Reflective Statement
Starting this project was a bit of a blur to me since it’s felt like so long since we actually started the project and research stage. Overall I’ve found this project to be quite a challenge in many aspects yet the results and final outcomes of this project has provided me with a new understanding as well as a sense of achievement in learning new programs and tools.
One of the biggest challenges was that the brief was so open and very much up to interpretation. This was a good yet bad thing since it allowed both Holly and I to be so creative and have no restrictions yet it was hard to finalise and set out an end goal when we didn’t quite know where to start. I think there were points where we had so many ideas and just wanted to create them all. It definitely wasn’t possible so refining and creating what was necessary as a part of our system took a bit of tasking.
One of the main elements I took away from this was laser cutting and just learning how to create 3D renderings. Laser cutting was definitely a big part of this entire project for both Holly and I since it was something we had never even worked with or really thought about working with in any of the other projects. I think being able to learn how materials work and how you can use materials in certain ways is definitely a tool to take onto other projects in the future. Creating the 3D renderings and just putting elements into space and perspective was something we had never really touched base on in communication design since it had never been necessary as a part of our degree but through this I’ve learnt how to use it to create mockups and put ideas in our mind into 3D spaces.
Overall I think it was definitely a valuable project and I think I worked really well with Holly. I think we both had different ideas and concepts to bring to the table as well as different skill sets to add to our final outcome which definitely made the entire process throughout quite easy.Â













