IXD304 – Beginning the Apollo project (Week 1)

Project Overview In this weeks’ online lecture, we got a quick overview from Kyle about our new module which will run over the next 12 weeks. The main skills that we are going to learn from this Narrative and Storytelling module include: how to use storytelling to enhance content how art direction, pacing and narrative…Continue Reading IXD304 – Beginning the Apollo project (Week 1)

IXD301 – Presentation and Reflection (Week 13)

Today I had to do my presentation. I was a little nervous but felt a lot more confident after my pitch for IXD302 went successfully. Here’s the finished presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/162Se0g7PyzMz4T5mhihEUfYd8QPDJ7Gjdebbd9jOKPw/edit?usp=sharing Kyle was happy with it and said that I’ve been keeping up well despite skipping into year two which was such a relief as I…Continue Reading IXD301 – Presentation and Reflection (Week 13)

IXD301 – App Critique & Further Developments (Week 12)

Today we had our final critique on our apps. I didn’t get much feedback other than agreements with things I wanted to change/improve anyway, and Kyle seemed happy with my progress and just told me to continue what I was doing. Now that everything was basically ready, it’s time now to refine and complete. First…Continue Reading IXD301 – App Critique & Further Developments (Week 12)

IXD302 – Intellectual Property (Week 11)

Here is what I learned from this week’s lecture Intellectual Property Anything original that you create is your own property, automatically protected by law. This can be a product, picture, song etc. Especially relevant to designers Once you sell this property to a client, you know longer own the rights. Instead you can license certain…Continue Reading IXD302 – Intellectual Property (Week 11)

IXD301 – Elements App Review & Prototyping – (Week 11)

App Review Today I got feedback on my app so far from Kyle. The feedback Kyle gave was to add the fun fact into the text box rather than having a separate page as it will just simplify things a bit. I’m also now thinking that I might remove the atomic weight and density details…Continue Reading IXD301 – Elements App Review & Prototyping – (Week 11)

IXD301 – Continuing the Elements Prototype – (Week Ten)

Periodic Table For the periodic table design for my app, I kept the same font and tile style as I have started on the elements pages for continuity. I think it works well due to the more detailed background – I really want to make sure that the writing is clear enough to read for…Continue Reading IXD301 – Continuing the Elements Prototype – (Week Ten)

IXD302 – Swot Analysis and Completed Pitch – (Week 10)

Today’s lecture was all about research Here are some of the main things I learned: Swot Analysis A SWOT analysis helps you determine if there is a need for your product, does it solve a problem? It stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats Helps you see where there is room for improvement within your…Continue Reading IXD302 – Swot Analysis and Completed Pitch – (Week 10)

IXD301 – The Art of the Pitch – (Week Ten)

In today’s class we had a presentation about how to create a good pitch, which is similar to what we are currently learning in our Creative Entrepreneurship module. As well as our ‘pitch’ presentation for Creative Entrepreneurship (IXD302), we also have to create a presentation on the projects that we have done for the Designing…Continue Reading IXD301 – The Art of the Pitch – (Week Ten)

IXD302 – Pitching & Presenting – (Week 9)

In today’s lecture Daniel talked to us more about the Pitch assignment and tips on how to create a good presentation. The main points that I took from the lecture were: Stick to time limit and practice to make sure you’re doing so Use pictures over words as they are easier to look at and…Continue Reading IXD302 – Pitching & Presenting – (Week 9)