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R-Train: Recap of Week 1 / Masa

Week 1: Background research, Brainstorm and ideation, Concept and storyboard, Presentation & critics In the week 1, my learning is that “Make it. Visualize it. Otherwise, it is meaningless.” We had so many homework from the day 1, in spite of not recovering from jet lag...

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2 Train | Paper Wallet Prototype

Designing wallet for Lan. First I started of by asking what's the main issue with her current wallet. Her stuff tends to fall out because the zipper goes aroud the wallet creating too much openings. And in fact, she doesn't even like using zipper. So the...

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M-Train Week 1 Reflection On Design

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. -John Locke On Domain Mapping · Start mapping with a topic of interest (focal point) and brainstorm as many insights as you can with no judgment. Quantity>quality in the first stage. · Create connections between concepts through...

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J-Design Wallet Prototype

Documentation Wallet Prototype A: The main goal of this wallet prototype was to create a wallet that was compact, functional, but also aesthetically appealing.To make this possible, features for this prototype included: Closable flap at the front (Detachable to allow for customization of wallet look) Clip at bottom...

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2 Train Making a Wallet

While Prototype my wallet I started from the main issue the client had. That was the fact that money and cards may fall out if held in certain ways, she also wanted to make sure it would fit in her pocket. I started the prototype...

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Design 1st Week Post

First Week Design Post Shuqi Zhu The very first week, I finally learned how to think efficiently and logically as a designer. To refresh my memory, I would love to sum it up with my own opinions. First of all, pay attention to daily-life details to find out...

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