The first two themes that you’ll consider in Unit 2— Iterate1 and Position2—support an emerging studio practice that uses rigorous, systematic, and continuous iterative exploration to respond to open-ended questions about your area of interest. A series of lectures, work- shops, and tutorials will guide you through the process of developing this area of interest into a contextualized and in-depth position regarding graphic communica- tion design and relating it to your broader practice via research, writing, and making. This position could be defined by theme, methodology, medium, technology, history, culture, politics, etc.

Iterate
In parallel with your work within Position (and Publish), this brief carries forward the process-based work that you initiated within the Elaborate brief in Unit 1. This brief seeks to capitalize on insights and opportunities—even where unanticipated or unplanned—that arise through focused, sustained creative practice.

Position
In this brief, you will develop, articulate and contextualise an in-depth position that relates graphic communication design to your broader practice. The outcome of this process is a research paper. Creative approaches to the practice of writing are encouraged but you are expected to demonstrate rigour and observe academic conventions of referencing. Your paper forms the basis of your contribution to a cohort-wide publica- tion (prepared as part of the Publish brief).

Summer Term 2020–21