This report will describe and outline the design processes
that was followed to create a new electronic feature to help in airport control
areas. Manasi Shetye, Shauna Shanahan
and I as a design team set out to explore the different stages a passenger
experiences on their journey in an airport, and how we as a team research and analyse
some of the hassles and experiences passengers come in to contact with while
travelling.
As interactive designers we have to not only respond and react, but we also have to
try to organise and coordinate discussions, thoughts and debates and then this
process is then repeated again and again, and then as a new ideas are sent around
again with different updates to the design idea porotype which is influenced by
the general audience. This then changes the initial research through more
various design explorations and onto the creation of the main product for the
future user.
As
group collaboration and coordination are critical elements in the success of
this project. There isn’t a single individual who is responsible for coming up
with an idea, designing it and selling it to the class. As a group these
responsibilities are divided among us by combining our skills and know how. To
discuss what we are designing, why are we creating it and how it will all come together.
Next
we identify the aspects and elements of our design whether it will be an application
or a product. We believe this will work towards our goal objective. Whether the product will
result in a conscious group decision or will it force us to make us analyse the
whole design as it’s presented. When we start to think about the specific
aspects and objects we have received from our group critiques, we then discuss
whether those choices will work to achieve the product. This is the centre of
critical thinking and analysis.
