Presentation : Studio

After looking through what I have done for semester one during the one month break, here are what I have analysed. They include the design issue, outcome reflections, things to improve on and proposed design outcomes for semester 2.

I've decided to look at my project in a different angle. Instead of the previous method that was to pay attention to our senses to be curious and achieve better design solutions. I want my studio works for semester to be paying attention using our 5 senses to be more curious to keep an experience as a memory and gather inspirations for designers. I also found out that smells, sounds and sight triggers memories the most, which is an area which I want to look into.

The feedback for my semester one works were as follows:

Outcome one

• No specific takeaway/ intention
• Talks about issue too briefly
• Not convinced to try it out

Outcome two

• Appearance / cover of journal does not encourage or inspire people to pick it up and complete the task
• Craftsmanship not very good

Outcome three

• Usage of the film camera might not be ideal because the user needs to develop photos which requires time and money
• Like the idea of the kit for users to contribute / be a sharing space for the users
• Expand into an online web sharing space instead of using instagram

Strengths of outcomes

• Interactive
• participatory 

Weakness

• Art direction not strong
• Outcomes does not look like a series

Research & Inspirations

• Greatly inspired by Kentaro Shihaku
• Memory + 5 senses

Lack

• Urgency of issue
• Simplify design issue

Semester 2 plans

•  Change art direction, logo
• Bigger scale people involved projects
• Participatory projects
• Go digital : apps/wesbite