Today we had a lecture on methodologies we can use in our project which I found very beneficial. We saw told about several different methods we can use for research in our projects which can benefit our project. The lecture carol gave us she talked about different design methods, these are focused on postioning yourself as a designer and understanding where you stand? Mnay different methods were mentioned such as IDEO methods cards, speculative and critical design systems, typohraphic systems, and social design methods. I was thinking what methods can I use. There was user journey methods, branding but none of them really fit into my idea the only thing that did was I think it was typography and social design. Some of the methods can be found below.
Speculative/Critical
Critical design takes a critical theory based approach to design. This kind of design uses design fiction and speculative design proposals to challenge assumptions and conceptions about the role objects play in everyday life.
Speculative Design may be understood as a new design approach – an open set of tools, techniques, and methods; ready to be used and adapted to various contexts in which we live and act – that emerged in the developed centres of the West around the turn of the last century. Over the past two decades it has increasingly taken on a more global character and influence. But even within Europe, Speculative Design and related approaches such as Design Fiction are more familiar and used more widely in some countries than others. In France, for example, Speculative Design is flourishing at present; in other countries such as Switzerland or Germany the designers we spoke to described it as having a more muted, understated or niche role, blending with other practices or being confined mainly to a few higher education courses. Czech designer Markéta Dolejšová sees the current marginal status of the approach in her country as a challenge for the future: “Through workshops, field trips, discussions, and various experimental activities our aim is to shift the ‘Bohemian Speculative Design’ from its current non-quite-yet state towards a real thing.” Overall, our survey suggests that the influence of Speculative Design is constantly expanding into new regions and disciplines as new waves of designers embrace and adopt its techniques in different aspects of their work – and the approach itself is also evolving and adapting to new realities and calls for change.
The lecture ended in a workshop which Carol wanted us to pick a research method and write down what our idea was about and key words related to it. I realised not many methods such as speculative or critical design links to my idea but I knew typographical and social design would I’m thinking of doing typography related work which merges Turkish and english culture together. So from this I created this presentation, I wrote about whyI think type design and social design is related to my project. Also, some of the research paper or existing works I found which was related to the project. I found the lecture very helpful as it made me think about what am i trying to investigate which was human centered approach to understand peoples emotions and experiences. I think to do this I need primary research, I decided I want to interview migrants and shape the project from there as only working from my perspective and experiences limits the outcome.
Things I could research:
Psychology of attachment:
- belonging
- place
- religion
- culture
- immigration
- home “otherness”
To do primary research I need to construct questions and they should be open ended.
Busra Yildiz 