Week 8
I've been feeling like I'm struggling a little bit recently. I've been putting pressure on myself to design something "brand new", something "never imagined" before which realistically isn't possible. A class chat was well needed so that's what we did yesterday.
My mapping concept is based in the city which is quite a big scale to work in and I knew myself from before that I had to focus on a smaller area to help me develop my idea more and for some reason I struggled to do that. So during our chat the exhibition space was brought up as an area/ space for me to focus my design in and I thought it was a great idea. If I found a way to work with the exhibition space and maybe the local area around it, I could not only showcase my design but it would also be in context.
I really like the idea of using the exhibition space/ area around it as my test bed but I also have different thoughts about it.
I'm not sure whether I should focus on the inside - mapping the space, helping visually impaired to see the space and the objects within it or should I stick with the original mapping idea and focus on bringing people inside these spaces where they can relax and enjoy themselves. I think because there isn't a lot of time left, I should stick with the mapping idea and develop that further. I don't want to make things any harder for myself and I really want my design to be simple and easy to implement and use.
Now back to the drawing board..
My mapping concept is based in the city which is quite a big scale to work in and I knew myself from before that I had to focus on a smaller area to help me develop my idea more and for some reason I struggled to do that. So during our chat the exhibition space was brought up as an area/ space for me to focus my design in and I thought it was a great idea. If I found a way to work with the exhibition space and maybe the local area around it, I could not only showcase my design but it would also be in context.
I really like the idea of using the exhibition space/ area around it as my test bed but I also have different thoughts about it.
I'm not sure whether I should focus on the inside - mapping the space, helping visually impaired to see the space and the objects within it or should I stick with the original mapping idea and focus on bringing people inside these spaces where they can relax and enjoy themselves. I think because there isn't a lot of time left, I should stick with the mapping idea and develop that further. I don't want to make things any harder for myself and I really want my design to be simple and easy to implement and use.
Now back to the drawing board..
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