This means drawing together relevant information and inspiration from a diversity of
fields and sources, in preparation for a later design application. This assessment challenges
and encourages the student to consider the value of both a broad and directed approach to
research.
The student will choose from one of five (5) research domains (Others, Critique, Site, Poetics, or
Time). Taking this domain as a starting point, the student will collect relevant visual and textual
research items each week, and report back to their working group. As the semester progresses, the
student’s research should gradually move towards a more specific topic or “Refined Domain” which
will be explored in detail. This cumulative research will be collated in preparation for Project 3
(Research Archive).

The student will choose from one of five (5) research domains (Others, Critique, Site, Poetics, or
Time). Taking this domain as a starting point, the student will collect relevant visual and textual
research items each week. As the semester progresses, the student’s research will gradually move
towards a more specific topic or “Refined Domain” which they will explore in detail.
The student’s cumulative research is to be collated in a provisional InDesign document (template
provided via UTS Online). This document must include the following:
• A minimum of twenty-five (25) research items collected over the course of the project.
(Week 3 submission to consist of eight (8) research items).
• A minimum of 50% of these items must be sourced offline (books, magazines, empirical
research, etc).
• A diversity of fields relevant to the theme must be explored, ranging through film, design
and art history, literature or fiction, non-fiction, scholarly articles, internet research, personal
observations and experiences, and visual research.
• Each item must be labeled/captioned, and accompanied by an academic reference in the
Harvard style.
• Each research item must also be accompanied by a brief written annotation (50 – 100
words). These annotations should explain the item and its relevance to the student’s
research topic. It must be written in the student’s own words. Any quotations of existing
written material must be clearly cited.
• Both class directed work and self-directed research should be included.
In addition to the completed InDesign document, students will submit the following:
• A complete reference list, compiling all sources cited and formatted in Harvard Style
• A digital folder comprising jpegs of the collected visual materials, in high resolution.