Critical Reflection On The Social Role Of Technology

When considering the social role of technology it is impossible to look past social networks, they are at the center of a high percentage of todays socializing. It makes it easier to express feelings and emotions clearly. ...

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Prototyping Digital Futures- Concept Video and Final Thoughts

Having finished the interview video, we were then left with the rest of the time on this project to develop a concept video. This Began with planning  story which would walk viewers through our concept and show how it may ...

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Prototyping Digital Futures- Interview Video

In the following week we had to edit our interview video together, gathering the interviewees thoughts together in a manner which would benefit our concept and show others what their thoughts where on our project. We took ...

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Prototyping Digital Futures- Museum Visit

The following week we paid a visit to the museum where it was organized that we would talk to a few members of staff from the museum and get their opinion on our concept. I was given the role of being the interviewer, this ...

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Prototyping Digital Futures- Developing Prototypes/Interview Skills

Over the next week we worked on developing more in depth prototypes, which had a more visual attraction. It was my job to develop a design of footsteps moving across the screen (picture can be seen below), so we could then ...

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Prototyping Digital Futures- Experience Prototypes

After all the thought we had to put into the concept the week after we finally dug into making it into something physical. This Began with a lecture from Andrew Cook, his style of teaching and views where a fresh perspective ...

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Prototyping Digital Futures- Storyboards & Wireframes

In the following week me and Stephen in our team had to develop wireframes and storyboards. Wireframes to demonstrate how our concept worked and a storyboard which showed the viewer how our concept would work inside the ...

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Prototyping Digital Futures- ‘In Their Footsteps’

The next part of our thought process involved an exercise involving speed dating. This meant we were assigned a partner and our goal was to come up with a number of ideas using both our insight cards. I found this very ...

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Prototyping Digital Futures- Insight Cards

For the next week we had to develop three insight cards which summed up our ideas and identified what we had found. Me and Craig chose to develop these on; Social Awkwardness, Integrated Technology and Information ...

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Prototyping Digital Futures- A Beginning

This project is very different to any others in which we have partook in so far. The main theme is that every surface is a screen. We have to apply this to the Mcmanus Museum in Dundee. Being a very open brief it allowed us ...