Tuesday Meeting

Today is the first meeting with the client for my latest project...I like to write down everything in my head so I do not forget to talk about something important.

First of all, what I have been doing since our last meeting:
findings, research, information

Discuss all ideas...be critical. be adventurous.

Corporate identity:
Who you are
What you do
How you do it

Products or services: what you make or sell
Environments: where you make or sell it
Communications: explain what you do

I want this company to go beyond making and selling a commodity to creating a brand.

No purchase is devoid of emotion, purchasing any product plays on your emotions.

I want an imaginative name.packaging. advertising. slogan.logo. typeface.colour.
marketing. tangible displays of communication. communicate vision of the company.

Materials. Colour. Texture.

Costing. Sponsorship.

Next steps.

Major Project

Notes following meeting with Course Director regarding fourth year project.

It has came upon me.... my destiny in the peculiar form of a degree show and my fourth year project.
Where to start? I want to be remembered. I want to make a difference.
Getting good at making vital decisions and quick! and sticking to them, which is probably the hardest part. Thinking about what direction I want to go in. Where is my niche?
What kind of people and communities do I want to integrate with...Practicality? Legality?
Disclosure Scotland...
Be Practical! are there opportunities for me? users available to me?
My project has to fit in and be coherent with IPD's philosophy which is of course, unlike any other product design course in the country.
I want my project to fit in amongst contemporary product design issues

• Interaction Design
• Sustainable Design
• Service Design
• Inclusive Design
• Wearable technologies

My theme has to be grounded in a practising part of product design.
Make me employable. Make people want to work with me.
Make me extremely knowledgeable and competent in one particular area.
Books to read:
Massive Change by Bruce Mau
In the Bubble by John Thackara

What problems/ opportunities am I going to explore?
The proposal I create over summer has to be contained enough that I have a strong valid direction to follow, but not so constrained that there is no room for freedom.

Justify every decision
Engage with people at every level.
What skills do I want to have?
What area to I want to excel in?
I am a thinker. But i have to be able to do STUFF. and do it GOOD.

Project split into three main categories:

• Business
• Technology ( can be an emerging technology)
• User

Investigation. takes up Semester 1 and finished just before Christmas. Should have some strong concepts to evaluate.

Development: reaching your final concept. Takes up a third- two thirds of semester 2.

Execution: your design is fixed and final. The making begins.

Read. Read. Read. Researching people techniques...go that little bit further. Create your own technique.
Gantt Chart
cost $500-$1000 (start saving up now!)
take videos and pictures of everything

generic probe for a wide range of projects.share the cost

have two versions of portraying project:
one commercial and one in depth type
online portfolio.