Week 1.1

Lecture

Independent Study

What do I struggle with as a student designer?
.> Moivation
> Creativity 
> Comapring/Competiting
> Productions
> Lack of Drive
> Thinking outside the box 

Makes me feel:
> Stressed 
> Weak
> Not good enough
> All ways tired 
> shit. 

Theme One 

How do I gain motivation
> Meditation
> Podcasts
> T.E.D talks
A conference would be motivation based, finding your drive, thinking outside the box.
Drive - to have desire/ sexy. Sex Drive 
Helping oters find their sex drive to design more. - Not actually about 'sex' but used as a metaphor.
"Sex Drive your Design"
> Mental Health based
> Motivation based
> How to find "sexiness" in your failures and success. 
> Having a desire to become more inspired and motivated 
> Add sexy to your daily routine 
> 'Sex sells' - metaphor 

Theme Two 

Designing for the Blind

> Texture, sound heat, smell
> 'Barrier free' design - universal design 
- How visually impaired people benefit people such as grpahhic designers to explore colours, texture etc 
> Why people (grpahic designers) need to stop over looking impaired people such as the blind and use them as a benefit - How impaired people cann change the way we see, react, and our mindset.
< Colourblind 

Carrying on from Theme One idea - Refining my idea

"Design for Gentle Living" 
> Slow design for people who struggle with sleep - eat - live - work - growth - wellbeing
> How to be creative to help better the community with more dialogue 
> Design in a broader context that assimilates other aspects of life. 
> Design doesn't sit in bubbles. 

Designers migrating minds - shifting mindset 

- Wellbeing

- Slowing down

- Sleep, eat

- Life ballance

- Community 

- Doing good

- Drive

- Stimulating - sex

Sex/drive - stimulating 

- Urge

- Desire

- Motivating 

Potential Speakers:

- Eddie Stern 

- Ross Lovgrove

- Thomas Heatherwick

- Sir Ken Robinson 

- Paul Smith

-William Carden-Horton 

- Vivienne Westwood

- Tyler Brule 

- Sir Richard Attenborough

Conference Name Ideas:

- Sex Drive your design
- Stimulation / Stimulate
- A desire for what? 
- Sex sells 

Imagery:

https://www.pinterest.nz/middletonfr/print-design-a-conference/ 

Speakers: 

Chrissy Levett:

A TEDx speaker, educater, author - belives in creative thinking is vital for us to solve global challenges. Founder and CEO and supports creative thinkers to use their talents for social and environmental impact. 

Eddie Stern:

Eddie Stern became the focal point Ashtanga yoga in New York and has been practising yoha since 1987. He is a yoga teacher, author, and lecturer who has a passion for seeking out diversity in all aspects of his work and uses a multidisciplinary of combinig technology, scientific researc, and collaboration tp help further understanding, education, and acess to yoga. 

Dr. Lucy Hone:

She assits organisations from - government departments, to leading law firms and schools - to design and implement wellbeing and resilience inititaives creating sustained and meaningful change. Her TED talk, the Three Secrets of Resilient People, has had over 2 million views and has been translated into 15 different languages.

Articles:

https://resources.wellcertified.com/articles/understanding-the-impact-of-design-on-mental-health/

https://archive.ethicsandtechnology.eu/wp-content/uploads/downloadable-content/brey-2015-design-well-being.pdf

https://www.instagram.com/gfda.co/?hl=en

Bibliography

https://designmuseum.org/whats-on/talks-courses-and-workshops/design-change-makers-mental-health-well-being#

https://www.creative-conscience.org.uk/team/chrissy-levett/ 

https://eddiestern.com/bio/

https://resources.wellcertified.com/articles/understanding-the-impact-of-design-on-mental-health/

https://archive.ethicsandtechnology.eu/wp-content/uploads/downloadable-content/brey-2015-design-well-being.pdf

https://www.instagram.com/gfda.co/?hl=en

https://www.celebrityspeakers.co.nz/speakers/dr-lucy-hone