Week 2- Collaboration on Topic

23.07.2015
Lectorial and group discussion
Exchange/Empathy/Ideate/Define/Test

We began the lesson with a presentation from a former member of Amnesty of international where the speaker illustrated there is a position for designers as contributers of global wellbeing (design for good). He talked of his experience and where/how a designer can contribute.

In class we shared our research on various topics and began to identify the many trajectories under an audience/field. From here we organised yourseles into groups that identified to a certain topic. Our aim is to research these topics, identify the 8 factors contributing to a defined issue, and present a possible solution. I think many of us we a little confused on the outcome of the first brief- our focus is to focus on a solution rather than the issue, therefore addressing the issue indirectly.

I'm beginning to realise the potential designers have to do good, and how they fit into a big picture. All advertising doesn't have to be selfish.


I'm trying to keep my topic (isolation) open, researching multiple trajectories to present, and as a group identify what specifically we're most interested in pursuing. We have two opposing arguments, positive isolation- self acceptance, balanced introversion, and negative isolation- imbalance, socially, mentally, culturally etc.