May 8Dexing Signals from noise — Personal ReflectionWeek 15 — Last week Last week!!! We presented our ideas in the final design week and held a demo session with cohorts and guests. In the demo, we invited everyone to cook and eat vegetarian meals together. It’s inspiring and amazing to see how people were connected by food…Carnegie Mellon2 min read
Apr 29Dexing Signals from noise — Personal ReflectionWeek 14 We moved into making the concept video this week. In the beginning, we were a bit hesitant about making contextual video as CoPlant was a rather big system thus was hard to illustrate everything in a 3 to 4 mins video. We thought about building a landing page…Carnegie Mellon1 min read
Apr 22Dexing Signals from noise — Personal ReflectionWeek 13 We moved on to the branding phase this week. We refocused our app and space to carbon neutral. Instead of calling it the bento community, we ideated a new name for the whole service. It’s co-plant. …Carnegie Mellon2 min read
Apr 22Design for Social Innovation — ReflectionsHow has DSI impacted your thinking? Choose a topic from recent events and illustrate how concepts from DSI have impacted or informed your thinking. When I saw an organization that is not aimed at profits, I would try to think about what is its mission. For instance, I walked past…Carnegie Mellon2 min read
Apr 15Dexing Signals from noise — Personal ReflectionWeek12 - Roleplay workshop This week, we reflected on our presentation from last week. Our concept was pretty much done, and we were excited about prototyping the idea in studio space. …Carnegie Mellon2 min read
Apr 9Dexing Signals from noise — Personal ReflectionWeek 12–4th Presentation Evaluative This week was a presentation of the evaluative stage. We finalize our concept and iterate towards a more complete and refined direction. We reflected on both physical and digital interactions and backend and front end. The more we think about the whole picture, the more complex…Carnegie Mellon2 min read
Apr 2Dexing Signals from noise — Personal ReflectionWeek 11 — Journey map and future blueprint This week, we dug a bit deeper into the backend and the interactions among stakeholders in the journey from joining as a new member to becoming a verified chef. In the journey map, we tried to grasp all of the stakeholders in…Carnegie Mellon2 min read
Mar 26Dexing Signals from noise — Personal ReflectionWeek 10— Refine and Evaluative Research We headed into Evaluative Research phase this week. We combined the PBD space and Bento concepts and addressed the food safety concerns that were brought up during the review. We introduced the CMU dining service as an authority to verify students who want to…Carnegie Mellon2 min read
Mar 20Dexing Signals from noise — Personal ReflectionWeek 9–3rd presentation (Concepts and Generative Research) Coming back from spring break this week, we dived right into concept generations based on the findings from the workshops, interviews, expert interviews, and secondary research. …Carnegie Mellon2 min read
Mar 17Social Innovation Endgame ReflectionAmong 6 options of social innovation endgames, I resonated with open source the most. I enjoyed using Blender, an open-source 3D modeling software. On a personal level, it released my financial burden and hassle researching which 3D software had the best offer. The best part was that I got to…Carnegie Mellon3 min read
