In this task I had to investigate personal things that mattered to myself as a person and a designer, then analysis this information and represent it through a piece of design. I began by listing six ‘things’ that I felt mattered to me most and couldn't imagine my life without. The list comprised of my favourite book series 'The Dark Tower', the Grant Museum of Zoology, the 38/19 bus route from the West End to Islington (where I live), a mug I received from a friend on my birthday, my favourite restaurant 'Le Mercury', and my frount door to represent my home.
After choosing these things I realised that next step was to step back and look at my choices and what they said about me and my basic culture and values. Comic, design, creativity, fantasy, ‘non-pretentiousness’ backed up by a respect for learning, knowledge and new information broke down into the basic themes. I decided to use photography for this project because I wanted to capture direct images of my items as cool, interesting subjects, and compiled these photos in a way that made sure the final design succeeded in further maintaining these values. The image series is minimal but also clear, creative and communicates well at the same time.
Looking at my work on this project, I think that as a designer I have an identity that comes out of my taste within culture. Upon analysing my list I believe my 'taste' can be broken down into two sections:
A) comic, literature, creativity, fantasy, sci-fi, a sub-culture of comic fantasy and literature
B) my value placed on information, history, knowledge.
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