Reflection 3: Brainstorm -Criticize- Prototype -Criticize- Presentation -Criticize- Feedback (Criticism)
Lego and Playdo in a fourth year commerce, WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!?!? Last week the studio started with a flashback to the good old days of when responsibility consisted of nagging your mother when you were hungry (and obviously asking nicely for a grilled cheese sandwich). Being early to the studio I was able to […]
Reflection 3: Design Process Inception
Our most current in-class assignment was to create and prototype an idea for the Sauder Open House on March 1. More specifically, we had to demonstrate a typical day in the D-Studio to the guests that will be passing through the studio. Seeing how, in my opinion, the D-Studio’s focus is on the design process, […]
Reflection 3: The Innovation Process
I think that trying to deconstruct a design and innovation process is extremely difficult, given the abstract nature of the process. However, Beckman did a good job of creating a logical matrix of our thought process. Beckman’s Innovative Process is quite interesting, but I think she discounts the fluidity with which designers can move through […]
Reflection 3: The Design Process
Last week, in class we got to work with a new group in order to come up with an idea for what our class would do for Sauder’s open house on March 1st. We were given some criteria and we were given about two hours to come up with our idea. Our group functioned well […]
Reflection 3: Gather, Define, Generate
Although there are various models illustrating the design and innovation process – ie. Moura’s ‘Ask, Try, Do’ model of design process, Schon’s Reflection-in-Action, or Beckman’s integration of the learning process and design – all of them one thing in common: design is not a one-step attempt. When I think about it, it almost seems silly […]
Let’s get some shoes! – Ask. Try. Do. Share –
I am addicted to shoes. When I shoe shop I go through a process: I ask. I try. I do. I share. All this time I thought I was design newbie, but it turns out I’ve been mirroring the design process in my daily life since becoming a shopaholic at an embarrassingly ripe young age! […]
Designed thoughts about the design process
I registered for COMM486J, The Sauder dStudio, because I was intrigued by its name. What would be the course content? What is studio learning? And most importantly, what is design? I trekked trough the first few weeks of class because I was engaged in the course content and inspired by my fellow classmates. And yet […]
Processes of Processes..
Intuitively my understanding of the design process begins with looking at the situation. By looking at the situation, I am gathering information and all relevant data. I ask myself what am I trying to do? What is the situation? What problems am I trying to address? For whom is this? What are my guidelines and […]
d.studio week 6: Climate Smart Business
What business has worked with 550 small and medium size businesses, 49,000 employees and saved 416,000 tonnes of C02? Answer: Climate Smart. https://climatesmartbusiness.com/ This week in the d.studio students were taken through a “short-form” of the training session that Climate Smart Businesses receive when they sign-up for the program that helps them lighten their footprints and […]
This Week at the Citystudio: Open Thursday Dialogue with John Tylee (Vancouver Economic Commission) and Joel Solomon (Renewal Partners)
When: Thursday, February 9th from 12:00-2:00pm (*note: we will start at 12pm sharp, so please be on time) Where: CityStudio, 1800 Spyglass Place What to bring: your lunch and an open mind Open Thursdays are dialogue sessions with students, faculty, city staff and community leaders on topics related to the Greenest City. Bring your lunch and join the conversation! Please RSVP […]