The practical skills component of this course required us to document our self-directed learning of additional skills that support our design practice. There were set workshops, such as Literature Searching and the Online Portfolio Workshop which were provided as part of the course. The remainder of the requirement was individual to each student and we selected what skills we wanted to work on as well as how to develop them.
Below are links to my journal post describing my development of a variety of practical core skills, through online videos, one-on-one tutoring, self-teaching and workshops.
In order to learn more about user experience and user interface design I signed up for a Udemy online course called ‘User Experience Design Essentials – Adobe XD UI UX Design‘ which went over basic principles as well as how to use Adobe XD. The course consisted of a number… Read more: User Experience Design Essentials – Adobe XD UI UX Design
During this workshop hosted by Marian Kirton we learned some tips and trick for using the Napier Library online literature searh tool. Tip: The search bar doesn’t require ‘and’ the system associates search words together automatically. The workshop started by walking us through a search using search terms ‘Design Emotion’… Read more: Literature Searching Workshop
Onshape is a cloud based 3D modelling software. Onshape’s website describes it as “an all-in-one platform for product development”. Onshape is very similar to SolidWorks in terms of capabilites and purpose – but has key differences in its licencing model, collaboration and the fact it is cloud based. Originally I… Read more: 3D Computer Modelling – OnShape
As part of my core skills development (and to improve confidence) I decided to work on my drawing practice. I’ve been working as an Analyst for a number of years and getting back into drawing I thought why not start from the basics? Maybe I’ll find a personal style, or… Read more: Hand Drawing – Tutorials
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… Read more: Life Drawing Skills
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… Read more: WordPress: Redesigning my Portfolio Website
Core Skills: Research Methods
Click on the links below to view my research project pages for DES11153 Design Specialism in an Interdisciplinary World (Research Methods).
