Via Pleasure and Pain:
1. Sketch out your ideas.2. Pitch idea to room in 3 min.3. Room gets 2 min to critique: 2-3 strengths, 1-2 improvements to make.4. Bring it to life. Prototype the best idea(s), on paper or digitally, and present to client. Then iterate, iterate, iterate.
I'd like to do something like this in a class.
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