Tutorial Notes 050326
MAIN TUTORIAL POINTS:
QUESTIONNAIRE AND NEW MOCKUP FEEDBACK
– Add a question to the questionnaire, ‘what do you think it is?’ Define it in a few words. At the beginning.
– Combine the questionnaire into one piece, so they can answer together?
– Could it be three tired 1) how they feel about colonialism now, 2) suggestions based on book, 3) how they feel about colonialism etc AFTER
– Exclusive parent and child space, to answer the questionnaire. Workshop later in Projections 2?
– Need to get this in front of people at this point for some simple, rudimentary testing to be able to reflect for 19th writing piece.
– Sam – suggestion for simpler kids phrasing ‘what would you take out or keep in?’
– Questionnaire laid out over two pages.
– Victoria – what about a grouped questionnaire, something that can they can do together. Some of the questions are serious, they may need a shared moment with a parent as a catalyst? Could this be columns, one document where they can fill the form together. Sam – this goes into the way your book works, the kids won’t do the questionnaire themselves. Perhaps leave just a complicated questionnaire at the end. Tutor agreed – child feedback, parent feedback. The passport itself has a dual communication style, s should the questionnaire.
– Tutor – simple questions, ‘what do you already know about the British empire?’. Then you can move quickly to feedback on the text, is it too long, what would you change? ‘Was it clear the way you used stamps?’. The simpler the better with the questions, were there too many objects?
Maybe pick out one spread. ‘When you first opened the book, did you understand what you needed to do?’, ‘Was there anything that confused you?’
GCD STUDIO DRAFT PAGE MOCKUP.
– Make images smaller – ‘Optimal Width: 1,200px to 2,048px is ideal for general content images and portfolio work.’
– Include all references – good idea.
– Rejig main image – swap bag to left, or maybe have it at the top.
– Tutor – well structured, well organized all content is there. Lose the section headings, you don’t need to say introduction – it’s implicit.
– Introduction is good
– Lose ‘Response’
– Me – could this be slightly simpler, flowing in between those two sections?
– Tutor – your goal is broader than encouraging positive design politics. You’re using design as your method, but encouraging acknowledgement and education. Clarify that bit.
– Keshavarz quote is good.
– Captions are good.
– Put the two spread next to each other, that would break up images.
– Tutor – the passport is introduced by letter- you could put that in the caption.
– Can you embed issue?
– Lose projection.
– Tutor – happy with length an over 200 words, broken it up with enough imagery.
– Me – condense words and simplify if you can, treat it like the introduction in the book, for example.
– Me – is there any value in bringing in some guilloché or something to decorate it? A textural element as a banner, for example?
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REFERENCES
– No new references this week.
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ACTION POINTS:
– Redesign questionnaire taking in the feedback above.
– Give out packs to families who have agreed to help.
– Tweak images and text for GCD studio page in time for Monday, as per feedback above (priority)
– Continue draft of Reflections piece, wait for feedback.
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