Moving ahead we need to:
-Start making visual stuff
-There's a client meeting Next week
The Event:
-An Event to promote being a Member of the Library
-Colour scheme is limited- probably the standard wcc colours of yellow and black
-An Introduction to bringing sun into the Library?
Originally we from what I understand, we were doing:
An Event---> Services
So an event that would introduce ideas for the interior design, for bringing the sun in. (inside out idea which can also inform dossier). Then providing options for the interior of the Library that they can use later on when they have a bigger budget?
In terms of the services, the minimum would probably be sketches and costs. (We don't really want to throw ideas out)
In terms of the idea they need to relate to one common idea. It probably depends on, in terms of workload are we able to do both?
If so, (with around 3 weeks left due week 13) how far in terms of prototyping are we intending to go?
Stuff to do:
-Advertising/Marketing of the Event (posters,flyers, promotional animated video?)
-When is the event happening? - Summer probably best since there's more sun
-Relevant Stats and figures to support ideas? (costs etc.)
-What are we putting in the event and the Layout of this in civic?
Ideas:
--------Selling books
--------Book swapping
--------Introduction to the power supply idea (maybe have pre-loaded ones to bring outside for people to use?)
-Types of seating/Arrangements/Where to source from or materials needed to build (costs) (depends on the budget of the WCL)
There are seating areas around civic
-Food?-where to source from?(maybe from cafe-seems to most populated area in the library, usually)
-Umbrellas or shade sails (depends on budget, government supplied?)
-Arrangements for monitoring civic area? (civic has many entrances/exits- 3 common ones that people usually come from)
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Lecture notes
Lecture one
Ethics in design
-Its in everything we do
-Working for free devalues design?
-Bad design work affects design and others?
-Think about Ethos,Values, Imposed Constraints
-Designers have responsibilities to clients,designers,fees,publicity and environment
-Clients expect experience and knowledge, strategic process, communications outcome and compensation.
In summary, make ethical choices. Professional standards of professional practice.
Lecture two
Paul Tobin -His career in design as a concept designer at Weta
A designer needs:
-Imagination
-Passion
-Tenacity (learn through failure to master difficult techniques)
-Technique (pull off your ideas well)
He believes that his childhood obsession of star wars drove his career. He also took a lot of inspirations from comic books and role play games.
He mentioned that he wasn't a great drawer to begin with. He originally studied archaeology and then went overseas, and learnt how to draw better. He then went on to study art as a graphic designer until then end to be a illustrator (making a concept design book).
Traveling abroad is good because you come back with lots of information that you can use to drive your career. Especially if you choose places to go that are relevant to your interests.
The knowledge from the archaeology helps him with designing concepts. So something that might not be thought of as useful became useful.
In terms of Research, he recommended pulling information from your favourite books to create designs or pulling conceptual thoughts from real things, actors, art movements etc. (pulling ideas from different parts of your brain)
Designers should keep learning, failing and experimenting. As soon as you stop it limits your creativity- is career suicide.
He says that as designers we experience high pressure environments, but we should always keep a good sense of humour. Examples were the weird drawings from co-workers or him in the different stages of dwarism or White cloud worlds.
When talking to clients. He did a lot of sketching and quick notes then went onto quick painted models and line ups. You should identify the problems early and think of questions to ask the client before. Offer options first not variations in order to cover different ideas. Variations come after the idea is solid.
He recommends that it is good to master one type of discipline such as illustration etc. to get a job. Pouring your energy into something that you are good at and love.
In the end, its good to be motivated and live creatively.
Ethics in design
-Its in everything we do
-Working for free devalues design?
-Bad design work affects design and others?
-Think about Ethos,Values, Imposed Constraints
-Designers have responsibilities to clients,designers,fees,publicity and environment
-Clients expect experience and knowledge, strategic process, communications outcome and compensation.
In summary, make ethical choices. Professional standards of professional practice.
Lecture two
Paul Tobin -His career in design as a concept designer at Weta
A designer needs:
-Imagination
-Passion
-Tenacity (learn through failure to master difficult techniques)
-Technique (pull off your ideas well)
He believes that his childhood obsession of star wars drove his career. He also took a lot of inspirations from comic books and role play games.
He mentioned that he wasn't a great drawer to begin with. He originally studied archaeology and then went overseas, and learnt how to draw better. He then went on to study art as a graphic designer until then end to be a illustrator (making a concept design book).
Traveling abroad is good because you come back with lots of information that you can use to drive your career. Especially if you choose places to go that are relevant to your interests.
The knowledge from the archaeology helps him with designing concepts. So something that might not be thought of as useful became useful.
In terms of Research, he recommended pulling information from your favourite books to create designs or pulling conceptual thoughts from real things, actors, art movements etc. (pulling ideas from different parts of your brain)
Designers should keep learning, failing and experimenting. As soon as you stop it limits your creativity- is career suicide.
He says that as designers we experience high pressure environments, but we should always keep a good sense of humour. Examples were the weird drawings from co-workers or him in the different stages of dwarism or White cloud worlds.
When talking to clients. He did a lot of sketching and quick notes then went onto quick painted models and line ups. You should identify the problems early and think of questions to ask the client before. Offer options first not variations in order to cover different ideas. Variations come after the idea is solid.
He recommends that it is good to master one type of discipline such as illustration etc. to get a job. Pouring your energy into something that you are good at and love.
In the end, its good to be motivated and live creatively.
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Library Portable Desk Idea
A portable cube table idea that can be move inside/outside and stored away easily.
Monday, 28 September 2015
Event idea
Summer in the Square
-An event that would be hosted by the wellington central library utilizing the civic square area.
-Moving current indoor event activities they currently have outside for the summer.
-Have beanbags/comfortable seating areas, use the large grass area?
-Would need some sort of umbrella shade thing though
The library currently has these reoccurring events:
http://www.wcl.govt.nz/about/calendar.html
-An event that would be hosted by the wellington central library utilizing the civic square area.
-Moving current indoor event activities they currently have outside for the summer.
-Have beanbags/comfortable seating areas, use the large grass area?
-Would need some sort of umbrella shade thing though
The library currently has these reoccurring events:
http://www.wcl.govt.nz/about/calendar.html
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
5:30 – 7:30pm
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Thursday, 3 December 2015
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6 – 8pm
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Wednesday, 23 September 2015
power supply development
A futher look into how the power supply concept might be formed. Looking at existing models to give some idea of battery capacity aswell as forms that are currently working, majority of existing products are solely for USB charging purposes (smart phones or other similar devices) so a supply with enough capacity for a computer would have to be a bit larger.
Renders of some possible shapes for the supply units:
Meeting notes- week 9
Well so after we got feedback from the client meeting.
-They want to stick closely to the council image and not re brand the library. Colours for example would be the yellows, neutrals and blacks etc.
-They are keep on sustainability (eco stuff)
Stuff to do for the final submission in week 13
Design in stages
-The most feasible to produce now------> the longer term that will be feasible in time
(the sun room is more of a long term thing so for now we could go with just an event)
So with our idea we are going with the idea of bringing reading from the inside to the outside and vice versa.
-Could be done with light
-Colour
-Outdoor event---> thinking about shaded areas?
How could we take reading outside?
---->monitored---->event in summer--->Civic square
In terms of an event we could think about creating (marketing strategy):
-brochures/posters
-wayfinding
(could think of in terms of before, during and after/ what they do, think , feel)
-Power pack could be brought outside and useful since there aren't plugs outside.
System of the power pack will be that
-They issue it through members with library cards so it would prevent taking elsewhere.
-Libraryelf could track this as well (alert people), the person it is issued to is liable for damages.
-It will be stored behind the issue desks.
Budgeting around the power pack and building a strategy to implement
-Where can they make it?
-How much will it cost?
-Give them places they can go to make it?
Feasibility:
----> How they would make it?
----> Finding places to make it?
----> Giving them the process?
----> Show them how?
----> Sticking to their budgets to make the idea happen?
----> Finding common channels, such as where they do their promotional stuff or get materials?
So moving forward with 4 weeks to go we need to:
-Add visuals to power pack idea (put digital prototypes in the drive)
--> I think the idea of getting the public to design imagery for the power packs that was brought up could work. Maybe this could be apart of the event because we would need to think of way to get this out to the public anyway. (Also, for this idea, think about how it would be printed on the power packs, if it image would fade from the warmth of the power pack and costs etc.
-Also photos of the library space inside (places to put power packs) and outside (civic square) would be useful too, just to put ideas in the environment of the library.
-Research budgeting around power pack idea
-Test out Ideas on people around library area on sunny days (document data/results)
-Possible ideas/concepts around an event around the sun room idea (more feasible now)
-Could develop sun room idea, however it is currently unfeasible. It could be a future development for them though. The event is more of a stepping stone.
-develop visual responses such as posters, brochures or wayfinding for an event.
-They want to stick closely to the council image and not re brand the library. Colours for example would be the yellows, neutrals and blacks etc.
-They are keep on sustainability (eco stuff)
Stuff to do for the final submission in week 13
Design in stages
-The most feasible to produce now------> the longer term that will be feasible in time
(the sun room is more of a long term thing so for now we could go with just an event)
So with our idea we are going with the idea of bringing reading from the inside to the outside and vice versa.
-Could be done with light
-Colour
-Outdoor event---> thinking about shaded areas?
How could we take reading outside?
---->monitored---->event in summer--->Civic square
In terms of an event we could think about creating (marketing strategy):
-brochures/posters
-wayfinding
(could think of in terms of before, during and after/ what they do, think , feel)
-Power pack could be brought outside and useful since there aren't plugs outside.
System of the power pack will be that
-They issue it through members with library cards so it would prevent taking elsewhere.
-Libraryelf could track this as well (alert people), the person it is issued to is liable for damages.
-It will be stored behind the issue desks.
Budgeting around the power pack and building a strategy to implement
-Where can they make it?
-How much will it cost?
-Give them places they can go to make it?
Feasibility:
----> How they would make it?
----> Finding places to make it?
----> Giving them the process?
----> Show them how?
----> Sticking to their budgets to make the idea happen?
----> Finding common channels, such as where they do their promotional stuff or get materials?
So moving forward with 4 weeks to go we need to:
-Add visuals to power pack idea (put digital prototypes in the drive)
--> I think the idea of getting the public to design imagery for the power packs that was brought up could work. Maybe this could be apart of the event because we would need to think of way to get this out to the public anyway. (Also, for this idea, think about how it would be printed on the power packs, if it image would fade from the warmth of the power pack and costs etc.
-Also photos of the library space inside (places to put power packs) and outside (civic square) would be useful too, just to put ideas in the environment of the library.
-Research budgeting around power pack idea
-Test out Ideas on people around library area on sunny days (document data/results)
-Possible ideas/concepts around an event around the sun room idea (more feasible now)
-Could develop sun room idea, however it is currently unfeasible. It could be a future development for them though. The event is more of a stepping stone.
-develop visual responses such as posters, brochures or wayfinding for an event.
week 9- lecture
Lecture 1
-Was mostly on the fact that technology keeps developing at a pace faster than it can be taught.
-Seek the 'minimum technology' such as books before going straight into creating on the computer. Iterations on paper is usually faster to get out initial ideas.
-In terms of iterations-- learning from them and avoiding variations.
-It also highlighted the point that feedback is a crucial point in knowing what went well and what didn't.
-They also talked about how it is good to give feedback or rewards to technicians such as printing places. This takes into account the whole respecting that they've helped you and thinking about the technicians. I guess this is more relevant in terms of developing a relationship with the printing agency and then them going the extra mile for you. It is less likely in a bigger printing agency and is more for the smaller ones, I think.
Also they brought up the point of feasibility. We need to look at.
----> How they would make it?
----> Finding places to make it?
----> Giving them the process?
----> Show them how?
----> Sticking to their budgets to make the idea happen?
----> Finding common channels, such as where they do their promotional stuff or get materials?
Lecture 2- NZ post- Segmentation
-This lecture was about how to classify people or build personas without going into stereotypical classifications.
An Example of this is:
-A Young adult starting out
--- entering the workforce
--- entering tertiary education
-People shouldn't be put in boxes or stereotyped before fact. We should show what they need rather than what they are.
-NZ post did a life management study to see how people's lives differed and the affects it had. They split the study into three topics:
-Shopping for products
-Shopping for services
-Managing finances
-They found that their needs corresponded with life circumstances, weren't related directly to the stereotypes and weren't all that common although the study was through common topics.
-They found that is is important to reassess how we describe our audiences. We should be individualizing to cater to their individual needs and what makes them different.
In summary the most important part of segmentation is to:
-Understand need ( actual, factual, everyday need).
-In terms of NZ post they went out and asked people what they needed. They found that people were open to what they needed. However, need and want are sometimes intertwined so we should also filtered out what is a want and find what they need.
-Segment only to their differing needs.
Example:
What do intending tertiary students need?
-What do I need to do ( and in what order), when and how?
-They went through a process of asking people, then testing their prototypes on their audience and getting feedback and ultimately came back with a developed app.
-Sarah
-Was mostly on the fact that technology keeps developing at a pace faster than it can be taught.
-Seek the 'minimum technology' such as books before going straight into creating on the computer. Iterations on paper is usually faster to get out initial ideas.
-In terms of iterations-- learning from them and avoiding variations.
-It also highlighted the point that feedback is a crucial point in knowing what went well and what didn't.
-They also talked about how it is good to give feedback or rewards to technicians such as printing places. This takes into account the whole respecting that they've helped you and thinking about the technicians. I guess this is more relevant in terms of developing a relationship with the printing agency and then them going the extra mile for you. It is less likely in a bigger printing agency and is more for the smaller ones, I think.
Also they brought up the point of feasibility. We need to look at.
----> How they would make it?
----> Finding places to make it?
----> Giving them the process?
----> Show them how?
----> Sticking to their budgets to make the idea happen?
----> Finding common channels, such as where they do their promotional stuff or get materials?
Lecture 2- NZ post- Segmentation
-This lecture was about how to classify people or build personas without going into stereotypical classifications.
An Example of this is:
-A Young adult starting out
--- entering the workforce
--- entering tertiary education
-People shouldn't be put in boxes or stereotyped before fact. We should show what they need rather than what they are.
-NZ post did a life management study to see how people's lives differed and the affects it had. They split the study into three topics:
-Shopping for products
-Shopping for services
-Managing finances
-They found that their needs corresponded with life circumstances, weren't related directly to the stereotypes and weren't all that common although the study was through common topics.
-They found that is is important to reassess how we describe our audiences. We should be individualizing to cater to their individual needs and what makes them different.
In summary the most important part of segmentation is to:
-Understand need ( actual, factual, everyday need).
-In terms of NZ post they went out and asked people what they needed. They found that people were open to what they needed. However, need and want are sometimes intertwined so we should also filtered out what is a want and find what they need.
-Segment only to their differing needs.
Example:
What do intending tertiary students need?
-What do I need to do ( and in what order), when and how?
-They went through a process of asking people, then testing their prototypes on their audience and getting feedback and ultimately came back with a developed app.
-Sarah
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Friday, 18 September 2015
More Research into Young Adults
Young Adults- Mindset and Needs these days
Youth
have become ‘digital natives’ by growing up most of their lives using
technology. Electrical capacity such as power outlets fuels wireless activity. Many users want to plug in their wireless
devices into outlets especially when battery tends to run low when sending videos or socializing through the digital universe. Most users don’t want to be stuck in one spot for long but they will be
more willing to if their battery is low. This would mean they would expect to find a power outlet in the library or anywhere they are (Peters, 2013).
Young
adults specifically in their early 20’s are developing more independence, so
creating a welcoming place to ‘hang out’ and ‘socialise’ would appeal to this
audience. Libraries are facing challenges in this digital age competing with
other activities and the fact that youth now have opportunities to access
knowledge and resources without using the library (Brock & Rankin, 2012).
In order
to recognise the value the library has to the youth, we need to take into
account the behaviour of millennials and their information needs. Young Adults
have grown up in a world which digital technologies are an everyday and
familiar presence. Technology is an active source for interpreting the world
around us. The library therefore needs to be equipped with the capacities to
cater to their technology needs (Brock & Rankin, 2012). Youth have become the “generation
who have grown up in an age of exhibitionist social media and selfies” (Macdonald,
2014, p 25). Understanding the needs of young adults will encourage youth to
visit and enjoy their library experience more. This is especially important in
forming options for the next generation of library users.
The Library is not only a reading space but a working space. It is a space that users go to seek comfort, quietness and also can be a social space. This was identified through the observation of users at WCL, we saw that the users were naturally drawn to the sides of the library where there were desks and also where most of the natural light came through. These people were also using their own devices with some using books as resources as well.
More people are embracing the idea of B.Y.O.D (bring your own device). The library has computers but the files and programs on personal computers are prevalent in comparison. Rather than compete with personal devices, meeting the needs of users by supplying more power sources is priority.
More people are embracing the idea of B.Y.O.D (bring your own device). The library has computers but the files and programs on personal computers are prevalent in comparison. Rather than compete with personal devices, meeting the needs of users by supplying more power sources is priority.
References:
Macdonald,
N. (2014). Demanding narcissists or misunderstood modern hippies. Retrieved
from http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/10153540/Demanding-narcissists-or-misunderstood-modern-hippies
Brock, A., & Rankin, C.
(2012). Library Services for Children and Young Adults : Challenges and
Opportunities in the Digital Age. London: Facet Publishing.
Peters,
T. A. (2013). The Handheld Library: Mobile Technology and the Librarian. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
Young Adults Value in the space in relation to Budget
When the space is valued by young adults, the space would be used more often. Investors look for how much the space is being used and this determines whether it is a worthwhile investment. So increasing this will ultimately increase investments into the library (LIANZA, 2014). Instead of trying to change the mindset of people who have grown up with technology, maybe embracing this and adding ways to support a good working environment. This would be going with the whole idea of comfort and connection which will hopefully result in people sharing and recommending.
Reference:
LIANZA (September, 2014). Valuing
our Libraries. Retrieved from http://www.lianza.org.nz/sites/default/files/LIANZA%20report%20v1.0.pdf
Reference:
http://www.lianza.org.nz/profession/facts-figures
Colour Swatches
I think maybe just using two colours would be good. Went for more earthy colours since its a more approachable colour pallet. Kinda links in with be more comfortable but adding colour to an area would make it more prominent from other areas in the library so also reducing invisibility.
In terms of power supply stuff
Possibly having both the option of more fixed power outlets ---with the option of--- borrowing portable power supplies.
-Found a University library that has these small table plug in points for phones and tablets. -They also have an option to borrow portable battery chargers aswell.
-The idea of having the power sources was to enhance the study spaces.
Their portable battery charger system:
- Chargers circulate for 4 hours to anyone with a current UB borrowing card.
- Overdue fines are assessed at the same rate as library books.
- A $65 replacement fee will be assessed for lost chargers.
Reference:
http://library.buffalo.edu/power/
-Other things to consider are maybe incorporating some vcd stuff into the ideas. Maybe signs or flyers just to introduce the idea.
-Sarah
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Meeting discussion- week 8
Ideas to push forward or decide between
Both ideas in relation to comfort and reducing invisibility?How can these ideas specifically cater to Adults and New Adults?
How do we communicate to the Audience?
How will the audience know about the space?
Form a strategy. communication method or dialogue? (social media, flyers?)
how to test ideas/prototypes? (observe?, Ask?)
Why would students go to the central library over the uni library? (when uni library is closer)
How does this all get people to sign up to the library? (most important priority over use of space?)
Choosing one of the two ideas?
Sun room
-Could may be sort of integrated with way finding somehow (poles)
-The feel of the space ->Colour?
-Clearing an existing area instead of building a new area (budget)
-Type of furniture/tables
-Material costs, furniture costs
-Reflective surfaces/ Redirect heat/warmth
Portable Power Supply
-Weight/size-- determines how portable it is?
-Looking at other examples such as airports?
-Cost of hiring?, Will our audience be willing to hire it?
-Revenue Research
-Real world needs?
-Scan library cards to be able to access the power supply?, maybe a money loading system for library cards?
-Consider both permanent power terminals as well as portable power sources? Enable having the option to go to specific spots or the option to bring power to desired spots in the library.
So we'll each be doing research in relation to the two ideas.
-Probably relate it to being comfortable and invisibility
-Possible opportunities for revenue (they did want to see how it can generate revenue)
-How does it increase library memberships
-Think of some ways we could form a strategy. communication method or dialogue.
-Presentation- how will we test and show our ideas ---> The extent of prototypes?
-Presentation stuff will probably determine what goes in dossier as well.
Note: All probably needs to be done before client meeting on Tuesday
-probably just post stuff here on blog or on facebook
week 8 lecture notes
Lecture 1- UX and UI
This lecture was pretty much about Brain Lucid's take on the web in the present and the past.
UX
- Is more about the system and structure of the web and designing tools for others to use. He said he found it more interesting when people didn't know what they wanted and he had a blank canvas to work from.
-Is about finding out how to explain what we need to know and how to structure it
-Research
-info/Architecture(wireframes) ---> managing the complexity
-User flow---> controlling the pace of info and how it all integrates together
UI
-Visual response such as colour, type
The concept of the death of the web
-Websites used to be a undefined medium and a 'playground' or 'experiment'
-Nowadays websites look similar (he showed us some examples and they did look pretty much the same)--> which isn't pushing anything further ---> causing generic to win
-It isn't about whether the design is good enough
-->Shared toolsets such as code and frameworks (dynamic/Flexible structures such as wordpress) --> people misusing these shared codes (people need to be responsible for use of code)
--->Reliance on Defaults
--->Devaluation of visual language
--->New Design Paradigms such as Responsive design (figuring out how to use it well?)
Emerging Trends
-The age of typographic websites is an emerging trend
-Having objects overlap
-White space (activated/purpose)
Other things to consider
-Performance as a design--> Optimizing for mobiles that may be slow?
-Find tools and modify for things you want to make -- and -- don't modify your design to fit the tools
-Grids are not containers and are meant to be challenged
-The web is not print (organize content)
-Typography on the web is in its golden age
Lecture 2-- Feedback on presentations as a whole
-Cite content/Research (where the information is all from)-Spellcheck and make sure the language is all consistent
-Show your process e.g. photos showing you've been to the space, 'you said we heard'- showing that we're listening and responding to the clients
-Show that we've been looking at their stuff
-Evidence of Ideas-- In presentation and dossier (should be the same)
-Production,costs,timeline
-Show coherence -- show ideas in context/situation
-Videos (quick and show something you can't present)
-Show Design leadership-- what idea does the concept link to
-Sarah
Monday, 7 September 2015
Saturday, 5 September 2015
Website Concept/Development
Since the main idea behind out Dossier was to present three ideas and let the client have their choice. A few experiments were done to redesign a website with a different search bar and an interactive image in the centre of the home page.
Here are a few experiments
After getting some advice I'm thinking of leaning more towards this idea
(Better quality ones will be completed soon I just need to fix up things, font and layout things, and also make examples of how it looks on ipads and phones.)
Friday, 4 September 2015
Jordan - Library concepts
To present the Library clients with some ideas in our mid semester presentations it is time to start generating and developing ideas, finding problems and thinking of solutions.
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The first concept is a more relaxed and friendly area for the library that would appeal to members of the target age bracket. A lounge type area where people can hang out, read books and even enjoy some sun if it were to incorporate the outdoor area.
When investigating the Library an issue that we noticed was the lack of power supply to all the little nooks and tucked away spaces in the Library. People of the target audience (students/millennials) in general are technological people that would like to be able to charge their devices on the go in the Library.
A small mock up for the dossier spread (below)
-Jordan
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Dossier assignments
1. Background: definitions, context, opportunities
- Vanessa
2. Issues: from preliminary project assessment (assessments from client, what do you understand are the main obstacles in your clients problem/opportunity?)
- Vanessa
3. Response: approach or strategy (target audience-personas?,strategy)
- Vanessa
4. Thought leadership: your take on the project, proposal summary
- Sarah
5. Scope: deliverables, description of each
(concepts/written explanation per person)
- Zoe, Josepth + Jordan
6. Budget: the when and how
printing and materials
7. Flowchart/Timeline: the when and how, critical path, the process, sequencing
- Sarah
8. team members: biographies, strong and well-rounded, relevant experience
(each person writes own biography)
-Sarah, Vanessa, Zoe, Josepth + Jordan
paste in a new google doc or upload file/doc to google drive
-Sarah, Vanessa, Zoe, Josepth + Jordan
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