What is key to a reliable and creative process?

Principle 1 Research

Research can help all projects we start by being given a brief or a problem and the first thing we do is have to research the problem to find out more about it and how we could go about solving it. There are many different ways we can research and different ways to look at it, we could say it is a way of exploring, investigating and of being constantly curious. There are two main types of research, primary and secondary, primary research is the research which we have to go and create or find for ourselves so things like going out and taking photographs or interviewing people about your chosen theme. Whereas secondary research is something which you find from somewhere else such as the internet or a book. There are both advantages and disadvantages for each of these sources however it is good to have both ways of research to help find a way to overcome and understand our problem.

Visual research comes from us and is also an ongoing process which is created by photographs, illustrations, impressions and images. Creative people also have lots of sketchbooks in which they can keep all this research and visual exploring. They also surround themselves with inspiring things within their creative environments. There are also things in which people collect which could help with their research and problem solving. It could be something as simple as stamps and then you could be inspired to create something fully out of using just stamps.

This is an example of one of my images which is a primary source of research because I went out and took a lot of photos of this graffiti park and now this will allow me to talk about and show the different types of graffiti and if it can be classed as art or if it is just vandalism and it shall allow me to continue forward with this project. I think it is also interesting how the graffiti is right underneath this danger sign and is in a dangerous area.

  So it just shows how there are many different ways and types of research in which you can do which will allow you to have a better and deeper understanding of the problem in which you are trying to solve and how to deal with.