Graphic Design Survey

After completing the brainstorming activity, you should begin to put your manifesto in a more final form. This is the time to determine what will be at the heart of your manifesto and begin organizing your ideas into a more formal form.

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Do you notice a consistent theme between the items in your Popplet? Do you see any consistent aesthetics or design elements between the items on your Pinterest board? Is there one idea that seems more interesting to you? You may also want to start thinking about the form your writing will take at this point. As you may have noticed, some manifestos are in paragraph format, some used subheads with a descriptive paragraph that follows, and some use numbered lists. Does one format seem more appropriate for the direction you are headed?

Your manifesto should have a background or history, a set of points that articulate the groups claims, or goals or defining principles, a vision statement, and a call to action. Your final manifesto should be a minimum of 500 words. However, your draft may not quite reach that amount of words. I do recommend that you strive to get close to that count. The more you have completed now, the less you have to do later and the better the feedback you can get on your draft.