Design Research Methodology: Compilation of All Assignments

31.03.2022 - 10.07.2022  (Week 1 - Week 14)

Chung Jia Xuan / 0346630 / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
Design Research Methology: Compilation of All Assignments

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INSTRUCTIONS

ASSIGNMENT 1: PROPOSAL

ASSIGNMENT 2: CRITICAL REVIEW

ASSIGNMENT 3: RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION – PRIMARY DATA

Link to survey form: https://forms.gle/ZAnWc12ykC5zvedr9

ASSIGNMENT 4: RESEARCH REFLECTION REPORT AND RECORDED PRESENTATION

LINK TO PRESENTATION SLIDES:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAFE9eOYAuw/PBVKKQh7PR4hjlliD8N3vw/view?utm_content=DAFE9eOYAuw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink

 

LINK TO RECORDED PRESENTATION:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RIY2TyoqqAc1J6pcvDW0j8cLBqAH26kn/view

FEEDBACKS

Week 2
Research topic need to be modified as it does not relate to Graphic Design. Method of writing rationale is correct.

Week 3

First of all, research topic has to be more specific - Graphic Design and Metal Health. Research problem can be focus on the role of graphic design in creating awareness about mental health. For the problem statement, the first part should include the importance of graphic design as a tool of visual communication, second part includes about what is mental health and the importance of it to people, the last part will be merging the first and second part, briefly includes the approach to the research. Research objectives and research questions needes to be modified as they must be paired(use the same key words). Research question can be to understand the role of graphic design in creating awareness about mental health while the research question can be what is the role of graphic design.

Week 5

I have problem searchig for the research articles and Dr Jinchi suggested some ways for me to search for the articles including the websites and the keywords i can use. Dr Jinchi told us to read the whole article before we start to write the critical review

Week 7

Dr Jinchi said I have to add more critique on the research but not only further explain the few critiques I have given.

Week 9

I was adviced. to explain why my target audience is young adults. Some of the questionnaire have to be modified. Besides, I have to add a literature support for the principles of design I stated in the questionnaire.

Week 10

The intro of the questionnaire can be modified a little. Add justification to each question about why I am asking the question. After the audience made their choices of which poster has a better design to create awareness about mental health, ask them why. Besides, the images in the final question of the questionnaire are not posters and I should find appropriate posters to replace them. Other parts are good to go.

Week 12

My participants is enough for the survey but it's better if i can get up to 100 participants. Be careful as some of my survey questions did not set to 'required'. Add the pictures mentioned in the survey questions to the data summary part. I can then work on my anayisis.

Week 13

My presentation slides need more design related to my research topic. Refer to the document provided to rearrannge and finish my slides.

REFLECTIONS

At the beginning of Assignment 1, it was already very stressful since I did not fully understand about what I need to do in the first assignment. At first, I have completely no idea on how to write a proposal. I was worrying a lot about the proposal and what topic to choose for my research, how to conduct the research, is it even achievable and interesting enough etc. But it all fell into place when our lecturer, Dr. Jinchi constantly reviewing and giving feedbacks on how to improve in writing my proposal. 

 

For assignment 2, I started to feel that I was more on track and know what to do next. However, the struggles I faced throughout the module is that I am really weak in English writing and it was hard for me to convey all the sentences I wanted to include in the assignments, especially Assignment 2 which requires us to give critiques and reviews to the literatures. I’ve  always wanted to improve my English and this assignment is a good chance for me to write more and learn from all the mistakes I’ve made throughout the assignments. After completing my last assignment, I felt a little relief that I am finally done with all the writing and I’m really glad that I got to complete all the assignments. Nonetheless, I definitely learned a lot throughout the semester this entire module led me to discover more about graphic design and mental health since I’ve done a huge amount of research regarding this two topics. I’ve also learned a lot about the formats of conducting a research such as how to include the bibliography of an article. 

 

I’ve came to a conclusion that conducting a research requires a huge amount of patience and hard work. In whole, It was a great outlet for me to improve my English writing skills and I’ve had a great experience on how to conduct a formal research. I’m also thankful for Dr. Jinchi in helping me a lot on my assignments throughout the semester by giving constructive advices and critiques to all my writings to improve them better.