Author Archives: Zulhilmi

For these group assignments, we delegated different aspects of it between each other. For research however, we did it collectively. By doing so, we can find out different insights about our topic on Cyber Security vs Smart Nation: ‘How Technology Shapes Society’. I definitely learnt a lot after researching on this topic such as theContinue reading “Assignment 2 Project Reflection”

“Interdisciplinarity” means to be using or drawing from two or more different subjects or areas of knowledge (Queen’s University n.d.) That means that to be interdisciplinary, one must combine knowledge and practices of different areas of discipline that will help unify and strengthen/improve a project or answer. And to be “disciplinary agnostic” is to understandContinue reading “Set Posts 12: Disciplinary Intersections”

Red Bull Stratos. 2012. Red Bull Stratos was a 7 years in the making campaign by Red Bull and Felix Baumgartner, a skydiver and base jumper. The campaign’s mission, according to Red Bull, was to “surpass human limits and advance scientific discoveries for the benefit of humankind.” (Red Bull, n.d.) This was accomplished by FelixContinue reading “Set Post 9: Public Relations Campaign”

Advertising exists in many shapes and forms, be it visual, auditory or sensory. But what I learnt in Class 8 is that advertising works best when it understands the needs of the consumers, audiences or society. From this understanding, good advertising can drive the consumers to make purchases and build bonds with the advertised brands.Continue reading “Set Post 8: Interesting aspect of advertising.”

According to interaction-design.org, Design Thinking is a design methodology that provides a solution-based approach to solving problems (interaction-design.org). It consists of 5 stages; Emphatise > Define > Ideate > Prototype > Test. These steps are crucial to ensure that the campaign or product that is planned would suit the needs of the target audience andContinue reading “Set Post 7: Reflection on Design Thinking and WIP presentation.”

With the emergence of Internet, forms of communication have changed drastically. Internet users, like me, have started to consume and share information through this digital space. In this digital space, different forms of communications exist, such as 1) Written; online journalism, internet forums – Reddit etc. 2) Visual; Memes, YouTube videos, Documentaries on Netflix etc.3)Continue reading “Set Post 6: Online Cultures and the Future”

Dressed in trendy streetwear clothing, Ryan, 23, is not only a student but also an avid dancer. He has been dancing for 13 years and is still actively dancing and teaching students in his free time. “Dancing is fun as I get to de-stress and express myself freely with others.” said the 23 year old.Continue reading “Set Post 5: Photojournalism and Visual Design”

The first story I chose was “Japan’s New Satellite Captures an Image of Earth Every 10 Minutes” by The New York Times (Watkins, 2015). The story is about the Himawari-8, a weather satellite that captures 144 photographs of the Earth daily. The satellite is also used to see how weather systems develop, and allows forecastersContinue reading “Set Post 4: Comparison of 2 examples from Josh Stearns “Best Online Storytelling” collection.”

After trying to search myself on Google and other search engines, I managed to find 1 post about me that is by my previous Polytechnic. For my professional identity, I believe the post would help me as it showcases the work that I did to promote the course for my school. For my personal profile,Continue reading “Optional Posts: Self Doxing and the future (of myself) online.”

For the Mini-Bootcamp about Innovation & Design thinking we had in class, I partnered up with Jasmine to understand her needs as a Year 1 student in Professional Communications. What I learned from the seminar was that ‘Design Thinking is a process for creative problem solving’ (Chorazy, E 2020). It is used to understand theContinue reading “Set Post 3: Design Thinking”