Writing A Brief

Task 1 - Postcard Brief

The task of creating a double sided A6 Postcard Brief was to get our minds working. At this point the honours project title is rough, and the brief is not yet fully formed or concise.

This beginning stage is important, as one must not be too narrow minded on what their final outcome is, but not to be too vague and have no clue as to what direction they are to go in. By having a working title it allows you to start to walk down one path of concept. The information you already know almost forms the area of interest for your project, a known issue that you wish to resolve or respond to within the chosen area. The information you don't know, are things that will be needed to find out and what information is needed to complete your project.

The following week we are to review our postcard and start thinking about what we shall research and contemplate how we will get from the start of the project to the end. The Following week we should have a better idea to as what our brief will be in full / how it will develop.

Task 2 - How to Write a Good Brief

According to https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ the 7 main factors that you should bring into consideration when writing a proper design brief is as follows:

Objectives and goals of the new design
Budget and schedule
Target audience
Scope of the project
Available materials/required materials
Overall style/look
Any definite “Do nots”

With the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, all of our university lectures are taking place online in the form of Chats and Video Calls. We discussed the post card briefs we had come up with. This was done with both our peers and our Lecturers - This allowed us to start thinking how we would expand our brief, and where our research would take us.