| Description | Four two-sided posters.
Haruka submitted four copies of a 2-sided poster. The front side of the poster shows her graphic design abilities and has the text ‘Blessings in Disguise’. The descriptive side of the poster has different headings describing her time spent at UAL.
‘Introduction’ – she talks about finding it difficult to come from an academically competitive sixth form college where picking an arts degree was not supported, as well as knowing no one in the industry and being the first year to be subjected to the £9000 tuition fees. ‘Respect but do not revere’ - she goes on to say how the “individual learning” aspect of her foundation in art and design felt like another year of a-levels. She relied heavily on online tutorials and felt that being graded on the skills that weren’t taught on the course felt somewhat unreasonable. She felt she would have found the course better if there was a stronger mentoring relationship. She came to a realisation that design is a vocational practice where you find your own personal way of working and that “a text book did not exist in design”.
‘Make your own mark’ - design is more than just academic, but how we lives our lives (products, clothes etc.), ‘Re-locate’ – she left London for Finland and studied at Aalto School of Art and Design in Helsinki. She talks about how it was difficult to adapt to the cold weather however, she became encouraged to be more observant of her surroundings and sensory experiences and how this changed the way she felt about design. ‘Stop thinking, feeling’ – talks about how she was attracted to Aalto University’s technically-lead courses. She starts to rationalise how design is taught and how she was unhappy with the way she was taught at LCC. She preferred the smaller community of Aalto University although appreciated the facilities at LCC. ‘Connect the dots’ – she reflects on her 5 years in design education and how it was a tough and emotional journey. She lists the realisations she has come to about design from her experiences and how to progress in the future.
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