Design Research Dissertation - Final Compilation and Reflection

23/9/2025 - 27/12/2025 (Week 1 - Week 14)

Lim Yeng San (0366316)

Anatomy and Character Sculpture / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylors University

Final Compilation and Reflection

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Instructions
• Task 1
• Task 2
• Task 3
• Task 4
• Feedback
• Reflection

INSTRUCTIONS

Fig 1.1 Design Research Dissertation MI

Fig 1.2: Design Research Dissertation Assignment Brief

TASK 1 RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION - DRAFT DISSERTATION

Fig 2.1: Task 1 Draft Dissertation (PDF)

Fig 2.2 Task 1 Draft Dissertation Turnitin report (PDF)

TASK 2 VISUAL DESIGN PUBLICATION

Fig 3.1: Task 2 Visual Design Publication (PDF)

Fig 3.2: Task 2 Visual Design Publication (FlipHTML embed)

Link to Task 2 Visual Design Publication FlipHTML: https://online.fliphtml5.com/iwqkb/fntw/

TASK 3 FINAL COMPLETE DISSERTATION & TURNITIN SUBMISSION

Fig 4.1: Task 3 Final Dissertation (PDF)

Fig 4.2: Task 3 Final Dissertation Turnitin report (PDF)

TASK 4 RESEARCH FOR  JOURNAL ARTICLE PUBLICATION

Fig 5.1: KREATE Journal Article Publication (PDF)

FEEDBACK

Week 1

Progress remark: Started working on literature review matrix.

Lecturer's remark: (No feedback during module introduction)

Week 2

Progress remark: Continued working on literature review matrix.

Lecturer's remark: (No feedback requested)

Week 3

Progress remark: Worked on the literature review matrix and sent the link to the lecturer on Microsoft Teams.

Lecturer's remark: Article 1 has to be replaced as it is too old. Lecturer gave suggestions for subtopics to be added into topic 2.1 and 2.2

Week 4

Progress remark: Continued working on literature review matrix and the literature review and showed the lecturer on Microsoft Teams.

Lecturer's remark: Change the subtopics of the literature review according to the dissertation title.

Week 5

Progress remark: Worked on the literature review and methodology and showed the lecturer on Microsoft Teams.

Lecturer's remark: Improve the writing of the literature review according to the lecturer’s feedback.

Week 6

Progress remark: Edited the literature review according to feedback. Worked on the methodology and research findings and sent the link to the draft dissertation to the lecturer on Microsoft Teams.

Lecturer's remark: Correct the format of the dissertation and rewrite the research findings to be more objective.

Week 7

Progress remark: Edited the format of the draft dissertation and the research findings and worked on research analysis.

Lecturer's remark: Focus on completing the research analysis.

Week 8

Progress remark: Started looking for visual design ideas

Lecturer's remark: (No feedback during self-study week)

Week 9

Progress remark: Worked on layout designs for visual publication and created the mood board.

Lecturer's remark: Focus on the layout of the book and try using grids.

Week 10

Progress remark: Continued working on the visual design. 

Lecturer's remark: (Did not attend consultation due to rescheduling and clashing with another class)

Week 11

Progress remark: Continued working on the visual design

Lecturer's remark: Try to explore different page layouts and quickly finish the design

Week 12

Progress remark: Started writing the article.

Lecturer's remark: Continue working on the article. It does not need to be written in past tense.

Week 13

Progress remark: Continued writing the article.

Lecturer's remark: (None requested)

Week 14

Progress remark: Finished writing the article.

Lecturer's remark: (None requested)

REFLECTION

Experience

Design Research Dissertation has been very helpful in my academic writing. Task 1 taught me to expand ideas by opening up my topic with more research methods, discussions, concepts, studies and literature written by other more experienced authors. Task 2 had me looking back to the publication assignments in Typography and Advanced Typography in order to create a fitting book design for my dissertation topic. Task 3 let me improve my writing in Task 1 and reminded me about the formatting and rules of academic writing. Overall, I am content with the final dissertation. Task 4 challenged me to adapt my dissertation to a much simpler article format which was a little challenging but manageable to complete. Admittedly, I had a hard time in this subject as I had to keep elaborating over and over on certain sections which made me tired after a while.

Observations

I have observed an improvement in writing academically and objective sentences. Although, I do think this still needs to be improved upon further later on in the future. I hope to find myself doing more research in academic works to improve my personal works and ideas.

Findings

This subject has been really beneficial to my idea development. The feedback and advice from my lecturer, Dr. Mike, have been helpful in my writing and research and taught me that there are always ways to expand upon a single idea. He had also suggested concepts which were new to me that helped in writing the dissertation. My friends and fellow peers have also been supportive as we check in on each other and make sure we are all on the same page. All in all, the subject was difficult and full of trial and error but I will not forget the lessons I have learned from it especially to always think outside the box for more ideas.