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Information Design / final project

2/2/2026 - 18/3/2026/ Week 1 - Week 7 GUAN YAXIN / 0370687 Information Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media LECTURES&PROCESS In this week's online class, Mr. Martin reminded the students to speed up and collected the information of the final project. I intend to finish the final task with another classmate. We reported the information to the teacher and began to discuss it. Mr. Martin is not talking about anything new, but reminding the students to finish the final task as soon as possible. INTRODUCTION Animated Infographics Core elements: The dynamic graphics need to show that you can transform the static design into time-based communication, and improve clarity, hierarchy and aesthetics in the process. By completing this project, you need to demonstrate the following abilities: Transform static infographic into time-driven visual narrative. Use motion principles to enhance clarity, rhythm and attraction. Maintain a consistent design language between posters an...

Information Design / project 2

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2/2/2026 - 18/3/2026/ Week 1 - Week 7 GUAN YAXIN / 0370687 Information Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media LECTURES In this week's follow-up class, Mr. Martin showed and commented on the dynamic video of words made by his classmates. The teacher affirmed the video produced by our group and put forward some suggestions at the same time. This project is a complete success. INTRODUCTION Exercise 1 :  Kinetic Typography Core elements: The dynamic effect of words needs to serve the information structure of songs and should have basic guidance and readability. Secondly, the dynamic effect must have a sense of rhythm and cooperate with the song. At the same time, in terms of expression, the dynamic effect of words and the overall picture should be semantically consistent with the content of lyrics (that is, the visual language related to songs is established through dynamic effect, and the unified dynamic effect style is also helpful to improve the professionalism of the ...

Information Design / project 1

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2/2/2026 - 18/3/2026/ Week 1 - Week 7 GUAN YAXIN / 0370687 Information Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media LECTURES&PROCESS After group discussion, we finally chose BIBI-The Weekend as the theme song of our words, and at the same time, we arranged the parts that different team members should be responsible for after the meeting. In class, Mr. Martin asked the group to discuss to determine the overall effect of the video and so on. After the discussion in our group, the team leader determined the general effect of video production and posted it in the form of words in our group chat. The follow-up team leader is very responsible for making mood board in PPT form, so that the team members can better complete the production. According to Mr. Martin's explanation and the division of labor in the group, I began to make the part I was responsible for. In this week's class, Mr. Martin explained to us how to make an infographic animation. There are different types ...

Information Design / Exercise

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2/2/2026 - 18/3/2026/ Week 1 - Week 7 GUAN YAXIN / 0370687 Information Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media LECTURES&PROCESS In the first week of class, Mr. Martin introduced the concept of information design to the students and explained the overall structure of the course and the tasks to be completed. During this semester, we need to complete some exercises and tasks, some of which are individual and some are group-based. We were divided into groups in the first week and completed some tasks in class. The teacher introduced us to different types of infographics and assigned corresponding exercises. This exercise required us to analyze common things in life through observation, classification, and other methods, and extract relevant information to present it in the form of pictures. We not only need to complete the classification exercise, but also select the appropriate songs in the group for the subsequent text dynamic effect production. Mr. Martin continued to ...

Vehicle and Props Design / Exercise & Projects

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23/9/2025 - 23/12/2025/ Week 1 - Week 14 GUAN YAXIN / 0370687 Vehicle and Props Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media LECTURES&PROCESS In the first week of class, mr.kannan briefly introduced the course content of this semester, and taught us how to organize the design ideas about vehicles and props, collect references and quickly organize them into emotional editions. In the second week, the teacher began the formal teaching of the course content. First of all, mr.kannan teaches us how to design vehicles quickly, that is, using silhouette. Draw the silhouette quickly, and then roughly determine the structure of the vehicle according to the silhouette, which can design different vehicles more efficiently. Mr.kannan reminds us that the first thing we have to do is to find references and make emotional boards, which can help us to straighten out our ideas more clearly and define the direction of design.  According to the teacher's suggestion, I drew some simple ske...

Environment Design / Exercise & Projects

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23/9/2025 - 23/12/2025/ Week 1 - Week 14 GUAN YAXIN / 0370687 Environment Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media LECTURES&PROCESS In the first week of class, Mr. kannan introduced the main content of this course to us. In this semester's study, we need to design a distinctive building and define its environment. We should not only design their appearance but also define their internal structure, so the structure must be reasonable and rigorous. Mr. Wang also told us how to use a software to make mood board. He told us to confirm the design type and make mood board when we go back this week, so as to facilitate the subsequent smooth completion of projects. According to Mr. kannan's request and suggestion, I first searched some interesting environmental designs to determine the theme I want to design. At the same time, I also began to collect pictures to complete the production of mood board. In the second week of study, Mr. kannan explained to us a series of me...