New Year, New Blog

Hello,

My name is Allan Scadden and welcome to my new design blog for 2013. This year I thought I'd tie everything together with my google account which means I'm moving my design blog from tumblr over to this one. It's pretty neat because now I can have instant access to my calender and blog via my mobile phone. 

This trimester I'm studying three papers. Design Psychology, Physical Computing and Design Inquiry. Though I might change from Physical Computing to Design Ethnography which is a trimester 2 class. Reason being is that I still want to major in Media design but I figured since I can't do that full time this year why not branch out and learn what I can from the culture and context papers and expand my knowledge on design. Hopefully it'll pay off. 

A little about me,

My main passion is photography. I currently own a Nikon d3100 and have on order the new d5200 which should arrive early next week. Fingers crossed on that one! I've been working in the field of Digital Media since year 9 and would like to think that I know a fair bit about the subject. Last year I dabbled with study at Natcol which turned out to be a mistake as I wasn't really taught anything other than to really dislike my tutor  who well.. I can't really consider him a tutor as very little tutoring went on throughout the duration of the year. After my study has ceased I re-enrolled at Victoria for trimester 2 and began studying Interactive Design, Creative Coding, and Digital Creation. I thoroughly enjoyed each course as they forced me to undertake new aspects of design that I wasn't overly familiar with. And although I only failed one project I still passed the year with a respectable grade... Cough. So this year my aim is to vastly improve on my grades and really make the most of what I'm paying for. Which is kinda why I'm doing a pre-study setup. Sorting out my calendar and blog and reading up on what each course has to offer. 

I hope to learn a lot  this year and I look forward to working with some amazing people who are equally as passionate about design as I am. 

Bring it on! 

Thanks,
Allan Scadden