Monday 16 August 2010

What Is Good?

Good depends on your perspective, ethics, creative preferences, likes and dislikes (amongst other things). It is a matter of opinion rather than a statement of fact. you need to decide what is good & design something that communicates your opinion, supports your argument or delivers your point of view.

Brief
Identify, research and present your opinions of what is good.

Tasks
Select 5 subjects, objects, concepts, statements and/or things that you think are good.

Spend the summer finding out what is good about them, what makes them good, what other people think about them. Gather a broad range of material facts, figures, images, text and opinions that will help you understand the subject matter. You should aim to become and expert on the subject matter.

Prepare a 3-5 minute power point/ pdf presentation that summarises your findings and proves that you are right or wrong. You need to make believers of us all.

Prove It
opinions mean nothing if they are not informed. What evidence can you gather, select and deliver in order to back up your belief that something is good. You should aim to gather and catergorise appropriate facts, figures and statistics that will establish you as an expert in your subject matter.

Radical, inventive and exhaustive research methods will help you generate/identify surprising sources of primary and secondary research. Research in order to understand. Select / catergorise in order to clarify.

Include Visual Material

Use references for presentation

Deadline-
Wednesday 22nd September

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