In this assignment, I was asked to watch the movie ‘ The social life of urban spaces ‘ and present it in the form of data visualisation which could be in the form of mindContinue reading
Month: February 2018
Positive Negative
For this assignment, we were asked to choose four objects that either hold significance or daily life object and then chose one model from the exhibit held in Brooklyn museum and make a compositionalContinue reading
#A11: Class excercise-Change what appeared to be fixed
For this class exercise, we were asked to take an object that we interacted with everyday and ask questions on how it can be improved to provide better function. We were given a list ofContinue reading
Bridge#2: Collecting and Presenting data
For this assignment, we were asked to select a location and visualize the data and present that in the form of a poster. While exploring my neighborhood, Jackson heights I came across various types ofContinue reading
#A10: Design Access
After watching this video conducted by Cooper Hewitt, I realized how people with disability are almost overlooked when cities or buildings are planned. I was unaware and surprised to find out that only 69 subwayContinue reading
#A8: Bending Geography
Bending Geography The assignment was to chose a neighbourhood from a map and then simplify it. Therefore, to work on this project I chose my immediate neighbourhood i.e. Goregaon, Mumbai, India to simplify on theContinue reading
#A7 & #A9: TED TALK REFLECTION
Assignment 7: TED TALK – David McCandless The TED talk by David McCandless focuses on presenting innovative ways of data visualisation. The purpose of watching this video is to understand how presenting data in simplerContinue reading
Bridge#1: Spaces of Joy
For this assignment, we were placed in groups of four and my group members were Yasha Mehta, Dhwani Laddha and Yoona Ko. We were assigned to make a space for Joy. After discussing a lotContinue reading
#A6: My neighbourhood visit
For my neighbourhood visit, I chose Jackson heights which is situated in Queens. I mainly chose this area because it has many Indian restaurants. On reaching 86th Street, I started walking towards Jackson heights andContinue reading
#A5: NYC neighbourhood
The videos about NYC neighbourhoods give a gist about the areas mentioned in the videos which are Jackson heights, Red hook, Harlem, Yorkville and Crown heights. After seeing these videos I gathered basic facts aboutContinue reading