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Team Members:
Design Brief
Read the design brief and identify key information in the space provided below.
Design Brief - Welcome to Community Connections
We have all experienced significant challenges in recent years, and Community Connections is an opportunity to re-establish the important connections we have to our communities wherever and whatever they may be.
Collaboratively you will explore the significant elements of, and connections within, your communities. You will focus on a specific audience and build a digital product on a platform of your choice that reflects your communities in ways that others can share and connect to.
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Key Information:
Explore your communities and identify the different elements that make them unique.
Generate a range of concepts for expressing elements of your communities in a digital platform.
Produce your digital content in a way that is intuitive and engaging for your audience to interact with.
Seek feedback from your audience to find ways to create more connections and improvements to your digital content.
Investigate
Generate
Produce
Evaluate
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Investigate
List all of the possible community connections you could make with your digital product.
Your communities may only have some or all of these connections.
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Community Elements
Indigenous
Connections
Social Connections
Geographical Connections
Cultural Connections
Historical Connections
Investigate
Every community in Australia should connect to Indigenous culture and First Nations people.
Here is some advice for design professionals that may be helpful.
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Australian Indigenous Design Charter
AIDC:CD
1) Indigenous led. Ensure Indigenous representation creation in design practice is Indigenous led.
2) Self-determined. Respect for the rights of Indigenous peoples to oversee representation creation of their culture in design practice.
3) Community specific. Ensure respect for the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture by following community specific cultural protocols.
4) Deep listening. Ensure respectful, culturally specific, personal engagement behaviors for effective communication and courteous interaction are practiced.
5) Impact of design. Always consider the reception and implications of all designs so that they are respectful to Indigenous culture.
6) Indigenous knowledge. Respectfully ask the client if there is an aspect to the project, in relation to any design brief, that may be improved with Indigenous knowledge.
7) Shared knowledge (collaboration, co-creation, procurement). Develop and implement respectful methods for all levels of engagement and sharing of Indigenous knowledge (collaboration, co-creation, procurement).
8) Legal and moral. Demonstrate respect and honour cultural ownership and intellectual property rights, including moral rights, and obtain appropriate permissions where required.
9) Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Develop a RAP incorporating the AIDC:CD.
10) Charter implementation. Ensure the implementation of the AIDC:CD to safeguard Indigenous design integrity
The Australian Indigenous Design Charter: Communication Design (AIDC:CD) was created to guide governments, professional design associations, professional design practitioners and buyers of indigenous design.
When working on projects involving the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture communication, designers are expected to adhere to the following ten points.
Discuss how the AIDC:CD guidelines could be addressed in your community design project.
What is the difference between appreciation and appropriation?
Investigate
What connections can you make to Indigenous culture and First Nations people in your communities?
How will you include Indigenous people in this process?
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Indigenous Connections
Helpful Connections
https://indigenousdesigncharter.com.au/australian-indigenous-design-charter/
Investigate
What are the social groups and organisations in your communities?
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Social Connections
Investigate
What are the important places and landmarks in your communities?
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Geographical Connections
Investigate
What are the different cultures that exist in your communities?
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Cultural Connections
Investigate
What is the known history and significant past of your communities?
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Help Video: Investigate
Historical Connections
Investigate
What digital technologies could you use to create and share your digital product?
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Help Video: Investigate
Technologies
Combinations
Website / App
Animation
Video
AR / VR
Investigate
Explore one potential digital technology and show how it has been used in other contexts.
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Technologies
Investigate
Explore an alternative digital technology and show how it has been used in other contexts.
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Help Video: Investigate
Digital Technologies continued
Investigate
Explore the possibilities of different audiences and list how this digital product could be useful for them to connect to.
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Potential audiences
Indigenous
Community
Children
Existing Community
Visitors
Other
Investigate
Explore one potential audience and show what they would find to be visually and functionally engaging digital content.
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Audience Exploration
Help Video: Investigate
Investigate
Explore an additional potential audience and show what they would find to be visually and functionally engaging digital content.
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Audience Exploration Continued
Help Video: Investigate
Generate
What content will you need to create for your digital product?
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Content Concepts
Generate
What content will you need to create for your digital product?
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Content Concepts Continued
Generate
How will you structure your content in your digital product?
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Structural Concepts
Generate
How will you structure your content in your digital product?
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Structural Concepts Continued
Generate
What will the digital interface look like for your chosen audience?
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Interface Concepts
Generate
What will the digital interface look like for your chosen audience?
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Interface Concepts Continued
Production
How will you create the required content?
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Content Required
Production
How will you include indigenous consultation and/or collaboration?
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Indigenous Consultation
Production
How will you learn / use the required digital technology?
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Technology Required
Production
Create a visual representation of how your content will be presented.
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Storyboard Concepts
Production
How will you create all of the elements and final digital product in time?
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Timeline and Responsibilities
Evaluation
How will you capture feedback from your chosen audience?
What questions will you ask?
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Audience Feedback
Feedback Questions | Summary of Responses |
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Indigenous Inclusion
Evaluation
How will you capture feedback from the connected indigenous community?
What questions will you ask?
Feedback Questions | Summary of Responses |
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Evaluation
What key feedback would you be able to respond to in your digital product?
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Suggestions for Improvement
Key Feedback Suggestions | Actions for Improvement |
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