Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Essay structure

To what extent can ‘ugly’ design be successful?
Introduction
Introdue the topic
  • State the growing emergence of ugly design that has gained popularity despite its critics
Background info
  • Define what ugly design is
  • And how ugly will be evaluated
Outline the scope of the discussion
  • Where ugly design is usually seen
  • How successful are these applications
Define question
Present plan of coverage including line of argument/conclusion/viewpoint
  • Modernist and post modernist views on ugly design

Main body
How ugly design emerged
  • What effect has it had on the mentality of graphics designers (less by the book, more d.i.y.)
  • Why did it emerge? (rebel against modernism)
Why ugly design cannot work
  • It is subjected to modernist theory which disagrees with ugly
  • Modernists, steven heller
  • They judge ugly design on modernist principles
Why ugly design can work
  • Offers an alternative to the cold emotionless modernism
  • Discuss the areas of graphic design is ugly design seen in
  • Explain the reasoning why (subjectivity is favoured in these areas)
Is ugly design successful?
  • To what extent? Is ugly design limited to certain areas of graphic design

Conclusion
  • summarise key points
  • provide an answer to the question



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