The Pecha Kucha from my fellow class mate Sam, discussed the important design trends and movements throughout time. He outlined and explained topics such as the Industrial Revolution, Art Nouveau and Modernism.
Visual Presentation:
The visual presentation consisted for one photo per slide, which I believe was a good interpretation of the task as a Pecha Kucha is 20 images with 20 seconds per slide. Many other class mates incorporated text in their presentations and while I like this style better, the brief was to create a Pecha Kucha not a regular timed PowerPoint presentation. Thus I enjoyed Sam’s use of clear images to portray his topic. However the presentation was not well coordinated or practised with the timing of his speech. Also to be picky, on one slide there was background text that clearly wasn’t meant to be seen, in which decreased the aesthetic of the image.
Verbal Presentation:
Sam was clear in his oral presentation and well articulated his information. Yet he was noticeably nervous and made no eye contact with the audience. I believe he should have cut down his word count in his speech in order to effectively engage with the class and reduce his talking pace.
Clear Argument/ Structure:
Overall while I understood what Sam was explaining, if he was to present that speech to a room of design novices I don’t know if they would be able to gage his argument and information. Due to the extensive range of topics that he was attempting to cover in such a short space of time, it was easy to get lost and confused with what he was talking about. There was no clear timeline of the events/ movements discussed, which decreased the scope of the presentation. In the future I believe Sam should focus on a smaller variety of topics that relate, and introduce this at the beginning of the presentation.
Evidence of Research:
There was a major lack of evidence within Sam’s presentation. He made reference to one idea when he said “it is said that design is…” but never provided a name or figure from whom this came from. While it may state this in his transcript, it is important to clearly highlight literature to make what your saying sound more developed and to back up what you are talking about.
Overall Sam needs to work on developing his presentations further and spend extra time practising before the due date. Early on in the Pecha Kucha I honestly did not know what the topic was until about mid way through when I realised it was a combination of too many things. For future presentation’s planning would be essential to helping Sam scope the topic and focus on only the most important aspects.
By Chelsea Buswell.
References:
Pettengill, B. (2014) Current Trend: Make it Flat Design. Available at: https://conversations.marketing-partners.com/2014/03/current-trend-make-it-flat-design/ (Accessed: 11 September 2018).
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