Jesslyn's Design Journal

Design Studies 2: Culture and Consumerism- Assignment 2 26 April, 2018 - 5 July, 2018  (Week 5 - Week 14) Jesslyn Fabryando  (0332213) Design Studies 2: Culture and Consumerism Lecture 5: Culture and Communication 26 April, 2018 (Week 5) On the fifth week of class, Ms. Anis given a lecture about 'Culture and Communication'. Then Ms. Anis mentioned about the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis which relies heavily on the fact that you have to understand a certain language first before understanding the culture itself. Different languages may affect people's thinking, perceiving and behaving  toward the world differently because of the different culture. In classic communication theory, communication in broad sense includes all the procedures which one's mind may affect another.  As a model of communication there is a loop. Fig. 1. Communication feedback loop diagram Ms. Anis then told us that for us to be more effective in designing, we have to con...

Design Studies 2: Culture and Consumerism- Assignment 1  28 March, 2018 - 19 April, 2018  (Week 1 - Week 4) Jesslyn Fabryando  (0332213) Design Studies 2: Culture and Consumerism Lecture 1:  Introduction to the module Design studies 2 28 March, 2018 (Week 1) On the first week of the class, our lecturer, Ms. Noranis, introduced us about what we will be doing throughout the semester and some quizzes that will be conducted. As the class reached the end, we were asked to find any festival from around the world and gather the information to be discussed on the second week. Lecture 2:  Culture & Behavior 5 April, 2018 (Week 2) On our second week, we were given a lecture about 'Culture & Behavior' where culture affect our human behavior. We need to understand the definition of culture and human behavior. Culture: Characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits,...