the beginning of the reading was much more useful and engaging than the second half. Whilst the content of the text isn't overly relevant to ADHD as such, I like this idea of levelling the playing field. Creating something that has to be interacted with to be understood, something that no one will look at and understand straight away, much how I can't necessarily read a body of text within seconds and understand it! I'm also intrigued by the idea of using symbolism and soc...