Week 04 - Collaboration

Class Format

This element of the class began with an introduction to the unit it concerns, BSBCRT402A: Collaborate in a creative process. "This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to collaborate in a creative process." (from the unit information). It shares time with and is closely related to the Origination unit which has a foundation in developing and conducting a critical discourse (for which it is handy to collaborate with others).

 

Group Exercise

Ethical Behaviour

Ethical behaviour in collaboration may relate to:

• Acknowledging discomfort or anger.
• Being prepared to fully participate.
• Communicating in an open way.
• Honesty.
• Honouring commitments.
• Sensitivity to social, cultural, personal situations and dynamics.
• Showing respect.
• Understanding of the consequences of actions.

Add 2 items to the list above - then SORT the 10 items into 2 groups (give at least one example for each group).
To the above list I would add 'A Preparedness to Share' (both your knowledge in the development of an idea and the credit for what you create) & 'Have Humility and Good Humour' (failure to do this risks infracting upon one of the other points).

1. Essential
   - All of the items in the list fall into this category except one. An example for 'Communicating in an open way' is to remain conscious of the listening process when communicating. If you are not actively listening as you talk, you are just telling someone something.
2. Secondary
   - Honesty. For example honesty may be a secondary concern when showing respect or several others in the essential catagory.

Trust & Creative Partnerships

PART 1: Who’s Got a Dollar?

1. Would you volunteer your money - that is, take risk?
2. How did you feel?
3. Did you feel a little sheepish?
4. What about when the ante was upped to ten dollars?
5. Twenty?
6. Did you think the volunteers were foolish?

PART 2: Eye Contact
PART 3: Eye Contact with Touch
PART 4: Proximity – comfortable / closer / further

 

Research

Video

Insert video and comment

Images

Further research on the topic brands, this info-graphic came to me via Design You Trust. This breaks down the most powerful brands on the web as a colour palette. So if you want to be a big player on the inter webs you need to be using some of these colours, ok?

 

Reflection

The exercises in this unit are designed to develop an understanding of the psychology behind the collaborative process. This has begun with basic interactive exercises, which I suspect will take on a more design specific perspective as the semester progresses. This is an important aspect of the course as the act of collaboration is a vital component of the work of a designer.