Week 7

Since Friday's presentation I've been unpacking the feedback that I got and trying to make sense of everything including what my next steps are.


I've decided to go with the Citimap idea - citizen mapping and relaying the information back to visually impaired users. The way I presented it on Friday was that citizens, businesses and councils are able to map permanent and temporary obstacles around the city on a map that everyone is able to access and view including the users themselves, other citizens, tourists etc. On Friday the mapping was done outside but now I am wondering what it would be like if it was done inside, like a shopping centre or a train station etc. Right now these are the questions that I have.

  • Am I designing inside or outside?
  • What space am I concentrating on?
  • What am I trying to achieve/ map?
  • How is this done?
  • Who can I team up with?

Because of my timeframe, I want to concentrate my design within a specific space to be able to design it as thoroughly as I can - but the project would be implemented at a city wide scale.

My next steps are getting answers for my questions and narrowing my scope to be able to start designing.

I also have to start working on my design rationale and putting together some content. I've never done a thesis or any big design projects before so this should be interesting.. Deadlines are starting to appear out of nowhere and a lot of work has to be done.

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