Research Documents and the Importance of Layout

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In both the lecture and seminar, we discussed the correct and incorrect ways to work through and present a research and development document. Making sure you display your work throughout the document in a linear and coherent way. Starting with research, of course, looking into your given topic and really getting a feel for what you are dealing with. Then looking at particular artist pieces that are relevant to the topic and the initial ideas you get; responding to their work in your own style. Then moving forth into potential routes for your project to go down; having multiple ideas is key to working out early on which ideas will and won’t be successful. Development of the ideas continues and then you pick one idea to push forward and refine further. Resulting in multiple final pieces, which can be printed and mocked up, or displayed in their own final piece document.

The layout of your research and development document is extremely important, making sure all of your work is displayed in a successful way. Making the most of the space you have on the page to display large images and not being afraid to use blank spaces. Another important factor is making sure to include everything you do and not discarding something that you dislike. Instead, put it in the document, evaluate it and learn from where you went wrong to make the following ideas even stronger. Below are some layout templates I created for research document pages.

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