Candidates are required to write a report of not less than 1500 words about graphic designer SAUL BASS.\n\nThe report should cover the following areas:\n\n• Identification of the subject of report\n\n• Early life and design influences\n\n• Context of the time(s) in which the designer grew up and worked\n- social\n- political\n- technological\n- environmental\n- cultural\n\n• An evaluation of the designer\’s work\n- what area(s) of design does the designer work in and what medium/media?\n- what is the designer trying to evoke/communicate/sell?\n- is the designer motivated by/expressing/reacting to a particular belief/worldview/moral standpoint/aspiration?\n- does the designer\’s method of presentation suit the content?\n- is the designer\’s work technically proficient?\n- is the designer\’s work artistically/aesthetically successful?\n- do the designs \’work\’?\n- how did the designs develop over time?\n- did the work stand the test of time?\n \n• The legacy of the designer and his work\n