I’m still thinking about my pin-point topic, about olfactory or diabetes, or other medical topics. I do agree that thinking via desktop is different from thinking through making things.
So choosing a form first, I hope it can lead me to a clearer plan.
I’m going to make a “booklet”. Maybe because the medical items are always related to a “manual”/”handbook”(手册) in my mind. However, I don’t want it to be something full of texts. Let me try.
The first question came to my mind was, What size is it?
Take A4 as a beginning, it seemed too large. So I folded the paper in half.
Then the second question, Who uses this booklet, and how?
There are many possibilities, patients? Or anyone who wants to get medical information.
When I put the paper on the desk, I felt it was hard to decide on the cover now. So I skipped it.
I asked a smaller question instead: What should be seen when the reader opens it?
I was not very creative here, a catalog.
After that, I had other thoughts: Is it for patients only? It can also be a record collection tool.
So I created a rough form which was like daily instruction and a blank box to fill.
So far that’s it. I thought there was nothing meaningful I would get since the idea was vague. But the physical material gave me a different environment to think differently.