Just from the heart...........

Yeah after a long time, back to blogging...!For this sem, we had the project wherein we are supposed to do " User Research" Its like understanding the people in a region , do some ethnographic study and in turn get in demographic dataETC The names are indeed very boring. but then in short its like going to different places and understanding the people there and their lifestyles! Its a project of HP wherein we are expected to know more about the people their interaction with gadgets in their houses. What all things make them buy things and what not? It appears to be a short brief that way. But understood it better when went to meet people [ actually still understanding] In groups we were divided and were expected to cover all of India. Our group went to Gujarat and got dispersed., doing research in different parts. To start with , I was in Baroda .1st started with people I know through references. The families actually so very new,. still felt so old. There was something t

The students seated...There's commotion... the professor enters the class with a laptop in his hand. Connecting it to the projector the slideshow begins.... To add to the visual element,,, theres sum decently audible commentry to emphasize each slide in detail. This is how the class goes on for about two and half hours and ultimately the crux of the entire session is.... "Think Futuristic"!! Be it any subject, any module, any seminar..this is what is been instilled in the minds. Visualise and imagine things that will be there in future..... Sounds interesting rite...? Yes as a designer, quite an innovative task to create concepts for the future, without having any realistic constraints. But actually speaking, am I really being futuristic..?? or am I just trying to exaggerate the present technology on some hypothetical base... just to be different..! These are some of the questions that rise in my mind and then I couldn't stop laughing to see my proposed designs in an