Monday, 19 April 2010

OUGD103-Speaking from experience

Brief:
How to manage money and budget.

Who needs to know?
First year students joining graphic design at leeds college of art.

What do they need to know?
How to learn from another students mistakes with money.

Why do they need to know?
Everyone knows students struggle with money so my idea is to show other students mistakes i made with money so they can ovoid doing it themselves. I will do this by making a receipt that will list everything i spent my money on when i first became a student in Leeds. It will be type based only.

What will they respond to?
It should be light hearted and funny. They shouldn't take it too seriously.

What research is required?
Primary
Questionnaire asking other students about their struggles with money and what they found they spent most of their money on.
Phone bills, bank statements, rent bills.

Secondary
Books, internet.

OUGD103-Speaking from experience

Brief:
How to handle awkward, annoying flatmates who lie a lot.

Who needs to know?
First year students joining graphic design at leeds college of art.

What do they need to know?
How to handle a flatmate(s) who in unclean, loud, annoying, lies a lot etc. in a light hearted comic way.

Why do they need to know?
A lot of students end up living with a flatmate(s) you do not agree with or clash with so it is a funny way of handling it.

What will they respond to?
It should be comical and easy going so they should just find it funny and an easy read.

What research is required?
Primary
Questionnaire asking students their stories about flatmates.

Secondary
Look at existing books for students, websites, funny illustrations.
Search websites for students.

OUGD103-Speaking from experience