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Self-Discovery
Self-Discovery
My whanau is full of travelers. We are ethnically Chinese but my grandparents decided to migrate to Cambodia to seek out financial opportunities. This led to my parents being born in the third world country, but through their hard work and motivation they had my two siblings and I in Thailand and New Zealand respectively...
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Speculative Design
Speculative Design
What is design? Before taking this design course, I believed that design mainly revolved around the visual aspects of both physical and digital creations. However, It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out very quickly that there are multiple definitions...
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Decolonising Design
Decolonising Design
The Pluriverse revolves around achieving a world that is decolonized in the way of existing knowledge and regulations to support all. The term has gained traction in the last few generations due to rising environmental and socio-economic issues putting pressure on individuals...
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Transition
Design
Transition
Design
Transition Design centres itself around the societal need to transition to more sustainable futures (Irwin et al., 2015). It re-imagines lifestyles in balance with their corresponding environments while being aware of global information and technology. The framework considers these factors when creating a solution to improve current qualities of life: social, economic, political, and natural systems...
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#5
Worldviews
Worldviews
By reviewing my first blog (Future diary) and my subsequent blogs, there are a lot of things that I would change. For example, I barely speculated about my interactions with the environment. Therefore there was a lack of speculation about my environmental conditions and the technology I would be exposed to. To correct this, I believe that in the future, in 2037, the climate will be more extreme...
