Study Task 01- Setting a research question

1. Focus on a specific graphic design discipline

2. The question must be open ended.

3. The question must allow for suitable theoretical research as well as visual exploration.

4. Position your research within contemporary graphic design practice - make it work for you.

5. Do some quick preliminary research to gauge how much literature is currently available...do the same to explore what is currently happening within the industry.

6. Consider what primary research methods could be used to support your research.

-Children's illustration vs photographs- why are illustrations used over photographs

-The Hungry Sandwich Club

-Why are children's illustrations so simple

-The use of colour within book illustration

-How illustration helps children understand topics 

-How is Visual Communication used for child development 

BOOKS:

illustrating children's books

illustration a theoretical and contextual perspective

the role of illustration-storytelling

ways of seeing

picture this, how pictures work

reading with kids

Children's picture books, the art of visual storytelling

Madalena Moniz- 'Manu is feeling..From A-Z'

the importance of illustrations in children's book

Laura Carling Illustration