Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Tuesday 26th - WHAT IS DESIGN?


Todays work











  • My project is about design and the process.
  • How at the start there are too many choices and you are confused. 
  • To how you decide on an idea (the mind map, for example. And experiments with different materials; wool, wire, glass and paper. 
  • This is why I displayed it in the way of an 'explosion' Design is about exploration, there is no clear 'answer' or 'final piece'. It is creative. 
  • It is open, this foundation year is an 'opening'. 
  • I wanted to explore what design is and what I have learnt this year before I move on. 
  • When doing this though I discovered that instructions were crucial to this year of learning and to anything. 
  • My 'explosion' was/is all about what I learnt this year.
  • Therefore instructions. I am focusing on this first stage of the process I saw no reason to strive for a 'final piece'. 
  • However from carrying through this project I have realised that instructions could be a product.
  • THey can be deemed as a problem in that they are often traditionally too small, can lost or damaged. What about if the instructions just became part of the product?
  • A visual and interactive part of the product.
  • Design is about discovering a product and finding solutions.
  • I have taken this idea of making basic instructions that I have followed this year interesting. 
  • From these samples the idea could be taken further. Look out for the instructions through my exhibition. 

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