title of the project

information on the project
background information on the main subject of the project
a focue group used to get ideas for the project
a mind map excercise to help get ideas
background research into advertising
a map that helps people locate recycling centres
a scheme that rewards people for recycling
like a vending machine only instead of taking money it takes empty recyclable products
a mobile recycling bin
name for my final piece
rough prototypes of the project
the software and hardware i have used to make to project
user testing of the project
my personal views of the project
 
 
 
 
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The main aim of this chapter is to evaluate myself over how I felt the project went for me and to also give a blog of my progression from the start of the project to the completion.

Evaluate myself so far I think I have done quite well in my time management. I believe one of the factors that has contributed to this was the fact I followed a traditional design process, which was to identify a problem, carry out research into the problem and to come up with ideas into how the problem can be solved. By following a continual line it has helped me to stay on track and to have a logical train of thought when faced with any problems during the project.

Because of the size of the subject area that I chose to focus my project on, I was a bit intimidated by how easy it could be to lost in the amount of different routes and approaches I could take to the project. But one of the main things I told myself at the very start of the project was to keep the project as simple as possible, because I have seen it time and time again that the simplest ideas become the most effective and communicate the most to people.

What has helped me through out the project is to evaluate myself constantly and to have regular meetings with my supervisor to make sure I am following a good line of design processing.

I have been using the IMD site to keep a weekly report of how my work has been progressing thorough out the course of the project, it has helped me to keep a constant record of work I have been doing and also what I need to focus on more and work that I need to carry out.

Overall I am happy with my progress through out the project, and feel that by taking the more traditional route through out the project it has helped me to achieve what I sent out to do. If I had to be critical of parts of the project that I feel I could have done better, it would have to be that I wanted to get a more concrete and solid idea earlier on in the project so I could maybe develop it further before the degree show, but with the time scale that is left for the project I want to make a product that has a good finish to it as can be.