WEEK 6: First Design Sprint

WEEK 6: First Design Sprint

And that’s it! My first ever Design Sprint: Complete. With the close of that intense period of work, I conducted the following retrospective. A retrospective is a part of the overall management framework within the Agile methodology. The aim of a retrospective is to...
WEEK 5: SMART Goals

WEEK 5: SMART Goals

These two are relationship goals! Image Credit: Alex Green We all have goals, but often, we never stick to them. However, frameworks exist that can help with that. The SMART acronym provides a structure that allows us to create actionable aims; as a methodology, it...
WEEK 5: Reflective Domains

WEEK 5: Reflective Domains

My analytical method was quick, messy, and worked like a charm Reflective writing is not a new practice for me, and I have been revelling in the opportunity to flex those muscles over the last few weeks. With week five’s learning material, however, we began...
WEEK 5: Typography

WEEK 5: Typography

My trip to the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich to see the original sketches for the Univers font. Over Christmas, I read a book on typography. As a field, it is not something I ever thought about beyond choosing French Script MT for every school essay and...
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...