There were many things to consider with the kit creation, including contents, size, cost, and encouraging engagement. Probe Kit Contents There were a number of things to consider when deciding on the contents of the probe kit from what would be engaging to children, to cost and size. Probe Kit Research Concept Partially inspired by […]
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The 2e/DME community in the UK is particularly small. Numbers which are available for England show that out of 8.9 million pupils, only 60,000 are currently identified as 2e/DME. As such, connecting with this community was difficult. When I was identified as a child, I was the only 2e/DME child in my home town. I
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Dear Diary (or Design Journal as you are formally known), What have I got into? I’m in a class where I’m required to reflect on the term. Mostly, I want to say, ‘I survived!’, but they’ require 2500 words, not just two, so I suspect that won’t be enough. They also want to better understand
Experimentation, making, and hands-on modelling Now the course is over, I can look back and say ‘Making as Thinking’ is a fitting name for this module. Before the industrial revolution, craftspeople made things through long-established traditions learned through extensive apprenticeships (Cross, 2021). In this traditional craft or ‘making’ society, design was integrated into the creation of
On the 22nd of Feb 2021 I attended the Online Portfolio Workshop hosted by my lecturers at Napier. We were shown how WordPress works in general and we’re given tips on navigation and organising out content for the purposes of submitting out assignments through an online portfolio. I had limited experience with WordPress over 7
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Below are videos of the Angeline Furniture line that are shown as GIFs on the Angeline Furniture project page. Table Chair Board This post relates to a project page, view the project page to see other related posts and outcomes. Go to Project Page Return to Design Summary on Project Page
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While I was developing my table mechanism, I was inspired by vintage crank tables. These tables were originally made of cast iron and solid wood which are not ideal materials for a commercial setting as they can be heavy and expensive. I was still inspired by the shapes, however, and decided to incorporate that detailing
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The main frame design of the chair was pretty much approved aesthetically by feedback from my interviewee. They liked that it went with the table and commented it had an almost ‘futuristic feel’. It was felt that perhaps something more could be done however. As we were unhappy with the visual gap between the two
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While working on the computer models of how to make the table height adjustable (in concept), I started thinking about different ways to change the height of the table and looked into what types of solutions were already on the market. There are four main ways the height-adjustable tables work are designed (Knighton, 2018); Crank,
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When I started my drawing skills sessions, it was also recommended to me that I join an online life drawing group. They have meetings on Monday nights, where a different model each week will pose in different positions, and everyone draws. Pose times range from 2 minutes, 5 minutes, up to 20 minutes, music playing
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