4.0 REFLECTION // Throughout the whole course, the usage of digital design in our design process was a productive one as I felt that it has really allowed us to express the idea we had in mind in a clear visual manner. The course module made me rethink the way I approach my design process as I learn that physical model prototyping process opens up more design possibilities rather than just building it to see how it looked in physical form. This holds true to the saying that designers never stop designing till the very end. The fabrication module of the course opened up a new medium of creation for me as the module were laid out in a clear way on how to go from digital models to physical models through unrolling of 3d models to 2d in an efficient manner to choosing the suitable machine for fabrication. These digital design and fabrication programs was a challenging one as it was a whole new process to me which we had to learn whilst already designing model on it. It definitely pushed me to work harder in learning it but ended up neglecting the design prototype explorations in M2 . M2 & M3 module co-operation with Si Yu made me realised the importance of good communication within a team. She has contributed a lot to making this project this possible however it wasn’t without the hurdles as we struggled to find a communication medium as sometimes she might struggle to find the right way to put forward what she had in mind as English was not her native language which sometimes left us both frustrated. Thankfully, we overcome the problem and came out with a design that we both had inputs in. While the project has objective brief and a system to based our design on, the course stresses on the exploration of digital design and fabrication to come up with solutions and limitations within the digital world itself. When we were given the object for exploration of system in Module 1 , I realised I have dwelled too deep into the system of panel & folding itself(mainly folding) which made me stuck onto the idea of using paper as I thought that paper was the best way of showing folding which we did achieved. This made our project lacked the deeper exploration of digital fabrication process as what the module would wanted us to explore as some other’s model would have as most of their model required cuttings and assemblage which brought up more complication to prototype on .
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