Intercultural Design

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3/2/2026 - 17/3/2026 (Week 1 - Week 7)
Shawn Wong Kai Hen / 0375372
Intercultural Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Task 1 - 3 : Compilation Document


  INTRUCTIONS  




  Progression  

 Week 01 - Group Forming 

During Week 1, I arrived late to class and most of my classmates had already formed their groups. After speaking with Mr. Asrizal, he informed me that groups could only be formed during class time. However, he later posted a notification on Teams so that students who had not yet joined a group could find teammates and form a group.


 Week 02 - Ideation / Planning / Topic Approvals 

During this week, we started discussing ideas for our project. As a first step, we agreed that everyone would conduct some research and record their ideas in a shared document.

Before beginning the research, we needed to decide on the project location. After voting, we chose Kuala Lumpur. Initially, we considered selecting Japan, but we felt that focusing on a local context would be more suitable for our project.

Once the location was confirmed, everyone began researching ideas related to Kuala Lumpur. My proposed idea is called “Urban Guardian – The Last Mile Companion.” It is designed to support daily commuters, women walking alone, elderly pedestrians, tourists, and low-income workers who rely on walking after exiting MRT and LRT stations in Kuala Lumpur.




  Ideation Workspace  



 Week 03 - Proposal Presentation Submission 

After receiving feedback from our supervisor, Mr. Fauzi, we selected three ideas from our ideation for the proposal. We then began refining these ideas. Nathan, our group leader, and I worked together on Ideation 1, while the other group members were responsible for Ideation 2 and Ideation 3.

At the moment, we are focusing more on Ideation 1, which was proposed by Nathan. However, the final decision has not been made yet. We will wait for the proposal submission and feedback from Mr. Fauzi before confirming the selected idea.


 Proposal Slide 

 Proposal Presentation 



 Week 04 - Field Study / Data Gathering 

In Week 4, Mr. Fauzi confirmed that our selected idea is Idea 3 – Rethinking Public Seating: Informal Seating Habits and Design Solutions for Bukit Bintang. We will now proceed with this idea and begin the data gathering process. Several data collection methods can be used for this stage, as listed below:

Data Collection Methods
Some of the methods by which you can collect data:
  • Observation study.
  • Interview of relevant stakeholders (from the lecture series, you may
    approach any of the guest speakers for an interview, if you deem
    their presentation useful for further research).
  • Online and/or actual physical material* visual research of the
    selected area

After having a group meeting, we decided to use three data collection methods: observation, interview, and survey, so that we could gather more comprehensive data.

I was assigned to handle the survey section, so I was responsible for creating the survey form to collect responses, while other members handled different tasks. I first prepared the questions for both the survey and interview, then created the survey form. The survey consisted of around 10 simple questions.




 Week 05 - Task 2 Submission 

After completing the data collection, we began working on Task 2: Proposal. This task focuses on the data we gathered, including visual, oral, textual, and tactile artefacts, and analysing the cultural and social meaning of the site.

Before proceeding to the Final Task, we are finalizing this mind map to provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges stakeholders face.







  REFLECTION  







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