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This reflection follows the Ranning model of reflection. What Happened? We partnered up in groups of twos and interviewed each other (using the same process as the Ideal birthday experience activity) to find out what the client's ideal locker design would be like, and design it with sketches and descriptions and then ideate to create a better prototype. Think and feel - What were you thinking and feeling? It felt like this activity was a lot easier to do than the last one because it was much more relatable for me than the previous activity. It was, in a sense, easier because I have had the same experience of owning a school locker and empathy is achieved with less effort as it stems from a shared experience. Evaluate - what was good and bad about the experience? The good part was that this time, I tried to use better questions that lead to a more discussion-based interview instead of getting yes or no responses. I was able to extract more information using this

This reflection will follow the Gibbs reflective cycle. Future reflections will follow the Ranning model of reflection. Description - What happened? By following the steps given in the worksheet, I interviewed a classmate and designed an “ideal birthday experience” for her. This included finding out exactly what the client needed and gathering insights to define a problem statement and later creating 3 preliminary sketches of possible solutions based on the problem statement. The 3rd drawing happened to be the closest to the client's “ideal experience” so it was used as the base idea for the final prototype. It was presented with a simple 9 step flow chart to portray the chronological events of the birthday experience. Questions, what worked, and additional ideas were collected and documented. Feelings - What were you thinking and feeling? I have to say that the first step of the process was the most difficult for me, and I struggled a lot on trying to gain empathy