From Idea To Design

From Idea to Design was a course in the first quartile, it was the first real design project I had a part in, and in this project there were a couple of things I have to reflect on. The first thing was my part in the group, I was responsible for a big part of the technology and realization, making models, logos, animations and code, the reason why I have to reflect on this is because I did not have a say in what I had to do, or in how much time I spent. I did not really speak up for myself, doing a lot of work, which, at times made me feel stressed or annoyed, as I was doing a lot of work, work that was not even necessary, while there were others not doing anything. This caused me to have little time to do stuff that I wanted to do, but it also caused us to stray from what we actually needed to do. Next time I will have to do things differently, the most obvious alternative is speaking up, something that is difficult for me and something I still have to work on, speaking up comes with positives and negatives, it causes me to have a more active role, which feels really draining for me, it also makes me look more controlling. On the flip side, it could have caused me to have to spend less time. For me to do this I will have to learn to communicate better, which ties into one of the goals I have set, I will go to my culture association once a week, where I will talk to at least two people.