At present the concept of this project is proving more challenging than I first thought. My initial ideas proposed in early December had gone out the window. The area of body modification and “self identity” proved to be an over used concept and creating something new and innovative might cause some issues. Perhaps I should begin by exploring what I already know, design, and production of products. Maybe this will shed some light into what it is I am trying to investigate and solve. Working to a client brief is something a I know well. The process is structured and the end product is always in vision. Working to an open brief was something I am very unfamiliar with. Without a vision where do I start?
I have to come up with a concept and fast to help me in vision what it is that I should start with.
The project title is “Set a problem and provide a unique, innovative, creative, informed and culturally aware solution”, so I have found my problem and that problem is Concepts! As this has been the case for many weeks now I began to ponder on the idea of a concept generator, after talking to a group of fellow i-DAT members it was also clear that some of them were too struggling from this issue with concept. This was a good feeling knowing that I’m not the only one out there.
What components would the user need to create a concept from what they already know?
Images, resources, quotes and even explanation of topics and areas would be a start. This is where I will begin in the production of a prototype.
