OUGD602 - Wildlife Habitat - Project Evaluation

Project Evaluation

For the final outcome I was able to take inspiration from natural forms and I enjoyed collecting the primary research for this product which included photographing trees and creating tree rubbings. After developing some of my initial ideas it was found that quite a few of the processes that I wanted to try were not possible either because of maintenance on machines or because of the timescale it would take to create the pieces and the difficulty of what I was hoping to do, which was a little frustrating. In hindsight this project could have been started a little earlier as this would have given me more time to try out these processes, however the outcome that was produced I think still meets the brief effectively. Originally I wanted to make the bird boxes out of FSC materials however this cannot be guaranteed within the university so a compromise had to be made. Many of my ideas initially were very product design and material orientated so I had to relate this back to some graphical element, however I think the design has managed to combine my interest in making whilst still having an element of graphic design through the application of pattern. This was the first brief where I had tried applying designs to a three dimensional product and it was interesting considering how a design could work across a product. If I was to do the brief again I probably wouldn't raster the design onto the bird boxes as the process is quite time consuming and wouldn't be very effective if a batch of the designs were to be made. Working in a series was also something that I have done for the first time and I think I have managed to create a consistency across the three designs.