PPP Interim Brief + Workshop (23/4/12) on 'Speaking From Experience'

Today we had an interim briefing for the year, outlining important dates and things to keep an eye out for; just for ease of use I'll copy down the notes I took for future reference and for efficiency when it comes to managing my time.

We also got a new practical brief - 'Speaking From Experience', which at it's core is basically about speaking to your former self and students just starting out in Leeds. How did I feel? What advice would I give to someone in that position? with my first year nearly over etc. Problem, Product, range, method of delivery etc all need to be considered along with tone of voice, research and everything other concern you would have with any other brief. We got off to a start by a short workshop, one which should be documented, along with initial ideas a list of observations i've made throughout the year in newer posts (above!)


24/4/12 - OUGD404 Module submission - 12PM to 1PM - Studio 4

(27/4/12) - PPP Concept Crit this Friday - Show as much of what you've been up to as possible

8/5/12 - OUGD406 Final Crit - including the revisiting brief

14/5/12 - PPP Progress Crit

16/5/12 - OUGD406 Module Submission


18/5/12 - Final 401 Context of Practice Crit

22/5/12 - OUGD401 Module Submission


1/6/12 - OUGD402 Presentations and module submissions


11/6/12 - 1PM - Summer Briefing - Dont Miss!


21/6/12 - Final grades emailed out





*Presentation - 5-7 minute long, along with questions you may get asked*

Reflects on and looks at your experience. Things you've learnt, things you need to improve on. What you enjoyed, what you didn't, what you enjoyed finding out more about. A big in-depth reflective process. An evaluation and plan for moving forward. Have I got a clearer idea of where I'm headed, what my style is and what my strengths are? Communicate who you are and what your focus is starting to be. It'll make it easier to get a better understanding of each other especially for a more collaborative practice in year 2.

The group discussions we will have with Jon should be about questions, concerns we may have with collating all the data, and not about doing additional work.

TIME MANAGEMENT: YEAR CALENDAR

To help me time-keep and plan my days ahead I've designed a calendar for myself, which allows me to see the year ahead of me. I prefer this kind of calendar as I can visually see what's coming ahead of me, in days and helps me plan my time ahead. It's going to be hung up in my bedroom and frequently added to.

TIME MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP (1)

The first thing we did was basically look at substantial things we do during the week and give it a percentage of the overall week.

Here is how it went for me:

SLEEP: 30%

EAT: 6%

CHECK NEWS/INTERESTS ON IPHONE: 2%

FACEBOOK + PROCRASTINATION ON INTERNET: 5%

STUDIO TIME: 35%

SOCIALISING/ RELAXING WITH FRIENDS: 10%

VIDEO GAMING: 2%

READING: 1%

DESIGNING AT HOME: 10%

^^ this was an intro exercise so as time went on I realised I was a bit off with this

Here are the activities I outlined I do during a normal week course specifically, domestically and socially. I'll try and add things onto these as I do them during the week.

Here are 9 things I do during the week socially

SMOKING: 1 HOURS

SHOPPING IN TOWN: 2 HOURS

TEXTING: 7 HOURS

BROWSING THE INTERNET AIMLESSLY: 15 HOURS

VIDEO GAMES: 10 HOURS

WATCHING A MOVIE: 4 HOURS

RUNNING/TRAINING: 5 HOURS

MEETING FRIENDS: 5 HOURS

READING ABOUT MY INTERESTS ON INTERNET, LIKE A DAILY CHECKLIST OF WEBSITES: 20 HOURS

DOMESTIC

SLEEPING: 45 HOURS

EATING: 7 HOURS

SHOWERING: 2 HOURS

TIDYING: 2 HOURS

TRAVELLING: 10 HOURS

SHAVING: 2 HOURS

FOOD SHOPPING: 1 HOUR

LAUNDRY: 1 HOUR

COOKING: 8 HOURS

BAGD

DESIGN SHEETS: 2 HOURS

BLOGGING AND DEVELOPMENTS: 20 HOURS

BRAINSTORMING: 4 HOURS

RESEARCHING: 15 HOURS

WORKING DIGITALLY: 20 HOURS

CRITS: 2 HOURS

EVALUATING AND REFLECTING: 1 HOUR

PREPPING FOR PRINT: 1 HOUR

PRINTING: 2 HOURS

Plan moving forward

Plan for tomorrow - Tuesday (13/2/12)

I'm going to make daily plans the night before the day I plan for. So on Tuesday at 4:30 I'll reflect on the day I had and plan Wednesdays day planner. 

So at 4:30/5:00 I basically reflect what I wanted to achieve today, if I did and whether I need to do it by 6. I'll also plan the outline for tomorrow, including coffee's, breaks, lunches etc. I'll continue this every day of the week and see how it pans out.

Here is the basic weekly plan I've outlined, taking into account workshops, seminars and things like that. It'll tell me the basic AM and PM plan, the daily planners will go a bit more in-depth on an hourly basis. Let's see if I can stick to it! I've outlined it from now (monday pm) so if anything changes I can just cross things out and move them around.