SEMESTER 2

Values Workshop — taking a moment

What do you want to be good at?

1. List 5 design skills/technologies you want to be good at (eg motion graphics, systems thinking, experimental typography, VR, digital illustration, info vis, code) and rate your current skill level out of 10 (1 = novice, 10 = expert).

    Typography + layout — 6

    Creative code — 3

    Experimental typography — 6.5

    Narrative / storytelling —5

    Experimental imagemaking — 7

2. List 5 qualities (‘soft skills’) you want to be good at (eg leadership, critical thinking, collaboration, focus, resourcefulness, persistence, patience, empathy) 

    Critical thinking
    Kindness / empathy
    Focus
    Collaboration
    Communication
    Time management

What interests you?

1. Imagine you’re in a job interview. You’ve presented well and they look impressed with your folio. Now, write your response to this question, quickly as if you were answering it in person: What interests you, outside of design?

    Poetry, storytelling, dance, pop music, zines, activism

2. Think back over all the projects you’ve done at university. In a few sentences, reflect: Which project/s did you enjoy the most? Why – content, design processes, other reasons? Which would you like to do again? Why?

    Unbelong — the process, COLLABORATION, content, personal significance
    Meatspace — process, experimentation, really responding to feedback and pushing myself
    Queer Vertigo — the COLLABORATION and community, content, personal significance
    Honours! — experimentation, process, content, personal significance