In the first class we paired up into our groups and looked at a few ideas. I find it quite hard to come up with ideas on the spot with the pressure on, so we agreed to wait until the following class to 'settle' on a choice. When I have a bit of time to my self later in the day, my thoughts are more varied and I can come up with more ideas. These were written out in an organised list format stating the action and then the potential benefits for doing said action. I have attached my notes for this process work.
Our first idea we went over was the concept of using bottles in creative ways in an effort to reduce the bottle waste from students. (all student are alcoholics so this kinda does make sense..) but, although we researched this, and there were some nice looking 'creations' people came up with, it didn't really feel like something I could get behind or feel enthusiastic over. A lot of it just came across as well, tacky...
I did like the carpool and clothing swap concepts and do feel like they could have been contenders for a topic that would be meaningful and worth doing. Very student-life inspired. They were a bit open ended though, in that you might need to set up a website, app or something along those lines to get the most effectiveness out of them. I really liked the paper recycling thing (as cliche as it is) but this idea wouldn't work for this assignment as we were told that we will be doing majority of our work on blogs, which kind of negates the point of that idea.
The last idea was kind of a spur of the moment one: promoting a creative challenge to people / fellow students to participate in. It is an idea that is done in various forms within art communities online, and something that I would be proud to promote. Thankfully Lani liked it too, it was an idea we were both really enthusiastic and willing to get behind as it was relevant to us as design students, and something that could benefit us as designers. It also is something that compliments our skill sets, I love illustration and Lani loves photography, so the creative output and visual material we will be able to work into our site and video media should mean we have a lot to work with. :) Hopefully!
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