Review Of the HND Units

What can I say about the HND units as a whole? Well, each one compliments the other. Concepts are important because you need the ideas for originality to make your work attractive an new to potential clients. Design principals are the fundamental basics of which to build from to realise those ideas.

Digital media is a major part of our culture and to be successful and stand out, you must have a digital presence in one shape or form. Design is important because you have to be able to stick to a rigid, logical structure to meet deadlines and work out costs so you aren't underselling your work. Design gives you the understanding of how to develop and learn how to problem solve when trying out new processes and techniques.

Although theory isn't my most favourite subject, I understand it's power to generate new ideas by Referencing and sourcing information to generate the initial concept, this actually comes before the concept, just after the given brief. Unit 5 was about creating a brief which gives yourself a definite goal, whether you write one for freelance yourself or you are given one at work, it basically gives you the frame work to build upon. Unit 8 which was all about a presentation of ideas gave men the confidence to promote my work professionally with confidence. which plays an important role in interviews or meetings with clients.

Professional practise is more about self promotion, it has given me the understanding of how to promote and make contacts with the world. Exhibition will test my management skills to the maximum which will hopefully be successful.

I'm not even sure if I have covered all of these units or whether I have covered them in enough detail but what I will finish with is that you have to see them all as one. Each one plays an important part to design. You can't be just a good draughtsman to be successful without the ideas, you can't be  contemporary interior designer without the know how and research, of knowing what sells in this point in time. My point being is you have to learn them all, understand them and harness their power to create original pieces of art.