Having come one semester into junior year and completed both Futures minis, I feel as if the conclusion of the second mini once again left with a new perspective on the practice. Coming into the course, a lot of my feelings towards the word “futures” were characterized by a feeling…

Brief An investigation into the process and methods of creating a branded environment. This includes an exploration into how to reach the target audience, showcase the product or service and increase brand recognition, as well as a study of site, scale, and materiality. …

BRIEF Great storytellers have the power to transport listeners outside of themselves, to other places, times, contexts, etc. Stories that societies celebrate are often shaped by those in power, underrepresented stories often reflect societies’ injustices, and the stories we tell about ourselves shape our identity. In this project, we will be…

Research — When first looking for audio clips to use in my video I focused on lectures that Xin had done. There was one talk he had done on experience design in particular that I took a strong interest in. …

Flatplan Sketches 3/10 — Going into my sketches, I was already wary following the last project that I did not have that many works or images to use, to begin with. …

Xin Xiangyang — 2/6 Our first task in this project was to choose two people we considered our design heroes, and start compiling information about them. Although I didn’t have a strong preference towards anyone, there were two people that came to mind and immediately as choices I could think about. One of them…

Speed Dating Reflection — Recap of Swimlanes: Swimlane diagrams are a flowchart style diagram which can effectively display all the components of a system or process into a map. As its name implies, the diagram consists of various rows/lanes, each lane describing the actions and processes of a component of that system. These components can…

Swimlane diagrams are a flowchart style diagram which can effectively display all the components of a system or process into a map. As its name implies, the diagram consists of various rows/lanes, each lane describing the actions and processes of a component. These components can be employees, workgroups, departments etc…