I went to sleep at 11 on Sunday night and was up at 5:30. For me that is a lot of sleep and I know that for the next 12 weeks that'll probably be the most sleep I'll get in a single night. Getting up early also means I get to uni very early and beat all the traffic between home (Littleborough) and Uni (Bradford)
Anyway..
Monday:
Arrived early and had my morning coffee in Chesham cafe. I went up to the design studio and as I walked in I saw all of our design work from last year on the tables.
I sat with my Wacom Cintiq Companion drawing as usual. Sketching ideas for my Major Design Project. It's lovely and quiet and as the studio is on the 4th floor the views are pretty good too.
A while later, Fin (design director) popped his head into the room and I mentioned to him that I've changed what my design project would be for the year. I previously discussed an automated mobile office idea with him but after seeing the RSA contests I decided that a form of public transport design to help people with disabilities would be a better way to go.
When everyone else arrived at 9am (ish) we were taken through several changes that will be occurring on the course, including a better way of having our design process assessed throughout the year. It will focus more on the design work itself rather that hitting presentation dates. It's by no means easier, it's just better in my opinion.
We had a three hour break until our first lecture so Ricky and I went for a late breakfast at weatherspoons and had a catchup as it was a long summer.
The first lecture was six sigma. It's one of the lesser modules but I think I'm going to enjoy it. It's all about business strategy and decent practices. It was an introduction lecture so I don't yet have much to say on the subject itself. The lecturer is enthusiastic about it which really helps.
Tuesday:
Nothing timetabled so I spend most of the day drawing and reading at home.
Random Tuesday sketch:
Wednesday:
Blue Sky Brief at 9am. I have a feeling that this will be one of my favourite parts of the year. Thinking outside the box and designing something between the years 2020-2030. It's not as easy as just designing anything. This is a very research heavy module and you have to back up your ideas with facts and then expanding current issues in the world trying to foresee how they will develop. I have an idea what I will be designing but I'll keep it to myself for now.
After being pointed towards a certain useful book for the module in the library I went and bought it for 1p used on Amazon, bargain! (I hope, as I'm still waiting for it arrive).
Thursday:
It's a full day on Thursdays, 9am lecture for "tech op man" which if I'm honest, I had no idea what that was until the lecture started. It's about the role of being the operations manager and the technology used to make businesses run better, more efficiently and obviously return better profits.
The lecturer is very animated and passionate. It sounds difficult but hopefully I'll grasp it.
In the afternoon it's back in the studio. You might remember earlier that I mentioned last years projects being placed on the tables...
That's because Fin and Kate talked through where we went right and wrong last year, mainly wrong!
We then discussed what our Major Design Projects would be and there were some great ideas that I got excited about. Instantly i had a few ideas to put forward next week.
They included one to do with the moon and one to do with a robotic fuelling station. I don't think I should say much more than that.
This year we also will be taking part in mentoring the first and second years by creating lessons and then being assessed. It scary as I'm not great in getting up in front of people and talking but I'm sure I'll be ok. The lesson has to be a minimum of 45 minutes and no more that 2 hours and you have to take two of them.
A couple of us stayed later to discuss which direction we are going to go with the MDP. I won't just be focussing on physical disabilities with my redesigned public transport. I will focus on aiding people with mental disabilities but at the moment I need to research a lot further to determine how to go about it.
Random Thursday sketch:
Friday:
I'm supposed to work but currently there isn't anything for me to do so I spend most of the day on my MDP research and initial sketches.
THIS YEAR WILL BE EXHAUSTING BUT FUN!
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