Posted by: designxpress on: February 22, 2008
This week’s readings reflect design as a research tool as opposed to formulating a research method to design. Each author illustrates the process in which they evolved designs to solve their research problems.
In Lisa Gracott’s ‘Speculation, Serendipity and Studio Anybody,’ I liked the idea of freeing designers from the client web to enhance their creativity, [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 22, 2008
It might be impossible to do globe trotting in matter of hours but in Second Life, this is very much possible. After wrapping up my visit at an art gallery in Greenwich Village of New York, I entered the subway station. I was waiting for the train when Karlos invited me for a train ride.
This [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 15, 2008
After the failure to enable my voice function in the first class, I had a series of visits to ‘help island’ to have my voice heard across. Now, the ‘Help Island’ is swarming with residents. In the middle of the crowd, I saw a resident with a small bubble on top of her head, ‘Second [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 15, 2008
A professor of mine had once mentioned to me a project held in Chennai, India. Small cave like structures were built in public spaces and these were equipped with computers. The height of the structures was restricted to kids’ up to 8-10 years. Once inside, the kids in a group of two or three were [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 8, 2008
Case studies have been an integral part of research. As a student, I have always been taught what is popular as the systematic methodology of conducting research. This methodology includes formulation of hypothesis, conducting experiments to prove or disprove the hypothesis, write a conclusion and if required provide a solution. Autoethnography has never featured in [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 8, 2008
My explorations of Second Life continue.
It has been quiet some time since I went shopping for clothes. For me getting dressed takes matter of minutes. It has always been one look at myself in the mirror and a quick brush through the hair. When I go shopping, it is all about choosing a couple of [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 4, 2008
How many times we think to ourselves, if only we could undo or delete or be something or behave in some manner in our real life. How many times do we construct our dream world where our fantasies come alive? The answer is ‘countless’ or rather, in this case could be ‘Second Life,’ popularly known [...]
