These items are all so creative and interactive. It is really nostalgic and relates to everybody who has this office kit. Take the right most item for example. Janet simply puts fake green grass into the bottle that says 'take an eye break'. It is really funny and interesting how she made use of what we learnt in primary school, where they told us that we should look at green things when our eye gets tired for around 15 minutes.
Reflection & Inights
Overall, I really enjoyed going on this trip to Lasalle, and getting to see all the works done by the graduates. Some were really interesting, which I have posted 2 of it above, whereas some were really boring and mundane. Though there were some works that were neither good nor bad, I try not to aim for that standard, and achieve for a greater one.
Insight 1
I realised that the unsuccessful projects was due to the graduate not having enough time to complete the project, the topic the graduate chose to work on was boring, or either because of the graduate not putting out enough things and materials to interact with the audience. I believe that looking through these works are important as well, so that we will be able to learn the mistake and find what was lacking in these projects, so as to not repeat the same mistake again in our final year project later on.
Insight 2
The successful projects on the other hand were successful because they did a lot of research, findings and interviews in order to make their project work. They made use of creative things related to the project to attract the audience and enable them to interact with it. They also used techniques that they specialise in to make their work shine and stand out more as well. After reflecting on these projects above, I have taken note of the things that makes it such a successful project, so that I willl be able to put it to use in my final year project.
Insight 3
For the other bulk of project that were neither successful nor unsuccessful, i felt that they ended up that way because the graduate might have given up halfway, or is tired to continue on. If only they had continued and overcome that big wall, I'm sure it would end up successful or even better than that. They may have faced some circumstances that didn't allow them to climb over that wall, but this has taught me that it is important to manage and plan my schedule properly, in order to not end up as such.