Reflections and Insights

summary of my major studio work to date with my reflections and insights

week1

mapping

individual identity as a self and

collective identity as a part of a group

*mapping out my relationships involving me

and around me!

*extension of connections and these

relationships over

the New School

*where am I ?

*where are we as DT students?

*which peer groups do I belong/should I

belong?

my considerations & analysis

*investigating my own interest + ”self

discovery”

*what defines me(?) influencing my interests!

*my past + my present + future

*investigating what is shared in common inside

the team and knowing colleagues!

my considerations & analysis

*projecting my graphical skills onto my

visualization

*how do I get information from a source that I

am not very familiar?

*prioritizing my wide range of interests when

I am not sure what I want to do?

my challenges & conclusions

*exploring networks

*locating organizations and networks that

can be inspirational for myself and my work.

*most importantly, speaking out about my

identity

my challenges & conclusions

week2

5 designs in 5 days

exploration and experimentation of

communication

within a set of constraints

defining my parameters and constraints

who am I designing for?

what purposes? user scenarios?

where/how is it going to be used?

my considerations & analysis

exploration of a metropolitan city and

the way people interact with

*each other

*the spaces

through multi-sensory channels within the city

my considerations & analysis

*time constraint + where to start and where to

stop!

*setting a constraint

*setting constraints that are distinctive but

related

*reflecting myself and my design thinking on

these constraints

my challenges & conclusions

*being able to observe people

*putting myself in people’s shoes

*being more flexible and faster in decision

making through role playing + experience

prototyping

*understanding and exploring existing

experiences

*developing interaction prototypes, how they

differ in look and feel

my challenges & conclusions

week3

scrapyard challenge

designing an interactive musical controller out of

junk!

*operating physical objects

*being able to bring together the visual cues and

read

the everyday objects

*what information is provided in an object?

*how do I read them? language + semiology of

objects

my considerations & analysis

*what affordances do objects have?

*which affordances of the junks I can take

advantage of?

*how do bring together the conceptual map of users

and designers?

*how do I achieve a certain visual richness in my

prototype?

my considerations & analysis

*having no knowledge about electronics and

its stress at the beginning

*4 hours-time limit / competing against time

my challenges & conclusions

*collaboration with people

*a brand new world = electronics

*getting hands dirty and learning by

doing, learning by prototyping!

*exploring the unlimited capabilities of

human–being

my challenges & conclusions

week4

designing an electric car and conquering the car

industry

*working on both design and marketing strategies

*coming up with alternative design solutions

*applying different methodologies

my considerations & analysis

*looking through diverse perspectives

environmental + political + social + economical

*emphasizing our product by designing

interaction+experience and pointing out

economical and environmental advantages by

comparing existing cars.

my considerations & analysis

creating your own car

separable car units

customizationproposals for manufacturers and users

3F=flexibility+freedom+fun

traffic & safety

network of users

collaboration between manufacturers

*when everything is possible technologically,

what should be my criteria?

*the diversity of institutions&actors involved

manufacturers + politicians + public

*centralized barriers, regulations and prejudice

to tear apart.

my challenges & conclusions

seeing that designers are able to

*lead institutional change with right manifests,

*change centralized authorities, rules and biased

perspectives

*and transfer them into a more collective architecture

by the leading the social energy.

my challenges & conclusions

as a conclusion, I wanted to visualize my outcomes and my experiences through 4-weeks time.

like an equalizer, it’s been dynamic and have been changing in each week but never disappeared!

identity & networkexperience designprototyping&visual cuescritical design

like a water drop, they have been expanding since the day we first discussed and blending with each other.

like stairs, they have been built on top of each other as well as leading me to jump into the next level.(spring2010)

basak haznedarogluMajor Studio : InterfaceKatherine Moriwaki / Fall 2009