In CASE, we were given a design challenge to make a shelter out of paper with only the tools given in the procedure and the instruction of creating a shelter. I decided to come up with a certain goal or problem to solve first—which is to design a shelter for protection from rain. I found an origami of tent which I found on the internet and was inspired to make a similar roof. The shape of the roof was designed to prevent the accumulation of rain. Unsatisfied of the first version of the prototype, I made several more attempts, each including more precise measurements and better quality.
After we were done with making our prototypes, we were given a design rubric which includes a checklist of the design standards. Looking through the design rubric, I found that my design process lacked some of the important element. To revise my design, I will include and improve on my current design process. The design process includes several different stages: Define& inquire, develop & plan, create & improve, and reflect, impact and share. I will mainly focus on reflect, impact and share, which includes the standards of documenting the design process and explain the strength and weaknesses of the process, in my revision. Here are what I found to be the most important steps:
- I will need to connect to the problems (enduring issue) I am trying to solve and generate ideas to solve the problems
- I will need to identify clear issues (compelling question) in which I am planning to solve
- I will need to develop a detailed plan that I could refer to in the process of designing the shelter
- I will need explain the strengths and weaknesses of my design