Project Smart Moves.
Step Boss
The product we designed is called Step Boss, it’s a device designed to stimulate office workers to interrupt their work routine with short, regular breaks. The Step Boss creates a collaborative and social game experience where colleagues work together and motivate each other to complete races and expeditions against other office departments. This happens all within the office.
To read the full report on the project, click on the pdf file.
Click on the word file to read the feedback on the report.
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Reflection project Smart Moves
At the beginning of the project I expected to learn the basic steps we should take in a design process. I expected to deliver a basic prototype that would not involve that difficult electronics or would look that nice. In my mind the first project was a way to become familiar with the start of what it is to be an industrial designer.
During the DG000 assignments I got a little familiar with all the different competencies and how they would link with the project. I learned how to recognize the different competencies within the steps we took in the project. This helped me to formulate my development better. I focused more on brainstorming and formulating our ideas better, rather than the electronics and how the model would look like. I did try to make foam models, but I am still struggling with that. I noticed that to be more actively involved in the prototyping process I have to have more skills within the form and senses competency and integrating technology. Therefore I took the creative electronics assignment in the second quartile and I am planning on doing the assignment from form and senses upcoming quartile.
In the second quartile I noticed I unconsciously got more of a leader roll, I was the one who supported the rest to make a certain decision in time or to make a compromise everyone could deal with. By doing this I had more a supporting role, this I why I choose to help more actively on the poster and the visuals, to improve my own illustrator skills and to learn better how to envision the ideas I had.
In my opinion I did took actively part of everything within the project, however I do struggle with the fact that if someone else already has more skills in something I transfer myself to a background position. In the future I have to be more aware on the moments I am tempted of doing this and make force myself to ask for the information I do not know yet. I have learned that I do not need to be afraid to ask, because I am still a first year student. Knowing everything right now is impossible. If I see other people being better at certain things I will not compare myself with then, but just ask them to help me with the struggles I face.