Introduction Brief: Problems with Leeds

On the 27th of September we got together in pairs and created a list of 20 problems either with Leeds or the college. Initially it seemed like a simple task but when it came to thinking of 20 separate problems it became quite difficult.

We then got placed with another pair who had created their own list. The lists were joined together and then narrowed down from 40 to 20. We did this another time in a group of 8 until we ended up with 20 key problems. The point of this was to have a final list of problems that the majority of us had found. It removed smaller problems and left us with the main 20.

In our new groups of 8 we swapped lists with another group and had to narrow it down to a list of 10 problems from the ones they had chosen. We then had to make sense of what they had written and make it coherent.                                      Because Graphic Design is about finding creative ways to solve problems and also interpret what others have said this task fits nicely with trying to distinguish what is actually a problem and how it could be solved.