Weekly Tasks

Task 1

We were asked to have a group discussion on the answers to the following questions:

What is a pilot/prototype?

A first impression of an unfinished product, usually created with critique in mind to develop it until it's ready to be launched (proof of concept)

What are developments?

Different renditions of the initial product idea to improve upon the concept. This is where the experimenting and changes are made

What is a business model canvas?

A breakdown of your product/service that is sectioned in a specific way created by Ostrerwalder

What is a reflective analysis?

Reflective analysis is a style of writing that allows you to process your personal experiences. When performing reflective analysis, you may discuss a particular problem or event, thinking critically about what happened, why, and what you learned.

What is design thinking?

Identifying the problem and creating innovative solutions to prototype and test involving five phases; Emphasise, define, ideate, prototype, and test. This process looks different for every field and project as at any point you may start from the beginning again.

What is a reflective journal?

A day-to-day reflective analysis of your current project or event in which you look at what you're creating, what you are learning, how you feel about it, what you have failed, and what you have improved upon.

Task 2

For task two we were asked to write continuously for 6 minutes in a reflective manner, during this we were asked to follow these questions if we could

1.Reflection

Discuss any issues or concerns that you may have in relation to your practice

2.Analysis

Respond to the following questions

What is happening here?
What assumptions am I making?
What does this show about my underlying beliefs about myself and my practise
What are the alternative ways of looking at this( eg the clients perspective ?)

3.Action

What action can I take?
How can I learn from this?
How would I respond if this happened again?

Problems and concerns I have with my current practice are that I don’t have any experience or expertise with clients. I’m not sure how to go about engaging with them or where to find them. This will be an extremely difficult process for me to take on but I’m sure I will overcome it. Another concern I have is that the industry is stuffed with interior decorators that is not my job but they are very similar so I’m sure I will be fighting for clients in some way or another. I am assuming that there is no space for me in this overcrowded industry where I’ll constantly be compared to architects and interior decorators and where I will fit into it all. I want to be important in some way or another so maybe I am clout-chasing or maybe I just want to design the homes of famous people. I just know I want to be in some magazine one day or have articles written about the new up-and-coming interior designer but I also have doubts like am I even unique enough to be recognized? Will I be seen in the mountain of people? Will the students I studied with become my competitors? I’m sure from someone on the outside I look like I am full of myself, like I think I am a better designer than everyone else but I believe that I am subpar at best and I’m just really good at looking confident at my work and trying to sell it as the best thing since sliced bread. What will I do about all these self-doubts? I’m not sure. Everyone has some sort of imposter syndrome so I’m sure it will be a couple of years at least before I feel comfortable in my field. What sets me apart is that I’m not afraid to be the dumbest person in the room. I am so willing to learn from those who came before me and to be a sponge of knowledge and techniques that if I am not the best designer then at least I’ll know the most.

Task 3

Task 4

Last week we were asked to upload a small portfolio of our work so that our peers could see our work and give us feedback on what they thought about it.

Feedback I recieved based on my portfolio is,

Task 2

For this task we were asked to follow exercises from pages 68, 70, 71, 73, 76, 77 and 79 of a book called Do,Disrupt,Change the status quo by Shayler,M.

Things I like doing

Things I care about

Things I'm good at

Playing video games,

3D modeling

Designing houses in the Sims 4

Crafting

DIYing

Sustainability

Accessibility

Making people smile/feel good

Making a lot of money

Becoming the best version of myself

Conservation

Procrastinating

Sleeping

3D modeling

Idea generation

Gift giving

Hyper focusing

List of possible ideas

Charge people money to watch me sleep

Start a handmade gift business

Create the best version of myself in the Sims and kill myself off

Start DIYing with sustainability in mind/ refurbishing old furniture

Start a business to save old buildings from being demolished and bring them back to life

Bringing new ideas with the sims 4 and 3D modeling to get custom-built 3D modeled interior design

Build and design a workshop space to create stuff

Start an interior design YouTube channel

What do I want to do

How will I do it?

Four ways it will not work

Create 3D models of my interior ideas.

Generate new ideas and bring them to reality.

Create a name for myself in the Interior design social media industry.

I will get my degree in creative industries.

I will start my own business during/after my course.

I will buy an interior design package and get clients using social media.

No one wants to engage with my content

I procrastinate and never do the work

People don’t have the money to spend on such a luxury service

My designs are not unique enough and all my potential clients go to someone else.

Positives

I am passionate about being the best interior designer in my niche

I have all the experience of my HNC and HND

I have a building portfolio of work

I am good at learning new 3D modeling programs

I can hyperfocus on my design in a 3D program and get 10-12 hours of work done in one session

I am pretty digitally literate and could easily make my way around YouTube and video-making

I have a very approachable personality which would be good around a camera

Negatives

Hard to enter a space of known and trusted names

Analytics could be my downfall

I’d need to learn video editing and how to film stuff

3D modeling programs are very expensive

I don’t know how much I trust myself to work to deadlines

Would your nan/kids/grandkids understand it?

I think interior design as a whole is pretty easy to understand as everyone wants to be in a nice space wherever they are and for the social media thing younger people would get it and I think my gran would probably understand if I showed her someone else in that space.

What does a good job look like for me?

Quantitatively / quality of life

Something that lets my creativity flow

Something quite hands-on

Flexible hours

Something that lets my personality shine

Quantitatively / monetary value

Something project-based that I could charge highly per project

Something I could choose who I work with/for and for how long

Something where I am in charge of all the creative decisions and don’t have to answer to anyone but the client