Quite FranklyDec 7, 20212 minBiomimicry - Waste Management: Part 5 This week, we are in the final stages of our project. We were able to successfully launch a survey and card sort activity where we...
Quite FranklyNov 30, 20212 minBiomimicry - Waste Management: Part 4 Biomimicry is such a fascinating topic to explore and now that we (My group and I) are a couple of weeks into this project, we have been...
Quite FranklyNov 30, 20212 minLet's Tell a Story! In this week's reading, our lecture and readings focused on using your research to tell a story, user personas, and how to break down...
Quite FranklyNov 23, 20212 minBiomimicry - Waste Management: Part 3For my project this week, I explored various design methods by going through Hanington & Martin's, " Universal Methods of Design". This...
Quite FranklyNov 22, 20211 minMake, Make, and Remake! Prototyping and Brainstorming was the theme of this week's readings and lectures. In Piantella's lectures, she gives us a few steps to...
Quite FranklyNov 16, 20212 minBiomimicry - Waste Management: Part 2This week, my group and I met together to discuss the possible stakeholders for our project. We decided to narrow our location to just...
Quite FranklyNov 13, 20212 minWhat's Your Method of Design? This week's lectures and readings reached further into various design methods and research. In "The Importance of People", Piantella...
Quite FranklyNov 9, 20213 minBiomimicry - Waste Management"Biomimicry is the emulation of the systems and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems." I hadn't heard of...
Quite FranklyNov 9, 20212 minHow Do We Research? In this week's lectures and readings, I was really appreciative of the content especially from Benedetta Piantella and Mathew Frankel....
Quite FranklyNov 2, 20213 minTime Capsule - Part IIIFor the final part of my time capsule, I decided I wanted to create a comic to bring the story to life. My story for this project is...
Quite FranklyOct 30, 20212 minStrive For Progress, Not Perfection!The lecture "Dividing Projects In Phases" by Benedetta Piantella couldn't have come at a better time. I am guilty of trying to make...
Quite FranklyOct 25, 20213 minTime Capsule Part IIThis week's assignment took me a lot longer to think about than the rest. I would normally have a clear idea of what I would like to make...
Quite FranklyOct 23, 20212 minUnderstanding Comics This week's reading "Understanding Comics" by Scott McCloud took us into the makings of comics and the various styles used when they are...
Quite FranklyOct 19, 20213 minTime Capsule Part IThis project took a lot of thought and several days to fully decide what I wanted to include in my Time Capsule. While looking around my...
Quite FranklyOct 17, 20212 minStorytelling is an Art FormWhile reading this week's lecture, I enjoyed the connection of storytelling to philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Confucius etc. It...
Quite FranklyOct 4, 20214 minCandy Crush- Translating AffordancesCandy Crush is one of those popular games that everyone couldn't stop talking about when it came out. It was incredibly addicting and...
Quite FranklyOct 3, 20212 min"Humans Think Through Metaphors"In the lecture "Models & Metaphors", metaphors are explained with their relation to design and how we use them throughout our language....
Quite FranklySep 26, 20213 minThe Hawksbill TurtleThe Hawksbill turtle is considered to be critically endangered with a population of about 10,000 in the world. They are mostly found in...
Quite FranklySep 25, 20213 min"Should the Future of Interaction be a Single Finger?"I don't believe I've resonated so much with an article like "A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design" by Bret Victor. It...
Quite FranklySep 19, 20212 minLet Your Mind Be Free - 50 Shades50 different renderings can seem like a lot when your are overthinking the process. When I first heard of the assignment, I immediately...