Design Research Methodology/Final Compilation

Henry Lim Chin Xin

0349490

Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Design Research Methodology/Final Compilation

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Instruction

Fig 1 MIB August-December 2022

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Assignments

Fig 2 Assignment 1 - Proposal

Fig 3 Assignment 2 - Primary Data

Fig 4 Assignment 3 - Literature Review

Fig 5  Assignment 4 - Reflection Report

Fig 6 Assignment 4 - Recorded Presentation

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Lecturer's Feedback

Week 02

-must be aware of the research theme

-need to conduct my research in a very detail manner regarding Apple Inc. and MUJI

-compare two with same categories, such as 'minimalist approach to?', backstory of the two different brands

-citation need to be more cautious

Week 03

-need to work hard on word describing

-no need description for branding

-need more specification, don't jump jump

-describe minimalist design more

Week 04

-add some example for MUJI

-add a paragraph talk about branding

Week 05

-For critical review #1, there is just a brief for the paper, no structure, no method, no conclusion. Need to add those paragraph

Week 06

-Do not include the name of research papers

-Don't start with 'in this research,"

-Repeat the author's name in different paragraph

-need to read the papers carefully

-don't jump jump

-let question sentence turns into an opinion

Week 07

-'the paper don't have a method but the research have.'

-need to clarify the sentences of describing

-explain why using just Apple logo only is not enough for research

-elaborate more about paper 2's structure

Week 09

-add justification for questions

-use literature to support justifications

-can add short intro for minimalism in survey's description

Week 10

No much progression, need to be more quicker

Week 11

-Questions need to be adding number in the front

-Adding justification for each question

-Find some suitable image for the question

-Questions need to be related to the research topic

Week 13

-Images in the slide too large, need to resize

-Numbers research question and research objective even just have one

-No need make a slide for references of key literature

Week 14

-Contents need to be listed

-Use the keywords of the questions in the slide

-Conclusion needs to be related to research question and research objective

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Final Reflection

Experience

Through these assignments, I learned that doing a research takes a lot of times to collect the data and finds the literature support.

Observations

In the whole process of research, I learned that doing a research need to be step by step and the description of review need to be clear in words and go straight on narrative.

Findings

In this research, I finds out that a good research comes with a good preparation.