+ What was your biggest learning that you took from this paper?
There is a lot of work that goes into running an event, and there's so many parts to it that I never would have thought to considered. Although the biggest thing for me was the journey map of a user following a before, during and after structure. Creating touch points to draw someone in and actually thinking about how a user would get to the main part of the project has challenged me but also made me more aware of how a fully conceptualised experience design works.
+ What aspect of your project are you most happy with.
The aesthetic style that Emma and I chose for our project is something that I really enjoyed creating and I personally think is really fun and engaging. But overall I am really happy with how everything turned out.
+ What would you do differently.
Initial I wanted to do something more toward character design for this project which didn't really end up happening. However, I am also kinda glad that we ended up going down the path we did take as designing an event is not something I have ever done before and it has been really beneficial for my learning.
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Class 12.1 - Final Tweaks
DEFINE l PROTOTYPE
Emma and I were pretty much up to date at this point and just needed to revise over our dossier and presentation and practice for our presentation to the class. One point of feedback that wasn't brought up in our presentation to Lifehack was the suggestion to lower the age group of the target audience. They felt that our experience would be more suitable and beneficial for either year 9 or 10 so the skills they learn and also the possibility of breaking up friend groups has a possibility to continue on throughout the rest of their years at high school. After some discussion, Emma and I agreed that year 9 would probably be a a better target audience for us and wouldn't be much for us to change (only a few parts of the dossier text). After sorting that out as well as some more small details within our dossier we were ready to roll for our presentation the next day.
Emma and I were pretty much up to date at this point and just needed to revise over our dossier and presentation and practice for our presentation to the class. One point of feedback that wasn't brought up in our presentation to Lifehack was the suggestion to lower the age group of the target audience. They felt that our experience would be more suitable and beneficial for either year 9 or 10 so the skills they learn and also the possibility of breaking up friend groups has a possibility to continue on throughout the rest of their years at high school. After some discussion, Emma and I agreed that year 9 would probably be a a better target audience for us and wouldn't be much for us to change (only a few parts of the dossier text). After sorting that out as well as some more small details within our dossier we were ready to roll for our presentation the next day.
Class 11.2 - Presenting to Lifehack
TEST
Once we had printed out all our designed touch points that we had up to this point, we were kinda surprised with a small presentation to two of the guys from Lifehack. Since we were put on the spot a little bit what we presented in terms of what we said was not revised in the slightest and therefore was a little messy. However, we got some really good constructive feedback for what we needed to work on leading up to hand in.
Key points brought up -
Once we had printed out all our designed touch points that we had up to this point, we were kinda surprised with a small presentation to two of the guys from Lifehack. Since we were put on the spot a little bit what we presented in terms of what we said was not revised in the slightest and therefore was a little messy. However, we got some really good constructive feedback for what we needed to work on leading up to hand in.
Key points brought up -
- Add a phrase or quote alongside the logo to hint more at what the event was about (become a superhero you)
- Don't use the logo without any other visuals. By itself, the logo is a bit unoriginal and looks like something you have seen before but couple with the illustration edited photos it becomes more unique
- Make sure the social media aspects are mocked up (already on our to do list)
- What will the activities being run look like? What kind of space will they be in?
- Possibility of adding small take-away elements from each of the main activities
- Group photos vs. individual. Since we are encouraging new connections etc. it would make more sense to have all of the superhero edited photos in group
Aside from these things we needed to work of, the guys from Lifehack really like the idea of re-branding mindfulness and EQ with the 'superhero you' phrase. Overall it seems like we are on the right track and I'm excited to keep going!
Class 11.1 - Photo Shoot
IDEATE l PROTOTYPE
During the week leading up to class, Emma and I had a small photo shoot in the green screen room to use as examples for our fourth touch point on our journey map. I also worked on the illustrations for the superhero face cutouts and completed them while Emma worked on the bus decals and digital questionnaire. At this point for us we were just needing to complete the work, focusing on the designing. Once we touched base again in class we were both happy with where we were heading with our project.
However, we felt that the digital questionnaire wasn't quite fitting in with the rest of our designs. Since it would be our first touch point of the experience it is very important for it to directly reflect on how the even will be and get students excited about it. There was just a little lacking in the current design so we thought adding some more illustrations into it may just bump it up the little more it needs.
During the week leading up to class, Emma and I had a small photo shoot in the green screen room to use as examples for our fourth touch point on our journey map. I also worked on the illustrations for the superhero face cutouts and completed them while Emma worked on the bus decals and digital questionnaire. At this point for us we were just needing to complete the work, focusing on the designing. Once we touched base again in class we were both happy with where we were heading with our project.
However, we felt that the digital questionnaire wasn't quite fitting in with the rest of our designs. Since it would be our first touch point of the experience it is very important for it to directly reflect on how the even will be and get students excited about it. There was just a little lacking in the current design so we thought adding some more illustrations into it may just bump it up the little more it needs.
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Class 10.2 - Interim
TEST
The interim for us was kinda helpful but we didnt really get much feedback on our work. The only really good suggestion was to incorporate year 13's into the running of the event / give them the opportunity to volunteer to help out. Both Emma and I didn't know how we did not think of that early and will definitely include it in our logistics of the event as it would encourage even more school community.
During this class we were also given the opportunity to go and talk to Mark's daughter who was 13 and sitting in on our class. Even though she wasn't quite within our target audience we thought it would be beneficial to just have a chat to her about high school things any way. By some miracle, the answers that she gave to our questions about making new friends and just general info about high school, pretty much explained our big idea. She also really liked our visuals which was very reassuring and we are very very pleased. Hooray!
The interim for us was kinda helpful but we didnt really get much feedback on our work. The only really good suggestion was to incorporate year 13's into the running of the event / give them the opportunity to volunteer to help out. Both Emma and I didn't know how we did not think of that early and will definitely include it in our logistics of the event as it would encourage even more school community.
During this class we were also given the opportunity to go and talk to Mark's daughter who was 13 and sitting in on our class. Even though she wasn't quite within our target audience we thought it would be beneficial to just have a chat to her about high school things any way. By some miracle, the answers that she gave to our questions about making new friends and just general info about high school, pretty much explained our big idea. She also really liked our visuals which was very reassuring and we are very very pleased. Hooray!
Class 10.1 - Inter Class Feedback
TEST
At our class interim, Emma and I showed our coloured blow-up marquee, event layout, logo and journey map with our big idea and desired outcome next to it, It was really exciting to see the different projects that were taking place in the three class as well as the various stages people were at. One thing that I noticed was our class in particular had a really strong grasp on our big idea and logistics behind it where some of the other classes were more focused on the design but didn't have as much supporting statements to explain what they were doing very well. This kinda made me stress out a little as I was worried Emma and I had not done enough design work however, I then realised that we were in a really good place with our idea and just needed to keep trucking along.
DEFINE
Unfortunately, our work only got two points of feedback from our peers which I was quite upset by. I had put effort into giving constructive feedback to other groups but we didn't get as much back as what we put in. Aside from that the two points we did receive really gave us something to think about. The first was to try summarise our big idea even more but I think there was a little confusion there as our desired action and issue weren't separated from our big idea. Secondly was a comment on the visual style being to 'immature' for our year 12 target audience. This raised some big concerns with Emma and I even though it was only one persons opinion. After some discussion with our tutors we decided to keep with our current target audience as superheros are enjoyed by many ranging age groups, from young children to middle aged adults. More design work to come!
At our class interim, Emma and I showed our coloured blow-up marquee, event layout, logo and journey map with our big idea and desired outcome next to it, It was really exciting to see the different projects that were taking place in the three class as well as the various stages people were at. One thing that I noticed was our class in particular had a really strong grasp on our big idea and logistics behind it where some of the other classes were more focused on the design but didn't have as much supporting statements to explain what they were doing very well. This kinda made me stress out a little as I was worried Emma and I had not done enough design work however, I then realised that we were in a really good place with our idea and just needed to keep trucking along.
DEFINE
Unfortunately, our work only got two points of feedback from our peers which I was quite upset by. I had put effort into giving constructive feedback to other groups but we didn't get as much back as what we put in. Aside from that the two points we did receive really gave us something to think about. The first was to try summarise our big idea even more but I think there was a little confusion there as our desired action and issue weren't separated from our big idea. Secondly was a comment on the visual style being to 'immature' for our year 12 target audience. This raised some big concerns with Emma and I even though it was only one persons opinion. After some discussion with our tutors we decided to keep with our current target audience as superheros are enjoyed by many ranging age groups, from young children to middle aged adults. More design work to come!
Sunday, 27 September 2015
Class 9.2 - Our Twist on the Project
DEFINE l IDEATE
Since we didn't see Jason in our last class. he came to see us first to check where we were at. From the week before, he was happy with the direction we had taken the marquee as well as our logo and colour pallet. The one thing he was concerned about was that we were becoming too event reliant and needed something to give it that little bit extra. We needed more of a twist on our big idea to make our event exciting from the initial point of contact.
Emma and I struggled at little at the beginning to try figure out what would work best to help our idea. Once we identified that before this point our twist to the event was mindfulness it seemed to all fall into place. Even though through some of our prototyping the word 'mindfulness' didn't have any specific negative to conversations as most people hadn't heard of the term at 17, it doesn't really seem very exciting either. To help this aspect fit in better with our aim of the event and be more appealing to our demographic, we thought re-branding the term mindfulness would be a good way to engage as well as educate them. Our final outcome was 'an event that will help you become your superhero self'. By some miracle this take on our project fits in really well with the visual approach we already have. It was such a relief to finally get our big idea down packed and now all we need to do is do!
EX-CHANGE
I used this exchange meeting to practice for our interim presentation next week and make sure what we play to say would make sense for those that don't know anything about our project. This was mainly for our big idea because I was worried that it may be a little vague without any further explanation.
However, the feedback I got was really helpful and everyone said that it was a good way to introduce our our idea and the simple the better. One even said that the superhero annotation was the one thing she remembered most from when I was presenting. The only question that was asked about the project was where the event will be so this is something Emma and I need to be clear on in our next presentation. It was very reassuring to get to hear this so I am now a lot more confident about the interim next week!
Since we didn't see Jason in our last class. he came to see us first to check where we were at. From the week before, he was happy with the direction we had taken the marquee as well as our logo and colour pallet. The one thing he was concerned about was that we were becoming too event reliant and needed something to give it that little bit extra. We needed more of a twist on our big idea to make our event exciting from the initial point of contact.
Emma and I struggled at little at the beginning to try figure out what would work best to help our idea. Once we identified that before this point our twist to the event was mindfulness it seemed to all fall into place. Even though through some of our prototyping the word 'mindfulness' didn't have any specific negative to conversations as most people hadn't heard of the term at 17, it doesn't really seem very exciting either. To help this aspect fit in better with our aim of the event and be more appealing to our demographic, we thought re-branding the term mindfulness would be a good way to engage as well as educate them. Our final outcome was 'an event that will help you become your superhero self'. By some miracle this take on our project fits in really well with the visual approach we already have. It was such a relief to finally get our big idea down packed and now all we need to do is do!
EX-CHANGE
I used this exchange meeting to practice for our interim presentation next week and make sure what we play to say would make sense for those that don't know anything about our project. This was mainly for our big idea because I was worried that it may be a little vague without any further explanation.
However, the feedback I got was really helpful and everyone said that it was a good way to introduce our our idea and the simple the better. One even said that the superhero annotation was the one thing she remembered most from when I was presenting. The only question that was asked about the project was where the event will be so this is something Emma and I need to be clear on in our next presentation. It was very reassuring to get to hear this so I am now a lot more confident about the interim next week!
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