Archive for 'I’ve been thinking'

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where the PhD grew from – part deux

where the PhD grew from – part deux

So after reading my Honours dissertation I read through my Masters thesis too. This has really helped me see the thread in my work and clarify the purpose of my PhD which has been waylaid by the the literature I’ve been reading and the ideas that has sparked. So from my Honours dissertation where I [...]

where the PhD grew from

where the PhD grew from

I read through my BA (Hons) dissertation today however I won’t share this out of sheer embarrassment, but what I did read remind me was why I started my PhD in the first place. My dissertation was about how graphic design students would be able to get work once they left uni if they didn’t [...]

what is service design?

what is service design?

For me service design is about looking at the process of service delivery with service users and providers, identifying where and when people come into contact and how those interactions could be improved to meet people’s needs and expectations. However it’s not only about researching and identifying where improvements could be made, but also prototyping [...]

a designers lens

a designers lens

One of the things I keep on bumping up against as I have been conducting my research are my own ideas, assumptions, preconceptions and expectations about what I will find, they best way to go about answering a particular problem, how I am reading a text etc. In order to acknowledge this I’ve taken a [...]

making ideas happen

making ideas happen

So this is my first blog post – quite scary but it feels good and I’ll tell you why. I’ve just come across another blog post that made me grin from ear to ear. It’s called 99 excuses for not making ideas happen and it lists 15 of the 99 excuses (with a link to [...]


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