The first sketch I did followed my concept of creating a daily schedule and writing out my daily feelings, thoughts and plans in order to stay organized. Being organized, especially with online classes, will help me to have a clearer mind and be able to know what I need to do for the day and what I would like to accomplish with my time. I have found that it is especially hard to be motivated during this time because I have no routine or set schedule to abide by, which I rely on while at school on campus. Writing out my goals or plans for the day have helped me tremendously to find structure to my day and to be motivated to get work done. Not even solely with schoolwork, it is easy to become lazy and push things off to another day because the days during this quarantine seem to be endless. Staying on top of what I have to do and what I want to do for the week and for each specific day has helped and will help to keep me organized mentally and physically. With the hierarchy of designer needs, I think all but creativity are represented in this concept of following a daily routine and writing it out. It covers functionality, reliability, usability and proficiency.
Another sketch I did was of my bedroom, including my closet and any other forms of organization within my room. I have been spending most of my time in my room, whether doing home workouts or my homework. I think having and working in an environment that promotes positivity and gives a good energy is essential for getting work done and staying out of a lull or a rut, which can easily happen in this time. It is hard for me to work and focus in a messy or cluttered environment, so this will help enhance my online class experience and my meditation, yoga or workout classes. This also includes staying on top of my schoolwork in an organized manner, which can be difficult when everything is on my computer. I have been trying to organize folders on my computer for classes that do not have a website or an easy platform. Also, I am moving in a few months after the pandemic cools down, so I will want to ensure that I’m organized now so I can keep track of boxes and items I’d like to transfer to my new house and keep up my same routine there. In speaking towards the hierarchy of designer needs, I think this covers reliability, usability, proficiency, and creativity.
I struggled with my last sketch because it is more of a broad idea rather than a physical concept. I wanted to cover my ideas for self care and exploring new ways of self care including meditation and yoga. In order to express my ideas, I decided to just draw out small sketches somewhat unrelated to each other, but all related to the bigger theme and idea I was trying to portray. I felt as though this concept was much broader than my other ones, so I had a lot of smaller details that went into it. I used sticky notes to write out some different ideas I thought would work with this. In doing this activity, I ended up straying further away from just meditation and yoga, and I explored different methods of self care that I know are popular or I thought I could try. Specifically, I went into broader ideas such as practicing breathing exercises and getting sunshine. With the hierarchy of designer needs, I think it satisfies the all of the designer needs of functionality, reliability, usability, proficiency, and creativity.
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