Prototypes

Here are some prototypes to improve the toothpaste tube. What do you think? Questions? Suggestions?

Group at work!

Here's my group in design working on our prototypes to improve the toothpaste tube! Enjoy!

Writer's Toolbox

In the first stages of designing the designer needs to some sort of preliminary brainstorming or sketching to get thoughts and ideas flowing. There are many different methods of brainstorming and some of those include; Mind Maps, Concept Maps, Free-writing, .Brain-wrinting, and Word Lists. Mind Maps and Concept Maps are similar in that they both include, text and visual, which can be helpful to those who prefer visuals. Brain-wirting is used in group projects; in a grid each group member writes down at least three ideas. Word Lists and Free-Writing are similar because both are just writing down thoughts and ideas as you think of them. All of these methods help a designer to sooner achieve a well-designed product.

IDEO Blog

After watching a video featuring the IDEO design process firm, I learned many things about the design process of new products. The process involves many stages that include, learning about the current product, what's bad/good, who uses it, etc, then trying different and new designs that improve the product. One very important piece of information I learned was to come up with weird, out of the box ideas, so then more realistic ideas are though of, and end up being really good. After lots of information, numerous sketches, ideas, and prototypes a designer can come up with a really well designed object/product.

Toothpaste Tube

For design class we are re-designing a badly designed object, my object is a toothpaste tube. So here's a picture of a toothpaste tube, and a brainstorming maps for a better design! I'll keep you posted on our new designs to come! Enjoy

http://jessicahische.is/awesome/

Check this website out, this designer is a illustrator, letterer, and graphic designer. She does some really awesome work that I absolutely love!! Check it out!!

Finished Design Poster

I finished my first Design Poster!!! What do you think?

Successful Drawings for Design Class

Drawings of a well designed object, an earbud. These are a couple of successful drawings I did for that project. Enjoy! :)

Really Cool Painting-Tall Painting

http://youtu.be/d6egUsZvWu4?hd=1
Check it out!!
What do you think about the artist that came up with the idea, isn't actually doing the work? Do you think its ok? Or do you think that he shouldn't be given credit since he didn't do the actual work?

Reaction to Reading 01

Reaction to Reading 01

Design is everywhere we go, we see it, deal with it, and change design all the time. Whether or not your job occupation is a “Designer” everyone designs many things throughout their day. Designing is solving problems, coming up with solutions, and improving ideas, things and products. People design things to cater to their needs, and while doing that people learn to work well with others. In addition, people also learn what works well together, and what doesn’t, not just with a product but with life and what is happening all around us.

Don Norman

Reaction to, Don Norman on Three Ways Good Design Makes You Happy.

Happiness creates a better design, and people enjoy using and want things that make them happy and feel good. Something can make a person feel powerful or nervous. A person is going to pick the good/safe option because it makes them feel better. A fun design more often than not makes the consumer enjoy using the product, and when you design when you are happy the end result is easier to get to and often better than if you were not happy. This pertained to major because in graphic design your design should make the consumer feel, and make them want to look at the ad, or buy the product.

Dieter Rams

Dieter Rams

Ten principles or (commmandments) to use to consider if something has good design.

1. Innovation
2. Needs to be useful and functional
3. Aesthetic Quality
4. Consumer should understand the product
5. Neutral, a tool, not art or decoration(unobtrusive)
6. Honest, says what its going to do, not more or less
7. Long lasting(not trendy)
8. Detailed and Thorough
9. Environmentally Friendly
10. Less is More, Simplicity

According to designer Dieter Rams there are many things when trying to decide if something is well-designed. I learned that not only does something need to look good, but needs to work well, and function for the consumer. The product should be in honest in what its function is and should not be trendy but be long-lasting in both design and function. In addition it should be simple and to the point while being environmentally friendly. It pertains to my major because in graphic design you always have to consider the design principles when it comes to designing anything.

Objectified

In Design class we watched this awesome movie Objectified, it was about Industrial Design, it was so interesting, and I really enjoyed it.

                Everything that we use everyday has been designed. Designers sketched, tested, and problem solved until the product meets the needs of the consumer. Designers are constantly designing, and questioning design features, so in result designers often have a better understanding of the needs of a person using an everyday object. When designing designers attempt to create harmony, that leads to a more efficient product that the consumer loves to use.