Day 1.

Good evening lecturers and MOI friends; this is my first entry. There are a few things to share with my fellow classmates today; the Design process, and the research on our elderly in Singapore.
The lecturers mentioned “Design process” repetitively throughout the briefing session in LT and in tutorial class; but what exactly makes up of Design process? Here’s some of the information that I have recapped from what I have learned in my secondary school days in Design and Technology classes (Note: Even though these processes are for D&T students, or which we refer to as PID students, do note that all these terms in Design Process applies to all other designers too);

Design Process is a term with these components;
- Definition of the theme

- Mind mapping
Before even analyzing the problems, we need to brainstorm for raw ideas and that is why Mind mapping is before the other components and is a first-to-do item.

- Design Brief
Design Brief is a short summarization of what we will be doing, or our main objective of the designed object.

- Design Specification
Design Specification is the identification of important specifications and points to take note even before the Ideation stage; it acts as a guideline so that we do not stray from the main topic.

- Problem Analysis
Problem Analysis is the identification of problems or a main problem that we anticipate when attempting our theme of design topic, which is always accompanied with quantitative researches to help correctly identify the true problem.

- Ideation
Ideation is the stage whereby your solutions and ideas are first developed, but at its nursery stage.

- Detailed Development
Detail Development is a huge process whereby it is actually the developing and shaping of your chosen idea from Ideation into a refined solution, this process includes areas such as studying of the possible technology used for your solution, the shapes and forms, anthropometrics, ergonomics and etc. This is also an important phase where you will have to repeatedly test out your idea to check that its working before proceeding to finalizing your product in Working Drawing.

- Working Drawing
Working drawing in this case is the final outline of your final product; of how it should look like in terms of the measurements etc.

- Material List
Material List will be the compilation of all your required materials in quantity.

- Evaluation
Evaluation would be the checking of your product, on whether you have meet your Design Specifications and why.

(Special thanks to my secondary school D&T teachers especially Mr. Peter Ho, Mrs. Cassandra Tan and Mr. Vincent Yong for their patience and imparting of their knowledge to me.)

Quite a lot of components eh? But they are essential. I hope this information helps you guys in the long run.

Actually, for the first exercise itself, I barely researched on what the elderly likes; rather I spent most of my time looking at what was the difference between the youths and elderly in Singapore, which is the cause of the generation gap. I think for this exercise it’s very much about tackling the differences between us and the old people; which means it’s very much about understanding the gap, and identifying of what is the essential substance that defines the medium that would eventually fill the generation gap and henceforth brings both the youth and elderly together. Hmm…shan’t talk too much about it; I am on the verge of leaking out my ideas LOL.

Guys if you need any enquiries on the Design process above, add me in skype; my username’s Leviticue.

Thanks for spending time with my entry today guys; enjoy your day.

Haowei

Quote of the day:“Be patient and you will finally win, for a soft tongue can break hard bones. (Proverbs 28:13)”