Week Eleven Session 1 & 2

Session One and Two

Prototype

For homework I did another wireframe for our website now that our visual style is going in a very different direction. I also simplified it down to the essentials. We also changed our logo to help reflect a more "messy" style. The first iteration was still too "clean" so I started to look for something more handwritten to complete the vibe. We are now also committing to the neon green as part of our colour palette. At first I was against it because I was partial to muted and pastel colours but after my partner explained to me that the green symbolised the toxicity of zombies and of unhealthy eating I finally understood the reasoning behind her decision.

Week Ten Session 1 & 2

Session 1 & 2

Test/Prototype

Interim feedback:

• Our "clean and fresh" imagery is contrasting with our zombie imagery, when I asked what they liked better they said they found zombies more appealing.
• There's a huge potential for using language that ties in well with our zombie imagery.

Overall good feedback, we will most likely continue with the zombie imagery as our target audience found it more original and refreshing.

Week Nine Session 1 & 2

Session One

Prototype

During this lesson we met up only briefly to discuss what we wanted to bring by tomorrow.

I did the initial version of our website. I included a countdown to the event and a guide to what ingedients can help improve focus, mood and energy. The colour scheme I decided to use are greens and browns to keep consistent with the clean and fresh theme we have. We've also decided to use zombies as our metaphor for uni students because of the similarities between them.

Session Two

Prototype/Test

During our studio session today I got ready for EX-Change and Interim the next week as my partner couldn't make class. I changed up and added more elements to the website including a recipes page and a Zombie page, which includes a portrayal of student experiences as zombies. I took real photos for the website and cooked the food myself to help give me an indication of what an easy meal for a uni student would be.

EX-CHANGE

After class I headed to ex-change to do a practice run of my interim presentation to a group of people who come from different areas of design. I found it really helpful as it helped me practice how to articulate myself.

Week Eight Session 1 & 2

Session One

Prototype/Test

Menu

Brochure

Opened Brochure

Brochure  Spread

During our second round of user testing I was in charge of bringing these outputs to class.

The look and feel I was going for was clean and refreshing, as of the moment we aren't sure whether to continue with the illustration style that we have or try a different one

Week Seven Session 1 & 2

Session One

Define/Ideate

I came to class with my version of our user journey map. Me and my partner decided to do one each and then combine them together, making 3 initial ideas.

I also came with my two versions of our POV statement, a task I find really challenging because of its certain structure and I've had a few tries and misses before these. Some feedback I'd receive that was they were too much like a problem statement.

Session Two

Prototype/Test

Today we started our first round of user testing. We used paper for most of it. I found this convenient for rapid prototyping as we only had a couple of minutes to create something before we start user testing. Our outputs include social media, poster, brochure, packaging, stickers and a menu. It was interesting to get a fresh perspective from other people who haven't heard our concept before.

Week Six Session 1 & 2

Session One

Empathy/Define/ Ideate

After handing in our visual brief me and my partner decided to take some time to congratulate ourselves. Afterwards we started to brainstorm potential outputs for the next brief where we had ideas for the 'before','during' and 'after'. It was somehow broad at this point. I was determined to continue the nutrition brief and I was glad that my partner wanted to stay in a group with me as well. We were then asked to generate a POV statement to bring to next class.

Session Two

Empathy/Define/ Ideate

During this class we finished filling up our ethics form including our list of revised survey questions that we wanted to send out during the holidays. This is my first time sending out a form so I was not sure what to expect.

During the holidays the survey we sent out delivered unexpected results with one particular question. This was with if students were aware that nutrition affected everyday wellbeing, with 100% of the responses being "yes". As well as that most students who took the survey said they had at least 2-3 vegetables with their meals everyday. So me and my partner decided to sit down and try to understand that if awareness wasn't the problem what was? After looking through the survey again I had found that people responding to the "worst/most unhealthy experience" question were often mentioning that they would eat particularly poorly and making bad choices about food when they were either over eating or under eating.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-P27S7MKC/

Visual Brief Developments

While working towards hand-in these were some iterations of the mock up visual brief. While I was waiting for the scanned images that leah had drawn I took some images from the internet to save as place holders. Ideally we want to go with an elegant and vintage style visual brief. I also thought up for some of the visual metaphors and rhetorical aspects of our visual brief (e.g. "Table for four please" & cogs on the background spread.

I also drew some fruit and took some photos of various plates at home just in case we ran out of time. We'd planned out that we had to print the cover by Tuesday and print the rest by Wednesday so that Leah can finish the hard cover before Thursday class.

Week Four Session 1 & 2

Session One 

Ideate/ Prototype/ Test

We went into groups to critique each others mock ups. So far leah provides the imagery and I create the layout for the overall look. As of the moment we are still missing imagery and pages. One of the suggestions that was made from one group to another that I found interesting was that clients/stakeholders don't have to be organisations that are actively try to solve the problem (e.g. Helpline= suicide). Rather the other group suggested in including companies that would be given an opportunity to benefit from providing support to the issue.

Session Two

Ideate/ Prototype

The majority of class was spent on studio time. Me and my partner would have lengthy discussions on visual style. During this period we were learning to compromise as often the image we had of what the outcome of our visual brief would look like was often different. Jason approached as and encouraged us towards "rhythmic" black/white spread variety, commenting that having the whole document in white may result in it looking "sparse". I feel that our cover idea has been finalised as well. My partner decided that we should change the layout to A4 and do a hardcover binding. At first I seemed a bit skeptical asking her if she was confident enough for the amount of work and time we have. She seemed pretty confident and this was enough for me to trust her. 

EX-CHANGE

I came to the ex-change with the two versions of our cover for unfiltered feedback. I was disappointed however to find that no one in my group had bothered to come, or they did but decided to leave within the first 10 minutes. I was lucky enough to be included within another group whose industries were further from mine. As they discussed their projects I found similarities between me and the industrial student as his project also concerned food. I personally liked the feature of his project where he considered "community" and food bringing people together. When they shared their projects I felt a sense of relief as I realised that everyone is going through stressful times together and that each individual was working towards a final outcome.

Week Three Session 1 & 2

Session One
Define/Ideate/Prototype/Test

I planned out the initial sequence for the visual brief as part of independent homework. These we to set the initial mood for the direction I wanted the brief to go towards. Visualising the brief was particularly hard because I had to consider imagery. As of the moment I'm still unsure whether to use illustration, vector images, photography etc.

I then began to story board by myself and ideas that came up were using thinking from the perspective of students (high school & uni), recipe layouts, use of food literally and rhetorically.

I made my initial 8 spreads for critique tomorrow.

*screenshot to be added*

Session Two

Empathy/Define/Ideate/Prototype

Today in class we presented our 2 mock up spreads. The ones I chose were issue and background.

I was still very unsure with imagery so the images above do not look consistent or cohesive. Another issue that arose was me and my partners conflicting interest on what visual style we wanted to approach. We decided to split off for 5 minutes to generate imagery on our own.

When we came back together I noticed that my partner was interested with the biological imagery (human organs) whereas I was really focused on food imagery. Before class ended we concluded that we weren't going to become cohesive anytime during that lesson. I told my partner that we should generate our own imagery over the weekend and consider a broader range of imagery. I would try to include the organs while she would consider food.

Week Two Session 1 & 2

Session One
Empathy/Ideate

This class we were suppose to decide on a topic and ideally form a group. My initial idea for an issue to tackle is something to do with nutrition. However as we were laying down our concepts as a class I again became quite unsure of how to proceed or what concept to choose which resulted in me not being able to form a group by the end of class.

Session Two

Define/Ideate

At the beginning of the lesson I was still quite unsure as I hovered between the topics I was interested in doing (nutrition and the role of masculinity in mental wellbeing). Finally I decided on Nutrition and formed a group with my current partner. I felt that nutrition was a more open-ended topic and I saw a lot of potential in how to approach the brief. We quickly made an A3 image in preparation for the Exchange.

Exchange

Met up with my group today. I found it interesting how different people from different industries were exploring the concept of wellbeing. I realise I need to do more solid research so that I may present something more thorough next time.