Reflection

I learned that while it may be easy to find interesting areas of exploration, it is a completely different endeavor to mold that idea into something that truly makes a statement and really challenges someone to think. It is very important to define exactly how and what you want people think or takeaway before you start generating ideas. This is much more helpful for informing design ideas and decisions. Next time around, I need to make sure I dedicate time to defining what thoughts I want to inspire in others and what I want users to really take away from my design.

I also spent a lot of time working on the visual screens for my mobile app which is not inherently bad. That being said, I realized that I should have put more effort into designing the pitch and how to demonstrate my design. Demonstrating the design in terms of a story is more effective that simply giving an explanation.