Reflection
Judgement
At the start of the internship I’ve set up a project document with assignment-based head- and sub questions. I approached these questions, aimed on a new and experimental implementation. I focused on the UX-design of the whole installation. Because this was an experimental based assignment, I putted my focus on the UX design of the installation. Because this subject had such experimental character, I noticed less on the pre-set head and sub questions, but with these questions in my mind, I worked with the DOT-framework technique. The next time I would bring the research questions to the front, so I can reflect better on these. This provides better insight of the steps I need to make as a media designer. This improvement would make that colleagues and myself see clearer what the steps are I made.
Communication
During the development of Glowie, I wrote clearly my tasks on post-its during scrum-sessions. With every daily stand-up I gave the team an update of the tasks I’ve done for the project. At these stand-ups I was the only designer within this multi-disciplinary team. Being the only designer in this team, I often felt mis-understanding for my type of field as a designer. The communication between me and the technical boys wasn’t great because of that. Because of the loss of my mother earlier this year, I couldn’t give extra strength onto this, so the problems could stay small and between limits. Despites disrespectful jokes, I stayed calm and tried to make the best out of it. However, I learned a lot despite of that it was a heavy period for me. It was better if I told my story in the beginning of the collaboration, so co-workers could take note with it. I thought I handled right, by keeping personal stuff separate, but in the end, it turned out it was better to express this. The next time I pass through a heavy circumstance, I will talk about it, so I will come to different insights and can act to that. This ensures that my way of communication will stay open, what is necessary in a good way of collaboration.
The communication with Jo-An, my supervisor, was very clear and mainly went by mail. I made a few appointments as well for receiving of feedback about my progress and my portfolio. The communication with Bas was clear, especially when I revealed what happened in my life in 2018.
The communication between me and the Glow organization was very clear, and it was a very pleasant collaboration. With the Glow organization, I may receive and host the Chinese delegation. This went very well. Besides that, I gave the Chinese delegation a VIP-tour and I was the contact person to them whereby I by showing Glowie actively, I convinced them to let Glowie perform in China.
Learning ability
At the end of my study ICT & Media Design, I’m able to say that my experience and skills are grown in the past 4 years. I’ve grown in this wide field, where User Experience is always the central point. I’m capable of making websites, set up a media campaign, carry out diverse design assignments and I’m even able to program an Arduino, which I work on in the last couple of weeks of my graduation internship and I learned to program in the language C for Arduino. During my study I may have performed on Glow 2 times, where I’m very proud of, because the specific field of light art is a field where my passion is, and I want to grow even more in that field.