222.358 India Jack

After printing this draft set of cards I found that they were far too dark and flat. The characters didn't do anything for them and neither did the lighter boxes around the text. I decided to scrap this look completely and start again.

Give;  Give your time and presence to others who are lonely or need friends. Be Active;  Actively find friends. Get out of the house and meet new people. Keep Learning; Step out of your comfort zone and attend new events. Connect;  Talk and listen to new people, learn more about them. Take Notice;  Laugh and joke around.

Define How Might We statement; Create a way to connect new students (domestic and international) with each other? Help to find more common ground of shared interests/hobbies between international students and local students. Insight; New students  want to make friends they are afraid . In actual fact, the locals are interested in getting to know new comers, but are not sure how to approach. People in the same building might be going through the exact same struggles.  Hunch (I believe that); I believe that students find it hard to make friends and be comfortable when they move to a new place to start university or come on an exchange. I  believe that the reason that new students can't make friends easily because the only places they meet new people in are classes when there isn't much socialising and people are already in their groups of friends. I  believe that new students need a way of socialising with new people. Plan (To test this I w...

I chose to look at another brief rather than respond to my own, the one that I discovered that I could respond to best was  Maddie Albon and Vanessa Goh's "Alienated, How To Handle A Move". Below are some the pages of the brief;          

This is the finalised printed version of the brief. I am very proud of it, it took me a long time to hand make.

This is one of my drawings for Audrey the persona for the booklet, in this image her mind is expanded so that we can label what is going on in her head. I chose it because at this point I feel like this.

This was one of the slides in the week 2 which inspired me to do more in-depth research for facts in my subject.