[-empyre-] Fw: Re: prototyping fairy tales

[Alexandra Antonopoulou]

Hello to everybody,

 Thank you for your interesting conversations the past weeks. I am Alexandra Antonopoulou and I am PhD 
candidate at Goldsmiths - University of London as well as children books
 illustrator and writer. My research theme is 
'Story-making as a 
methodology for learning and designing. Creating the future children 
stories through a partnership between children and designers.'



I am focusing on the impact of the story-making process on 
children’s learning. When I am referring to the term story-making I will
 not mean only the conception of a story or the thinking up of  stories 
but also the very act of designing and making using the ideas that 
fantasy can offer.



In my case, the children rewrite and reillustrate fairytales 
creating contemporary versions based on their own experiences. This 
enables them learn about design and be given voice as moralizers. They 
have also to design a
 new medium that would host their stories. Therefore, the children use 
the story-making tool for design (a tool that I have created) to use 
fiction as a starting point for prototyping an appropriate object to 
host for their stories.



The making and prototyping acts as a way to bring their fictional 
scenarios in life and translate them in terms of design objects. So 
modelling acts as the materialization of fantasy and play scenarios.

Looking
 forward to your confusions questions and comments.



All the best,
Alexandra Antonopoulou







      
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