Thoughtful Talk

Visiting Lecture: Thoughtful
16/02/10

Stu and Chris from Thoughtful came and gave us a talk in which they ran through their history as designers and how 'Thoughtful' came about. I think out of all of the talks that we've had it was the most honest. They weren't afraid to tell us the problems that they have had instead of just the positives.

They started of by introducing the different things that interested them, not just design realted but also other asspects. One thing that they said was that they keep scrapbooks, which is something which I started collecting stuff for a while ago but never got around to it. Maybe I might do now! They said that sometimes when your stuck for an idea going back to one of the scrapbooks could be the perfect way to get them out of a rut.

They showed us videos of how they went about projects in the form of a video diary. This is something which they said had been important to them and something that they wanted to continue doing. Not only does it show them engaging with the brief, but that there getting involved to the nth degree.

Thoroughout the presentation they had video questions from designers and people of interest. These acted as words of wisdom and really broke the presentation up. At the end of the lecture they were happy to answer any questions, evern after that lots of us stayed behind as they wanted advice from us on how the presentation could be better as they were doing it again later in this month.