TASK1: THEME?

1. what is interesting?
- fashion and styling 
- Hong Kong protests 

2. what is there to find out
- prints on clothes? 

3. how could you investigate on this? 
- 10 images 
- begin some initial research and reading 

ideas 
- graphic design and art? (difference? influencing each other?)
- film and graphic design? 
- fashion n styling and graphic design? (related?)
- tattoos n graphic design? 
- activism in Hong Kong 

Last year, I did editorial design for my COP topic. I thought I was interested in the field of editorial design, however, when it comes to the production and design part, I wasn't really into that. Therefore, I decided to try branding. I realised that I have been interested in branding and how a company build up their image and style. 

Apart from graphic design, I am really interested in fashion and styling. I wan't sure how I can link fashion and styling with graphic design, the only thing that I though of is graphic tees, different prints and patterns on fabric, and brand logos. Then I thought of linking them to branding and talk about how the logos and prints on their products build up their brand image. I could also do something about the comparison between high end fashion brands and streetwear brands. 

On the other hand, activism has been something that I am really interested in these days. As there is an ongoing protest in Hong Kong, I am really aware of the news about the protests. It has then arouse my curiosity as to how propaganda and media can carve one's perception on a protest, and the role of propaganda in protests. 

Also, I realised that during this intense protesting period in the past 6 months, there is a huge creative community behind the movement, producing large amount of propaganda to help raise awareness of the protest and to spread news. However, I also realised that the propaganda that were produced throughout the protest, most of them are being really subjective. 

So basically there are two directions that I would like to look at, 

1. the role of media in the fashion industry, 
2. and propaganda graphic design in social movements and activism/ activism graphic design 

I will probably go for the second one, as it is a topic that I am most interested in at the moment. The protest has been affecting people around me in different ways and I am really interested in the huge anonymous creative community behind the movement that have been a really important role throughout the protests. They have been mass producing different kinds of propaganda such as posters, flyers, banners, in order to spread news to not only people within Hong Kong, but also people all over the world.