Communication Across Taiwan about Toy Design
by Olivia Wang
In this semester one of the project is to make a toy for Daguang kid. At the beginning we have a class to class video chat, to help us know each others, then teachers help us paired up into a one-on-one group, to let us can communicate with the kid more easier.
After the class to class meeting, first we thought about what information we want to get, and designed a questionnaire based on this as a starting point, and prepared to show it to our clients in the first one-to-one video meeting.
The first video meeting is to understand our customers. Before the first time of one-on-one meeting starts I was very nervous, because I haven't talk to a kid in this age for a long time. But I feel I was very lucky, because my partner is very friendly and willing to share information with me. so just in the first meeting I already get many information about her. She says she like to play basketball and she like something exclusive to her, something can play, not just a model. She also likes neatly arranged things.
After first meeting, I start to design a toy for her. I try to put all the point she likes in this toy. So finally I designed a basketball girl. my client can play it on table when she was bored. And then I draw many different angles of the toy and show to my client in the second meeting and she gave me some feedback, then I followed her opinion to redesign the toy. After that, we make sure all the general idea is great, then I let her choose the color, clothes, shoes, hair styles. just like making her own Barbie. I hope she fells fun. In the third meeting, we make sure everything about the toy is totally ok. And then we just started to chat. Anyway, I guess we both have a good time and special memory.
At the end, I think the most valuable part of this project is the process that we talk to the kid and follow their opinions to change our design, because this process let us simulate what happens when the designer discusses the design with the client. And also we have a good memory, that's important too.
跨越一個台灣的交流
by Olivia Wang
實現孩子們夢想中的那個「他」 每個孩子的童年都一定會有那麼一個夢想中的禮物，像我小的時候就曾幻想過擁有一隻會飛的獨角獸。這學期我們的專題之一便是為大光國小四年級的小朋友們製作出專屬於他們的玩具。在接下來的這篇文章，將由「一開始設計的概念與背景」、「在設計過程中我遇到的問題」以及「我在過程中學到了什麼？」依序紀錄我們的製作過程。
我們的第一次交流是以班級對班級的方式進行了視訊，這場視訊的主要目的是為了幫助我們初步的認識彼此，過程中我們問了彼此許多問題。第一次視訊結束，老師依照我們的回答來幫我們分配一對一的小組，讓我們可以有更好的適配性、在過程中更容易溝通、達成共識。我們首先思考我們想要獲得什麼樣的信息以了解我們的客戶，並以此為出發點去設計了一份問卷，在下次一對一的視訊中展示給他們。
第一次的一對一視訊會議是要更細節的去了解我們的客戶。在會議開始之前，我非常的緊張，因為我已經很久沒有接觸這個年齡段的孩子了，但幸運的是，我的客戶很親切、願意和我分許多她的信息。所以在第一次視訊後，我就已經對玩具的設計有了初步。她說她喜歡打籃球，她喜歡自己獨有的東西，可以玩的東西，而不僅僅是裝飾品。她也喜歡整齊排列的東西。
第一次見面後，我開始為她設計一個玩具。我試著把她喜歡的所有點都放在這個玩具上。所以最後我設計了一個籃球女孩。我的客戶無聊時可以在桌子上玩。然後我畫了玩具的許多不同角度並在第二次會議上展示給我的客戶，她給了我一些反饋，然後我按照她的意見重新設計了玩具。之後，我們確保所有的總體想法都很棒，然後我讓她選擇顏色，衣服，鞋子，髮型。就像製作自己的芭比娃娃一樣。我希望她能玩得開心。在第三次會議中，我們確保玩具的一切都完全正常。然後我們就開始聊天了。不管怎樣，我想我們都有一段美好的時光和特殊的記憶。
最後，我認為這個項目最有價值的部分是我們與孩子交談並遵循他們的意見來改變我們的設計的過程，因為這個過程讓我們模擬了當設計師與客戶討論設計時會發生什麼。而且我想我們都有一段很好的回憶，這也是這項專題很重要的環節之一。