''Design Your Own Country''

Assignment 2

TASK: This is a group assignment with five members including me. They are Jong Joe Yee, Brandon Hum Li Ze, Wong Pui Ern and Joey Kong. We need to design a country that are located in real world but not in space or imaginary. Everything must be real but we can decide the formation of our country. We first having discussion in the breakout room deciding which place are we going to choose as our country. We have fun during the discussion when we brainstrom all our bizarre ideas with each other.

Empathy

Five of us visualize our empathy and make our things almost the same category as Jong Joe Yee's because she completes her empathy first.

define

We decided to find out our similarities and create our own unique flavor of a steamboat which combining our favorite food. (Mokuahi's style steamboat)

ideation

First map ideation that with just simple texture on the country surface.

prototype

Making improvement for the first ideation map by using color coding method.

present

After getting opinions from each member we got our country's name ！！

outcome

reflection

interpersonal skills

Learn how to engage with other group members. Being nice and polite, to avoid quarrel and misunderstanding. Not to haggle over every ounce, help each other when they need us to be there. Giving opinions and ideas during group discussion so that other know about your thinking and contribute to this group work.

During the design process, there must have many improvement that need to make as to achieve the most perfect outcome. We all need to activate our mind to make things work and look more better. To solve all the difficulty we can't stop our thinking and collaboration between each other. We all think hard in this task to work things out.

As this is a group assignment, communication skills going to be bridge that bring us all together and also learn from each and other. Everyone of us must at least contribute some thoughts on the issue or the task as this is entirely different from individual work. It needs all of us to participate and speak out during discussion.

LEE WAN QI