Study task 9 statement and evaluation

Having completed the module I feel that my second essay and final product are closely linked therefore fulfilling the criteria well. I made sure that the essay was fully complete and checked by peers before even starting my work on the brief giving me extra confidence in this statement. Due to my brief being about typography and specifically legibility it gave me an easy and clear link between the two as I used text that is referenced in the second essay as body text for experimentation within the final zine. Although the finishing of the zine left a lot to be desired, I feel contextually the ideas was sound and the layouts were aesthetic and informative. The case study element gave me a direct opportunity to reference key practitioners within legibility, presenting a platform to share information I found interesting with peers and potentially (with a lot of refinement) customers. Specifically, Frutiger's OCR opened up my eyes to an entire new meaning within legibility and I would have loved to explore this further with more experiments if I had of managed my time better.

In the end, I would say I enjoyed writing the essays far more than the project, the opportunity to research a topic in depth was most valuable. I feel the reason for me not enjoying the task was the juxtaposition it created from our studio briefs. We've not been used to that level of independence this year on a course where we have had our hands held a little too much at time. I could certainly learn to enjoy a more relaxed style of teaching in the future but it did come as a bit of a shock and it felt like we were a little under supported. Fair enough with the essay it was all about going off and reading and doing our own thing but I did find myself very far behind on the brief due to a misunderstanding over its relevance to the module. It sorts of at times felt like a time filler to occupy us from Christmas until now.    

I will make sure to manage my time more effectively going into next year and treat cop with respect because I did really enjoy the discoveries and experiments endeavoured.