25/9
Skipped
We didn't go to exchange today as we had already received a lot of feedback on our project and knew exactly what we had to work on.
Harry 358 Reflection Diary
Week 9, Session 2
25/9
Feedback time
Today we showed our idea to the tutors and some 4th years to get feedback while we just continued to work. We got really good feedback but the most common critique was that we should focus on the actual space for now and make sure that that works and work out the logistics before spending heaps of time on the side features like the website and the in-office material. One of the 4th years also had a really good idea; we could utilise the bike rack on the exterior of the space more by turning it into a sort of bike sharing space.
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The feedback really helped us in terms of realising that we need to spend more time on development of the space in order to make sure it works perfectly as it is what the whole project is based around.
The bike idea was also a really good one and got us thinking more about how we can implement side features in order to target more of the features of wellbeing.
Moving forward >>>
From here we need to finish off things like the journey map in order to identify all of the current pain points in our project and areas where we can further improve the concept.
We also need to spend more time thinking about the logistics, spatial features and layout of the space to make sure it is perfect before moving on to the other features.
The bike idea was also really good and something that could really benefit the space. We should also think about other elements that could be implemented to target those 5 ways of wellbeing.
Feedback time
Today we showed our idea to the tutors and some 4th years to get feedback while we just continued to work. We got really good feedback but the most common critique was that we should focus on the actual space for now and make sure that that works and work out the logistics before spending heaps of time on the side features like the website and the in-office material. One of the 4th years also had a really good idea; we could utilise the bike rack on the exterior of the space more by turning it into a sort of bike sharing space.
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The feedback really helped us in terms of realising that we need to spend more time on development of the space in order to make sure it works perfectly as it is what the whole project is based around.
The bike idea was also a really good one and got us thinking more about how we can implement side features in order to target more of the features of wellbeing.
Moving forward >>>
From here we need to finish off things like the journey map in order to identify all of the current pain points in our project and areas where we can further improve the concept.
We also need to spend more time thinking about the logistics, spatial features and layout of the space to make sure it is perfect before moving on to the other features.
The bike idea was also really good and something that could really benefit the space. We should also think about other elements that could be implemented to target those 5 ways of wellbeing.
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Test
Week 9, Session 1
24/9
Development
Today we did a rapid brainstorm session on a WINZ brief to explore quick solutions.
We then just ended up working on our project. We worked on the space as it is the main element and is important that we both work on this together. We tried to finalise it and get some nice renders.
We also discussed website stuff and tried to nail down a sitemap so we can make a start on the actual designs.
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I think we made a lot of progress on the idea side of our project today. We managed to finalise (for now) the ideas and make up of our space, the website and the general context of the print material. Now we can start to design the website and the print material and get some solid feedback on the makeup of the space.
I feel like we are in a good place at the moment and still have a lot of time for feedback and development.
Moving forward >>>
From here it would be good to have at least a super rough mockup of the website and some pictures of the direction we want for the print material to show in the interim presentation tomorrow.
Development
Today we did a rapid brainstorm session on a WINZ brief to explore quick solutions.
We then just ended up working on our project. We worked on the space as it is the main element and is important that we both work on this together. We tried to finalise it and get some nice renders.
We also discussed website stuff and tried to nail down a sitemap so we can make a start on the actual designs.
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I think we made a lot of progress on the idea side of our project today. We managed to finalise (for now) the ideas and make up of our space, the website and the general context of the print material. Now we can start to design the website and the print material and get some solid feedback on the makeup of the space.
I feel like we are in a good place at the moment and still have a lot of time for feedback and development.
Moving forward >>>
From here it would be good to have at least a super rough mockup of the website and some pictures of the direction we want for the print material to show in the interim presentation tomorrow.
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Define
Week 8, Session 2
18/9
Journey maps + big idea
We spent the class working through a journey map and trying to define our big idea. We went through a couple of iterations of the journey map and the big idea and got feedback from the tutors and other students.
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We found that even though we knew what our big idea was, it was hard to define in a short concise statement so we started with the journey map and worked out all the little problems we had first. We found that through creating a really in depth journey map we could convey our idea better to people and show rather than tell. It helped us to develop our idea which was actually a lot different by the time we got to our big idea.
We had a lot of feedback from the tutors and students and developed our idea a lot. We are definitely a lot more confident with the direction we are heading after our feedback but feel like we need to do some more research and point of view statement tweaking in order to strengthen the base idea.
Moving forward >>>
After our feedback we have a lot of directions and questions to look into that will help strengthen the outcome and purpose of the space.
We also have a lot of fine tweaking to do and tensions to balance in order to make sure that the space works exactly as we intend it to.
Journey maps + big idea
We spent the class working through a journey map and trying to define our big idea. We went through a couple of iterations of the journey map and the big idea and got feedback from the tutors and other students.
—
We found that even though we knew what our big idea was, it was hard to define in a short concise statement so we started with the journey map and worked out all the little problems we had first. We found that through creating a really in depth journey map we could convey our idea better to people and show rather than tell. It helped us to develop our idea which was actually a lot different by the time we got to our big idea.
We had a lot of feedback from the tutors and students and developed our idea a lot. We are definitely a lot more confident with the direction we are heading after our feedback but feel like we need to do some more research and point of view statement tweaking in order to strengthen the base idea.
Moving forward >>>
After our feedback we have a lot of directions and questions to look into that will help strengthen the outcome and purpose of the space.
We also have a lot of fine tweaking to do and tensions to balance in order to make sure that the space works exactly as we intend it to.
Week 8, Session 1
17/9
In-class prototyping, round 2
The class began with a lecture about prototyping and how to do it. We then spent the rest of the class prototyping our idea, getting feedback, tweaking the prototype and repeating.
We gained a lot of feedback about our prototype as people seemed particularly interested in it.
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It was interesting seeing other people's ideas and the way they were approaching their briefs. I feel like it helped us step back and see the bigger picture a bit as we may have gotten a bit too deep and confused at this point.
We got a lot of good feedback and I think there is a lot that we need to work on with our current idea. We had a meeting yesterday and completely changed our project so the current idea is still quite raw. It was hugely useful testing the prototype because, even though it was still an extremely raw idea, we gained a whole lot of insights about elements that could affect the user that we hadn't even considered until now. We found the fresh look from people who had never seen the project before very helpful, I also feel like our prototyping/interviewing skills are improving.
Moving forward >>>
From here I think it is very important to start to visualise what the space could look like as that is a huge element of the final outcome. Now we know where we are in terms of the idea working and where to take it next so we should really look into the physical space for tomorrow so that we can get some feedback.
In-class prototyping, round 2
The class began with a lecture about prototyping and how to do it. We then spent the rest of the class prototyping our idea, getting feedback, tweaking the prototype and repeating.
We gained a lot of feedback about our prototype as people seemed particularly interested in it.
—
It was interesting seeing other people's ideas and the way they were approaching their briefs. I feel like it helped us step back and see the bigger picture a bit as we may have gotten a bit too deep and confused at this point.
We got a lot of good feedback and I think there is a lot that we need to work on with our current idea. We had a meeting yesterday and completely changed our project so the current idea is still quite raw. It was hugely useful testing the prototype because, even though it was still an extremely raw idea, we gained a whole lot of insights about elements that could affect the user that we hadn't even considered until now. We found the fresh look from people who had never seen the project before very helpful, I also feel like our prototyping/interviewing skills are improving.
Moving forward >>>
From here I think it is very important to start to visualise what the space could look like as that is a huge element of the final outcome. Now we know where we are in terms of the idea working and where to take it next so we should really look into the physical space for tomorrow so that we can get some feedback.
Exchange 3
11/9
Quick check-in
We felt that we really needed to get some interviews in before the weekend so that we could move on and Friday lunch break was the last chance to do it so I just quickly checked-in with the group before going into the city to talk to people.
I talked to the group about where we were at with our idea after prototyping and what direction we were leaning toward. They agreed with our conclusions from the prototypes but brought up that it would be hard to move on without knowing exactly who the audience is.
Quick check-in
We felt that we really needed to get some interviews in before the weekend so that we could move on and Friday lunch break was the last chance to do it so I just quickly checked-in with the group before going into the city to talk to people.
I talked to the group about where we were at with our idea after prototyping and what direction we were leaning toward. They agreed with our conclusions from the prototypes but brought up that it would be hard to move on without knowing exactly who the audience is.
Week 7, Session 2
11/9
Prototyping
Today we began prototyping in class. We had already done some prototyping over the break so this was our second time.
Rather than wait for us so sort out our point of view statements and come up with a solid idea we just acted off 'a hunch' (where we were currently at). This meant that we came up with ideas that had not even thought of before as we were had never really got started on the solution because of our unfinished point of view statement.
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I found this whole process really helpful as it forced us to get started on our current idea even if it may not be the best/most thought out and just make it work.
To be honest I was really how our prototypes worked out in a way. We ended up finding that even though we were right in the fact that our idea didn't work, that there were definitely some elements within the idea that we can and will take forward into our new idea.
Moving forward >>>
We are going to go into town during their lunch break and ask them some questions. I feel that this is hugely important at this point in order to move forward without guessing. We really need to get our target audience stuff done so we really know who we are targeting and who we aren't.
Prototyping
Today we began prototyping in class. We had already done some prototyping over the break so this was our second time.
Rather than wait for us so sort out our point of view statements and come up with a solid idea we just acted off 'a hunch' (where we were currently at). This meant that we came up with ideas that had not even thought of before as we were had never really got started on the solution because of our unfinished point of view statement.
—
I found this whole process really helpful as it forced us to get started on our current idea even if it may not be the best/most thought out and just make it work.
To be honest I was really how our prototypes worked out in a way. We ended up finding that even though we were right in the fact that our idea didn't work, that there were definitely some elements within the idea that we can and will take forward into our new idea.
Moving forward >>>
We are going to go into town during their lunch break and ask them some questions. I feel that this is hugely important at this point in order to move forward without guessing. We really need to get our target audience stuff done so we really know who we are targeting and who we aren't.
Week 7, Session 1
10/9
Using the 5 elements of wellbeing as a filter
We began by talking about our idea with other teams and presenting what we were thinking and we were heading.
We had done a lot over the break in terms of prototyping and progressing our idea so we found this quite useful to share we were we at and get some feedback.
We have just recently completely changed our idea so we were in an in-between stage where we were a bit unsure exactly what our idea was/could be. I told them about the whole process, where we are at and our old ideas which they seemed to really like. We needed up discussing the old ideas and the potential that they had that we could potentially bring into the new direction.
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Even though we have completely changed our idea really recently, which made our point of view statement useless, I found the conversation really useful. It was interesting to get a different view on our ideas as I fell that at this point we have got way too deep into the ideas and have confused ourselves. I definitely felt a lot more confident about the legitimacy of our ideas after this.
Moving Forward >>>
From here I think we really need to get onto it and go out to talk to some people. I feel like there are definitely some insights out there that we are unaware of. From there we can finalise (for now) our point of view statement so that we can move forward less blindly and try and actually get some work done.
Using the 5 elements of wellbeing as a filter
We began by talking about our idea with other teams and presenting what we were thinking and we were heading.
We had done a lot over the break in terms of prototyping and progressing our idea so we found this quite useful to share we were we at and get some feedback.
We have just recently completely changed our idea so we were in an in-between stage where we were a bit unsure exactly what our idea was/could be. I told them about the whole process, where we are at and our old ideas which they seemed to really like. We needed up discussing the old ideas and the potential that they had that we could potentially bring into the new direction.
—
Even though we have completely changed our idea really recently, which made our point of view statement useless, I found the conversation really useful. It was interesting to get a different view on our ideas as I fell that at this point we have got way too deep into the ideas and have confused ourselves. I definitely felt a lot more confident about the legitimacy of our ideas after this.
Moving Forward >>>
From here I think we really need to get onto it and go out to talk to some people. I feel like there are definitely some insights out there that we are unaware of. From there we can finalise (for now) our point of view statement so that we can move forward less blindly and try and actually get some work done.
Labels:
Test
Week 6, Session 2
21/8
Rapid ideation
We did an exercise where we had 10 mins (?) to come up with 50 ideas for the solution to our brief, ten for each of the five sections of wellbeing. The ideas could be as crazy as we wanted.
After we had come up with the 50 we picked the five best and swapped the list with another team who worked on an idea to make it better.
Our best ideas were:
Rapid ideation
We did an exercise where we had 10 mins (?) to come up with 50 ideas for the solution to our brief, ten for each of the five sections of wellbeing. The ideas could be as crazy as we wanted.
After we had come up with the 50 we picked the five best and swapped the list with another team who worked on an idea to make it better.
Our best ideas were:
- Paint the city
- Isolated large spaces
- Green spaces
- Wind/weather breaks
- Moving all the traffic/roads underground
The idea that the other team chose was 'paint the city'. They came up with the idea that instead of painting colours/messages on the ground that they should be on the walls to encourage people to look up. They also suggested that the public could have some sort of contribution into the actual painting process and pointed out that there is the potential to include guest artists.
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This process really helped us get moving as we had spent the last 5 weeks trying not to think about solutions and found it hard to finally get started on them. This technique really loosened us up and got us brainstorming.
We also found that although our top five weren't necessarily viable that there was something within each one that could really be taken further and could potentially become our solution.
Moving forward >>>
From here I think we should really break down each of those five ideas to come up with the essence so that we can test if there is any real gold in there.
Labels:
Ideate
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