Case Study Brief

Case Study Brief
Research and write a case study on:
One local Designer and one international Designer. One Jewellery Designer and one Designer in any Design field. (local being that they were born, studied and began their practice in South Africa)

i.e. you will be submitting two individual case studies, according to the above criteria. Each study 3/4 pages long, excluding images (roughly 1500 words)

Submit your projects on your blogs by the following dates:

• 9 June
• 7 October

You will present one of your case studies during your allotted time slots in class.

• Choose designers who interest you, who are influencing/informing your own practice
• Make the research authentic and relevant to you, this attitude will show up in your presentation
• Use as many reliable/valid references as possible
• Include images/videos etc, your over all layout makes an impression!

Use the Case Study Template and Rubric as a guide:


Template for Case Study research

• Brief biography
• Design Philosophy
• principle concerns
• attitude to design
• themes
• Influences
• Innovation/contribution to world of Design
• How did/do they market themselves?
• Use of materials
• Techniques
• What is the relevance of this work to your practice?
• Bibliography: use the Harvard  template [ go to: CPUT homepage, click on Library button, go to: Postgraduate Research Support, go to: Guides, Manuals and Templates, look up: Harvard for beginners!]

Rubric

• Authentic language
• Has the researched information been digested and understood? is the learner using their own words?
• Use of Images
• Are the use of images/video/etc informative, appropriate, economical (ie. not too many/too few?)
• Adequate Research and Reference
• Have reliable/valid reference sources been used?
• Is there a bibliography and what state is it in ?!
• Plagiarism is not tolerated!
• Over All Impression
• To what extent has the learner been involved? (effort/enthusiasm/interest/authenticity)