Phase 3 | (Week 9 to 12)

Design Development

In Phase 3, I will focus on refining and developing my project based on the insights gathered from Phases 1 and 2. This stage will involve iterating on my design interventions, testing different approaches, and integrating feedback from peers, tutors, and industry professionals.

Alongside my studio practice, I will also work on drafting my critical report, ensuring that theory and practice develop in tandem. By the end of this phase, I aim to have a well-defined and fully developed body of work that clearly establishes the final direction for my project.

Workshop 2- Polish School in Jersey

22.03.2025

I revisited the Polish school to explore how children perceive homelessness through the lens of animals. I presented them with three options—moth, pigeon, and stray cat—and asked which one they felt best represented homelessness. Almost instantly, the majority shouted, "Pigeon!"

Findings

Testing

I wanted to know what would happen if invisibility was printed and left in plain sight.

How? Why?

Feedback

Improvements

Reflection

Experimenting

This part of my project looks at how everyday signs in transit spaces—like train stations or subways—can be tweaked in small ways to uncover hidden meanings. These are spots we usually rush through without really paying attention. By changing up familiar signs just a little, I wanted to break that routine for a second—make someone stop, look twice, or notice something they’d normally miss.

Creation

Reflection

Tutorial with Dan

31.03.2025

This week I had a really inspiring and reassuring tutorial with Dan, where I shared my current progress on the project I'm developing around transit spaces. The conversation really helped me untangle some of the confusion I’ve been feeling lately and gave me a renewed sense of direction.

Challenges I’m Facing

Reframing the Project

Next Steps

Final Thoughts

Research

Diaristic / Autobiographical Design

Sensory & Psychological Impact of Travel

Supermodernity and Non-Places

Research Question 3

How can observational design practice reveal what is usually unnoticed in transit environments?

Why is this a problem?

Why is this happening?

How my idea may help solve it?

How it will be measured

Aims and objectives

Research Methods

Target Audience

External Panel Review

03.04.2025

Yesterday’s panel review was such a refreshing and inspiring moment- not just to share my own progress, but to witness the wide range of thinking and making coming from everyone in the group.There’s something energising about seeing other students’ projects- it made me realise how important it is to share our processes, not just the final outcomes.

It was incredibly valuable to receive feedback from Netta Peltola and Susan Gibb, two guest specialists who brought both encouragement and sharp, thoughtful insight. Their perspectives helped me see my own work in a new light and sparked new questions about where it might go next.

Feedback from Netta

Feedback from Susan

Ben's suggestion

Easter Break

It's currently first week of April and we are breaking for the Easter break. I am planning to take that time to prototype my book and write first draft of the Critical Report.

AI

While moving through airports and transit spaces, I started playing around with some AI-generated visuals, using my own travel photos and layering in this orange blur effect. I wasn’t aiming for clarity — more the feeling of passing through, of barely being there. The blur ended up capturing that in-between space, somewhere between conscious and unconscious, visible and invisible — the quiet moments we slip through without really noticing.

Various Small Books

The book Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha, which arrived by post and sparked a mid-project revelation.

Mid-project discovery

A small book as a part of final outcome

Resonating with his aesthetic

Influence into my project

Critical Report Frame

This report explores the research and ideas that inform my design work, rather than the outcomes themselves. Guided by Dan’s webinar, it focuses on the theories, observations, and cultural contexts that shaped my thinking—examining how design can reveal the overlooked within transit environments.

Working Title

Introduction (Approx. 400–500 words)

Methodology (Approx. 600–800 words)

Theoretical & Historical Context (Approx. 1,000–1,200 words)

Key Themes from Research (1500 words)

Experimentation & Testing (Approx. 600–800 words)

Conclusion (Approx. 500–600 words) make sure its criticaly positioned no repetition

References & Appendices

Studio Practice Frame

This Studio Practice Frame documents a creative journey triggered by my core research question. It includes 50–60 pages of research-led exploration and experimentation, followed by 10–20 pages focused on final outcomes.

Cover Page

1. Introduction: The Personal Lens (2 pages)

2. Research & Discovery: Laying Groundwork (6–8 pages)

3. Concept Formation & Ethical Pivot (4–6 pages)

4. Engagement & Emotional Insight (5–7 pages)

5. Material and Visual Experimentation (8–10 pages)

6. Prototyping & Testing Impact (6–8 pages)

7. Final Outcomes: Designed Disruptions (12–18 pages)

8. Reflection & Future Practice (2–3 pages)

9. Appendices

10. References