Final Project – Reflection

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 […]

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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 […]

Penultimate Prototype

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 CĂ©leste Boursier-Mougenot’s ‘From Here to Ear’ exhibition […]

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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 […]

From Here to Ear

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 […]

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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 […]