A Question Of Research

 During my individual tutorial following the festive break, the main discussion point was to look into learning theory and the different ways we learn and how I can bring that into materiality to enhance the learning experience. 'Problem find, problem solve' is probably the biggest thing I took from the tutorial as it was really interesting - to some may read as make a problem and then solve it (as a lot of global companies seem to do) but to me that reads as searching for the problems that already exist but perhaps aren’t being paid attention to and find a way to solve that. Find a a way to solve a problem, even if said solution is bringing attention to said problem. In general this is something I do a lot with my work, with a focus on environmentalism but I haven't necessarily gone about actually searching for a problem as of course, environmentalism is being discussed at large every day, or at least it is now! A TED talk was shared with me, titled 'Do schools kill cr...

 This is something I should have done at the beginning of the project but just never did, probably because I was so focused on what new directions I could explore with this project. Whilst it is exciting to start something new and have a million different directions it could go in, it's also a good idea to take stock and think about what you've done previously, what worked what didn't, what you enjoyed about the project and why you decided to do it in the first place. This is something I've never been good at - even during a project, I very rarely look back over what I've done, which is foolish as I often forget some really effective experiments or incredibly strong concepts etc. Given that this project is all about how materiality can enhance the user experience and a lot of my previous work has centralised around interaction and tactile materials, it made a lot of sense to take another look over what I've done before! Outside of uni work, my creative hobbies a...