5 Reasons why crits are useful educational tools:
1) They encourage you to step outside of your own thought circle and gives you the opportunity to look at your work from a different point of view, sometimes sparking new ideas.
2) They help you to understand whether your work is successful and communicates a message well.
3) They can encourage you to stake on advice from others and move your work forward in a constructive manner.
4) They help you to become confident in presenting your work and talking about why you went about the brief or task in this specific way, and how it relates to your initial starting points.
5) Can often help you to learn about new techniques that could benefit your own working processes and designs.
5 questions which could to asked within a group crit:
1) In what context is the work being used, presented or displayed as a final outcome?
2) What are you trying to address and has it worked successful?
3) What is the intended reaction of the audience and how has the actual reaction differed?
4) What is the symbolism or meaning behind the techniques, colour, type or image chosen?
5) What research did you undertake and who or what influenced the work?
The purpose of a critique
