Prototype 1 – a reflection and why it caused a roadblock

As I type this, Prototype 2 and 3 were presented in class and I was present for those – giving me tremendous feedback and giving more focus and hope for my project!

However, there is a glaring blip in my progress for prototype 1, which I was not able to make the presentation for. At that time – I lacked focus and a understanding of how I was going to do this project and what I could do to reinvent my plan.

My initial idea for prototype one was to just make a floor plan for the exhibition I am building. However, I realized I shouldn’t make an in person one considering the fact that we most likely wont have an in person thesis event. Thus, I was kind of lost on what to do for prototype one. I drew out a very basic floor plane that I have since deleted – due to my dissatisfaction with it. I wasn’t really ready to show much of anything to my classmates, because I myself had no idea what to do.

With this, I wanted to get a better understanding of what I could achieve. Do I have to make this digital – or plan for an in person event, despite the odds? Also – what was I even trying to achieve? I didn’t want to make some floor plan if I wasn’t even going use it. Take a step back, and try to understand why i wanted to create this and what I wanted to do.

Well – I started to realize that I wanted to make something visually appealing to the eye, and create a sense of unity and comfort through the medium of physical fine arts and digital media. That I knew. The closest thing to having an museum sort of an experience. Like an exhibition that makes you go “wow! that was neat” for like … 5 seconds.

So with that – I realized I COULD do this, just online. So moving on from prototype 1, I started to make prototypes of the visuals. With that prototype, I found a home for my digital workspace. And now i’m realizing “Hey – maybe I actually could use that floor plane for the digital space!”.

So although prototype 1 was a bust – it was that lack of that actually pushed me to think about what I wanted to execute. I needed that scare to make me realize that it’s all fine and dandy to think and talk about what you want to accomplish, but when push comes to shove, it’s a different ballgame actually executing those ideas. So i’m thankful for prototype 1 and the much reflection i needed to realign and tackle my thesis.