I used to be in my little world, focused only on things I was interested in. But the recent outbreak of the coronavirus in our country brought me back to a bleak reality. All over my Chinese social media, I've been inundated with news of coronavirus patients. The death toll is reported every day, not as a statistic but as part of a family. Even in a few short weeks, some people's whole families have passed away. And that's largely because of the government's cover-ups and indecisiveness.
It was like a trigger that had a huge impact on me and forced me to face the harsh reality. I used to think we artists and designers should pay attention to art and design, but now I think we should also talk about politics, history, morality and everything we have to do with each other, which is to know the social structure clearly, not to be vague. Then we can get a new level of cognition out of these things that would otherwise be just doing superficial art and design on a vague base.
So my future position in design is not to focus on myself but to talk about the connection between the ego(individual) and the world(collective) based on the era and society.

knowledge/skills/experience do you bring to this project：

• utilize valuable experience from the last two projects to practice critical reflection writing and time management in this project. 
• communicate more with the audience, creating conversations, getting feedback, ruminating and evolving.
• review the aesthetic theories that have influenced me and think critically about them
• show some of my photography skills in this project.

hoping to learn：

• learn deeper about critical design
• explain clearly my position as a designer at this stage
• add social authenticity on the basis of individuality
• critically illustrate the relationship between art and politics by discussing the relationship between individuals and collectives
• communicate with audience more clearly and effectively

      https://workflow.arts.ac.uk/sip-workshop-11-02-2020

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Learning outcome
Clearly communicate your position as a designer through the production of outcomes appropriate to your practice. (Realisation)

Tell us about theory that relates to your project. 

Speculative and Critical Design (SCD) is very inspiring and instructive. It provides young designers with a practical design theory and methodology that leads us to a preferable future, encourages us to think critically about social issues and draws the attention of the audience.
SCD is based on political and social change over the past four decades, to allow novel approach, design practice needs restructuring. Its aesthetics refer to the science fiction of 1960s pop culture. Inspired by visions of space travel and radical, futuristic utopias. One interesting concept of SCD is social dreaming. It leads young designers to encourage social dreaming and debate by designing, question what will happen in the future innovation.

I particularly like Dunne & Raby's understanding of SCD. This is a very valuable quality in the design, and it is also what I will follow in my future design practice. I will reflect on my design from these aspects and reflect on myself. I will challenge what is given by the society, arouse the audience's thinking on social issues through communication with them, and encourage public debate.
Coming back to my SIP project, my aim is to be to encourage people to debate a new concept. Therefore, the Morden Design process proposed in SCD is very useful to me. Our designers need to complete "pre-design" and "post-design", that is, research (determine the needs) and activities (audience testing and evaluate the result). While traditional design only has intermediate process, omitting "pre" and "post".

To develop and evaluate my project, I will use SCD practice:
Define a context for debate
Ideate and find problems, and create a scenario
Materialize the scene to provoke an audience

https://workflow.arts.ac.uk/critical-design-23-02-2020

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Learning outcome
Articulate a critical understanding of the context of your practice and relevant theory and debate. (Knowledge)

Tell us what you hope to achieve (aim).

• To present a critical concept to the audience: the fusion of the individual and collective, the fusion of art and politics
• To the greatest extent possible, present a clear expression to the audience (*Present a clear expression to the audience through photography) amendment
• communicate my thoughts on the subject with the audience 

Tell us about the action(s) you will take in order to achieve the aim (objectives)

Analyze the historical and the contemporary context of the connection of individual and collective through the texts and theories, critically reflect on their significance to the creators of art.
Analyze the critical design in the practice map and explore my position in design
Choose a key problem to focus on
Communicate with a direct or indirect audience many times
Develop a narrative environment that is refined and iterated through experimentation and research
Identify appropriate forms and methods for the concepts I convey

Test in the context, invite audience to experience, and get some feedback for improvements.

Summarize this experience and make better use of it in future projects. Continuous improvement.

https://workflow.arts.ac.uk/aim-objective-28-02-2020

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Learning outcome
Undertake sustained, systematic critical and practical research, using relevant resources and appropriate methods of analysis, enquiry and experimentation. (Enquiry)