Reflective Essay Introduction to Social Digital has been an immensely challenging yet enjoyable module, containing a great deal of prototyping, research and idea generation and development. After completing the projects, I can reflect upon my own work and observe my achievements and failures alongside the […]
Author: Robert Harper
Final Project – Finished Prototype and Display
The final prototype to display at the end of the week was one of the most challenging things I’ve ever built yet also probably the most satisfying. I wanted to use the existing violin pieces I had and some driftwood from Tentsmuir to create a […]
Final Project – Concept Redraft and Further Prototypes
After the collapse of my previous concept I had to come up with an alternative which would tie into the themes of nature and music. Using some of my early research, I wanted to create something inspired by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s ‘From Here to Ear’ exhibition […]
Final Project – Prototyping
The concept I wanted to develop into a realised product and experience was an Aeolian Harp constructed from found objects and hidden in natural environment near an urban space. This would then produce sound as the wind travels across the instrument producing notes which can […]
Final Project – Research
The final project of ‘Introduction to Social Digital’ was to design a tool to help people reconnect with nature which makes use of and is inspired by found objects. A similar brief to the product design mood board from the last project however this time […]
The Nature Disconnect – Tentsmuir Project
Introduction For this project, we had to make 4 boards relating to the theme of nature connectedness, the first being a research and manifesto board while the rest are themed around each of the 3 disciplines in Social Digital. For each of the 3 other […]
Introduction to Social Digital
Introduction The final module of first year, Introduction to Social Digital, was centred around the theme of Nature Connectedness and how we as people think about and interact with the environment. To kick off the project, we were tasked with researching different companies and initiatives […]
Article – Week 11 -12
Introduction The final project of ‘Picture Symbol Icon’ and Semester 1 was to create a magazine spread based on an online article to pitch to a new magazine for their first issue. The design also had to be adapted for the internet, with an iPad […]
Sign – Week 10
Introduction The second project of ‘Picture Symbol Icon’ was to create a signage intervention within DJCAD with the aim of changing the way people interacted with the building. We had to work in small groups to create a new sign to place within the art […]