Course exercises

Donut excersise

Choose a set of key words and influences to map your project. Think about word pairs that make searching clearer - "contemporary art" "built environment" "game design" "environmental design" and so on.

  • 5 keywords - inner circle - ‘field’, ‘discipline’, ‘practice-related’.

  • 5 keywords - outer circle - ‘subject', ‘concepts', ‘ideas’, ‘approaches’ – the things that you suspect will matter to your project.

Inner circle - ‘field’, ‘discipline’, ‘practice-related’

  • Industrial design

  • Fashion/textile design

  • Interdisciplinary

  • Thinking though making

  • Slow/responsible design

Outer circle - ‘subject', ‘concepts', ‘ideas’, ‘approaches’

  • ‘Home’ environment

  • Material driven design

  • Reflective exploration

  • Collaboration/feedback

  • Aotearoa, culture and connection to land

6 key words

I further refined the keywords from the donut activity to select the best 6 keywords.

  • Slow and responsible design

  • Industrial design

  • Fashion and textile design

  • 'Home' environment

  • Material driven design

  • Culture and connection to land