Now, that I have actively started writing the essay, I constantly have issues with overwriting. I allocated a specific word count to each chapter to plan my total word count of 6,000 words. Each chapter of the main body is supposed to only have 800 words. Yet, after finishing the first chapter the word count […]
Mind Map
After the research project, I looked for a way to sort the various ideas, examples and fields. I used a mind map on A3 paper and color coded the ideas. It helped me that I tried to group ideas during the research process in my research journal. I put my essay question at the center […]
The Research
Since deciding on the new topic, I quickly started the research process. It took me over a week to source all the available articles on The Ace Hotel. Almost all of them are from rather public domains such as Arcdhaily, New York Times, Financial Times. Some of them are from artistic magazines both offline and […]
Moving into a wrong direction
As I mentioned in my previous blog post, my favorite topic was topi No.3: „The instagrammability of hospitality spaces and the possible effect on hospitality design“. My tutor Dawn warned me very early own that this would not be feasible, but I was fixated on this topic. I drafted an informal research plan, where I […]