Design Relevance Map Pt 1

Part One of how Design Frameworks relates to Ellie Hoshizaki.

Key Takeaway

In my relevance map, I want to explore how I can feel heard. Design Frameworks addresses the interrelationships between design, philosophy, economics, policy, history, future forecasting, and more. These concepts personally provoke me because of my recent existential crisis that led me to return to school. I had just gotten out of a longterm relationship and was living with my parents. I was placed on medical leave for 3 months. I left my dream job at Disney where I’d been for 7 years due to sexual harassment and sexual violence.

A modern house on a green hillside in front of snow-capped mountains under a cloudy sky.
A scenic landscape featuring a large body of water in the foreground, surrounded by green hills and mountains in the background, under a cloudy sky.
Modern wooden house surrounded by tall grasses with mountain in the background.

Synthesis

Design Frameworks addresses the potential for design to have interrelationships in philosophy, economics, policy, history, future forecasting, and more. Public understanding of the relationship and union of these ideas are defined by media. The tensions are time and constants. Connections are observed through the lens of qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Constants, or timeless concepts, occur continuously throughout recorded time. I argue culture and machines are constant because they are defining characteristics of humanity.

Reflection and application

These ideas and their interrelationships are meaningful to me personally and my work as a designer — now, and in the future.

As a designer, I have learned that actions have a ripple effect of reactions. This class has led me to reflect in new ways in terms of my impact. My individual perspective as a designer changed because of this reflection, causing me to think and act strategically and critically. I’ve started to forecast my future based my decisions and actions. I then analyze my forecasts with actual future outcomes.

But wait, there’s more!

  • A colorful relevance map with a cute, smiling face at the top, displaying several bubbles clustered into sections labeled 'Time' and 'Timeless Concepts', with a prompt to click on the bubbles to zoom in or out.

    Data Visualization

    Made with d3.js.

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  • A yellow-colored school newsletter titled "What I learned in class today" listing class activities and lessons from March 15 to February 27, with dates and detailed descriptions.

    Relevance Journal

    Short entries telling what I learned in every day of class.

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