Group work - Idea generation

Today, we started working on mindmaps and brainstorming activities in our groups in order to think of a starting concept for the exhibition. This began with keywords that relate to microgenre and design in general in order for us to pick the most appropriate concept that we can go for. We also thought that we should keep it very simple and understandable just like OK-RM because we thought their best designs were actually their simplest designs.

We picked out the word 'Origin' as our starting point because while writing mind maps we had a lot of ideas both visual and contextual for this keyword and thought it had the simplistic nature we are looking for. We decided to move away from design and instead think of famous origins in history to get visual cues and potential themes. 

We found Darwin's origin of species particularly interesting and further thought of having a Museum theme and layout but adapted to the context of microgenres. We found this really interesting and thought of having the genres named and described in a similar way to how species are described e.g. with latin names and dates. We also considered supplying archive books with white gloves and glass display cabinets; with music organised in relation to their time period or geography.

We also collected the names of micro-genres everyone in the class is doing in order to possibly decide whether to section the micro-genres by time period or geography to make it as simple and understandable as possible for the viewers to see when they come to the exhibition.

Our group has got a solid idea so far and we are planning on doing more research in order to get more ideas for what to do in terms of branding in social media and the outputs that we need to make to brand the exhibition.