Week 2, Session 1

23/7
Refining direction

We came to class today with our current topic researched and split into the 8 sections:

- Background
- Issue
- Audience
- Audience needs
- Client
- Client motivation
- Desired action
- Barriers

From here we shared our ideas with our peers in small groups to get feedback and develop our ideas. After we had a fairly developed idea we summed it up into the generic topic (mine was anxiety and isolation) and shared with the rest of the class so we could pair up with people who were interested in the same topic.

We could then pair off with someone who is already thinking along the same lines. We then talked about potential for our project and decided which direction we were going to take it.

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I found this really helpful because then right from the start you are thinking along the same lines as your partner and you already have something in common with them so it is easier to get on with them.

I also felt that pairing up with two already well researched and informed projects to choose from was really helpful as we could pick one and almost get designing straight away.