‘What I’ve Learned in my Masters’ Category

What I’ve Learned #4: Skills

Knowing how to build something, physically or virtually, will get your designs further. Sometimes when I’m learning a new programming language, arduino, or electronics, I wonder if my time is best spent learning something that isn’t specifically about interaction design. I know I will never be a pro at object-oriented programming, fully understand what a [ READ MORE ]

What I’ve Learned #3: Prototyping Matrix

I learned this advice the hard way: by failing twice. At the end of my first year of the 2 year Masters program, I had 2 projects due at the same time. One project was for my final Interaction Design course, and the other was for my FashionTechnology course. And unlucky for me, I decided [ READ MORE ]

What I’ve Learned #2: Sameness

No matter the culture or country, as people, we are all the same. I learned this after participating in a large EU-funded project with Turkey. I had an amazing time, learned a lot, and met some incredible friends that I will keep forever. But after working with some of the students from Turkey, I realized [ READ MORE ]

What I’ve Learned #1: Collaboration

Something I’ve been meaning to document for awhile, and thought now is better than never… A design always gets better with collaboration. Collaboration will always lead to a better design[ READ MORE ]

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