Reflection on Data as Material
1.The importance of purpose and idea
I was usually confused by purpose and approach, especially in first-year DT Program.It was very easy for me to dwell on some form, technical form or visual effect, instead of more essential core question:
What message I want to say? Why is it important?
In this course, I feel more powerful in design realm. Because I have shifted my attention more on answering these two questions above. And I like this change.
For example, In my what if project, the core message that I want to convey is the importance of food experience besides nutrition supply. In iteration 1 and Iteration 2, I tried different representative ways to reach my purpose. As a designer, I have the ability to use different approaches, and most importantly, still holding tight to the main idea.
2.Iteration do has value
I used to hate iteration, the reason behind is the same as I mentioned in my first part. In this course, I have experienced several rounds of iterations. Whether I bring my concerns or I quite satisfied with my current iteration version, I can still get progressive feedback after I show or share my work, and iterating the next better one.
The second project, real-time data feed is the one example that can illustrate my point. I have vague and confused approaches in my first iteration, which I created 3 different versions. After show & feedback, I have a clearer iteration version focused just on the approach of split screen. In iteration 3, I keep further making this idea become more interesting and strong. In the final presentation, I quite like the result.
Data as Material 的课程思考
1.目的和想法的重要性
我经常对目的和方法感到困惑，尤其是在第一年的 DT Program 中。我很容易专注于某种形式、技术形式或视觉效果，而不是更本质的核心问题：
我想表达什么信息？ 它为什么如此重要？
在这门课程中，我感觉在设计领域更有力量。 因为我把注意力更多地转移到了回答上面这两个问题上。 我喜欢这种变化。
例如，在我的假设项目中，我想传达的核心信息是除了营养供应之外，食物体验的重要性。 在迭代 1 和迭代 2 中，我尝试了不同的代表性方式来达到我的目的。 作为一名设计师，我有能力使用不同的方法，最重要的是，我仍然紧紧抓住主要思想。
2.迭代确实有价值
我曾经讨厌迭代，背后的原因和我在第一部分提到的一样。 在这门课程中，我经历了几轮迭代。 无论我是提出自己的担忧还是对当前的迭代版本非常满意，在展示或分享我的作品并迭代下一个更好的作品后，我仍然可以获得渐进式反馈。
第二个项目，实时数据馈送是可以说明我的观点的一个例子。 在我的第一次迭代中，我有模糊和混乱的方法，我创建了 3 个不同的版本。 在展示和反馈之后，我有一个更清晰的迭代版本，专注于分屏的方法。 在迭代 3 中，我不断进一步使这个想法变得更加有趣和强大。 在最后的演示中，我非常喜欢这个结果。