Category Archives: BCM 114

Short project summary Background Culture Canvas is a project that explores different cultures and traditions. Ankita, Georgia and I wanted to connect to those around us that are from different cultures. We wanted to make a fun and educational platform that aims to create a sense of connectivity. Proposed utility We connected to our viewersContinue reading “Culture Canvas Contextual Essay”

Our group Culture Canvas has uploaded two more culture weeks since the last blog post which was in the first week of October. These weeks were Indian week and Italian week. ‘Indian week’ was always planned to be a big week with a lot of excitement because we timed its post date to coincide withContinue reading “Making Process”

For our project Culture Canvas, we wanted to use Instagram for promotions. We thought it’d be a great platform to engage with our viewers and get them excited for each culture week. I use Adobe Illustrator to create each image. To start the process, I would look for inspiration, mainly on Pinterest. I gather drawingsContinue reading “Creating Instagram Illustrations”

Since the ideating stage of this DA, our group Culture Canvas has completed two more weeks. We have done African week and Japanese week. African week was successful, but we did come across some complications. Reflection We had created a YouTube video and composed two interviews for African week. But our plan was to createContinue reading “Prototype Process”

Culture Canvas Website https://sites.google.com/view/culture-canvas/home?authuser=0 Culture Canvas Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe14pW3cRVgzjO2ZD_SMzRw At this stage of the DA, we have completed two culture weeks; Chilean week and African week. We have gone through some successes but also some mistakes and fails that we are now trying to reflect and work on. We have noticed that we have attracted mostContinue reading “Culture Canvas BETA”

The first stages of the creation of our DA, Culture Canvas, started with a lot of brainstorming and discussions about our interests in learning about the cultures of our family and friends. Before connecting with my beautiful team, Georgia Gye, Ankita Som and Lydia Irankunda, I had started brainstorming my hobbies and possible ideas aroundContinue reading “Ideating Process”

Georgia, Ankita, Lydia and I all have a great interest in interviewing our friends and family members who are from different cultures and post it on our website named Culture Canvas! This content will vary from recipes, photos, music and film suggestions and stories about their celebrations, memories and even hardships experienced. I will focusContinue reading “Culture Canvas: Pitch 1”