Design context workshop.

5 subjects, each with 5 questions and a personal opinion.

Simple design within branding and promo

- What is 'simple' design?
- What makes it successful?
- Is less really more?
- How do designers feel about it?
- How do clients respond to it?

* Simplicity makes effective and successful design.

Grids within publications

- Can you really break the rules?
- What are the rules?
- What was the first grid? / How did they come about?
- Could graphic designers live without them?
- What makes a good grid?

* A publication wouldn't be a publication without them

Trends within typography

- What are the trends?
- Trends from when? The past year or 50 years ago?
- Where is the line between influences and plagiarism?
- How has typography developed based on trends?
- Where have they come from? / Where do they start?

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Exhibition design

- When does it become interior design?
- What role does it play within design studios? How do designers go about it?
- Who is doing it?
- How it be made more interactive?
- What impact does it have on the work exhibited?

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Print finishes within branding and stationery

- What are they? / Who is using them?
- How can it become a part of the design?
- What impact does cost/budget have on the finish?
- Why are they used?