JUNE 19 ENTRY PG 2

Self Portrait Reflection

JUNE 2O REFLECTION

I walked around Kings Cross yesterday after school, and after careful analyzation, I decided to focus my attention on Granary Square. I did this because when I walked around Kings Cross, I didn't see much that I could work on. I saw a lot of brick walls and long walkways, and I was considering making another rest stop in the middle of the long walkway so that people could rest, but then I remembered how hectic it was during rush hour and how fast Londoners walk, so I decided that an object that would obstruct their path wouldn't be the best thing for the community. I came back to Granary Square and something struck me -- how many children were there and how many parents with strollers were there managing their kids and lots of bags that they had brought with them to the fountains. The moms/dads with those strollers had to look after the kid that was in the stroller, look after the kids that were playing in the water fountains, and after the tons of bags that they had brought to the fountains. The storage units that the strollers provide isn't enough to hold all of the parent's stuff, and the parents all had extra luggage that they had to somehow fasten to their stroller. I also noticed that a lot of the strollers brought an extra umbrella to protect their child against the sweltering sun that was beating down on their child. I came back to CSM with an idea of what I wanted to do. I wanted to design a stroller. I started taking pictures of strollers I had seen in Granary Square and printing them out and then placing them into my sketchbook, noting what was wrong with each of them and what problems they all had in common. I also sketched out what an everyday used stroller looks like and then pointed out the key features that worked/didn't work. Tom, one of the tutors, called me to talk to him about my idea and I told him that I wanted to do a whole new stroller, with improved storage for bags as well as mixing the shade problem. He then told me that my idea was great but there isn't enough time to make a model and design a completely new (and complex) stroller. I didn't think about the time constraint before planning my design and it is definitely something I have to look at before planning my design. He suggested I consider the "culture" of strollers and how they are placed around the parent because sometimes it is hard to situate them when the parent is sitting down and wants to keep an eye on both their children as well as the bags that they brought. He also told me to bring research images into my sketchbook and respond to them, which I think I might do tomorrow on the computer. He told me to then draw over them, annotate them, and keep my ideas linked to my initial observations. I think I need to look at my observations that I took when I was looking at the parents and see how I could fix them.

June 30 Reflection

Today we worked more on our projects and got some guidance from some different tutors. I was first very confused as to where and what direction my project was going. I did some research but I had two completely different ideas as to what I wanted to do: did I want to make a post kind of beanpole thing that guided trees to where to go when they grow? Or do I make a balcony pot where the plants hang off of the pot and grow on the side of the balcony? After talking to Karen yesterday I thought I was making a balcony pot but I didn't know what design I was making. I decided to further my research. I did find some useful designs online that guided me and my direction. I then talked to Tamzin the tutor for that day, and she gave me some advice. She has a balcony and pots hanging off the balcony just growing on the bars of her balcony. She told me it would help her tremendously if she had a pot that could hang off of her balcony and grow plants because the pots she has sitting on tables on her balcony are just extra, unneeded space that could be eliminated with a simple balcony design. It was then that I knew what I needed to do and go with my direction. I found this plant pot design online that had a recyclable material and had a self-filtration system that refills the plant with recycled water after the plant is watered. I decided to start researching the material my design will be made of. I was talking to both Tamzin and Karen, and they both liked the idea of a pot that had plants all over it, and not just the top part of the pot. I decided to research some and I found this hanger pot that was like a hanging shoe bin where it was a long piece of fabric that had pockets in it where the plants drooped over the sides of the pockets and covered the whole area of the plant holder. I remembered my mom's friend's baby shower had these invitations where the material of the invitations was made out of this paper that was embedded with plant seeds so that after you were done with the invitation, you could simply plant the paper into the ground and grow your own plants. I looked online and I came across this site where the paper was plantable and compostable. I decided that this would be the material that I could use for my design and it would make the whole area of my pot be covered with plants. I think I will further this over the weekend. I also want my pot to be retractable so I put some paper together and was inspired by my original word: pleated and make my retractable "plant holder" look like pleated in a way. I put some paper together and made it work.

Tamzin Feedback

Week 4 Reflection: July 3

Today I had my assessment. Wow, I did way better than I thought I would. Lauren did give me feedback though on my process and how I need to start putting more images up of my process (for example when I was walking around Kings Cross and making sketches maybe put up the images or scenes that inspired me for those drawings). I need to really start thinking about how to communicate to the tutors or whoever is looking at my process, or even future me who looks back at my sketches, to see how it is that I came about to my ideas and where I got the inspiration because you never know when you will want to come back to certain pages and see what I did differently and if I need to rethink my ideas/if I deviated from my original thoughts. I also worked on my Pecha Kucha and thought about how I am going to go on the slides and in what order I want them to be in. I started with some background information on me and how I came about designing and going into product design. I think that I will talk about my summer in Pasadena and Art Center, but I'm not sure if that's what the tutors want on my slides I'll have to ask them. I also thought about maybe doing a draw my life kind of Pecha Kucha where it's mostly images of drawings I made of like me doing certain things and me talking about what I am doing. I'll think about it but maybe I can do a combination of drawings and real life images.

July 6 Reflection

Today, we worked on taking shapes from the body and putting tape on the body, sculpting that tape, and then taking that tape off and converting it to a 2D form, and tracing it onto paper. At first, I thought that this task was hard, and didn't see the point of it because I didn't understand how it would eventually turn into a 3D model back when you sewed it. So my first time I put the pieces on the paper and traced the shapes and curves, I made the two pieces that were supposed to be stitched together at the end exactly fit together. But after talking to the tutor about how it is supposed to align, she informed me that the point is that they don't align perfectly so that when you sew the pieces together, they create a sort of bulge and extrude. This will be really helpful in my approach to 3D model making because I can now create shapes out of 2D models, and even if I have to sew something to make into a product, I can now do that. It is easier to understand the concept, and I am excited to apply to my next design task. I also did a drawing exercise after the fashion exercise where we had to act out a tableau of a scene, and had to communicate to the audience our expressions while the people watching had to draw out the scene and express on paper what was happening in the scene and what emotions were going on by just drawing people's expressions and movements. This was especially hard for me because I'm not an actor at all and couldn't communicate through expression, my emotions, and to the people drawing. Also when I was drawing, it was hard to draw everything in the few time we had to draw everything. I first started out drawing specific people and only focusing on them. Then I just had to draw every figure on the paper and then if I had time, I would just start on their faces and what I see them doing in relation to the story they were trying to convey. My drawings, I soon realized, were less expressive than everyone else's, who when on further review had very expressive and moving drawings, where there's a lot of life and movement in their drawings. I really need to work on how I am going to convey the sense of movement (maybe in products or in how the user is going to feel/use the product). I also need to start thinking like an artist as well as a designer, because right now all my drawings are very exact and computed, but they're almost too exact and need to be more expressive to enforce creativity.

Co Create Project Diagram

Partner Interview

Partner Interview

July 11 Reflection

Today Jerry and I started ideation for our project and the direction we would be heading for this project. Jerry wasn't there for the first half of the day so I talked to Jo Simpson by myself. I told her about my ideas on making a keepsake kind of item, and something special but also pleasing to look at that maybe a person could wear as a piece of jewelry but also something that would have significance to that person. Jo thought this was clever and told me to further this idea and maybe see what other ideas come to me but wait for Jerry to come and discuss with him. After lunch, Jerry came back and I told him about my ideas. I was surprised to see that he was thinking of kind of similar things as me; he had a lot of ideation about plants and wearing plants. He came up with a crazy idea of a raincoat that could store plants in the pockets that are attachable/detachable. I thought this idea was really wild and quite brilliant. His drawings were super neat too. We started playing with this idea and seeing how it developed into something that could have some product design elements to it as well. We also talked to Jo and she said maybe explore just the attachable plant holders instead of the whole raincoat since this project is only one week long (I agree I don't think we have enough time to make a whole raincoat). We were looking at other kinds of glass plant holders or see through plant holders and we saw this one that was geometric looking. I really liked its shape and how structured it was. We decided that this shape was the shape we wanted. We also thought it would be good as maybe a button or a pin that could go in the raincoat to kind of attach itself to the coat and then it could come off and be used as just a normal pot. We will play with this idea some more tomorrow.

Feedback July 11

Tazmin Feedback CoCreate

Tamzin gave Jerry and me some feedback about our project. She said she loved the idea of putting plants into clothing and that it's something really unique and nothing she's heard before. She said she wants us to design together more instead of just doing things individually. She also said that she wants us to research about some clothing in the past that had this similar concept like a backpack that had a goldfish bowl in it. It's less function but it's the direction we are aiming for. I will do this tonight, I like this idea of putting something of nature where you wouldn't usually find it. After she asked us if we were trying to send a message or anything I thought about the idea of keeping something earthly with you in your daily life because we forget about the earth so much of our daily life and this is a way for us to connect to it on a smaller level. Jerry brought up a good point that it's kind of like showing how something alive and botanical is going to be so valuable in the future when we end up as a wasteland with no good form of life around (I thought of Wall-e and how that one little plant in the boot was really special to Wall-e and the society that he lived in). I think this is a good message for our design.

Tamzin Feedback CoCreate

Reflection July 18

I am so mad at myself because I had this whole plan today of waking up early and going to the store that closed yesterday to get the magnets for my design and create the presentation board for my design. I woke up at 1:30!!!!!! I am so mad at myself because I am usually more on top of things and the fact that I sleep in so much is killing meee. But I am also mad that I let my partner down because he had to do the whole presentation by himself and I feel really bad about it. When I arrived at CSM I found that people were starting to photograph their work and put the finishing touches on them. I put the magnets I found at a random store (very small much smaller than I was planning) but the small ended up being useful when I put the brooch on the raincoat. The brooch did sag on the raincoat so it didn't look like how I meant it to look. I ended up making the brooch stick out kind of like a bra like a thing but it looks better on the raincoat and you can see clearly inside at the plant. I think it would actually work in a rainstorm and could collect the water it needs. Jerry and I started photographing our raincoat and went to different places around CSM. I think the wall that is kind of dark and bricky is a good background because we are trying to convey a sort of dark and destructive vibe that contrasts with the lively mood of the plant (a good juxtaposition). I have some ideas for our photograph session on Thursday. In the meantime, I need to focus on getting up earlier and setting my alarm so that I definitely hear it. I also need to practice my Pecha Kucha because although I have all the slides and have practiced it, I need to really get it down and know exactly what I am going to say without looking at my notebook.

JUNE 22 REFLECTION

Today we explored the different art forms (we learned how to sew and then after we had some time to free study). As we were doing that I was thinking about what I could do for my project. Should I do a shelter for my baby carriage or a storage unit? While we were sewing, I realized that I might want to do a cloth-like material for my project, since it will be near a baby and will need to be comforting to that baby, as well as protect it. I was on the computer during study time and was looking at shading options (not just specific baby carriage shelters but any type of shelter), and I saw a canopy online that was like a big piece of cloth that stretched from one side of the park to the other and I liked its simplicity. I was walking home, looking at my Instagram, and my friend had just gone to a dude-ranch. She was on a horse with a saddle that was protecting the horse, as well as holding her stuff on the side. I then I realized that I could make a shelter for the baby carriage as well as a storage for the loose items that were needed for the parent. All these ideas worked help me with more ideation.

JUNE 23 REFLECTION

Today we did the 3D design tutorial, and I was shocked at how easy it was to make products that I could think of and make. I considered making a plastic product for my stroller shade but then I realized that It wouldn't be as comforting for the baby as a linen or softer material. I went to the library after this to do some research on materials and other designers. I went to the materials section of the library and found some linen cloth. After inspecting it, I considered how it reacts if the sun was beaming down onto it. I soon decided to move on because it wouldn't protect that well. I then thought about shady things I've seen around Kings Cross and on people. I thought about the Kings Cross Train station, and the architecture there, and how easily shaded it was while still having some natural light peeking in. I thought about also the hats that women/people wear, and how a lot of them are straw hats, that still have some holes in them, but still is strung together to protect the wearer against the harmful rays of the sun. I decided to look for more straw-like materials. I eventually found some that were perfect and took a picture of them because a parent could look at their child through them but it would still be protective against the sun on the child and be comforting for the child to lay under.

JUNE 26 ENTRY

Today we assessed the This Place project. I thought my overall process was good, but I could have improved in testing out my models and making them better. I was impressed by everyone in the class's projects and especially their final models. As we gave each other feedback, I thought about how I was presenting my project, and how I could have presented it better by printing out a picture of a stroller and placing my model on the picture to represent what it would do and where it would go. I could have even put a title on of my model and had a logo going on. 

Research:

I was pleased with my research because I thought about what structure and surfaces I have seen and actually searched up the things I thought about instead of just looking up pictures of surfaces/structures that were online, and I thought that my pictures were very interesting and different. I think that the chameleon skin that I printed out that represented surface was interesting because it was very bumpy and colorful and really drew the viewer to the image.

Ideas Development:

I used the words "bumpy" "pleated" and "stacked" to develop my ideas because I thought they were the most interesting and could be turned into models the easiest. I used the materials paper and straw because I could make a structure with the straws and surface with the paper by folding it in certain ways. The models helped form a basis for the designs I came up with and was a foundation for my ideas. 

Design Development:

My ideas kind of relate to my brief options, I just have to make them more relating to human interaction and more creative and wild. My designs have a purpose and execute that purpose, but lack the wildness and imagination that we need this day and age -- lacks a lot of innovation.

Action Plan:

Before tomorrow, I need to open up my mind to more designers and designs that interact with people, and maybe get some inspiration of what we need to think about doing with this project.

What am I designing?

I am designing something that will interact with humans and something that will communicate easily how to use the product and will make life easier for them.

Where will it go?

It will most likely go in their house, or right outside of their house.

What is it for?

I am not sure yet what it will be for I still need to explore the various routes I can go down.

Who is it for?

Not sure, I'll answer once I know

What could it be made from?

Answer when I know

Which research are you inspired from?

I was inspired by Niki Singlaub and his retractable water bottle because it gave the user a unique experience by having to crumple the bottle but also gives the user a nice water bottle that's easily portable.

 

This Place Crit Sheet

This Place Peer Review

JUNE 27 ENTRY

I just wrote a 500-word reflection on my day and the site failed and it all got deleted so here it all is again... 20 arduous minutes later...

Today we furthered our models and our ideas for what we could create from the models. I thought about the structure of my model and how it could be used. I was frustrated at first because I couldn't think of anything that I could make in relation to my models. I then thought about the models in relation to people and how big it would be. Yesterday, my ideas were just stationary size, like a pen holder, or a business card holder. Today I thought about putting people around my models and seeing in my mind how they would interact with the models. I put people inside of my tube model and started seeing a playhouse for kids or maybe a bunk bed for campers or people in the army maybe. I thought about rotating the models, so I drew the flappy model as rotated 90 degrees and put different things in the flaps of that model. I thought about how last week when we were walking around King's Cross, I saw some baby trees growing, and the gardeners had put some pieces of plywood around the tree to make sure it grew upwards. I decided this would be a good product for growing trees/plants in. I drew some plants in the bottom of the flaps and thought about the sustainability aspect of my design. Maybe I could plant my product into the ground after the plants were a good length and the material of the product would biodegrade. I talked to Tom about my idea and he told me to think about the experience of the product for the user from start to finish and see how maybe it's packaged or looked at or interacted with. Maybe my product could be used after the plants grow as something else, or a different way of growing plants (I could turn it on its side and use it as like rows of plants). I started making another model out of this flexible material I found and some straws and made a sort of a fan-shaped design because then the plants can grow into the larger shape when their leaves get bigger.

Tom Model/Materials review 1

June 29 Entry

Today we had free time to work on our ideas and ask the tutors what they thought about them. It was hard for me to take the idea that I came up with (making a pod form of the plant pot model that I created) and turn it into something better and new. I had made some more sketches of the pod idea and had the idea of turning it on its side I could make it into a new design by making the rows of holes so that it could be a sort of garden design. After I showed Karen the pod design, she reminded me of where I would put the pot, and I thought of a balcony or a high rise building where people might not have access to plants or gardens. I thought of where the pot would go in relation to the building or house. Maybe it can just be a nice decorative foldable pot wall. Karen also suggested putting it on the wall of the balcony like a hanging pot. I thought about this and eventually went back to my original design. I thought about the rain part of my design and letting the creases in the pot create a kind of funnel for the rainwater to drip down into the pot. One of my main functions of the pot is to fold so Karen suggested I try out an acetate and fold it because it would maybe resemble the material I would use for my design. I tried this out and it was frustrating because the material is pretty hard to sew together (Karen suggested I sew two pieces of accordion folded acetate together for like a row of pots that can fold together after you're done using it). I then tried to draw the model in my sketchbook and add onto the model and make it better. I couldn't think about anything and my mind went blank. Karen said that I should just go freestyle and cut random shapes out of the acetate and sew them together in interesting ways. After I did this I came up with some random looking pots that had multiple compartments where I could put plants in each and then fold up the pot when you're done. I plan to ideate more on these models and do more research based on my new models. 

Material Models 3

July 5 Reflection

Today we had free work and then contextual practice. At the free work section of the day, I talked to the workflow teacher and asked about the layout and got some useful information there. Then at contextual practice, we first talked about the functions of drawing. I learned that drawing is useful in looking at the direction your mind is taking you. We also did an exercise where we had to reflect on the drawing we chose and talk about it in front of the class for 20 seconds. I thought that our reflection of the drawing we found online of a professional in the field that we were going into was pretty hard because 20 seconds is a lot shorter than I had originally thought. As my drawing showed up on the board it was hard to get my thoughts out in a timely manner whilst still remaining calm and talking at a normal pace. I could see the startled looks on everyone's faces as the slides went by, them each hoping that theirs wasn't going to be next. My heart beat faster than I thought and I think that I will have to really practice for the Pecha Kucha in the weeks to follow so now I am making a plan to finish my Pecha Kucha soon so that I have time to practice it seeing as I am way further behind than I originally thought and especially after seeing how small of a time 20 seconds is. 

July 7 Reflection

Today we continued our work in the different labs. Doing the spatial design lab first, I thought it was frustrating. At first, I thought to have to make the 3D version of a 2D picture was going to be easy, but I ended up having to work harder than I thought in making it into a 3D rendering. It ended up being really frustrating having to plot out every length of the model in relation to each other so that the 2D drawing I made in the sketchbook. Next time when I make 2D renderings out of my 3D models, I will make sure to make my models out of exact lengths (3 cm instead of 3.457 cm) so that when I plot it onto paper, it will be more accurate and easier to plot. I also have noticed how unique creating a 3D model out of a 2D picture is, and how interesting your designs come out to be. You can make an architectural piece or even a product out of some basic shapes on a piece of paper. It really amazed me about the things my mind can come up with and introduced me to a way of problem-solving or even just brainstorming that I haven't thought about yet. Next time when I am maybe stuck in a rut and can't think of anything, I might just turn to 2D basic shapes to inspire me.

Reflection July 10

Today we got into partners and started our co-create project. Initially, I was scared to meet someone new and someone who has a completely different process and thinking than me. I then started working with my partner (Jerry) and saw that we actually had similar thinking processes. When we started the project, I didn't know if Men's Fashion and Product Design could collaborate and create something with both elements in it, because they are two different fields. We went to the CSM Museum and picked out our object. We went to the necklace with the weird looking plant material in it because it was interesting and bizarre. We concluded that the necklace was like a keepsake, keeping something personal like some plant material or something unique to the person owning it, and would be worn like a personal exhibit, showcasing some memory the person has of themselves. We then found out the weird truth that the material inside the necklace was actually skin, which made the necklace even more personal. We then went to the library and picked out a book for each other of our personal discipline. I chose the book on sustainable product design while Jerry chose a simple book on T-shirt design. I thought it was interesting that Jerry was interested in T-shirt design as all the fashion designers I've seen have focused on Prada or some high name brand or some high fashion book. Jerry explained to me that he likes the idea of the T-shirt because it is something so simple, yet can convey such a powerful message by the people wearing it. The T-shirt shows who you are and can exemplify your character which I found to be very insightful on Jerry and his character. We also found a correlation between how we design because we both wanted to design something that would be not only pleasing to the eye, but our designs have to be functional and have a purpose (something that we both really focused an importance on). I think we will work well together and I can see some ideas forming in my mind about how we will go about this project, and am thinking of maybe mixing my and Jerry's disciplines together or maybe even doing something that both of us haven't done before-- Jewelry design.

Library Exercise

Reflection July 12

Doing the Pecha Kucha review today made me realize how little I had. Last night I wrote in my journal on what things I wanted to talk about in the different slides and the route I wanted to take on what I wanted to say and in what order it would go in. When I started thinking it out in class, it was hard to connect what I was going to say and what the guidelines were. I don't want to make it too much about my life and more about why I am doing what I'm doing. It is making me think about why I am really doing product design and what happiness it brings me and why I am doing it other than the facts that it is a good "field" to go into. I realized that it's more about contributing something to society and putting my creative mind into something useful that everyday people can use. I definitely have to work on what I am going to say and practice practice practice on what I am going to say this weekend.

Pecha Kucha Feedback Page 1

Pecha Kucha Feedback Page 2

Reflection July 14

Yesterday Jerry and I finalized our concept which was kind of a hybrid between our two disciplines. I brainstormed this morning with Jerry about what we could come up with and we researched online together for a while. Joe brought up a good point that she noticed-- we only have one week so maybe instead of doing a whole raincoat we could just do the accessories and have them be attachable. We thought this was good seeing as we wouldn't have any time to make a raincoat with all the components we want. We decided to work on separate items but still collaborate at the end when we put everything together on the raincoat. Jerry already bought some plastic material that he is going to use for his raincoat pockets. He is so prepared and all I have is this template of a diamond that I made on illustrator haha. I folded the template up and made it into the diamond shape that my brooch is going to have. This is so much easier working with Jerry than I thought, I am usually terrible in partner projects because I am never able to come up with solutions with my partner but Jerry is on the same wavelength as me and this project is turning out better than expected. 

Two positive outcomes of collaboration

A positive outcome is that Jerry has brought up some ideas that I don't know if I would have ever come up with on my own. His idea of making a raincoat that operated like a walking garden is a genius and is such a cool way of tying together fashion and utility in a design. Another positive outcome of this collaboration is that I have had to step back at what I want to do and look at my design from other perspectives and angles such as fashion design. I've always just thought of my designs as something that would be used as a product, not as a garment or accessory. Expanded my product options.

Two challenging aspects of collaboration

Some challenges that I dealt with in this collaboration was having to actually interact with creatively and challenge my partner creatively. I had a lot of ideas that I was throwing at him and he's so nice that he will just accept whatever ideas I come up with. I felt like he had more to contribute to the project and he just wasn't saying it because he wanted to do what I thought was best. Another challenge was coming up with creative ideas that both of us wanted to go with. There were so many ideas that one of us just chose one idea and went with their idea, I wish it was more of a collaboration, I think that communication was our key problem. 

Some strategies to conquer these problems is to definitely ask the partner for their input and criticisms of your ideas and making them expand on what they think of the ideas the good the bad and the ugly. I'd also next time start off by talking about our ideas that we have already planned out on our own time and combining them in a way instead of just going with one person's idea.

Progress 1 Co-Create

Reflection July 17

Today I went to school (even though I only got like 4 hours of sleep haha) because it was workshop day and I really needed this day to take the paper models of my brooches and turn them into a wooden model that actually resembles the final product and can be used/have utility. When I started thinking about my materials, I definitely want wood because of a) it's sustainable and b) because it lasts longer and can handle being in rain better. It might be heavy so I am thinking of using a magnet for the pin part of the brooch because it can hold the brooch easier. I went to the 3-D workshop and found that it was surprisingly easy to make an actual model of my little paper model into a reality. Mossimo helped me score my wood that I bought at the student store (an oak veneer). I thought this material was great because it was easily flexible and easily scored and folded but was also really cheap at the student store. It was a challenge figuring out how to make the "glass" or plastic part of my brooch and how I was going to mold the plastic to create my desired shape and fit into the wooden framing. After asking Mossimo and discussing the different options, we decided to mold the warm plastic over my wooden frame and create sort of a plastic covering that would eventually go inside the frame. This was a good idea also because then the inside plastic part is usable and can actually store water and soil inside of it. I will definitely use this process for my further creations-- it is really easy to do and can work on something as fragile as that veneer. I also cut some small holes out of the lid of the brooch which will hopefully be enough to provide oxygen for the plant and for the water to go in (you don't want too much water going into the pot in fear of the plant drowning in the water). When I went to the plant store, I found that the air-plants will survive better in the conditions of the brooch so I decided to get these sort of desert plants that can fit in the palm of your hand so will do really well in the brooch.

Molding Plastic Inside Workshop

Progress 2 Co-Create

Part 2 Final Evaluation

So far in the course, I have learned the importance of model making and how this can further my design possibilities. I have also learned that careful reflection can help me learn from my mistakes and grow on the ideas that I came up with in class in that day of design making, and is an opportunity for me to see what I did wrong, and how I need to make it differently next time. The knowledge and skills that I have learned so far will help me reflect on my work and see how I can make it better through careful reflection analysis and new ideas presented to me through the research I undertake. I am also going to make more models in the future and use this newly developed 3-D scale I have learned to do to help me further understand my designs. I understand now that I need to do more research in order to gain the knowledge of how my product will be used and how maybe others have done it in the past or to draw inspiration from different things I've seen. Over the course of the program, my approach to projects has been more about developing and testing my projects recently than it did in the beginning of the course. My specialist area has progressed because I now take inspiration from other fields and not just focus on the ideas presented in my field. This has helped me explore new ideas and has influenced my work creatively in a way that goes beyond the technical aspects and more into the creative side of design. This is helping me towards my BA because of it opened me up to new designs and sources of creativity. From this mixed discipline course, I have taken substantially the wild, imaginative thinking from the fine art region of the class and applied more free thinking toward my own work because of it. I now don't only focus on the utility aspect of my designs but also of the freeform and creative aspect of my designs. I do think that the goals that I had at the beginning of the course have been met because from testing my designs and seeing the 3-D version of them I can see more clearly the problems that I need to solve personally for my projects. At this stage of the course, I know more about the project timeline and how to go about completing my projects and how to go about making them better. In the second half of the course, I plan to gain more knowledge on how to make better 3-D models of designs that I come up with and have a clear vision for them so that the models I make exemplify the ideas that are in my head and can work properly as I intend them to. If I start making models that work and can be used, I can also start to build a realistic approach to my designs and see if they could actually work in the real world and not just a concept in my head. Thanks to the different workshops at CSM I plan to make way more models and start experimenting with them in the near future.