To consider:
Synthesize
Proposition
Essence
Point of view
Call to action
1st session
Today's lecture was from Jason about photography in design. I loved the examples he showed and his own beautiful photography work. He used his children and basic surroundings to create many strong photographs that represented a lifestyle, feeling. Photography can be very effective in design and perhaps even our brief if used well.
Studio's main focus today was brainstorming and storytelling.
Kenzie and I had previously completed the 8 pages for our body shaming brief but have now decided to go with a different topic after the mixed feedback and being unsure ourselves.
The 8 pages:
-Issue
-Background
-Audience
-Audience needs
-Client/stakeholder
-Client motivation
-Barriers
-Desired action
Our new topic is on 'Bullying in the workplace'. This idea came from my personal experience with being bullied at work and feeling my well-being going down hill. At the time I did not know where to go for help, quitting and going to the boss wasn't an option. I want this brief to give victims hope and knowledge to improve their situation.
2nd session
We completed our 8 pages for workplace bullying and are just trying to narrow down our topic. We worry that it may come across as boring if we don't find an effective way of visually presenting the information. We have been doing quite a bit of research looking into clients like the Union, Worksafe nz etc. We have also been getting inspiration from looking at existing layouts for presenting information.
We got feedback from Mark, he liked our idea and had helpful advice that got us excited about moving forward.. we needed the motivation! He told me to think of my experience and take it from there, having that empathy for the situation should help resolve a good outcome for this brief.
Friday, 31 July 2015
Friday, 24 July 2015
Exchange
For the exchange I am in group 22, we met in block 10.
Only two others from my group showed up, a photography and a fashion student.
Roxanne Vorster and Chloe Edmonds.
We took turns talking about our assignments, and they were all very different. Even with having well-being as the back-drop we found it difficult to relate to each others assignments and process.
Both of their assignments are only marked at the end of semester.
Chloe was looking into the idea of fantasy and being able to escape from reality and how fashion can do that. The ethereal dresses she was researching looked amazing.
Roxanne is in a group for her photography assignment, she was focusing on how environment helps our well-being, looking at landscape photography.
We gave each other as much feedback and advice as we could, it was good hearing feedback from non-vcd students as they have a different perspective.
Only two others from my group showed up, a photography and a fashion student.
Roxanne Vorster and Chloe Edmonds.
We took turns talking about our assignments, and they were all very different. Even with having well-being as the back-drop we found it difficult to relate to each others assignments and process.
Both of their assignments are only marked at the end of semester.
Chloe was looking into the idea of fantasy and being able to escape from reality and how fashion can do that. The ethereal dresses she was researching looked amazing.
Roxanne is in a group for her photography assignment, she was focusing on how environment helps our well-being, looking at landscape photography.
We gave each other as much feedback and advice as we could, it was good hearing feedback from non-vcd students as they have a different perspective.
Ideate - week 2
To Consider:
Brainstorm
Mind-map
Wire-frame
Thumbnail
1st session
Today we had a lecture on design thinking provocations, with a focus on collaboration and empathy within our work.
In studio we wrote down our main idea for the brief and we had to place our idea in the category it fit the most. This was to help us see who else in the class were thinking along the same lines and group together in 3's or peers.
I still didn't have a solid idea of what I wanted to do, still open minded at this point. Body shaming and the issue around body image was something I had in mind though.
Kenzie and I decided to team up, neither of us had a strong idea yet but she liked my idea of body shaming.
2nd session
After talking yesterday we decided to go with the body shaming for now. This class was all about listening and sharing information we had gathered, also touching on empathy.
We had to give a 30 second description to the class of our topic, it was good to hear other ideas and bounce ours off of other students. Comments from classmates on our topic were mixed, some thought it was controversial and could be taken the wrong way, others liked it. This is making it hard for us to stay with this idea.
Brainstorm
Mind-map
Wire-frame
Thumbnail
1st session
Today we had a lecture on design thinking provocations, with a focus on collaboration and empathy within our work.
In studio we wrote down our main idea for the brief and we had to place our idea in the category it fit the most. This was to help us see who else in the class were thinking along the same lines and group together in 3's or peers.
I still didn't have a solid idea of what I wanted to do, still open minded at this point. Body shaming and the issue around body image was something I had in mind though.
Kenzie and I decided to team up, neither of us had a strong idea yet but she liked my idea of body shaming.
2nd session
After talking yesterday we decided to go with the body shaming for now. This class was all about listening and sharing information we had gathered, also touching on empathy.
We had to give a 30 second description to the class of our topic, it was good to hear other ideas and bounce ours off of other students. Comments from classmates on our topic were mixed, some thought it was controversial and could be taken the wrong way, others liked it. This is making it hard for us to stay with this idea.
Friday, 17 July 2015
Empathy - week 1
This week we were introduced to our first assignment for this paper.
I'm in stream B with Lee and Mark
To consider:
Understand the brief
Understand the audience
Understand the context
Research
Gain insight
1st session
We had an introduction lecture on design thinking, global context, student creativity and a run-down of what our brief entails. Then Sam from Lifehack spoke on 'everyday-well being' to give us more of an understanding.
We returned to class and talked in groups about well-being and what it means to us, this helped to open up a bit and listen to other students opinions on the at times 'touchy' subject.
2nd session
Lifehack Workshop
Our stream as a whole took part in an interactive workshop through various exercises unfolding what kinds of well-being there are, when have we felt un-well and why? Who am I in relation to these other people? What are we going to do together?
We began to brainstorm our own ideas ready to bring in next week to team up.
Where to next? The '8 points.'
I'm in stream B with Lee and Mark
To consider:
Understand the brief
Understand the audience
Understand the context
Research
Gain insight
1st session
We had an introduction lecture on design thinking, global context, student creativity and a run-down of what our brief entails. Then Sam from Lifehack spoke on 'everyday-well being' to give us more of an understanding.
We returned to class and talked in groups about well-being and what it means to us, this helped to open up a bit and listen to other students opinions on the at times 'touchy' subject.
2nd session
Lifehack Workshop
Our stream as a whole took part in an interactive workshop through various exercises unfolding what kinds of well-being there are, when have we felt un-well and why? Who am I in relation to these other people? What are we going to do together?
We began to brainstorm our own ideas ready to bring in next week to team up.
Where to next? The '8 points.'
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