design & presentation workshop

Design & Presentation Workshop

Digital Champions NUI Galway

Presented By: Eileen Walsh

MA Digital Media / BA Graphic Design

The Design ProcessDefine the problem / Collect Info / Brainstorm / Develop Solutions / Gather Feedback / Improve

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!1. Define The Problem

2. Collect Info

Research:Useful Information - Links

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/

FFFFound: http://ffffound.com/

Behance: https://www.behance.net/

Form Fifty Five: http://formfiftyfive.com/

Its Nice That: http://www.itsnicethat.com/

Google Images: https://images.google.ie/

Slide Share: http://www.slideshare.net/

Free Stock Images: https://stocksnap.io/

Good / Bad Design:Useful Information – Identifying good design

Poster 1 Poster 2 Poster 3

Good / Bad Design:Useful Information – Identifying good design

Poster 4 Poster 5 Poster 6

Activity

Choose one project below:

- A poster for a local band playing in the Roisin Dubh

- A presentation on NUIG to secondary school students

- A fashion magazine layout

- A flyer aimed at college students for the local restaurant

Follow these instructions:

Firstly write down the information you would need to complete this project

and then find a number of research items to use as inspiration. This can

be from a number of sources.

3. Brainstorm & Collate Ideas

Research:Useful Information – Example

Typography:Useful Information – Font Types

{ Serif }In typography, a serif is the little extra stroke

found at the end of main vertical and

horizontal strokes of some letterforms.

Uses: Serif typefaces have historically been

credited with increasing both the readability

and reading speed of long passages of text

because they help the eye travel across a line.

[ Sans Serif ]In typography sans serif is a category of

typefaces that do not use serifs, small

lines at the ends of characters.

Uses: According to most studies, sans

serif fonts are more difficult to read. For

this reason, they are used most often for

short text components such as headlines

or captions.


Using the project you chose in the first activity put your information

together in a useful way. Eg Presentations: Beginning middle & end. Eg

Posters and flyers: Rank importance of information. And decide on

headings etc.

Choose a font that communicates your message and a colour scheme

using Pantone as your guide. Activity

4. Develop Solutions

Develop Solutions:Useful Information – Example


Using the project you chose in the first activity develop it further by putting

the information together. Use Powerpoint, paper or Microsoft word to put

together a visual representation of how you want your project to look.

Activity

5. Gather Feedback


Swop places with another group and look at the information collected

from their research right through to the solutions they developed and

make notes on their finished piece.

Some things to consider:

- Does it communicate the message?

- Would you do anything differently?

- Are there any mistakes in the text / imagery used?

- What do you think works?

Activity

6. Improve


Review the feedback you received and discuss what changes you would

make now that you have received an outside opinion and if you would

make no changes have a reason why you think no changes are needed.

If there is time one person from each group should present their project

and discuss changes they would / wouldn’t make.

Activity

Contact Info

https://www.pinterest.com/eilz2000/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eileen-walsh-7ba95261

https://www.instagram.com/eilz2000/

Eileen Walsh

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.eileenwalsh101.wixsite.com/eileenwalsh

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