Literature Review In order to pick a focus on the topic that I am more interested in, I decided to add context to my topic linking with COVID-19. Although the COVID-19 outbreak was less than a year, there are quite a lot literatures discussing about it. Emotion well-being under COVID-19 From reading them, I have already…

Comments from last week Overall, my topic is still very board right now. There are so many things to look into with the topic of mental well-being. People in different age group, nationality and living condition might feel differently to the same situation. On the other hand, I have been doing research alone over…

Comments from last week It was nice that I made something for doing the research, however the range I was trying to cover is too board, there would be a many information to handle afterwards. The instrument that I used for the cultural probes were too flat as well, the medium chosen would affect…

Comments from last week The findings that I got from cultural probes are quite general and does not really link with the restriction with COVID-19. Even without the pandemic, we would still know people’s wellbeing is depend on socialising, exercising, having a safe place, and managing work life balance. The research I have done…

Comments from last week The 1 to 1 tutorial I had with my tutor really helped a lot. We were able to discussed some of the details of my research findings which I didn’t cover during class. The discussion we had also allowed them to get a better understand of what I did, and…

Workshop Insight We had a one day workshop focus on ideation with everyone’s FMP, within the groups, each of us help each other to think of 8 ideas per projects. For my project, I gained insight from their ideas which I think is very useful to my mindset. What I’ve design so…

Comments from last week The design I have done so far is very conventional, they are mainly changes from some existing design, like folding table, playing with cubes as stairs or social tables, and hiding stuffs in a drawer etc. More importantly it seems to have a disconnection between the room and people’s wellbeing…

Comments from last week I have made a great progress in terms of the design, the way I did the design session with the participants was very innovative for doing online distance digital design research. …

Final Idea (Recap) From the previous blog, I have decided to create 3 things for my final outcome, including: News article — Setting the scene in 2050 where the third virus is coming and people in Country X are forced to stay indoor for a long period of time Physical Model — Creating…