Nicole+Nyholt


 * Nicole Nyholt's Activity Log: **

Joined wiki spaces
 * Jan/ 25/ 2010**

1. Created my own page/ added information to it 2. ** Added photos 3. Contributed qualitative information to the list
 * Feb/3/2010

Tutorial discussions & helpful notes:

Research the Method: Audit/inventory: Formulate a research plan: ---Document your methodology & assess __Project Brainstorming Notes:__
 * case studies
 * types of info
 * Your area of study
 * develop research quantities
 * Apply method to the area of study
 * do you want to test hypothesis?
 * What might it potentially reveal?
 * 

YSDN: ** Social space areas: Facilities/ service aspects of the building: Interior & exterior: <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;"> Unused spaces <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> ---In order to stay on task while we were observing we assign 3 steps: //<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 2: //<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Why are people there/ what are they doing there? //<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 3: //<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> How can we make it better?
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Hallways
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Students
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Routines
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Is there enough?
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">how are they used?
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">who's in them?
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Ramps
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">elevators (vertical circulation/ accessibility).
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">aesthetics
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">space satisfaction interior design
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">materials/colours/lighting
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">way-finding/ signage
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">Landscape relationship
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">food & waste
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">dead spaces
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">under the stairs ex: J-wing & SCAET buildings
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">graphic material identity
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">website
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-weight: normal;">presence of creative work
 * //<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 1: //<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Find out which personas are in the A-wing? As well as examine the interior space?

What we found out :

//<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 1: //<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Personas Observations **

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Interior Observations: <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> //Step 2:// What/Why? <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Step 3:// How Can We Make it Better? <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> A- Wing Image Observations: Feb/2/2010
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Somewhat stylish/hippy : lots of jeans, fancy shoes/boots
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Most were carrying large rolled up paper
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Most were carrying more than one bag
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Professors walking by (looked like art professors)
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">People with portfolios
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Predominately natural light
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">large windows
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">lights in shaded areas
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">linear/narrow hallway
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">tile/carpet
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">forcing posture with the wall behind the bench. Forces your back to be at a 90 degree angle making it very uncomfortable.
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">wheel chair accessible
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Whites/grays/light blues
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">fairly clean
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">garbages at every bench area but not recycling
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">fire extinguisher
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">windows not comfortable for people to lean against them. Raised area of the wall pushes against people's backs.
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">texting (mostly black berries or iPhones)
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">sketching
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">doing group work
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">walking by either going to class, coming from class or on their way to the cafe
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">couples holding hands
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">people eating (doesn't look very comfortable)
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">people on their computers (more P.C's than Mac's)
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">most people people were sitting on the floor rather than the raised bench
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">people leaning against the wall
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">people even sitting in the actual hallway area not carpeted
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">people seem to choose this area over the cafe
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">people have their coats off as if they want to stay for awhile
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">people are not looking at the art on the wall as they walk by
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Research other universities to see their seating areas
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Research what makes an area comfortable, taking the interior design such as furniture, colours, lighting etc.
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Look at places that you find comfortable ex: living room, starbucks etc.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> //Image #1:// Showing the art display cases/people sitting down and socializing. <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> //Image #2:// Example of students doing group work and showing the business of the hall. <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> //Image #3:// Example of how a group uses the area.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> //Image #3:// Example of the view from sitting in the booth area. <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> //Image #5:// Other end of the hall. Example of people socializing and waiting for class.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__Feb / 6 / 2010:__** Edited research plan and added different types of personas


 * __Feb /9/ 2010:__**
 * Starbucks Lounge:**
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Possible idea for how we could improve the seating areas
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Very comfortable
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Practical
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Could add plugs for laptops
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">People are more liable to sit in the area

http://media.photobucket.com/image/Starbucks%20seating%20area/globetravellerI/DSC03644.jpg

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 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Added Secondary Research/ Textbook information on Personas
 * __Feb/ 23/ 2010:__**

Sheridan research. Sketching assignment:


 * __March/ 16/ 2010:__**

Sat as a group in the illustration hallway. We discussed what we wanted our report to be while judy typed it into the wiki rather than each individual taking separate notes.

We were able to get a lot accomplished and realized we wanted to focus our research question on how we could make the hallway more user friendly to the average illustration student. While also understanding what was wrong with the area to begin with.

March/ 22/ 2010:

New image research:


 * __March/ 22/ 2010:__**

Presentation Talking Points: <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What the problem is currently?
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">How can we use personas to fix it
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What other research tactics can we use to improve?
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Visually how can we can improve the space
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">review current comfort level (go over pictures)
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Physically how can we improve the space?
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discuss how we have narrowed down research question to Illustration student personas
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">We want to use the YSDN student experience at York and apply it to the illustration students who don't really have a space of heir own besides that hall.
 * __April / 2 & 3 / 2010:__**

Overviewed different research techniques. Could use the following research techniques for our project: <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">colour theory
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">visual anthropology
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">personas
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">demographics
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">focus groups
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">interviews
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">observation
 * __April / 3/ 2010:__**

We went to the illustration hall again to collect more data and research. Interesting to see the hallway with no people in it seeing as it was a saturday. Through this emptiness we were able to get a very clear view of the space and see what we wanted to do with it in our visual.

We also shot a few different forms of video. One was of us walking through the hallway and describing our visuals to the viewer. We want to be able to show this during our presentation so that the audience can get a clear visualization if the space rather than us just talking about it. We also shot a video experimenting with role playing. We pretneded that I was an illustration student waiting for class to show how our personas interact with the space.