Self Evaluation Form

1.  What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

I believe that my concept skills have developed largely within this module, this is due to the need of been inventive with the multisensory pack. I had to sit down & get my concept & my ideas together before starting to design, this has lead me to have a strong branding also, as I developed the design largely before moving onto anything else.

My crafting skills, although my skills have never been a poor quality I do believe that they needed to be improved. I have finished my work off fully & used the concept throughout. Rather than just packaging it anyhow and finishing it off with irrelevant objects. 

2. What approaches to/methods of design production have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?

I have improved my crafting of packaging nets, normally I am doing a number of mock-ups before getting the net perfectly lined. Although this time I only had to do one to two mock-ups before been able to computerise it.

I have used the same layout and icons throughout this product, which made me think that I hadn’t done much work as they look the same but in different formats. But the brand recognition is much more stronger in this that any of the others. I feel this is something I need to start doing as this is what branding is about and therefore this is something I will carry in the future to make sure I receive that strong brand recognition consistently.

3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?

I found it hard at first to think of how I can create a new event within a new brand. This was difficult when it came to the brand guidelines but I feel that the brand guidelines made me create this strong brand layout as everything was following the strict rules and therefore I feel this was a strength within my work.

I do believe that my crafting skills are strong and they do benefit my work. Although, I think that this can still be improved as I never think that anything can be perfect. 

4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?

One weakness I believe that within my work is my time management this module as I put my other modules, which had an earlier deadline before these. I am very disappointed in myself as at the start of the year I was very organised and my time management skills has improved.

I was really disappointed that I could make the last brief into a festival, so I would have created three packs instead of one. Although due to the time management fail, this has also suffered.

I wish I could have developed my pack so it would also be relevant to adults as well. I wanted to use things that would be for the more mature palette but this failed due to the amount of time I had left I decided to go with the easy option and think of things that already existed that would enhance the experience rather than creating things, like some of my research.

5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

1.     I will make sure that I will keep to my time management plan due to spending more time of modules that due to them been an earlier deadline. I think this has majorly affected my overall outcome.

2.     I would focus more on the development of my work rather than just computerising my outcome. As this time I did it start digitally as I was nervous that I wouldn’t complete the work in time & wanted to make sure I got a good quality & quantity in my work.

3.     I need to make sure that I blog when I do the work rather than doing it when it comes to the deadline as this is when things get missed out and therefore effects my overall grade. The tasks are also an issue as sometimes I don’t do them straight away and then don’t understand what the question is asking aftertime.

4.     I am going to make sure that I use facilities such as the laser cutter especially for things such as my mail out and the cut out of my packaging in both modules as this would give a crisper finish.

I will make sure I will leave myself more time to complete a self evaluation form, this is a very important part so you can understand that we know what went right and wrong. So therefore I will complete this the night before I read this the next day before hand-in.

6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas: 

Attendance 5

Punctuality 5

Motivation 4

Commitment 4

Quality of work produced 4

Quantity of work produced 3

Contribution to the group 3