Week 3: Critiquing

Tuesday

We discussed what critiquing is, and the purpose of it. Why do we need to critique? What do we learn from critiques?

What is a critque for?

• A critique can be used to share ideas, to improve our work
• Constructive feedback that you can learn/build from

What makes a good critique?

• When people offer insight into my work and comment on things I would’ve never noticed
• People taking the time to actually look into your work, and making constructive comments on the work
• Suggesting ways to move forward, not redoing the entire work

What makes a difficult critique?

• Comments with no context: “That looks cool” “You could do it better”
• When people don’t study/examine your work properly, and make critiques based on their limited knowledge on your work.

Practical Rules for Critiquing:

• Honesty
• Respect
• Curiosity

Thursday

On Thursday brought in 5 of our best documents, and we were put into groups to share our documents and discuss our work, while critiquing each others work. Critiques I received from my group:

• Could consider your space from a designers perspective and redesign the space? Think about the colour palette?
• How would the cafe function if there were added functions to the space? How would it interact with the environment?
• Look into the structure of the cafe & the beanbags. What atmosphere does it create?
• Mapping out the social aspects
• Talk about the surrounding points of interest: e.g. One Tree Hill, Cornwall Park itself. The Cafe is only able to exist because of these factors.