🎨Design Studio 02

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Design Reflection 1 Term 2.m4a

For the new term, we needed to come prepared with our learnings and insights from Design Dialogues; so that's what I did. I added some new things to my design space, along with a new mindset for moving forward. I feel important to include the Atlas of weak signals as well (with a strong focus on the yellow post it's on the bottom) because I believe these insights/topics correctly convey what I want to explore on this term. I'll take them as idea generators.

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Design Reflection T2-2.m4a

⚖️Ethics in Design (for my projects)

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Design Reflection 3 Term 2.m4a

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Design Reflection T2-4.m4a

Gastrobiosemiotics: a new field of study

What it encompasses:

1. The Study of the Signs and Symbols of Food in Living Systems

   • Examines how food functions as a system of communication within biological and cultural contexts.

   • Could analyze how food conveys meaning in different societies, rituals, or even within the body itself.

2. The Semiotics of Living Food

   • Investigates how biological processes in food (fermentation, decay, transformation) create meaning.

   • Could explore how ‘aliveness’ in food influences human perception and interaction.

3. How Eating Itself is a Meaning-Making Process

   • Examines how acts of consumption, digestion, and nourishment carry symbolic or communicative weight.

   • Could look at how the act of eating is not just biological but also a sign-driven behavior.

4. A Framework for Understanding the Intersection of Food, Life, and Meaning

   • A theoretical approach to food as both a biological necessity and a system of signs that structure human experience.

   • Could apply to food marketing, gastronomy, religious food taboos, or even how gut microbiota ‘communicates’ with the brain.

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Design Reflection 5 Term 2.m4a

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Design Reflection 6 Term 2.m4a

Semantic breakdown

One of the last few exercises I did was a semantic breakdown of what I wanted to achieve with my research. By this I mean breaking down the phrase by individual words and figuring out what I actually mean by them.

This is the phrase I started out with:

How can we use food as a medium to critique and reflect about one's wellbeing?

After doing a lot of analysis and asking myself a lot of questions:

The final focus I chose for my research is:

How can I show the link between processed food and gut health, and how that link impacts our collective wellbeing.