Concept Ideation

The focus of class today was to have the professors come around and discuss with us what we had for our ideation poster. After talking with Stephanie, I realize I did the ideation draft wrong. But, because of this I now know what I need to do and what obstacles I should avoid for the future. She brought an example around of a model a past student has done to give us an example of what they're are expecting of us and what the correct way of how a concept works. The model was inspired by an origami crane. Concept is not literal, so our space should not look like what the concept is. Concept is a reason for why we do something in a space because you don't just say "oh that door looks good there." Stoel came around in the middle of our chat with Stephanie and added some good insight and feedback. He reminded us of what Tommy says, "concept is a simple way of organizing idea." Getting two different voices on concept was helpful. Another tip Stoel offered was that sometimes designers put their original concept in the space or model and that we should not do that because concept is only a way to get things started. It is not literal. This led Stephanie to say that just because we see desks and chairs in a classroom, doesn't mean that, that is the concept. For the next class I plan on having a concept wether it comes from a painting/drawing or a tree and making a model from that idea to present to Stephanie and get feedback. I will also use other strategies for ideation such as geometric drivers, experiential drivers, or visual derivation to help with getting my concept and seeing what will work with the space.

Example Stephanie brought around to show that this model came from the idea of an origami crane, but doesn't look like a literal crane.