May 18

Capstone-Blog Post #2

The purpose of the interview is to gather more information about your topic through an interview. I feel that the interview is helpful because it gave me lots of notes that I really needed.

The process of figuring out who to interview was easy and challenging. I knew I had to interview an interior designer or somebody who knew a lot about interior design. I just didn’t know who to interview. But I ended up finding someone who knew about my topic really well. The process of thinking of the interview questions was interesting. In the beginning, it was easy but when I had to do my last couple of questions it was really hard. It was like this because it was really easy to think of a few questions but hard to think of ten.

The experience of conducting the interview was good. It took around 30 minutes and I got a lot of notes. It went better than expected. I expected it to take an hour and I did not expect to get as many notes off of the interview as I have. These are the questions that I asked:

  1. How have the design trends changed over time?
  2. What features of bedrooms changed the most? Why? 
  3. Are there features that have not changed?
  4. How do bedroom styles, affect the rest of the house?
  5. How has interior design improved to be more eco-friendly?
  6. What has interior design looked like in the past decade?
  7. What did bedrooms look like 50 years ago?
  8. What were some changes that were recently made?
  9. What do bedrooms look like at this moment?
  10. How has the lighting changed?

One of my new learnings that is that there are eco-friendly materials such as quark which is used in flooring and furniture. Another eco-friendly material is bamboo which is also used in flooring. Another thing I learned was that some changes that were recently made are more interest in eco-friendly options, lots of technology but it was hidden,  and minimalism.

Overall the interview was exciting and a fun experience. It taught me patience and corporation. I am enjoying this project and I hope that the interview will help me in the future.

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May 10

Capstone-Blog Post #1

Capstone is a project that only 5th graders get to do. I have been waiting to do this for a long time and now I finally get to do it. Capstone is when you pick a topic to research. It could be any topic you want, as long as you are interested in it. You then present all of your research in a movie, ted talk, or ignite. For my topic, I chose to do interior design.

The process of thinking about the topic was easy. I started to think of things that I was interested in, and I could not think of That much. But then I remembered I loved helping my mom pick out the wallpaper, the rugs, the cabinets, and more when we redid our basement and kitchen. I found it really interesting that there are so many things to think about when it comes to interior design. This is how I ended up doing interior design as my topic.

I decided to make my main inquiry question “How have interior design styles for bedrooms changed over the last 100 years?” I decided to make it this because when I decided I wanted to do my capstone on interior design I searched for interior design on google. The first article I saw was about history. After reading it I decided to make my main inquiry question about the history of interior design. When I spoke with Ms. Robert wanted me to pick a certain area of the house. So I decided to do the bedroom. This is why my main inquiry question is “How have interior design styles for bedrooms changed over the last 100 years?”

The process of coming up with sub questions was really hard for me. We needed to have 5 which is a lot. After a day I had only thought of 2, and they were not the best. What made it easier to think of them is help from my friends. They helped by just showing me what their sub questions were. After a long time of thinking, I finally thought of 5 sub questions. My questions are “How have the color schemes changed over time?”, “What features of bedrooms changed the most?”, “Are there features that have not changed?”,  “How do bedroom styles affect the rest of the house?”, “How has interior design improved to be more eco-friendly?

So far this project has been interesting. It was fun and easy but challenging at the same time. Hopefully, my project will come together soon. I also hope this project becomes easier as I keep going.

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