Interim Crit

This afternoon, we had an interim crit for our message delivery brief, the three posters. We were divided into two groups, I was in the first group, we lay out our work (thumbnails sketches/mock ups) onto tables and the second group gave us anonymous feedback on post-it notes attached to our work. It was an interesting way of presenting our work as we were not there, our work had to speak for itself we could not justify our design choices. 

Here is the feedback I received: 

• Really strong designs. I love the half brain one. I think it communicates autism well, maybe think about neon pink? The trapped idea works well as the image poster. Upside down autism shows being confused. 
• Good, consider type layout as curved 'Autism Affects' may not be necessary 
• Work on text only posters- keep body copy out of poster. Big up caged brain idea! 
• I like the keyed mouth idea. And the idea for info graphics is strong
• Look into 'Brain Art' online. There is an infamous advert of (creative vs logical) part of the brain, that will help with this concept
• Works well, simple and effective. When producing could use different type for "ONE". Like the composition.
• Think your ideas are really simple but effective. Really like the 1 in 50 as it explains well. Not sure whether this is final, but not sure on the pink? 
• Could you combine ideas of 1 in 50 and Boys are 4x more likely to have autism than girls?
• Simple and effective. The idea of an info graphic is good, also really like the 'trapped' poster.
• Brain inside a cage is a great visualisation of autism, whereas the other two are confusing without context. Lots of other connotations
• I like this, perhaps add a strap line
• Upside down 'Autism' does communicate seeing things differently, but when shown with another, right way up 'Autism' it also connotes reflection mirror image etc. 
• Maybe think of ways of writing that are different without being wrong
• 'One person with' would work better with more explanation. Like the brain in a cage. 'Autism' sideways is clever but needs more explanation 
• I like this idea of 'one in fifty' this is clear, like the more simple ideas because autism is complex
• Look at adjusting the 'one in fifty' poster so that they all face one way and the autistic person faces the other way? 

From the feedback I received was of use and will be taken into consideration it was very helpful. I now have time to make some final tweaks on my posters before our final crit this Friday.