Light's Weekly Commentary
One of the key points mentioned early in this lecture was the ideas around failure and accepting that. It’s one of the things we first learned in our visual representation lecture in our opening weeks, and honestly it’s so important to drill into my brain. That failure is the key to success, and that it’s …
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Unfortunately due to the circumstances around COVID-19 it had prevented me from utilizing an opportunity to visit a site. But I had previously attended the National Gallery during the Virtual Reality exhibition. It was an extremely interesting experience, and it honestly helped shape some of the vision I want to pursue in my career. During …
Unfortunately due to some circumstances at the time, I had missed out on the guest lecture from the third years coming into class. I had spoken with my tutors and was advised to come up with various questions and think about what the answers to those would’ve been coming from third years. I had actually …
Networking is something I’ve always enjoyed doing and this short video wasn’t quite as informative for me personally, but I can clearly see how it would be incredibly important for individuals. I’m a naturally extroverted person, and a lot of my mindset has always focused about presentation, engagement, and most importantly being myself. The video …
This was a really thought provoking lecture. Upon some of the conversations held in class, and some of the experiences held in visual representation, I found it echoed a lot of the reoccurring messages of thinking about my career. It brought me back to when I was quite young, and had always envisioned of being …
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The Rig 500 Gaming Headset is in my opinion, an exceptional case of a well designed product. Why is it so exceptional? Well, the headset is designed with the user front and center, and with prolonged use in mind. Essentially the headset is made out of three different components: The Ear CupsThe Plastic BridgeThe Wires …
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Today’s class was an interesting introduction into the world of User Centric Design. We discussed and reviewed what representations of bad User Design was, and how important designing products that would be able to function on a broad scale while emphasising how important it was to be inclusive of as many people as possible. It …
Eduardo Kranz brought up a lot of similar points to as mentioned in class that really reinforced the messages being communicated. Hearing his perspective and experience throughout his career, and how each of his experiences have enabled him to evolve in doing what he loves was really interesting. Especially his example, that him working as …
Second week in, and it’s been a very constructive lesson that’s got me thinking about careers. The discussion held in today's class was very engaging, interesting, and full of perspective. We were prompted to discuss among ourselves and with the rest of the class about what exactly is the difference between a career and a …
Watching the videos about the “Growth Mindset” was a nice refresher, I learned about this particular topic in my final years of study during Years 11, and 12, and it’s a mindset I’ve taken on board as a core value. I’m a strong believer of pursuing a healthy, open, and positive thinking, which naturally feeds …
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