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Yinyi Hu

Final Project & Reflection

Final Project Presentation & Documentation:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c6xCkfs857qJss282j3X59i0JpGCZ8Em/view?usp=sharing

 

Reflection:

  • What did you learn?

I learnt a systematic approach to convey your idea to the target audience, including both research and experimentation. Also, it is always excited to see projects and artworks from the class and the cohort and got inspiration from them.

  • What feedback did you receive? Any reflections on critique itself?

I received the feedback from Sarah that – what kind of broader goals this can fit within. It really triggered my thinking about how to balance providing solution and expressing attitude/opinion. I might be confused between “useful” and “realistic” in the project.

  • What might you do differently in terms of process or content?

I might provide “solution” in a different way with a more critical and discerning tone.

  • What was inspiring? What parts?

The whole course is inspiring to me, especially the exercises of “daily practice” and “junky prototype”. These two helped me to get new ideas and inspirations.

  • How did you balance research and experimentation? Which is easier for you? How can you focus more on the areas that you shy away from?

Neither research nor experimentation is easy for me in the project. Daily Practice can help generate new ideas and desktop research can help think deeply.

 

Ideas Arrangements Effects

  • At some point this week, look around you and produce a drawing (or take a picture) of a space that you feel is rich in arrangements. In a style similar to the diagram on page 33, annotate your picture or drawing with the “hard” and “soft” arrangements you can identify.

  • Map an aspect of your topic to the Ideas/Arrangements/Effects framework. For instance, if you were working with zoos: an idea is that animals should be able to be observed at will by humans; an arrangement is a cage at the zoo; an effect is that animals often become distressed. Since arrangements are “a rich and frequently overlooked terrain for creating change” (32): can you identify a way you could change your identified arrangement, and how that might reflect a different idea, or have a different effect?
    • Idea: Chinese parents are too anxious about their kids’ education
    • Arrangements: A Relieving Package for parents, which includes
      • 30-day diary
      • A pair of “I-can-see-your-strength” glasses
      • A “nice-word” mask
    • Effects:
      • Help Chinese parents relieve the anxiety on education

Daily Practice – Day 1

Daily Practice:

Try to visualize time zone with daily info collection and research

 

Day 1:

Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is a coordinated time scale, maintained by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM).