In preparation for our final project, we conducted a in-class workshop to brainstorm ideas/ share our project ideas. We were partnered up with random classmates, shared our ideas, and designed for each other’s projects. I was partnered with Echo, and we helped each other improve upon our own projects. Echo recommended several good ideas for my project that I plan to implement, and helped greatly in during the brainstorming/ design phase of the activity.
Through this activity, I learned the importance in communication. Being able to properly and thoroughly convey your design/ prototype to a wide variety of people, all from varying backgrounds and culture, require a lot of effort and skill. Although the task proves to be difficult, creating a connection results in looking at your design through a completely different perspective. This external perspective not only helps to fix and identify errors, but also helps to create new ideas that were not previously thought of.