Monday, 23 January 2017

Design Process - Final Design Evaluation

The overall result of this project has been the knowledge gained about how to create your own wayfinding system, which allows an audience to interact or respond to in some way. 

It has also helped to give insight into objectivity, subjectivity and where to apply the two in a design context. From the debate between Van Toorn and Wim Crouwel, it has provided an insight into each oppositions point of view on whether design should be subjective or objective. Personally, I think the two can be applied in design depending on the position of the designer and the context it is being applied to. 

Through the use of group critique sessions, it has been possible to inform some of the design decisions that were made in order for the wayfinding system to work. It has also been useful in the way that it provided the opportunity to see the approaches others were taking in order to promote their wayfinding systems to an intended audience. Furthermore, the group critique sessions allowed for feedback from the viewpoint of an audience, which meant each alteration that had been made to the wayfiding system could be challenged in its capability to interact with people.


As for the outcome of this project, it is clear that there were several limitations that ultimately could have been avoided earlier in the process. This included the location of the venue, which had changed by the end of the project as it was deemed more appropriate for the context of the project. Furthermore, I believe that from this, extensive research was needed in order to fully understand what decisions are appropriate and which are not.


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