Week 3

Workshop 01 - Discovery

We where introduced to our first workshop in quite a nice a place : the Inspire Centre. All Media and Graphic Design students were debriefed about the project we must produce by the end of week 7 : "How Might We use Cross-media to inspire a culture of sustainability on the UC Campus"

Of course, the presentations we got to hear was about this exact subject : Sustainability.

We listened to very interesting lectures, which I think gave us very useful informations about the subject : Different types of sustainability, a few example of how they managed to improve it in certain places and of course the case of UC in particular.

As an international student, this lecture was really interesting and enlightening, I got to understand better the importance of sustainability in Australia, which seems to be a bigger matter compared to western Europe.

I think this assignment will be a discovery and an improvement, for my studies of course, but also as a person.

During the workshop, we had to form separate groups of media and graphic designers.We where given an assignment with a pattern of questions and steps to follow that would eventually lead to an idea.

The assignment was to use the space on campus called "The Garden" and come up with creative ideas to make it a sustainable area at UC. Naturally, through Trans-media Storytelling.

We would choose a target : Students, Teachers… A smart use of the space, a relation to sustainability, etc.. Our group was quite effective since we managed to win 2nd place.

We though of this "garden" as a place where students could enjoy the nature and the calm. We turned that garden into a place where students could study and relax between classes. 

We would have tables and seats, shades in a comfortable area. Students would realise that this place would be valuable and fragile, and to maintain it for future generations is important. There would be signs with QR codes to scan and discover more about the nature/plants that surrounds you.

And for the Cross-Media touch : we thought of calling the place "UC garden" and to make this unique spot on campus for social gathering, meeting new people, relax, and study.

We thought of an iPhone app where we could "check in" and see which of your friends did as well, the QR codes would be there, there would also be a magazine that describes the place and a few more interactive additions.

I think this workshop really made me understand about the issue of sustainability, discovering about the creative process in cross media and get a little inspiration from the other groups ideas. I am definitely eager to attend the next workshop.