Methodology - Ordered List 1-15 + 3 ideas

MethodologyOrdered Steps 1-15

Allen Spector | Directed Research | Tom Klinkowstein

Summer 2013


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List everything I know.BrainstormMind map

Make associationsFree write

Research Transition Production


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Observe the visual world.

Take photographsGo to museums

Observe people in the real world



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Research what I don’t know.

Google / YouTubeBooks / Magazines

Informational Interviews



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Fill in the knowledge gaps.

Cultural immersionEthnography

Get lost in the forestHave conversations



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Imagine what is possible.

Stretch your mind beyond what you know

Approach the design problem as a new person

See the world differently



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Share the findings.

Write an articlePost on a blog

Write a letter to the editorPerform a song and post to YouTube

Tell people about it



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Synthesize the findings.Look for trends

Find contrasting points of viewDissect the information and put it back

together



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Make Visual Explorations.

Creative exercisesUnusual / traditional visual media

Visual experimentsModel making



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Develop a visual language.

Explore colors and fontsMake a site map

Create a mood boardFind a look and feel



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Design on the computer.

Finalize a layoutCreate a grid

Prototype



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PRODUCE A FIRST

DRAFT!Make a statementBring it all home



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Step away.

Take a breakBreatheExercise

Enjoy a long walk



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Revise.

Revisit your workSeek feedback

Finalize



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Publish.

Make your project real



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Promote.

Introduce the world to your work



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Thesis Ideas.



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Thesis Ideas.


01. Personal finance and consumerism


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Thesis Ideas.


01. Personal finance and consumerism02. Transportation and sustainability


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Thesis Ideas.


01. Personal finance and consumerism02. Transportation and sustainability03. Social interaction and environment


01. Personal finance and consumerism

I want to know why so many people in this country live paycheck to paycheck.

This will help my reader achieve financial security and independence.

02. Transportation and sustainability

I want to know why the cars have won.This will help my reader see what their city could be like if every form of sustainable transportation was available.

03. Social interaction and environmentI want to know how social situations are influenced by the surrounding environment. This will help my reader create

environments that will nurture the kinds of social situations they desire.