OUGD501 - Studio Brief 03 - Research Proposal (Initial Preparation of a Dissertation)

Based on your Level 5 Context of Practice work produce a 10 slides ISSUU presentation following the format below. This presentation will act as your Context of Practice 3 Research proposal and will guide your research and reading over the summer. 

Your research will be based around one of the following themes / questions:

Question 1: What is Good? - To what extent does Social Responsibility impact on the role and function of Graphic Design?

Question 2: To what extent do the individual politics of professional practitioners impact on the role and function of Graphic Design

Question 3: In an era of globalization, to what extent do contemporary Graphic Design practices reflect core British Values?

Question 4: To what extent do Technological developments in production and distribution impact on Graphic Design ?

Question 5: To what extent does Aesthetic ‘Style’ reflect the context, audience and/or function of contemporary Graphic Design?

Question 6: To what extent has Graphic Design constructed our understanding or view of historical events and perceptions of truth?

Your ISSUU presentation must include the following:

• 250 word introductory statement/rationale
• 5 relevant/related subjects
• 5 relevant quotes
• 5 relevant books
• 5 relevant websites
• 5 relevant images
• 5 relevant contextual references

Your proposal should focus on the development of a body of theoretical, contextual and practical research around an individually appropriate theme or subject relating to your selected question.

Background / Considerations

Context of practice 3 is an extensive research project that includes a 6000-9000 word dissertation and a related body of work. The CoP 3 module is intensive and is submitted in January therefore, students that have found the most success in the module have committed to a substantial amount of preliminary research over the summer period. This should include all relevant reading needed for the project as this is the most time consuming task.

The questions above are designed to reflect each of the core CoP themes but these are also indicative and will likely develop and change as you work through the project. Your CoP 3 project question/title will be an evolved form of this original question.

To commence the research part of my dissertation powerpoint slides, I decide to do question 3: In an era of globalization, to what extent do contemporary Graphic Design practices reflect core British Values? Below is a link to my 10 slides ISSUU presentation of the Context of Practice 3 Research proposal.