Wow. 2020. That‘s a bit crazy. I had a fantastic break. The only time I even opened my computer was to stream movies. There was a lot of gardening, and lots of kids. I got to see my godson, who I’d co-parented for 9 years, talked lots to my nephew while he was in Japan, …
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It’s bloody xmas!
Bianca wanted to get the report done today, and I get that. Lots of people from class are off tomorrow for their hols, and I want to be as well. She is off to Kapiti, which will be beautiful, and me…I wanna garden! We locked ourselves up and focused on getting everything in the report. …
Brainstorming & sketching
So we had a class where we shared different ideas about what each of the principles are. Apparently, everything you can think of is ok, even (in the case of Daniel) if you are repeating what someone else had already said. It’s hard trying to knuckle down these principles as a solid and robust grouping. …
Accessibility workshop.
Lord this would have been handy for the Alzheimer’s project! I love the way Katia frames things, like she isn’t an expert in X and is really open to other ways of seeing what X can be. With the accessibility workshop, for example, it was grand hearing what Marion had to say about it in …
Buttons, buttons everywhere and not a one to click.
Today we were introduced to a new project where we get to make anything we want. Not the easiest project really…Anything is a broad space, and if there’s one thing that I’ve learnt about myself when there are little constraints or a less than robust brief is that I think too big, and I’ll need …
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Google in the other room
Bianca and I had our first meeting with the industry partner. I have to admit to being somewhat behind in this, with the complications of the DPD project becoming quite overwhelming and my confidence in my abilities at a low. I’d read through the brief, and looked over the material they’d sent us. They are …
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Group Work
Today we found out what projects we would be working on, and who our groups would be. It’s no easy task putting 36-odd people into 5 projects and getting the balance of skills, desires and personalities in line. Making our Proto-personas I was pleased to get the Alzheimers project, as it was my first choice. …
Workshop facilitation
Flying through these classes is akin to whiplash. There are a range of quick-fire exercises in class that I’m not totally convinced we all understand. I’ll speak for myself, I don’t understand it sometimes. But putting it all into practice is better than just talking theory. Key notes from Katia about workshop facilitation: What, when, …
Assignment 1 first thoughts
The brief/outline: Three Product Design Exercises 13/12 (30%) You will be introduced to industry partners and work in teams on the following projects. Although these are group projects, your grade will be based on assessment of individual contribution to the teamwork. Your contribution will be based on your role within the team, final presentation, output …
Jeremiah Boniface 