Personal Study
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This is a very elaborate and extended critical link, which includes written work of between 1000 and 3000 words. It must be written in your own words and is informed by reading and primary source research.
This is a requirement from the exam board and must evidence your ability to not only research but analyse the work of artists and designers. You have all completed a mini version of the Personal Study recently with the Written Analysis piece set before summer. The most successful Personal Studies usually focus on a quote or a theme, "Don't mistake legibility for communication" or "Architecture: Form vs Function".
The following resources have been created to support you through the process of planning, research, analysis and presentation of your study. If you have any further questions, please speak to your teacher.
Starting Points: Y1
Pick one of these broad starting points that is most likely to connect to your Year 2: Personal Investigation.
In the Personal Investigation you write your own design brief. You can see examples in the exhibition section of the site. You must pick the starting point that is most likely to connect to your own work. These essay starting points are deliberately broad and can connect to most projects.
Abstract: The Art Of Design - Paula Scher https://holycross.planetestream.com/View.aspx?id=10334~58~PtuJhpd4yb
24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters https://holycross.planetestream.com/View.aspx?id=11927~5h~zBbDwY8QBB
Helvetica: https://holycross.planetestream.com/View.aspx?id=10182~59~q4KlSyovWa
Terry Jones on Starting i-D 'I empowered people to capitalise on their talents' - In Fashion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqGl4ppJ9E
Full episode podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-fashion/id1828171048
https://open.spotify.com/show/52vjM15G4HPaV4Sxw5bium?si=1a2b2e8506464473
An introduction to Julian Opie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOXP3mx6_Qs
INDEPENDENT WORK - GRAPHICS YEAR 1
POLITICS + ETHICS:
5 x research links
2 x critical links
Gather 10+ stats related to your chosen theme.
Start Initial designs.
PERSONAL STUDY:
Pick a starting point that is likely to relate to your Year 2 Personal Investigation in some way.
Pick two pieces of work related to your chosen starting point. Write two pieces of 500 word analysis.
Use ‘content/form/process/mood’ to help you to understand the work, but write as continuous prose rather than answers to the questions.
Include 4+ quotes to reference your research.
Submit via Teams as a Word doc.
PERSONAL STUDY ANALYSIS DEADLINE: 18th May
