Monday, July 31, 2006

For week 3

Blog
Establish your blogs and email me the links so i can weave the group together.
Create an entry for the first two weeks about what you think about the course so far.

"Downloading the brainstorm"
Create catagories and generate statements and questions fo class discussion about Definions of what "nomad" means.
The words are as follows,

If you need to remember here is a guide to
  • brainstorming


  • Nomadic house
    As groups Take the 'Four questions' excercise to re-design your "Nomadic rooms" and present them to class.

    Document your week.
    Document Instances of nomads in our context.

    4 Questions,

    This is a technique I learned from Soumitri during last year. It is great for developing a brief.

    Question 1 - What is it?
    Question 2 - Why is it that way?
    Question 3 - What else could it be?
    Question 4 - What else should it be?

    From the "brief" you create with question 4, redesign your Nomadic House segment and present A3 Design boards (1 per person at the start of next class (Monday 12:00 noon next week).

    Sunday, July 30, 2006

    So you've become a Design Nomad,
    now what does that mean?

    "Communities of nomadic people move from place to place, rather than settling down in one location. Many cultures have been traditionally nomadic, but nomadic behaviour is increasingly rare in industrialised countries".(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomad)