What I learned this week (23/04/2026)

This week in class, we covered the importance of story telling within design, particularly with storyboarding and showing one’s design. I found it really interesting and helpful, especially for this semesters project on how important and useful it can be to show/ explain how a design that may be difficult for others to understand can be understood, by simply telling ‘a story’.

what is storytelling ?

Narrative

characters

conflict

change


The concept of Visual Thinking

The building components of a story, with a step towards telling a successful story-

When: When is it set?

Where: Where is it set?

Who: Who are the characters?

What: What do they do ?

How: How do the characters succeed ?

Why: Why does the story exist ?

When a storyboard is created, it can help all participants (You, Clients, Users, Stakeholders), understand and visualise a clear vision of how a concept can and should be applied.

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“A storyboard is not a drawing exercise. It is a thinking exercise.”

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Exercise- Sketch my morning routine,

Draw my morning routine within 5 frames, presenting as a storyboard.