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REFLECTIVE PRACTICE COMMUNICATION

As a design student, communication is one of the important

THESIS ABSTRACT Overall year 3, it was a really hard year, because of the skills, use your product to tell customer design stories.

COVID-19, but I have learned a lot from this year’s project.
TIME MANAGEMENT
Each project gives me some challenges. I”m working out

of my comfort zone and foucus on more research, problem If you can manage your time properly, you can save a lot of

finding part and how to combine them together. Here are time and work more efficiency.

the main three projects. TEAM WORK

In a team, only when everyone constantly shares their
3.1.1 REVIEW DESIGN CASE STUDY research results, constantly absorbs the advantages

Existing products on the market are constantly being re- of other members, and communicates in time when
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. evaluated, refined and subject to design update encountering problems, can the team’s tasks be fully

Design is knowing which ones to keep. 3.1.2 CO-DESIGN COLLABORATION realized.

Engage and flourish in life, work and play, through engaging COVID-19

provocative, emotional & playful products during covid times This sudden COVID-19 disrupted our original lives. The

This is a book shows all the 3 year work that I have done in Carlow IT. There biggest changes are we can’t go out and have classes
as usual. At first I’m not get used to it and have no

are six main projects, case study, co-design, material surface, design for 3.1.3 DESIGN FOR FORM & STORY motivation to do anything, but few weeks later I found

form & story, design for marketing and red dot project. I learned a lot from The objective is to propose and design an individual product it’s interesting to learning in another way. It was a really
which communicates its purpose and use
each project like how to use your design work to telling stories and how to through form and story. challenage year and I like challenage myself and get out

gather all the research toghter. This portfoile shows the skills that i learned of the comfort zone. Wish next year we can back to
normal and work in the studio together.
which is helpful for further design work. SKILLS IMPROVED

ORGANIZATION PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR

It’s really important to organize everything before doing the More coinfident for my design work

project that you can exactly know what you are going to do. Improve more solidworks skills

Learn how to combine research stuff better
RESEARCH Exercise more presentation before others

Each project need to do a lot of research before getting in

to it , it’s a way that can understand your product better. Improve workshop skills

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