Project Development and Planning

Going through the reading, one product jumps to mind, and its smartphones.

It’s hard not to gravitate to them especially since they’ve laid claim to such an wide variety of tasks; from photography, to e-mails, regular texting and social media.

Each of those facets could having their own length and breath in the design process before coming to fruition as an app Read more →

Designing for the Digital Age by Kim Goodwin

“Goal-Directed Product and Service Design” In today’s age, life has become much less manual and a lot convenient for people all around the globe that have active access to the innovations of digital tools and experiences. They are so closely attached with our lives because half the efforts that we have to make in our Read more →

The reading has liberated me on multiple aspects of design. The first main takeaway from “Designing for the Digital Age” by Kim Goodwin was that design would always have certain constraints that needed to be abid. Often in the corporate world, our work was not only restricted by time and budget, but also the preferences of our client. It was spot on Read more →

Reading: Project Management for Design Professionals by William G. Ramroth, Jr.

Project management may not be 100% applicable to me but it helps me to understand the importance it and also the process which I can learn from. The author mentioned 6 management goals and I felt that there are 2 points I could learn from. They are to reach the Read more →

“Design is the craft of visualising concrete solutions that serve human needs and goals within certain constraints”

Often we work with a blank canvas and accordingly to the design brief, it changes constantly before reaching the “end product”. Often, we have to work with knowledge from both science and art as well, it is almost impossible to do it without one. Read more →

I was clapping my hands as I read the first few paragraphs of Kim Goodwin’s chapter of Designing in the Digital Age and was thinking ‘more people need to read this!’ Especially my friends who don’t belong in the field of design – their mentality of ‘design’  is usually cheapened!

Like most readings that start with definitions of a word, the Read more →

“Every design is a change of our life world; the designer influences our overall experience of the world as a pleasant or ugly place to spend out lives in.”

Thoughtful Interaction Design, while heavy and complex in its content, provides a comprehensive and extensive guide to good design approaches without compromising the responsibilities of the designer upon execution. One of the Read more →

As part of a small self-curated exhibition I did for my drawings in London back in June of 2016, I actually launched my artist website www.fabiankang.com roughly a week before the private view.

I had been away on exchange and upon rejoining ADM for this Project Development course, I took the great opportunity to revise and update my bio Read more →

This reading assignment has definitely redefined my perspective on design. Kim Goodwin highlighted a very important point that separates the idea of being an artist and being a designer. An artist is one who creates to display their vision in the en-product,whether it is a narrative, a form of expression, or an avenue for exploration in the artist’s point of Read more →

I personally think that this is a really good read and it seemed to me that Kim Goodwin was writing from the point of view of a designer within a product design company(product could be tangible(physical product) or intangible(service or digital product). As in the corporate world, there will always be a team of people weather big or small, who Read more →