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Redesigns and sketching pondering
It’s been a while and a busy week since my last post so tonight I hope to do some catching up! To start off, I chose to have a rethink of my design as I felt that the current design … Continue reading
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Tagged blue foam, concept, craft, experiment, high school, idea, manufacture, problem solving, Product Design, prototype, reminiscing, robot, robots, sketching, University
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The Petite Noel Project: Part 3 – Model Making
Following on from The Petite Noel Project: Part 1 - intro and The Petite Noel Project: Part 2 - Electronics Part 1: Prototyping With the electronics at a bit of a dead end last Friday I turned my attention to … Continue reading
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Tagged #PetiteNoel, cardboard, concept, craft, Dundee, idea, MDF, Milling, plastic, play, Product Design, prototype, technology, University, workshop
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The Petite Noel Project: Part 1 - intro
Now that I have finished my dissertation (just to give it another plug!) I have been working on a bit of a side project. I say side project but it is actually relevant to my product design work in a … Continue reading
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Tagged #PetiteNoel, Charity, Collaboration, craft, dissertation, donate, Dundee, encourage, experiment, Fairy Lights, idea, Jamboree, learning, Physical/Digital, play, Product Design, prototype, technology
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Products that Encourage Engagement
These products are what I have chosen to be the route for this next stage of my project. They both look at how we can be encouraged to engage with something if we get something in return. I particular I was interested … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, defining, Engagement, Feedback, game theory, idea, insights, Pete Thomas, Physical/Digital, University
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Products that Encourage Learning Through Exploration
Still having issues with my blog right now. Its working again just about although ineed to a less stock theme and layout but I don’t have the time for that yet so Ill get round to it all later. For … Continue reading
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Tagged children, exploration, find, game theory, idea, insights, James Paul Gee, learning, Product Design
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Products That Disguise Work as Play
The Following are products exploring how work can be disguised through play. This is based heavily on Jane McGonigal’s theory of “Blissful Productivity”. However I am aware that the play aspect of each must remain subtle so as to avoid … Continue reading
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Tagged find, gamification, idea, insights, Jane McGonigal, playful, Product Design, subtlety, University
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Products That Encourage Communal Discovery
Blog extract from Nov 16, 2025 Here are the first two of my 20 ideas which are the culmination of the FIND stage and my research. The format is insight on front, tied in with a relevant screenshot from a … Continue reading
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Tagged find, idea, insights, play, Product Design, University, Videogames
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Project Proposal
Blog extract from Nov 16, 2025 This is a little over due but now that NEoN and NEoN Knights is all done and dusted I can return to focussing on my project at hand. This week we move onto the PLAY stage … Continue reading
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Tagged defining, Dundee, find, idea, insights, Physical/Digital, play, Product Design, Real / Virtual, SCVNGR, Seth Preibatsch, technology, TED, University
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Ideas Day 2010
Blog extract from Nov 13, 2025 So last Friday 5th November was Ideas Day for the 4th year Product Design students at the University of Dundee. We had invited up prestigious guests from all fields relating to product design, from some of … Continue reading
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Tagged defining, Dundee, find, idea, Industry, insights, inspiration, interview, Networking, Product Design, University
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Ghost Jogging
Blog extract from Nov 12, 2025 Phew, its been a busy few weeks! This is long over due (a week now) but here is the video I made for Ideas Day last Friday. A day where our class had visitors … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaboration, defining, Dundee, Edgar Wright, Film, find, idea, Industry, University, Videogames
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Short Film: We’ll never get this mess tidied in time!
Blog extract Oct 11, 2025 9:02 AM A short film created by myself and fellow student Neil Anderson. This was created to represent a key idea behind my project which is that games (in particular drawing influence from videogames) can be … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaboration, Dundee, explain, Film, find, gamification, idea, Physical/Digital, Videogames
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