Pointers:
- My proposal is still really broad, it needs narrowing down
- Where do I see this going? What do I want the focus to be? What are the links with illustration and communication?
- Interrogate the question, the impact of social responsibility on the role and function of illustration. How does it fit in with these areas? What is feasible in the space of time you have?
- Consider the Adbusters quote; is design challenging consumerism? What’s going on at the moment – activism how does that relate to the first things first manifesto 2000? Could you find case studies and illustrators to support this idea?
- From the images you have chosen, there does appear to be an interest the visual language of healthcare, it is an intriguing idea – how would it be approached?
- Medical design for sterility, hygiene and efficiency, has positive and negative associations. Newer approaches to healthcare environments and materials have developed to respond to these associations. It does seem to touch on the aesthetics and style question.
- There is an interesting (and controversial) link between the drugs industry and the capitalism, the examples of drug packets on the last page and the links Jeremy Owen makes to social responsibility could be a plausible way of combining a few of these ideas?
After reading this I feel pretty lost and unsure of which direction I want to take. I think the best thing to do is just take a step back for a week or two and think things over; read some books, newspapers and articles that could point me in the right direction.
