WEEK 4: Failure

WEEK 4: Failure

Image Credit: Thomas Mowe In week 4, we are entering the first of our Sprint sessions. As this will be my first official Sprint, I will do it alone to learn the ropes of this new format. In preparation, we were asked to define what we would like to achieve by the end...
WEEK 3: Horizon Forbidden West

WEEK 3: Horizon Forbidden West

After a quick introduction to the world of prototyping and rapid ideation, our task this week was to unpack the design theory behind an established product by reverse engineering it. I picked the skills menu from the recently released game Horizon Forbidden West for...
WEEK 2: TEE

WEEK 2: TEE

Be a T, or wear a skill-set sombrero. Image Credit: Matt Lavoie Ultimately, what I want to get out of this MA is the potential for a new future. Just a small goal! To that end, I have read many articles, how-tos and opinion pieces about being as attractive as possible...
WEEK 2: Creative Remix / Nancy

WEEK 2: Creative Remix / Nancy

To get our creative juices flowing, we were tasked this week with ‘remediating’ a piece of artwork and turning it into something new! I’ll admit, I cheated on this one. I read the challenge brief and immediately knew what I wanted to do. Found poetry, a technique...
WEEK 2: Cognitive Psychology

WEEK 2: Cognitive Psychology

Coming up with an out of the box idea, Image Credit: Lukas Vegys Creativity is a thorny issue as many people see themselves as inherently not creative. As we are working on a UX design course, this was precisely the topic we covered this week; what is creativity, and...