So I purchased some PVC vinyl that I will use for a final model. However I stuck it onto a plastic and unfortunately, left over the weekend, the plastic buckled and so I head to do some other bits to fix it. This was annoying because the testers worked fine, but I guess materials can have minds of their own sometimes.
So by this stage I’m starting to make progress and thankfully make decisions on what pathway to take. Talking through my ideas with classmates has helped clear up issues as well.adding a simple clip at the top of the patient notes has also got its perks, like adding additional notes for nutrition. But I’m pretty confident in my thoughts and at this stage I just have to start refining and picking Ideas and simplifying
So now at this stage I moved onto development. I printed of decal testers and played around with the shape and did iterations in the white boards, writing supporting notes and possible improvements. One thing I wanted to bring from the concept stage of thinking was the decal sticker, there is something about it that I find flexible and appealing. I see the potential of being able to stick it on other surface like the end of the bed in patient view or on the bedside table, I see it as a simple way of getting it of the wall. Being able to prototype on the white boards was very helpful I got to get my ideas out of my head and add supporting notes for reflection and thinking. At this stage I felt like splitting up the information onto separate sides of the bed to focus the patient emotional comforts and separating it from the clinical aspects. However more testing will need to be done to see if its practical to fully split the info up or figure out some way to put them together without making it to cluttered or confusing. During this phase I feel like I have a better focus but still need to be careful and not fall into old habits, although I still am struggling to make decisions.
So had this vid on my computer… Finally putting it up. So this is about my concept phase and evaluation.
So by this point I am a little more clear but at the same time struggling to clean up my thoughts. Even after the feedback and meeting from the clients it’s tricky to get my head around what I should include, to put it simple i am afraid of including to much and not really refining my design nicely, or not including enough and the design being weak. Despite this I have at least been exploring ideas and looking at different areas to look into, I simply see all these ups and down yoyo like thinking all part of the process. I must admit doing the video blogs is a good way to all through ideas and explanation, it also gets me used to my own voice which I usually cringe at! But at this stage I need to start making decisions, which ha always been my weakness since first year, I need to start making my design decisions and materials otherwise it will be to getting to late for real refinement. So I just need to keep at trust my process and and make decisions.
Just another quick talk through my investigate phase.
Luckily we had another meeting with our clients about a week after our concept pitch. For this catch up I pitched my thoughts and ideas. I pitched my idea on using decal stickers they really responded to the idea. This thine they were a lot more critical and really offered their thoughts and ideas back. However they also pointed out the difficulty with this idea of the status board as there are so any stakeholders and things to include. One thing I did notice was how much they want to get the board of the wall in some matter of form, how they really want to focus on that ident now and bring the support persons into the process. I talked to them about my pole idea I got to the point about it and stated the cost and the space of it taking over but this sparked the drive to get it of the wall, so I need to somehow utilise my idea of decal and interaction.
So after making a matrix and selecting the concept to go with I started the development phase if drawing a and little models. So I really wanted to get the existing breadboard of the wall. This however can be extremely limiting. I looked into the wall arms. The idea is the patient can reach behind them and pull it down, the end would be on a rotating point so a board could be rotated around and interacted with comfortably. The emotional aspect of this idea is the user can engage with it, with family and friends around. With the complements of post it notes people an leave messages behind for the patient, and then that is something the patient can take away with them but also provide that emotional comfort. However I found that per unite each would easily cost over seventy dollars. After talking over this line of thought to my lecturer he felt that in order to do something so mechanical and develop successfully it would be to time costing, which I fully agreed with but by this point I felt like I had my fingers in to many jars, my thoughts were rubber banding between each and I couldn’t focus on one area and i just wanted to go with something. However the chat did help me clear up my mind and push me back on a realistic path
So to help me get back on the right patch I went right back to my opportunity statement and wrote down the fundamental things that I wanted this board to do, this little process really helped clear my head of all the ideas I had stuck to, and gave me a much fresher perspective to move forward productively!
Awesome idea for reusable clean surface interaction.
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An interesting article on materials for general room hygiene really limits my selection to only a few.
Benjamin Groen 