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Using the lists, statements and points of discussion introduced in the studio workshop as a starting point, write 4 short statements that summarise your individual positioning / opinions in relation to the following contexts:
Politics
Society
Culture
History
You should aime to write a clear statement (50 - 100 words) that explains what you believe and why in response to each of the four words. The statements should be positive rather than negative affirmations. If you don't like something or are against a certain viewpoint, you should aim to communicate the positive response to it as discussed in the session.
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Along with sourcing our opinions on politics, society, culture and history in the earlier session, we also looked at two different manifestos 'The incomplete manifesto for growth' written by Bruce Mau design and the 'First things first' written in 1964 by British designer Ken Garland and then updated in 2000.
Definition of a Manifesto.
I found the Incomplete manifesto for growth not only inspiring but, also reassuring as often, being quite unexperienced in graphic design, I question whether my outcomes can be deemed 'good'. Bruce Mau design exaggerate the idea that it is the process that is more important than the outcome, as it is the process guides us and allows us to grow.
'Forget about good.
Definition of a Manifesto.
noun, plural man·i·fes·toes.
a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government,sovereign, or organization.
I found the Incomplete manifesto for growth not only inspiring but, also reassuring as often, being quite unexperienced in graphic design, I question whether my outcomes can be deemed 'good'. Bruce Mau design exaggerate the idea that it is the process that is more important than the outcome, as it is the process guides us and allows us to grow.
'Forget about good.
- Good is a known quantity. Good is what we all agree on. Growth is not necessarily good. Growth is an exploration of unlit recesses that may or may not yield to our research. As long as you stick to good you’ll never have real growth.'
- 'Process is more important than outcome.
When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go to where we’ve already been. If process drives outcome we may not know where we’re going, but we will know we want to be there.'
I was quite surprised that Bruce Mau design warns people to avoid entering competitions, as these offer another dimension of experience, not only in response to a brief, but also being able to view what ideas others have come up with and how they think differently towards design. Although I think I would not be able to enter competitions yet, It is something I would have liked to consider doing in the future.
- 'Don’t enter awards competitions.
Just don’t. It’s not good for you.'
Another point that Bruce Mau design makes is that designers should stay up late. However I think this depends on the person, some people work better during the day, and others at night time. I often find that from working from 9am in the morning, I am often too tired to produce anything of use, and find that my concentration levels are often lagging past the 10pm mark, and so I work within a time frame that lets me have at least a couple of hours to wind down and put work aside before sleep.
- 'Stay up late.
Strange things happen when you’ve gone too far, been up too long, worked too hard, and you’re separated from the rest of the world.'
I then went on to read the first things first manifesto. This manifesto encourages designers to re associate themselves with functions of graphic design that have become lost between the wavelengths. We are told to move away from the commercial aspects of graphic design, as these jobs, advertising, designing to sell a range of miscellaneous products has now started to define what a graphic designer does. We are told to get back in touch with the roots of design and step into a movement of culture and social renewal, designing for education, film, campaigns, exhibitions and charitable causes. And from this manifesto we are asked to reconsider the values of design, and approach anything, with a more original sense than adapt to this new growing commercial downfall. It is our commitment to this manifesto that will shape Graphic design and make sure this problem is no longer over looked.
During the session we were asked to write a list of 10 words, which first entered our heads in response to the words Politics, Society, culture history. We made these lists in pairs, in which we had 2 minutes to think of 10 words each.
My Lists:
-Politics
MP
David Cameron
Barak Obama
Conservative
Labour
Lib Dem
Government
Gordon Brown
Vote
UKIP
-Society
Community
Culture
Fast
Broken
Peaceful
People
Recession
Friends
Enemies
Together
-Culture
Languages
Race
Food
Travel
World
Different
Experience
Country
Abroad
Fashion
-History
Archeology
Ruins
Timeline
Romans
Vikings
Past
War
Loss
Celebration
Proud
Sophies Lists:
-Politics
World
Public
Speaking
Choices
Beliefs
Confusing
House of Parliment
London
Prime Minister
Government
Decisions
-Society
People
Friends
Public
Modern
Community
Youth
Technology
Disrupt
Polluted
Segregation
Expensive
-Culture
Beliefs
Differences
Individuality
Religion
Human Rights
Upbringing
Family
Community
Travel
Tradition
-History
Henry 8th
War
Tragedy
Rules
Past Time
Victorians
Grandparents
Dinosaur
Change
David Attenborough
We were then asked to combine our lists and separate them by what we as a pair thought were negative or positive associations with each of the four categories Many of the words appeared in both divisions due to them being both positive and negative.
-Politics positives
Mp
Barak Obama
Conservative
Labour
Lib Dem
Governemt
World
Gordon Brown
Public
Speaking
Choice
Beliefs
House of Parliment
London
Priminister
Desicions
-Politics negatives
David Cameron
Conservative
Labour
Lib Dem
Government
World
Gordon Brown
Public
Confusing
Beliefs
House of Parliment
London
Decisions
-Society positives
During the session we were asked to write a list of 10 words, which first entered our heads in response to the words Politics, Society, culture history. We made these lists in pairs, in which we had 2 minutes to think of 10 words each.
My Lists:
-Politics
MP
David Cameron
Barak Obama
Conservative
Labour
Lib Dem
Government
Gordon Brown
Vote
UKIP
-Society
Community
Culture
Fast
Broken
Peaceful
People
Recession
Friends
Enemies
Together
-Culture
Languages
Race
Food
Travel
World
Different
Experience
Country
Abroad
Fashion
-History
Archeology
Ruins
Timeline
Romans
Vikings
Past
War
Loss
Celebration
Proud
Sophies Lists:
-Politics
World
Public
Speaking
Choices
Beliefs
Confusing
House of Parliment
London
Prime Minister
Government
Decisions
-Society
People
Friends
Public
Modern
Community
Youth
Technology
Disrupt
Polluted
Segregation
Expensive
-Culture
Beliefs
Differences
Individuality
Religion
Human Rights
Upbringing
Family
Community
Travel
Tradition
-History
Henry 8th
War
Tragedy
Rules
Past Time
Victorians
Grandparents
Dinosaur
Change
David Attenborough
We were then asked to combine our lists and separate them by what we as a pair thought were negative or positive associations with each of the four categories Many of the words appeared in both divisions due to them being both positive and negative.
-Politics positives
Mp
Barak Obama
Conservative
Labour
Lib Dem
Governemt
World
Gordon Brown
Public
Speaking
Choice
Beliefs
House of Parliment
London
Priminister
Desicions
-Politics negatives
David Cameron
Conservative
Labour
Lib Dem
Government
World
Gordon Brown
Public
Confusing
Beliefs
House of Parliment
London
Decisions
-Society positives
Community
Culture
Fast
Peaceful
People
Friends
Together
Public
Modern
Youth
Technology
-Society negatives
Fast
Broken
People
Recession
Enemies
Public
Modern
Technology
Disrupt
Polluted
Segregation
Expensive
-Culture Positives
Languages
Race
Food
Travel
World
Different
Experience
Country
Abroad
Fashion
Beliefs
Differences
Individuality
Religion
Human rights
Up Bringing
Family
Community
Tradition
-Culture negatives
Country
Beliefs
-History positives
Archeology
Ruins
Timeline
Romans
Viking
Rules
Past time
Celebration
Proud
Victorians
Grandparents
Dinosaurs
Change
David Attenborough
-History negatives
Henry 8th
War
Tragedy
We were then asked to each write 5 positive opinions about the four categories on separate pieces of paper, which we then switched and wrote 5 negatives about each category on our partners paper. Here are mine and Sophie's lists:
My Lists:
-Positive politics.
-Ability to vote opinions
-Voting for a leader you want
-Being able to Make a choice about your next leader
-Collision governments-Dual Leader
-Different Leader every 4 years
-Society positives
-Feel part of something; with people similar to you
-Different cultures coming together
-Building a community within society
-Creating a peaceful society
-Society working at a faster pace with constant improvements in the infrastructure
-Culture positives
Integration- Experiencing another culture through food
Learning another language- becoming emmersed in another culture
The ability to travel to other places and experience corners of the world
Become more knowledgable and mroe well rounded
Learning about a world that is different to your own- Escapism
Good about History
-Learning about your ancestors- Finding relatives
-Winning the world cup
-Hosting the olympics-Being proud of your country
-Being proud of all the people who fought in war against thier wishes
-Appreciation to your country- What has been achieved- Especially advancements in technology and treatments etc.
Sophie's lists:
-Politics negative
-It is quite confusing. I dont know or understand the majority of it
-People voting or being able to vote without a good knowledge of what they are voting for
-Broken promises, things not being done when they said they would be fixed
-Everything is about money- People who even the most money have to pay more tax. People who earn none or not much pay little. Should be the same rules and amount that apply
-Benefit system. People cheating the system. Taking advantage when others work hard to get there
-Society negatives
-People in the society because of political issues wont get a job would much rather have benefits. Lazy Society
-Students being punished with redicoulous fees for wanting to get an education
-The recession we are living in, making it hard for todays society to live without worries. Everything is so expensive
-Technology being run by the way people live. Becoming too over developed in certain things
-Pollution- Not enough people in society care about the social climate that we live in. Global Warming
-Culture negatives
-Some people pressurising others too much into trying to get others to believe in what they believe in
Racism, because we live in a society in which we come in to contact with people from all sorts of backgrounds, opens up for discrimination and racism
-History negatives
-The war was bad, Affected so many lives to this day. When it probably didnt have too. So many people died innocently
-Remembrance and grief towards the lives that were lost
-Could what have happened in the past affected the way we live now. Hollocaust etc.
Sophie's positives:
-Politics Positive
-Can choose and pick who you would like to run the country. Vote!
-The choice of being able to vote for a new leader every 4 years
-Can watch the debates occassionly on the TV
-Society positives
-Technology is becoming an everyday neccesity which is good for a designer. Modern
-Society working together. Charities and people trying to help each other
-Different people are becoming more appreciaive of others beliefs, religion, cultures etc
-Peaceful at this time
-Freedom of speech
-Culture positives
-Being given a chance to try and experience new things
-Learning the ways of others. Language, living etc.
-Travelling the world, having that opportunity, planes etc
-Can make you feel more appreciative of the culture you have been brought up having in comparison to others.
-History positives
-Learning about the past
-How much the world has changed in every aspect
-Making you appreciate the year you live in
-Made to feel proud for your grandparents for living at such a difficult time. War. Ancestors
-Just the knowledge that maybe 20 years from now, every aspect of life may change. So live for today and appreciate the good in your life
My negatives:
-Politics negatives
-Benefit system- Paying tax
-When the person you voted for is not chosen for prime minister
-Broken promises- Raise in uni fees
-Letting people get away with not having jobs
-There isnt a system for unemployed- Instead of putting them on jobseekers, find a job for them, whether they like it or not.
-Society negatives
-People can not agree and society is always at conflict
-People who take advantage of the freedom they are given and use for personal gain
-Obsession with the material aspect of life and not actually living
-People will stop at nothing to get what they want even if it means hurting someone else
-A society that is suffering due to the recession- Lack of resources to live
-Culture negatives
-Gang culture and gang crime- training people in certain ways so they believe what they are doing is right
-Cults- Groups who force pain upon others due to their beliefs
-Racism- not allowing others to live peacefully with their choices/ religion/ belief
-People who discriminate against those who are different because of their culture.
-People who are disrespectful of other peoples beliefs/traditions
-History negatives
-Using war for power- Greed and the loss of innocent people
-Remembrance and grief that comes with tradgedies that have happened around the world.
Using the structure of the manifestos in which we have studied, and the information that we have culled about the 4 categories, we have been asked to write a small manifesto (50-100 words) for each, Politics, society, history and culture.
Politics:
The strongest and thing that I like most about the political system in the U.K is the ability to vote and voice your opinion on who should be in power as prime minister. What is also beneficial about this system is the ability to change the person of power every four years, allowing followers of different parties the ability to put their chosen leader into power, allowing for change and improvement that could further redeem the country. Particularly this year I have found that having a collision government between the conservatives and Liberal democrats has proved beneficial for the country as we are more largely represented, and policys are further looked into and given a more accurate solution, due to two entirely different parties having to compromise and shedding a different light on the situation. However I do think that the politician does need to work more towards the trust of its people, as what is the use of power, without the people who got you there? The collision government is an example of this, whom broke their promise, when the Liberal democrats failed to keep the price of its higher education system consistent to the previous prices, Higher education is something we should be making more easily available encouraging the youth of Britain to strive for a career and pride to rejuvenate the county, yet instead we are erasing their every chance and encouraging to seek help from the benefits system as this itself is more attractive and for some the only option to earn a living.
Society:
The great thing about society is a big thing called integration, living your day to day life, and embracing other peoples lives as well as our own. The idea of creating a community, fighting for one another, as, as the human race we are one, and should put all our efforts into helping one another, one society, for when we are fighting one another, we are fighting ourselves. We should seize the freedom we are given within our society, and not use it wrongly to our advantage, but use this freedom to our advantage, to prove our selves, and to show that we deserve the freedoms in which we have, compared to other countries. As a modern society, we should not expect, we should not think that we are owed things, and think we should constantly be given what we want, but we should give to others, and earn the things that we want to pursue, for at times we tend to be a sorry society. We should not obsess over the material aspects of life, so much so we forget the life we are all ready living, inside we should enjoy what we already have, as their are other society's so much less privileged than ours, whom would be so thankful to be in our position.
History:
Not only does history mark great events such as the world wars, looking back at the creation of the Egyptian pyramids and Stone Henge. From documentation of these previous events we are able to learn of the world that was living, before we were even born. We can see, in some cases how the world has changed, as if we were actually living through the times, due to the documentation of history. From these experiences and understanding our ancestral world, we can learn to appreciate the year that we live in, and also what our elders have been through. From such Historical events where we have mourned instead of celebrating we can learn from, We should emulate those historical events that caused us to celebrate and improve the situations of those that were not successful. We must move forward to a future our further generations can take pride in telling the story of, and we must not give them the chance to say we have been unsuccessful.
Culture:
Culture is one of the best things as humans we are able to experience, culture is the colour of the world, it is what makes us different, and as a society this is what we should welcome with open arms. Culture is one of the things we, and I myself are very curious about. I have travelled to many different countries across the earth, embraced a spectrum of cultures, and as I go I try to blend with them all, learning to speak spanish, trying the foods and joining in with the celebrations, and as I have travelled I have learnt how to also appreciate my own culture. People should not discriminate against each other because of their cultural differences or cause hurt to those who are different. We should not be disrespectful of other peoples traditions, but help them to celebrate.
Culture
Fast
Peaceful
People
Friends
Together
Public
Modern
Youth
Technology
-Society negatives
Fast
Broken
People
Recession
Enemies
Public
Modern
Technology
Disrupt
Polluted
Segregation
Expensive
-Culture Positives
Languages
Race
Food
Travel
World
Different
Experience
Country
Abroad
Fashion
Beliefs
Differences
Individuality
Religion
Human rights
Up Bringing
Family
Community
Tradition
-Culture negatives
Country
Beliefs
-History positives
Archeology
Ruins
Timeline
Romans
Viking
Rules
Past time
Celebration
Proud
Victorians
Grandparents
Dinosaurs
Change
David Attenborough
-History negatives
Henry 8th
War
Tragedy
We were then asked to each write 5 positive opinions about the four categories on separate pieces of paper, which we then switched and wrote 5 negatives about each category on our partners paper. Here are mine and Sophie's lists:
My Lists:
-Positive politics.
-Ability to vote opinions
-Voting for a leader you want
-Being able to Make a choice about your next leader
-Collision governments-Dual Leader
-Different Leader every 4 years
-Society positives
-Feel part of something; with people similar to you
-Different cultures coming together
-Building a community within society
-Creating a peaceful society
-Society working at a faster pace with constant improvements in the infrastructure
-Culture positives
Integration- Experiencing another culture through food
Learning another language- becoming emmersed in another culture
The ability to travel to other places and experience corners of the world
Become more knowledgable and mroe well rounded
Learning about a world that is different to your own- Escapism
Good about History
-Learning about your ancestors- Finding relatives
-Winning the world cup
-Hosting the olympics-Being proud of your country
-Being proud of all the people who fought in war against thier wishes
-Appreciation to your country- What has been achieved- Especially advancements in technology and treatments etc.
Sophie's lists:
-Politics negative
-It is quite confusing. I dont know or understand the majority of it
-People voting or being able to vote without a good knowledge of what they are voting for
-Broken promises, things not being done when they said they would be fixed
-Everything is about money- People who even the most money have to pay more tax. People who earn none or not much pay little. Should be the same rules and amount that apply
-Benefit system. People cheating the system. Taking advantage when others work hard to get there
-Society negatives
-People in the society because of political issues wont get a job would much rather have benefits. Lazy Society
-Students being punished with redicoulous fees for wanting to get an education
-The recession we are living in, making it hard for todays society to live without worries. Everything is so expensive
-Technology being run by the way people live. Becoming too over developed in certain things
-Pollution- Not enough people in society care about the social climate that we live in. Global Warming
-Culture negatives
-Some people pressurising others too much into trying to get others to believe in what they believe in
Racism, because we live in a society in which we come in to contact with people from all sorts of backgrounds, opens up for discrimination and racism
-History negatives
-The war was bad, Affected so many lives to this day. When it probably didnt have too. So many people died innocently
-Remembrance and grief towards the lives that were lost
-Could what have happened in the past affected the way we live now. Hollocaust etc.
Sophie's positives:
-Politics Positive
-Can choose and pick who you would like to run the country. Vote!
-The choice of being able to vote for a new leader every 4 years
-Can watch the debates occassionly on the TV
-Society positives
-Technology is becoming an everyday neccesity which is good for a designer. Modern
-Society working together. Charities and people trying to help each other
-Different people are becoming more appreciaive of others beliefs, religion, cultures etc
-Peaceful at this time
-Freedom of speech
-Culture positives
-Being given a chance to try and experience new things
-Learning the ways of others. Language, living etc.
-Travelling the world, having that opportunity, planes etc
-Can make you feel more appreciative of the culture you have been brought up having in comparison to others.
-History positives
-Learning about the past
-How much the world has changed in every aspect
-Making you appreciate the year you live in
-Made to feel proud for your grandparents for living at such a difficult time. War. Ancestors
-Just the knowledge that maybe 20 years from now, every aspect of life may change. So live for today and appreciate the good in your life
My negatives:
-Politics negatives
-Benefit system- Paying tax
-When the person you voted for is not chosen for prime minister
-Broken promises- Raise in uni fees
-Letting people get away with not having jobs
-There isnt a system for unemployed- Instead of putting them on jobseekers, find a job for them, whether they like it or not.
-Society negatives
-People can not agree and society is always at conflict
-People who take advantage of the freedom they are given and use for personal gain
-Obsession with the material aspect of life and not actually living
-People will stop at nothing to get what they want even if it means hurting someone else
-A society that is suffering due to the recession- Lack of resources to live
-Culture negatives
-Gang culture and gang crime- training people in certain ways so they believe what they are doing is right
-Cults- Groups who force pain upon others due to their beliefs
-Racism- not allowing others to live peacefully with their choices/ religion/ belief
-People who discriminate against those who are different because of their culture.
-People who are disrespectful of other peoples beliefs/traditions
-History negatives
-Using war for power- Greed and the loss of innocent people
-Remembrance and grief that comes with tradgedies that have happened around the world.
Using the structure of the manifestos in which we have studied, and the information that we have culled about the 4 categories, we have been asked to write a small manifesto (50-100 words) for each, Politics, society, history and culture.
Politics:
The strongest and thing that I like most about the political system in the U.K is the ability to vote and voice your opinion on who should be in power as prime minister. What is also beneficial about this system is the ability to change the person of power every four years, allowing followers of different parties the ability to put their chosen leader into power, allowing for change and improvement that could further redeem the country. Particularly this year I have found that having a collision government between the conservatives and Liberal democrats has proved beneficial for the country as we are more largely represented, and policys are further looked into and given a more accurate solution, due to two entirely different parties having to compromise and shedding a different light on the situation. However I do think that the politician does need to work more towards the trust of its people, as what is the use of power, without the people who got you there? The collision government is an example of this, whom broke their promise, when the Liberal democrats failed to keep the price of its higher education system consistent to the previous prices, Higher education is something we should be making more easily available encouraging the youth of Britain to strive for a career and pride to rejuvenate the county, yet instead we are erasing their every chance and encouraging to seek help from the benefits system as this itself is more attractive and for some the only option to earn a living.
Society:
The great thing about society is a big thing called integration, living your day to day life, and embracing other peoples lives as well as our own. The idea of creating a community, fighting for one another, as, as the human race we are one, and should put all our efforts into helping one another, one society, for when we are fighting one another, we are fighting ourselves. We should seize the freedom we are given within our society, and not use it wrongly to our advantage, but use this freedom to our advantage, to prove our selves, and to show that we deserve the freedoms in which we have, compared to other countries. As a modern society, we should not expect, we should not think that we are owed things, and think we should constantly be given what we want, but we should give to others, and earn the things that we want to pursue, for at times we tend to be a sorry society. We should not obsess over the material aspects of life, so much so we forget the life we are all ready living, inside we should enjoy what we already have, as their are other society's so much less privileged than ours, whom would be so thankful to be in our position.
History:
Not only does history mark great events such as the world wars, looking back at the creation of the Egyptian pyramids and Stone Henge. From documentation of these previous events we are able to learn of the world that was living, before we were even born. We can see, in some cases how the world has changed, as if we were actually living through the times, due to the documentation of history. From these experiences and understanding our ancestral world, we can learn to appreciate the year that we live in, and also what our elders have been through. From such Historical events where we have mourned instead of celebrating we can learn from, We should emulate those historical events that caused us to celebrate and improve the situations of those that were not successful. We must move forward to a future our further generations can take pride in telling the story of, and we must not give them the chance to say we have been unsuccessful.
Culture:
Culture is one of the best things as humans we are able to experience, culture is the colour of the world, it is what makes us different, and as a society this is what we should welcome with open arms. Culture is one of the things we, and I myself are very curious about. I have travelled to many different countries across the earth, embraced a spectrum of cultures, and as I go I try to blend with them all, learning to speak spanish, trying the foods and joining in with the celebrations, and as I have travelled I have learnt how to also appreciate my own culture. People should not discriminate against each other because of their cultural differences or cause hurt to those who are different. We should not be disrespectful of other peoples traditions, but help them to celebrate.
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