Context Of Practice // Audience Membership.

Workshop 


- Stereotypical Students - 

• Bad money management 
• lazy
• drunks
• sociable
• tired
• hungover
• unhealthy
• irresponsible
• promiscuous
• tax dodger 

I scored 6 out of 10 on being a stereotypical student. 

- Identity -

• Describe your personalty in 5 words?
• How much do you care about your personality on a scale of 1 (least) - 10 (most)
• what gender are you?
• how does your history affect you now? top 3 experiences?
• name a joke?
• where would you take someone on a date?
• whats your sexual orientation?
• whats your favourite past time?

- Graphic Design Students - 

• Care about appearance 
• participate in active pastimes
• straight
• self conciseness / care what people think
• creative
• conventional dating
• mixed gender
• range of experiences
• open and honest
• self centred 

i score 8 out of 10 for a graphic student, which is more than the stereotypical student. 

- 10 interesting questions to ask myself in order to identify my audience membership - 

• What is your favourite past time?
• how many hours a day do you spend on computer?
• do you prefer to work digitally or hands on?
• what genres of music do you like the best?
• how old are you?
• do you know about the anatomy of type?
• how much alcohol do you drink in a week?
• how much money do you have on you?
• what did you have for tea?
• where do you live?

- Answers - 

• GRFX / GUITAR / FOOTBALL
• ON AVERAGE ( A WORKING DAY) BETWEEN 6 AND 10
• DIGITALLY
• INDIE/CHILLWAVE/ACOUSTIC/80's HOUSE
• 20
• YEAH, LOADS
• TOO MUCH - A FEW PINTS AND A 3/4 LITRES OF CIDER
• £5.64
• POOR MANS SPAG BOL
• LEEEEEEEDS CITY CENTRE

ANSWER - POOR GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENT

- 3 Pieces of Visual communication from the public domain that i like / how has my identity informed this? -

FRED PERRY - I like the brand, like the vintage label 

FLYER/POSTER design spotted around leeds.  links in with graphic design, music i like and being a student. 

STARBUCKS - Keeps me awake - designers fuel.