23046008's blogThis is the final week of the independent study period. I have to finish every submission: Learning Blog, Report, and Presentation. I am working on drafting the presentation. We have only 5 minutes to present, so it needs to be concise and cover the main point of the project. I make a to-do list for […]
This week, I prepared a tutorial presentation to present to my tutor next week. Then I thought, am I in the right direction? I have lost a lot of information about the experts and stakeholders, which is a difficult part for me. I sent an email to reach out to all the art toy companies […]
This week, I had a tutorial with my tutor. I updated the tutor about the intervention feedback and my new project question, and the tutor’s feedback helped me to improve my project. After the tutorial, I worked on improving the second intervention. As mentioned in the previous blog, I will conduct the second intervention again […]
This weekend, I went to the Tate Modern Museum to set up my second intervention. I sat on a bench in front of the museum’s green area and started to set up the intervention. Here’s what it looks like. There are many people around this area. Many people came and looked at the art toys, […]
After I revised my new project question last week, I now have an idea for my second intervention. From the last intervention, participants were engaged with art toys directly from the artist’s shop and enjoyed painting them. For the second intervention, I want participants to touch and explore the art toys from POP MART’s blind […]
After I returned from Japan, I had many ideas for my project. I will start by researching more about emotional connection. The research utilized online questionnaires shared within art toy communities to gather data, which shows that emotional value is the most important factor influencing people to buy art toys. This finding suggests that people’s […]
During the summer, I travelled to Japan, a country well-known for its vibrant toy culture. I visited various stores and exhibitions. I talked to some collectors there about why they collect all these objects. I also attended an event hosted by the famous designer toys company Medicom Toy, where I talked with one collector who […]
This week, I had another tutorial with my tutor and received feedback on my first project question and intervention idea. Feedback It’s clear that my project needs more focus and a specific approach. The feedback guided me to refine my focus, leading to the revised question: “How can art toys serve as a medium for […]
This week, I had a tutorial with my tutor, and I got feedback about my question again. I was still confused and a bit lost. I tried to find and collect information about my project, but it was like I was walking in a circle. I felt overwhelmed because of the amount of information I […]
This week, I emailed my stakeholders, such as collectors, artists, and art toy companies, as I had planned. I also plan to meet more stakeholders. I found this project, which I think also relates to my project as well. The Toy Project is a charity that recycles unwanted toys and redistributes them to children and […]