Nicholas McLaughlin Blog
Creative Technologist/ Designer/ Student.
Category: Year Four
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Things are closed: So this week started with a bank holiday Monday that put a bit of a spanner in the works, in that everything was closed, and the fact that Stockline Plastics was closed on Friday, the weekend, and then this Monday, and that means that I wont be able to get the mounting…
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Week9: Week 10: User Flow charts: https://miro.com/welcomeonboard/enVrOTl2YUQvNytuekJvWjBkeWhYWnpKZCsrTmkvS1pmc1VuUU01aWJ4WHFZMCtjV29DSFVqa2d6eTdEZ3lRWXZrR3RRVjJHMGowdUozUHVreGFMamFOQkVWSGkzSDN2OXJaOUZ0R1VCTitTM3lDdWNYdmJYNnZsTDNmd2ZmT3FyVmtkMG5hNDA3dVlncnBvRVB2ZXBnPT0hdjE=?share_link_id=731604317568 I have used the Miro Board to design the user flow for the piece, I undertstand that this might seem a bit extra but I was having trouble getting the user flow logic in my head and wanted a visual way of making sure I cover all my…
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WIP Set Up: As this week has been a whirlwind I’m updating this learning journal after the fact, there might not be as much to write as I’d like as most of this week is implementation and problem solving. Monday: After designing and sorting out the file for the laser cutter on Friday I was…
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After Effects: As with last week, most of this week has been spent either sorting out the different elements of this project or working on After Effects again, trying to make it more engaging and using the time more efficiently. Again I was so focused on trying to do a good job I neglected the…
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Change of Plans: After the initial walk around the Reid basement and telling Paul about my plans, he pointed out that it would be too much and that I should simplify and focus on quality instead of quantity. So at this point, the interactive table was set aside, and the interactive wall display became the…
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Formative Assessment: What should I take away from formative assessment, and how will I realise it moving forward? That being more making, a deeper exploration of research, a clear direction of my project, maintaining good documentation, and finalising the pieces of work from the archives. More Making: When it comes to the materials and the…
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Formative Assessment Presentation: Goma: John Akomfrah’s Mimesis- African Soldier : I didn’t get the pleasure of watching all of ‘Mimesis- African Soldier’ due to time constraints. Still, my IxD hat was one, and what I couldn’t stop thinking about was the use of three large projectors, each playing a different film that intertwined to make something…
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At the end of last week I spend some time working on some design aspects of the project within my new framing of being more abstract with it or less like a real exhibition in a museum and trying to do everything myself when usually it would be a team of people for each section.…
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At this stage I’m still wanting to focus on the fact that my first draft of my dissertation in due by the end of Week 9 but I am still continuing with my research and looking for stories and objects. Over the weekend on my way to Edinburgh for my friend Neil’s stag do I…
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Week 7 has been independent study week and I’ve took this time to focus on finishing the first draft off my dissertation as well as planning. Collecting Images: Typographic History: Even from old painted signs of business on the wall can tell the story id people, their lives, the times they lived, the state and…
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