Design Project Evaluative Journal - Semester 2, 2024 - University Name

This evaluative journal details a student's experience managing a design project over ten weeks. The project involved forming a team with diverse expertise, conducting site visits, gathering data, and creating design concepts for benches. The journal documents challenges such as client feedback, design revisions, and team conflicts, and the solutions implemented, including incorporating new design ideas and finding creative inspirations. It chronicles the process of creating prototypes, presenting designs, and incorporating feedback from tutors and clients. The student reflects on the importance of team collaboration, time management, and the use of design software. The journal concludes with insights gained from the project, highlighting the development of project management skills, hands-on design experience, and the significance of human interaction within design processes.

Running head: EVALUATIVE JOURNAL OF A PROJECT
EVALUATIVE JOURNAL OF A PROJECT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Week 1
The first responsibility as a manager was to arrange a team of several expertise who can
carry forward the project without any delinquent along with my expectation. After selecting
some precise expertise it was essential to understand their engagements and the field of skill.
Then I started arranging them according to their skills and divided the work responsibility
between them. It was kind of an elegant experience as I had to communicate and understand new
peoples from several fields of expertise. After being familiar with the team members and fixed
the responsibility we started our primary research to conduct basic information. We made some
basic plans after listing all the ideas from team members.
Week 2
We had to visit the site so we appeared at the site with required tools and some field
expertise. We measure the site thoroughly and had interviews with the local shop owner and
staffs to get practical information. After getting some valid information we started analyzing the
data and based on the observation I did research on many dog, strollers and children and conduct
related information. From this information, I was able to understand the case and draw some
simple sketch of dog holders, chair, and strollers. Among those sketches the team picked some of
them also we made some plan of branding strategies for clients.
Week 3
We contacted our client for conducting a meeting and chose the time and date to
present our project pitch. We presented all of the plans and ideas to all clients. A client liked our
branding strategy as we are planned to hold a small market for local shops and stakeholders to
make an interaction between them. However, they are not satisfied with our design for the lake

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of creativity, according to them it was too simple. So we decided to revise the information and
recreate the design that would satisfy the client. Apart from this failure, I tried to find some
creative design of chair and benches.
Week 4
There are some certain problems occurred to implement the design as we had work hard
and waste much time on getting this results. It also influences our team members in a
demotivated manner. A subtle difference of opinion has arisen between team members so to find
a way of emphasis to solving this problem, we had conversations a lot and did research more. It
was very depressing though we overcome the situation and tried to find more optimal design. It
was just a matter of time everybody was motivated again to establish a proper design. Another
problem occurs to select a creative design as we had to change our whole design idea because
they want to achieve a more creative outcome. So we did research a lot and found really good
inspiration. This inspiration had an effect on our final design. This time we made some creative
design through discussing the ideas thoroughly with every group member. This idea helped to
enhance our group power and establish a creative solution.
Week 5
After creating the new design we needed to plan another meeting to confirm the designs.
However, unfortunately, the client was unable to meet due to some emergency school trip. So we
email soft copies of the design to the clients for confirmation and validation to progress in our
project. Though we wanted face to face meeting and confirmed the design it was not possible in
this week due to some certain problems. It created certain problems as we would not move to the
next process if the design was not confirmed. However, tutors gave us the certain platform where

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we could share all the designs. Then the tutors had chosen some particular design and we had to
work according to the design.
Week 6
We design our new bench inspired by Korean bench for disabled people and Jeff
Burwell’s parklet in San Francisco. We had a Group tutorial with tutors, they liked our design
and branding so we decided it to do for our final outcome. After fixed the design we had to hold
a team meeting for preparing the model according to the design. I started to research about the
materials and found some cheap and appropriate material for the suitable and required outcome.
After discussed with the team members we decided to use Polyethylene and recycled rubber for
its wide availability and cost efficiency. Then we finalize our branding, design and material
prototype with the clients. For design the prototype we pushed a spatial student to make the 2
dimensional and 3-dimensional modeling. With the three dimensional model I prepared a
presentation including the finalize branding strategies and material details. I helped a spatial
design student to choose final materials based on my budget research and previous experience.
We preferred and advised to use Acrylic resin, recycled rubber after doing budget research and
utilizing my previous experience. There are some certain problems occurred during this weeks. I
was so stressful because some of our members were not that punctual so it is hard to gather
information and works at the same time. Because the lake of individual responsibility some
works were going out of schedules and I had to put extra effort to maintain the schedule.
However, it helped me to gain new experiences and knowledge.
Week 7

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Finally, we got the chance to present the slides to the clients. Our whole team ware worried that
how the tutors will react about the prototype. Marvelously they liked our presentation and gave
their approval for the project. Tutors liked the new model and prototype for its uniqueness and
cost benefits. They motivated us to finish the project and advised to continue communicating
with them. It relieved us from anxiety and the whole team was extra motivated and focused to
complete the project successfully. After spending a lot of time with each other our team bond
was also strong and team members were also showing punctuality and responsibility that reduced
my stress and helped me to be familiar with my team members.
Week 8
We had a tutorial with tutors and visited the 3D workshop place to book a laser cutting
machine and ordered materials for our prototype mock-up with a spatial student. After finalizing
every aspect I started making the bond paper in an A3 bond document. This document was very
crucial where the budgets, timeline and process ware included. After consulting with team
members and analyzing all aspects we created a project plan and got the proper idea about the
time and cost estimation. Then I started working on branding strategies along with my team. We
already planned our superior branding plan and started making coupons and posters to
implement the plan. We also faced some issue regarding the materials as it was hard to make the
shape from them and we were unable to find a suitable workshop where this material can be used
accordingly with the 3D model. However, after communicating with all team members and
clients we found a 3D workshop where our requirement can be full field. It was possible for the
all over the effort of your team members.

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Week 9
I made a template for our final A2 boards and sent it to everybody to get their opinions
about the projects. We tried to get every possibility from all of our team members and clients for
optimal result.
Week 10
At final stage I gathered all the images and information related to the project from all the
team members. Spatial student finished the prototype and I made final A2 PDF presentation
board and share it with the tutors. Then we printed the final A2 board for afterward processes. It
was successful because we did our whole works right on time and we got such a good final
outcome. As a conclusion, this experience gave me the chance to acquire knowledge in my
specialist field. Furthermore, I was fortunate to benefit from an opportunity to meet and work
with new people in the other field as a design manager and assistant. Although this now working
form represented considerable challenges for me, I was also able to gain hands-on design
experience using In-design, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Excel. Also I was glad to be able to help
them in the design section regard because I have experience with several 3D programmers such
as 3D Max, Rhino, and Keynote which I obtained from my first degree. In addition, I learned the
importance of working as part of a team and the power of positive thinking, particularly when
understanding how design factors influence our society. It also confirmed to me the importance
of human interaction within life in general. Although I still have a long way to go to be a perfect
manager and a lot to learn, I was able to grow and develop through this collaboration project.

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