Final Project, del. 1 Initial statement & Design Challenge/ Research Question Name: Shamik Ray Nationality: Indian Background: Industrial Design, User Experience I want my Final Project to … I want my final project to be a reflection of the person I have slowly evolved into over the past 6 years since I started studying design formally. Having moved from Industrial Design to User Experience and finally IxD at CIID , I want my final project to connect my different skills and experiences of these different phases. I also want to design for real users and want the project to be socially relevant. I am hopeful that in the process, my project raises a few questions that makes us to look at an established way of doing things differently or critically. I’m interested in/inspired by… I have always been inspired by technology that empowers us to be creative and expressive. I have myself been a photographer and a musician and have always been fascinated by the tools that enables one to create - whether it is a camera or a guitar. However I also believe that these tools should be democratic and accessible because I don’t see art/creativity as the topmost tier in Maslow’s Pyramid but more as a catalyst that can help us move through the levels to the top. Like for example, photography to me is a sequence of identification,reaction and creation through which we try to communicate. The picture becomes a point of conversation and sometimes an object of positive reminiscence. This means that photography inherently has characteristics that can be leveraged on a social level to bring people together. During my Final Project I would like to challenge myself in… I can rely on: My understanding of the Design Process, ability to ideate effectively and build quick prototypes using Arduino and Processing as well as graphic and interface design experience. I would like to challenge: My skills in doing research. Would especially like to innovate on making my own research probes to engage with people effectively. Would also like to explore web-based technologies like HTML5, CSS, Javascript if the solution has web-based touch-points too.
The first deliverable of my Final Project at CIID, this document consists of the process followed in arriving at a research question for my final thesis.
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Final Project, del. 1Initial statement & Design Challenge/Research Question
Name: Shamik RayNationality: IndianBackground: Industrial Design, User Experience
I want my Final Project to …
I want my final project to be a reflection of the person I have slowly evolved into over the past 6 years since I started studying design formally. Having moved from Industrial Design to User Experience and finally IxD at CIID , I want my final project to connect my different skills and experiences of these different phases. I also want to design for real users and want the project to be socially relevant. I am hopeful that in the process, my project raises a few questions that makes us to look at an established way of doing things differently or critically.
I’m interested in/inspired by…
I have always been inspired by technology that empowers us to be creative and expressive. I have myself been a photographer and a musician and have always been fascinated by the tools that enables one to create - whether it is a camera or a guitar. However I also believe that these tools should be democratic and accessible because I don’t see art/creativity as the topmost tier in Maslow’s Pyramid but more as a catalyst that can help us move through the levels to the top. Like for example, photography to me is a sequence of identification,reaction and creation through which we try to communicate. The picture becomes a point of conversation and sometimes an object of positive reminiscence. This means that photography inherently has characteristics that can be leveraged on a social level to bring people together.
During my Final Project I would like to challenge myself in…
I can rely on: My understanding of the Design Process, ability to ideate effectively and build quick prototypes using Arduino and Processing as well as graphic and interface design experience. I would like to challenge: My skills in doing research. Would especially like to innovate on making my own research probes to engage with people effectively. Would also like to explore web-based technologies like HTML5, CSS, Javascript if the solution has web-based touch-points too.