Aiming to answer Mollies Brief I have been reading news stories and watching reports around the issue of LGBT lessons in primary schools. The teacher delivering these lessons, Andrew Moffat, has developed a scheme of work that he calls No Outsiders, it acknowledges the differences within our communities and celebrates this. The scheme of work, […]

“There is a problem with plastics entering the environment and that needs to be addressed but we need to look in the right places to find a long-term solution.  Banning plastics is not the answer, efforts should be directed towards creating a circular economy for plastics that integrates product design, use, recycling and reuse of […]

This week’s workshop tasks ask the question, how can design impact, improve and influence the world around us to better our experiences. To do this designers use a series of tools to gain an insight into the needs of a given user. Customer journey maps and a day in the life of are methodologies used […]

The 2016 inquest into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has identified that 96 people were unlawfully killed and has identified a catalogue of failings by the police. This has brought about new concerns over the policing and accountability of the government over the battle of Orgreave during the miner’s strike of 1984 / 5. Diane Abbot […]

Draft 1 (so far) The inquest into this Hillsborough disaster has brought about new concerns over the policing and accountability of the government over the battle of Orgreave. During the Miners strike of 1984 / 5, miners gathered at the site of the coking plant near Rotherham to demonstrate their disapproval of the closure of […]

When given the opportunity to explore a Myth, legend or story that has an influence of a location my immediate thoughts were drawn to the Beast of Bodmin and the Bodmin Jail. Initial research for each was based on a google search and watching some documentaries on youtube. I found it interesting to some degree […]

This week has been full of reference points that I should consider in the writing task. Each of these points shows consideration and an appreciation to designers who we consider to have an element of craft within their design. The work of Uniteditions celebrates the branding guidelines that were printed with meticulous detail. The books […]

Reflecting on last weeks work I have been going round in circles as to the approach and it took me some time to get into a rhythm with it and feel that I now understand what I need to explore further. I will continue to do this and aim to develop something animated as this […]

This weeks task asks me to reflect, distil and question the purpose and impact of a given piece of data represented graphically. During the introduction of this task, I was drawn to the diagram of causes of mortality and upon further investigation of the five sources suggested I was drawn to this again for a […]

This week I have been exploring a range of sources of inspiration and reflection. Joe and Stuart have been throwing articles and designers left, right and centre at me and this have been great to build my contextual reference points. The more and More I look at these ideas the more I seem to be confused […]