Collide

Our new brief is called Collide and we were presented the brief on the 19th of January. Below I have written a summery of how I understand the brief and what the expectations are in regards to my response.

Happiness, The Internet and Your Future Self

Collide put simply is based around the collision of a variety of aspects and the affects that result. 

This brief asks me to consider technology, happiness and my future.

It is asking of me to not only think about these topics in general terms but also what they mean to me personally as to create a response which reflects not only my practise but my personality also.

Content

Design no longer focuses on purely advertising but covers a range of purposes from medication packaging to a children’s bedtime story and user-interface design for social services. However this brief asks us to transcend from the generic and expand our practise and designs further. In essence I need to capture where I feel the future will take me either professionally, personally, in my technological adventure, or even as a species.

Outcome

In terms of outcome the only specification is that it be formed as a digital and physical object. However there is no specification on whether these have to be the same in terms of content, though it is expected that they relate in some form. They could perhaps be different in content though work together as a collection, this will all depend on my idea generation and how my project progresses.

Display

Once the chosen ideas have begun to take form and develop, we as a group have the task of looking at our portfolio of work resulting from the project which will then be displayed within an exhibition. As part of this brief it is required that we work together to collate and curate the exhibition.

Thoughts

I am excited to see how the project turns out due to this combination of physical with the digital.