With everyone well-rested after the break, we will be reviewing your
instructables and gathering feedback about your experiences putting work out in the world. Our hope is to have the presence of an audience motivate the work and create a larger conversation about Industrial Design, getting you interacting with the community outside school. This theme will continue to the end of the semester (and hopefully beyond). We love to see your work getting in the spotlight,
Wes,
Jesse, and
Elissa were featured on the Instructables homepage. These things work.
After wrapping up with Instructables we will discuss the assigned readings regarding Personal Identity. We are all constantly broadcasting information on a number of wavelengths. What you say, how you say it, to whom it's said, what you wear, how you wear it, how you spend your free time—these things aggregate to become your social persona. When you all become famous that social persona will become a personal brand.
We would like everyone to pay a bit of attention to what they are putting out in the world beyond their design work. For next week you will be creating "Day in the life" videos that shed some light on the men and women behind the work. Document the things you communicate to the world, how does that communication relate to who you strive to be? Essentially, the videos should communicate a "How to be me" thesis. All videos will be edited to one minute in length and uploaded to your video accounts. Embed the videos in your blogs and share a few reflections on the experience.
Week 7
CHECK OUT:
- Cargo Collective: a new portfolio site platform. You will need to apply for a beta account, but you might like this better than Coroflot.
CREATE:
- A one minute "Day In The Life" video documenting your daily experience as a member of a community, and a designer. Upload it to your video service account.
COMMENT:
- Embed your video in your blog, write a short post providing some context for your video and reflect on the experience. Feel self-conscious.