Monday, February 28, 2011
Reading Response 08
Basically what I got from the last few chapters of Heskett was that design is crazy universal, context seems to be a word that acknowledges EVERYTHING. Design permeates all fields. Although it's nearly impossible to define, human design and creation inhabits nearly every aspect of the tangible world in which we live. I think Heskett talks in circles a lot, trying to reiterate this point. Since designs definition is so ellusive, it's even harder trying to fit it into the constraints of a business model. Creativity is competitive enough as it is. Competition and technological advances will forever evolve the definition of design.
Journal 08: Coleman Project- Personal Documentation
http://kursinskis.blogspot.com/
http://dsgnstudent.blogspot.com/
http://kabauer.tumblr.com/
http://dpizzodesign.blogspot.com/
http://marshmallowdesign200.blogspot.com/
The group progress of the Coleman Project has been great. We were hesitant to solidify an idea right away but got positive feedback on the dorm washing machine concept. Everyone has been helpful in bouncing ideas around, we are still in the preliminary brainstorming stages but now that we have decided on a direction I'm confident that we will make steady progress on the remainder of the project. Personally I have acted out in a majority of the brainstorming of the group. As of now we don't have sketches to add, but hopefully in the coming week we will produce some good solid frame work.
http://dsgnstudent.blogspot.com/
http://kabauer.tumblr.com/
http://dpizzodesign.blogspot.com/
http://marshmallowdesign200.blogspot.com/
The group progress of the Coleman Project has been great. We were hesitant to solidify an idea right away but got positive feedback on the dorm washing machine concept. Everyone has been helpful in bouncing ideas around, we are still in the preliminary brainstorming stages but now that we have decided on a direction I'm confident that we will make steady progress on the remainder of the project. Personally I have acted out in a majority of the brainstorming of the group. As of now we don't have sketches to add, but hopefully in the coming week we will produce some good solid frame work.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Journal 07
5 manufacturers or retailers who specialize in outdoor camping and recreation products
http://www.aqua-sun-intl.com/
http://www.atncorp.com/
http://www.biblertents.com/
http://cascadedesigns.com/
http://www.coleman.com/
http://www.homegoods.com/decorating-access.asp
http://www.arhaus.com/
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/default.aspx
http://www.potterybarn.com/
http://www.aprilaire.com/
http://www.aqua-sun-intl.com/
http://www.atncorp.com/
http://www.biblertents.com/
http://cascadedesigns.com/
http://www.coleman.com/
PHOTOS
5 manufacturers or retailers who specialize in indoor home goods productshttp://www.homegoods.com/decorating-access.asp
http://www.arhaus.com/
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/default.aspx
http://www.potterybarn.com/
http://www.aprilaire.com/
DEFINITION
Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing situated in, or intended for use in the interior of a building.PHOTOS
Reading Response 07
After the reading from Cradle to Cradle this week I decided to look further into nutrient flow. Since the survival of the modern metropolis relies in such nutrient flows I figured it was important to understand. I found this humorous, yet informative video to help explain the cycle...
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Course Response 07
The videos we watched in class this week produced by the Eames seemed pointless to me. It's amazing that as designers they have reached out to so many other forms of media, and experience with different crafts has to help with design ideas. My problem with the videos is that they seem somewhat pretentious. Q&A just left me with more questions than answers, and Eames clipped responses were irritating.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Journal 06: Media Review
Design and Color:
Color theory is a practice that has been studied since the early Italian Renaissance, dating back to influential artists and such design oriented individuals as Leonardo da Vinci and Alberti. Color Theory concerns itself with the visual arts and serves as a guide to the perceptible and psychological effect of specific color combinations. There are three relative attributes that affect visible color, and they include shade, saturation, and hue. These factors are meant to more concretely define the "highly contextual and flexible behavior of color perception".
The Art of Color by Johannes Itten:
"In this book, the world's foremost color theorist examines two different approaches to understanding the art of color. Subjective feelings and objective color principles are described in detail and clarified by color reproductions."
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Color-Subjective-Experience-Objective/dp/0471289280/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297707661&sr=1-1
Smashing Magazine:
Color Theory for Designers
This sight helps describe the subjective matter or color and design, from cultural differences in color meanings to personal preference.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color/
Color Matters:
Explore how the concept of color can be approached from several disciplines: physiology, psychology, philosophy, and art. The site provides several resources about color and its relationship with other human activities.
http://www.colormatters.com/
Color Harmony Compendium: A Complete Color Reference for Designers of All Types, 25th Anniversary Edition by Terry Marks:
Color theory is a practice that has been studied since the early Italian Renaissance, dating back to influential artists and such design oriented individuals as Leonardo da Vinci and Alberti. Color Theory concerns itself with the visual arts and serves as a guide to the perceptible and psychological effect of specific color combinations. There are three relative attributes that affect visible color, and they include shade, saturation, and hue. These factors are meant to more concretely define the "highly contextual and flexible behavior of color perception".
The Art of Color by Johannes Itten:
"In this book, the world's foremost color theorist examines two different approaches to understanding the art of color. Subjective feelings and objective color principles are described in detail and clarified by color reproductions."
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Color-Subjective-Experience-Objective/dp/0471289280/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297707661&sr=1-1
Smashing Magazine:
Color Theory for Designers
This sight helps describe the subjective matter or color and design, from cultural differences in color meanings to personal preference.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color/
Color Matters:
Explore how the concept of color can be approached from several disciplines: physiology, psychology, philosophy, and art. The site provides several resources about color and its relationship with other human activities.
http://www.colormatters.com/
Color Harmony Compendium: A Complete Color Reference for Designers of All Types, 25th Anniversary Edition by Terry Marks:
A selection of content from the entire Color Harmony library offers readers the most comprehensive reference book on the usage of color available today. Included are swatches and material for designers and all types of artists looking for inspiration and guidance to ensure the right color choices for every project.
Color in Motion:
An animated and interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism.
Reading Response 06
Once again the message recieved in chapters 1-3 of Cradle to Cradle exude fear and destruction of our planet. McDonough depicts the unattainable premises of the Industrial Revolution, along with its destructive force that rivals the benefits it produces. It makes you wonder how such ingenius thinkers could completely eliminate the prosperity of our environment when producing some of the most accomplished commercial systems in history. As humans we are responsible for the world we help create and we have developed some really bad habits, but I guess we are just following by example.
Course Response 06
"The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." -Albert Einstein
I stumbles across this quote Wednesday after class and thought it correlated perfectly to the RIP! documentary. One of the greatest individual thinkers of our time, and a proclaimed genius can even admitt to the fact that his brilliance is heavily supported by other peoples ideas. I am a heavy believer in individual creativity to some extent, but expounding on an already good idea never hurt anyone. In fact, it probably benefits countless numbers of people. In some ways, borrowing from others is almost like a team effort. Collaboration is a highly valuable creative tool in most productive environments, so why can't collaboration and sampling ideas be seens as a broader scope of team work, rather than copyrite infringement.
I stumbles across this quote Wednesday after class and thought it correlated perfectly to the RIP! documentary. One of the greatest individual thinkers of our time, and a proclaimed genius can even admitt to the fact that his brilliance is heavily supported by other peoples ideas. I am a heavy believer in individual creativity to some extent, but expounding on an already good idea never hurt anyone. In fact, it probably benefits countless numbers of people. In some ways, borrowing from others is almost like a team effort. Collaboration is a highly valuable creative tool in most productive environments, so why can't collaboration and sampling ideas be seens as a broader scope of team work, rather than copyrite infringement.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Journal 05: 50 Things
50 Interesting Things: A Walk in my Neighborhood
1.) The asphalt is littered with pot holes.
2.) The street is always lined with cars
3.) These cars just happened to be covered with a sheet of ice
4.) Someone is attempting to get into their ice cube of a car using a rag and hot water to melt the lock.
5.) A majority of the cars are white, silver, or black, with an occassional blue or red.
6.) There is a pretty good mix of types of cars. They range from compact cars to SUV's.
7.) There is a couple standing near a car. They are the victims of a hit and run it appears.
8.) Their car has a huge dent in the left rear, and there is debri all over the road. They even moved a large chunk of their bumper to the sidewalk.
9.) Everyone uses bumper stickers to express themselves. Self expression in a sticker or license plate cover, even though most of them just remark on the Buckeyes.
10.) Cars lined up behind peoples houses are like a moving maze.
11.) Everytime I am walking in the world as a pedestrian I think of the psychological difference between pedestrian and driver. When you're not behind the wheel of the car it's like us against them.
12.) Most people walk to campus who live in my neighborhood.
13.) I'm pretty sure that I passes Neo from The Matrix when I walked by starbucks.
14.) It's interesting to see someone dressed so uniquely in a sea of Ugg Boots and Northface jackets.
15.) The sidewalk is like an iceskating rink.
16.) A majority of people are walking in the street.
17.) When everyone was encounters a common obstacle like the ice storm everyone bands together. People who would normally just pass by actually offer up words of encouragement or at least make an attempt at humor about the situation.
18.) It's literally impossible to walk on the sidewalk.
19.) I'm suprised I haven't seen anyone fall yet.
20.) None of the ice I have encountered is a clean slab, it's all a rocky mess, and extremely bumpy.
21.) People have started making pathways through yards.
22.) Even the grass below the foot paths is frozen with ice
23.) Everything that looks safe is not safe to walk on.
24.) The ice is literally elevated the level of the road. Cars are parked on a block of ice, while the driving area is lower than the rest.
25.) It amazes me how many people don't wear gloves.
26.) It also amazes me how many peolple don't have the propper foot wear for this weather.
27.) The trees are phenominal. All of their branches are covered with ice. Each individual twig is encases in its own frozen cocoon.
28). There's nothing in or on the trees that is visible, all life is frozen up there.
29.) The branches are weighted down so low in some spots they almost touch the ground.
30.) An unlucky car parked on the street became the victim of a falling branch.
31.) It's still raining to the point I have to carry an umbrella.
32.) The water on the street is rushing with speed that keeps it from freezing.
33.) The temperature must be resting right around 33 degrees.
34.) I dont think the sun was shining at all today.
35.) There are footprints frozen everywhere you walk.
36.) The alleys are dead, no one is daring enough to skate down them.
37.) The trashcans are dripping sewage into the streets.
38.) Some of the trashcans have huge ice cicles of their own hanging off the sides.
39.) Someones bike was left outside and the spokes of the tires are covered in ice. I don't think they are going to be able to get anywhere tomorrow.
40.) The traffic is suprisingly heavy for the current weather conditions.
41.) I have so far seen 40 Northface jackets.
42.) No one has had the same color scarf on.
43.) Most girls are wearing some sort of boot, while guys usually have on some sort of sneaker.
44.) Why do some guys refuse to wear a coat?
45.) The sky is the same boring grey it's been for months.
46.) Most cars are actually shiny and clean looking from the rain.
47.) The wind has stopped blowing for the time being.
48.) Umbrellas never keep your back from getting wet.
49.) There's a trampled McDonalds bag in the street.
50.) Everything is moving at a snails pace.
1.) The asphalt is littered with pot holes.
2.) The street is always lined with cars
3.) These cars just happened to be covered with a sheet of ice
4.) Someone is attempting to get into their ice cube of a car using a rag and hot water to melt the lock.
5.) A majority of the cars are white, silver, or black, with an occassional blue or red.
6.) There is a pretty good mix of types of cars. They range from compact cars to SUV's.
7.) There is a couple standing near a car. They are the victims of a hit and run it appears.
8.) Their car has a huge dent in the left rear, and there is debri all over the road. They even moved a large chunk of their bumper to the sidewalk.
9.) Everyone uses bumper stickers to express themselves. Self expression in a sticker or license plate cover, even though most of them just remark on the Buckeyes.
10.) Cars lined up behind peoples houses are like a moving maze.
11.) Everytime I am walking in the world as a pedestrian I think of the psychological difference between pedestrian and driver. When you're not behind the wheel of the car it's like us against them.
12.) Most people walk to campus who live in my neighborhood.
13.) I'm pretty sure that I passes Neo from The Matrix when I walked by starbucks.
14.) It's interesting to see someone dressed so uniquely in a sea of Ugg Boots and Northface jackets.
15.) The sidewalk is like an iceskating rink.
16.) A majority of people are walking in the street.
17.) When everyone was encounters a common obstacle like the ice storm everyone bands together. People who would normally just pass by actually offer up words of encouragement or at least make an attempt at humor about the situation.
18.) It's literally impossible to walk on the sidewalk.
19.) I'm suprised I haven't seen anyone fall yet.
20.) None of the ice I have encountered is a clean slab, it's all a rocky mess, and extremely bumpy.
21.) People have started making pathways through yards.
22.) Even the grass below the foot paths is frozen with ice
23.) Everything that looks safe is not safe to walk on.
24.) The ice is literally elevated the level of the road. Cars are parked on a block of ice, while the driving area is lower than the rest.
25.) It amazes me how many people don't wear gloves.
26.) It also amazes me how many peolple don't have the propper foot wear for this weather.
27.) The trees are phenominal. All of their branches are covered with ice. Each individual twig is encases in its own frozen cocoon.
28). There's nothing in or on the trees that is visible, all life is frozen up there.
29.) The branches are weighted down so low in some spots they almost touch the ground.
30.) An unlucky car parked on the street became the victim of a falling branch.
31.) It's still raining to the point I have to carry an umbrella.
32.) The water on the street is rushing with speed that keeps it from freezing.
33.) The temperature must be resting right around 33 degrees.
34.) I dont think the sun was shining at all today.
35.) There are footprints frozen everywhere you walk.
36.) The alleys are dead, no one is daring enough to skate down them.
37.) The trashcans are dripping sewage into the streets.
38.) Some of the trashcans have huge ice cicles of their own hanging off the sides.
39.) Someones bike was left outside and the spokes of the tires are covered in ice. I don't think they are going to be able to get anywhere tomorrow.
40.) The traffic is suprisingly heavy for the current weather conditions.
41.) I have so far seen 40 Northface jackets.
42.) No one has had the same color scarf on.
43.) Most girls are wearing some sort of boot, while guys usually have on some sort of sneaker.
44.) Why do some guys refuse to wear a coat?
45.) The sky is the same boring grey it's been for months.
46.) Most cars are actually shiny and clean looking from the rain.
47.) The wind has stopped blowing for the time being.
48.) Umbrellas never keep your back from getting wet.
49.) There's a trampled McDonalds bag in the street.
50.) Everything is moving at a snails pace.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Reading Response 05
The introduction of Cradle to Cradle is terrifying. Thinking of all the toxic chemicals and particles that are accumulating in my body just as I type this reading response puts a pit in my stomach, and set my mind on over drive. I have trouble moving through my day with my new found knowledge of all the other silent killers humans use on a daily basis. It's also terrifying that it seems the reason we live in the poisonous world has a lot to do with money and the affordability of creating products that are slowly causing our ultimate decay. Since money makes the world go round it is a scary thought to comprehend that environmentalists may lose the fight against industry in our capitalistic society.
Course Response 05
The concept we talked about in class this week that stuck with me the whole weekend was biomimicry. My favorite point Mcdonough made in the TED video we watched dealt with the concept. He remarks on the genius and complexity that a single tree possess, "If we think about the tree as a design, it’s something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, provides a habitat for hundreds of species, accrues solar energy, makes complex sugars and food, creates micro-climates, self-replicates. So, what would it be like to design a building like a tree? What would it be like to design a city like a forest? So what would a building be like if it were photosynthetic? What if it took solar energy and converted it to productive and delightful use?" There is so much a designer can learn from reproducing natural systems, and what better way to preserve resources than to mimic the ecosystems they come from.
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