Phill the IM guy's Idea

After attending last year’s Degree show I started getting together ideas for our degree show.

I created the mood boards below:

The keywords I have come up with for our degree show are:

• Identity
• Light
• Bright
• Modern
• Engaging

Identity

I believe the most important focus of our degree show should be self promotion. We should have photos of ourselves and clear labels to show not only who we are but what we do. This will establish our identity not only as individuals but if we keep it consistent it will help show us as a cohesive group.

Light, Bright & Modern

I think the other courses within the school got the feeling right last year, when I looked at their work the display areas were light, bright and well organised with individual booths to show work,

I think this should be our approach but I also feel we have some good group projects that are worthy of display and I feel we should have an area to show that work too, i.e The Docks project, Big screen, Humber mouth etc....

Engaging

The main focus of previous degree shows has been the digital products produced by students and this is very important as it is our digital platform knowledge that sets us apart from other specialisms. I also agree with previous posts that we need to display more of our design work along with our finished digital products as this will provide a better visual experience for the people attending our degree show and it is important for us to attract people to our work visually before trying to engage them in interactivity.

Interactivity is not only about our digital apps, games or sites I feel we need to offer our guests an experience that they can take away, in this case literally we could produce a booklet in which we each have a double page spread about us and what we do. We could also have an attached CD that features a digital portfolio of all our work, this way our guest can have an opportunity to take a more considered view of our work at their own leisure.

Any other business

The alcohol debate is underway and I believe last year the focus on the bar area was disproportionate to the important part of the show, the students work. I think we should have a bar, a discreet bar offering possibly wine and soft drinks or maybe tea and coffee, this is important as essentially we are inviting people to attend our event and thus it makes the attendees our guests and I believe it is hospitable to offer refreshments to your guests. We should try and offer a classy experience and the non alcoholic beverages are very important as many guests attending the event may be driving.

Fund Raising

We have already missed the boat on the bake sale this year, what a shame but we do need to raise some money and I am proposing a Karaoke night as this is something that I can offer. We will need to promote whatever we do but we need to think about any skills we have maybe not even uni related that can be turned into a cash raising event or scheme.

Another idea is a HSAD Poker tournament but my knowledge of poker is limited so if anybody is a keen gambler please let me know, this would have to be a point’s tournament with a non cash prize. But small cash buy in.

Third Idea HSAD Christmas party I could DJ, we could put a band on if we can find one, we sell tickets and book a venue.

Tombola is also a good idea but we need prizes.