REFLECTION – VISAULIZATION

CHALLENGE

I am a design student and I learn about visualization as a solution for problem solving in college in a  more professional way .The challenge was to create a better and fun , yet professional environment  in the college . As my college recently opened the design branch there wasn’t much to work with but  I had my target audience set .

SELECTION

The process of selecting a design tool was as easy as it came . I believe that in seeing the future of a  place , visualization plays a very important role . another approach taken to solve the problem above  was ethnographic research , observation and interviews .

APPLICATION

My approach to understand the problem from a different point of view was to observe people in  their natural environment so as to understand how they behave in their space without behaving in a  socially acceptable way . After noticing a few things and taking note of them ( the classes being too  dull , desks small and over crowding ) , just to be sure I started to interview teachers and students in  an informal setting to increase the comfort level of the interviewee . after asking a couple of  questions we asked them to visualize what the department will be like in the future and to show it  through drawings , mood boards , sketches , stick figures or even line drawing in simple shapes  .  they answered by giving suggestions and ideas that actually helped finding solution . For Eg : show  case the creativity . more interaction between teachers and students , and having fest  and more  collaborative projects with streams other than design school .

Their idea of what their space should feel like is the priority but looking at whats possible is also  important . seeing that it was fairly new college compared to the rest and long system of getting  funds which is tiring , we had to think to solve both problems

INSIGHTS

With the data I got through observation and interviews, I came to know that the faculty wanted the  same things as the students , better space , more interaction and a more creative yet professional  environment.

APPROACH

Coming to the solution of this problem needed a lot of work from the senior students of the college.

The students and teachers came together to form a system of mentors and mentees , where each  faculty member gets a number of students from each yeah and stream . These groups we not

necessarily work related but to get to know everyone better and learn about the teachers and  professors as well .

The second solution was organising cultural fests , organised by the design school , inviting all other  streams like engineering and health science students to participate . this way the design school was  putting itself on the map in the university .

thirdly, in order to cultivate creativity and make the building look like a design school , where in  students were open to come in groups or individually to create installations for the college .

To promote this , teachers and professors were encouraged to give assignments with in the  curriculum that could be displayed and installed around the building .

To promote and motivate students, on a per semester basis , the design school has work displays for  each year and stream , which is open for the entire university to enjoy

INSPIRATION

For me , my inspiration to take up this project was , when I had joined the design school I had a  certain vision of what I wanted it to feel like and look like to work everyday in my class as a design  student . I was sure the students did too . this project wasn’t very major and it look time to get all  this into place . took up a lot of man power and working hours . its all dedicated to the students and  teachers of the design school .


REFLECTION – VISAULIZATION CHALLENGE I am a design student and I learn about visualization as a solution for problem solving in college in a more professional way .The challenge was to create a better and fun , yet professional environment in the college . As my college recently opened the design branch there was n’t much to work with but I had my target audience set . SELECTION The process of selecting a design tool was as easy as it came . I believe that in seeing the future of a place , visualization plays a very important role . another approach taken to solve the problem above was ethnographic research , observation and interviews . APPLICATION My approach to understand the problem from a different point of view was to observe people in their natural environment so as to understand how they behave in their space without behaving in a socially acceptable way . After noticing a few things and taking note of them ( the classes being too dull , desks small and over crowding ) , just to be sure I started to interview teachers and students in an informal setting to increase the comfort level of the interviewee . after asking a couple of questions we asked them to visualize what the department will be like in the future and to show it through drawings , mood boards , sketches , stick figures or even line drawing in simple shapes . they answered by giving suggestions and ideas that actually helped finding solution . For Eg : show case the creativity . more interaction between teachers and students , and having fest and more collaborative projects with streams other than design school . Their idea of what their space should feel like is the priority but looking at what s possible is also important . seeing that it was fairly new college compared to the rest and long system of getting funds which is tiring , we had to think to solve both problems INSIGHTS With the data I got through observation and interviews , I came to know that the faculty wanted the same things as the students , better space , more interaction and a more creative yet professional environment . APPROACH Coming to the solution of this problem needed a lot of work from the senior students of the college . The students and teachers came together to form a system of mentors and mentees , where each faculty member gets a number of students from each yeah and stream . These groups we not necessarily work related but to get to know everyone better and learn about the teachers and professors as well . The second solution was organising cultural fests , organised by the design school , inviting all other streams like engineering and health science students to participate . this way the design school was putting itself on the map in the university . thirdly , in order to cultivate creativity and make the building look like a design school , where in students were open to come in groups or individually to create installations for the college . To promote this , teachers and professors were encouraged to give assignments with in the curriculum that could be displayed and installed around the building . To promote and motivate students , on a per semester basis , the design school has work displays for each year and stream , which is open for the entire university to enjoy INSPIRATION For me , my inspiration to take up this project was , when I had joined the design school I had a certain vision of what I wanted it to feel like and look like to work everyday in my class as a design student . I was sure the students did too . this project was n’t very major and it look time to get all this into place . took up a lot of man power and working hours . its all dedicated to the students and teachers of the design school .