Jamie Turpin

I’ve revised my thesis topic to provide better clarity of my intent. Here is the latest version:

The broad concepts of design education have elapsed due to the specialized disciplines limiting the creative output and acceptance of the parallel connections between the design disciplines. As crossover design disciplines emerge; multidisciplinary designers and universal perspectives are formed which alter the design understanding within a space. My thesis will reflect upon how multidisciplinary design and universal design process can transform users experiences as they relate to the new meaning of form, function and the visual message within a space.

I’d love to hear any further thoughts or insights that I might have overlooked.

Also, I wanted to share some of my research with you:

I’ve dug a little deeper on the term Cross Over Designer and have discovered no one has really used this term in the same manner I am.

This is what has been used –
1. Third Culture (designers of this generation transform modernism and culturism)

2. Multi Disciplinary Design Optimization – references “Cross-Over” but do not state that this is what the designers are or indicate it as a possible design discipline.

3. Cross-Disciplinary Creativity

4. Crossover – in relation to left brain, right brain. (merging business minds with design)

5. Critical Dimensions of Graphic Design

6. Designers of Future – New Makers – physical & social environment that cross talk and some critique among makers.

7. I did come across a The Dimensions of Graphic Design written by Robert Harland (lives in UK). It seems that he believes in a similar idea that I do however has a narrow perspective on his belief. Basically he is only looking from it through the eyes of a graphic designer in which I kind of have one other perspective to add to the equation with my Interior Architecture/Design background. He has the right idea about it but doesn’t build the relationship of it. I think the Visual Thesis will really reinforce my thesis idea too…

-jamie

The Structure of Design Revolutions:
Kuhnian Paradigm Shifts in Creative Problem Solving

In the article, “The Structure of Design Revolutions: Kuhnian Paradigm Shifts in Creative Problem Solving” (2010) Nathan Crilly denotes the parallels between the creative design progress and scientific discovery.

Crilly organizes the thesis into four sections. He began by introducing the creative design progress and it’s foundation. Which reflects him to mention Kuhn’s account on the structure of scientific revolution along with his influence on the paradigm shifts. In return, this leads Crilly to exemplify the connection between scientific discoveries and creative design along with its support for the structure of the creative design progress and it’s nine propositions. Which concludes, him mirroring upon his initial argument.

Crilly’s intent is to convey the structure of scientific discovery and creative design progress in order to aid reflective practice.

Nathan Crilly’s approach for articulating his argument concerning scientific discovery mirroring activities of creative design along with the support of the creative design progress and the nine propositions was delivered to the audience in an inclusive manner that allowed them to visually form the structure in their minds while connecting with the language.

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Resources

Crilly, Nathan. “The Structure of Design Revolutions: Kuhnian Paradigm Shifts in Creative Problem Solving.” The MIT Press. www.jstor.org.library.scad.edu/stable/20627842 (accessed January 27, 2013).

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Additional Resources

d’Anjou, Philippe. “Beyond Duty and Virtue in Design Ethics.” The MIT Press. http://www.jstor.org.library.scad.edu/stable/20627845
(accessed January 26, 2013).

Maeda, John. “John Maeda: How art, technology and design inform creative leaders | Video on TED.com.” TED: Ideas worth spreading. http://on.ted.com/Maeda (accessed January 26, 2013).

Van Der Merwe, Johann. “The Magic of Three.” Academia. http://www.academia.edu/249499/The_magic_of_three
(accessed January 27, 2013).

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As I mentioned in prior posts, that I’ve taking a couple of steps backwards to dig deeper into my thesis idea. After many hours at the Kansas City Public Library, phone calls with professors, bookmarking more articles, reading more notes, I’ve come to these three ideas for my elevator speech.

Thesis Topic 1
I believe the universality of design principles were articulated within our discipline as specific bubbles that created a narrow, specialized perspective on design. As crossover design disciplines emerge; multidisciplinary designers form, universal perspectives are expressed and environments exemplify new design behaviors within a space. My thesis will explore the relationships between design education, crossover design and how behavioral design advocates the transformation of the space.

Thesis Topic 2
My thesis will explore the relationships between design education, crossover design and how behavioral design advocates the transformation of the space. Multidisciplinary designers approach form, function and environmental as a universal perspective that relies on the knowledge of design education with broader concepts and design fundamentals. I believe that all design environments run parallel to the different disciplines that allows the end user to connect and experience design in an unexpected manner.

Thesis Topic 3
I believe the universality of design principles were articulated within our discipline as specific bubbles that created a narrow, specialized perspective on design. However, today as crossover design disciplines emerge; multidisciplinary designers and universal perspectives are formed which alter the design behavior within a space. My thesis will reflect upon how multidisciplinary design and universal design process can transform attitudes and behaviors as they relate to the form, function and visual message of a space.

Here is a another round at mind mapping for my thesis topic based on a couple of discussions with SCAD professors and concluding that my thesis idea needed a stronger back bone in order to move forward in a successful manner.

Elevator Pitch – Round One

Message One
I believe intertwining graphic design and interior architecture alters the end results of a visual message in an environment. Therefore, I want the end user to understand and experience how the form and functionality of design alters the design behavior in a space. My thesis will communicate how constructing the visual form transforms the message.

Message Two
I believe intertwining graphic design and interior architecture alters the end results of a visual message in an environment. Therefore I want people to understand and experience how altering the form of 2D design changes the functionality of the design behavior in a living space. My thesis will reflect on the relationships of form, meaning and behavior.

Originally creating the brain dump of words and phrases down onto my moleskine has left my mind thinking non-stop on what this thesis topic could be. By creating the mind maps and category word lists, I felt my mind wanted to connect the dots as if I was playing a word puzzle. To me, the list exemplified in this post is what I see once I start connecting the words together as in a problem, question and purpose scenario. I’m not saying any of these are correct or incorrect for my thesis topic, but this is sort of what I conclude at this moment as we end things in Unit 2. However, if I need to step back and attempt this task again, I’d definitely be eagerly to do so, this phase of the thesis process turned out to be a very fun brain exercise due to entering into the unknown areas of my mind as I try to discover my thesis topic.

The next step, necessary in my mind was to create sense of my free writing notes. I began by transcribing the words and phrases into a mind map to build upon how they connect, interrelate, or intertwine. This then led me to create a word list so I could group or categorize everything together to build upon a closer relation.

You mentioned messy, well here the mess is! ☺

Giving this exercise another try, definitely directed me to pull every thought out of my mind and on to paper. I think a couple of times I checked the timer to reveal that I was only 5 or 10 minutes into the mix.

Now sitting back in my desk chair and looking over the random words that somehow and someway connect to one another ¬– forms me to feel that the next step that I want to create is a word map of these words or phrases. Perhaps, this will help guide me into organizing my thoughts a little better.

FREE WRITING THOUGHTS

My thoughts have been in motion on how to approach this exercise since our Tuesday evening collaboration course. I’ve already communicated my brainstorming list, but what’s next; I didn’t feel I needed to recreate another mind map at this point, however the words that Professor Field spoke were being regurgitated in my mind, “reference the Problem, Question and Purpose section of Irene L. Clark’s book along with the purpose-oriented questions that follow on the same page.”

As those words echoed in my ear, the momentum was racing in my mind when I finally reached the end of Chapter 4 in Clark’s book. I sat back in my bubble green chair from CB2 and thought to myself, “Where to go from here?” Looking at my brainstorming list that laid in front of me and referencing the folded back page in our thesis book with the purpose-oriented questions highlighted; somehow a little thought cloud bubbled up and instantly it came to me that I should merge the two, just to see if my thoughts go hand and hand with a possible research problem or question.

As I set the timer on my Android phone for 30 minutes and placed my thesis moleskine in front of me to begin mapping my thoughts, my mind and pen seemed to scribble off together. Feeling as if I had sort of a mind block of the world going on around, I couldn’t hear the construction outside any longer, nor our cat wanting outside or in, I just sort of blocked everything out and felt I could focus while the words danced around in my mind. Utilizing my note sketching ability my visual thoughts started to fill up my pages in my moleskine.

REFERENCE
Clark, Irene L. Writing the Successful Thesis and Dissertation. Prentice Hall, 2006.

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FREE WRITING ORGANIZATION
When it comes to being organized and keeping track of my thesis research, I don’t see myself having any issues due to having OCD. (Seriously! – tee hee.) I am an extremely organized person and have great organizational skills for filing, note taking, and keep track of everything in an organized filing system.

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FREE WRITING RESULTS

Exemplified is a preliminary list for getting started with my initial thoughts for my thesis.

Basically, I’m thinking along the lines of an Installation; that intermingles graphic design and interior architecture together in a branded environment – where human behavior, user experience and form + function all play a role.

Preliminary List