Dawrings of 01-04 parameters (Design as Communication: Representing Things & Ideas )

To start this project, we need to draw a lot pictures for our own chosen object--a hand tool. Professor asked us ro finish drawing our object in 10 secinds. I think it can help us to find out the main structure of object as soon as we can. I think it is really fun. But there are still hundreds of pictures to me to do. 

Reflection of a Work in Design Department Faculty Exhibition

The object I choose is Emelie Chesher's (Photomedia.)
The idea he explains and the way he made this work interests me very much.
By this work, he seems to describe the one who lives in the dark but desire sunlight and beauty. The designer uses a "she" to represent some particular people.

 "She" is looking at the everything outside through the window. The world "she" sees is pretty and free.

It looks that "She" stays in a dark room alone. The smoke of cigarette showes "her" certain kind of spirit, like "she" is thinking about something or struggling in her mind.

                                 In this picture, "she"  makes up her face.

She try to make "herself" look pretty, just like Marylin Monroe.

"She" done "her" face-painting and  turn around to try to look through the window which is covered with shades.

The designer uses inanimate doll as a representation, which describes some people's kind of  declining spirit. The push pin and staples on doll's head and face compare with the doll that is originally beatiful, which greatly stimulate people. It mainly showes a desire towards beauty. I like the way she make this work.
For a relation to what we learned in class, the designer make all part work togather very well. They collaberate and respectively play own  roles. Besides, the materials he uses are all from normal life, which is easy for people to handle and get the meaning.

My Reflections on Understanding Comics Reading

This reading is very interesting. It talks about how we deal with visual information. We can self created race. We always use our imagination to look at this world. What we see are just something covered. We use our imagination to make everthing sense. To study how the way we look at this world can help us a lot on designing so that we can communicate better with people by our designing. Besides,there are some points need to be noted. Humans are a self-centered race, and we see ourselves in everything. Art makes visible. Word is abstract expression.

Design is life

The reason why I chose Industrial Design is tha it has a wide range, which is very consistent with the major I want. I think design is life. Everything in our lives could be designed so that it would be suitable for our or personal existences. I like the environment in the short movie "IDEO" which we saw before, everyone has their different own designed working cabins. I am so exicted to see our environment is filled with our ideas. Nowdays, Industial Design covers all sorts of stuff we use around us. We can see it every where in our lives, from small thing, like push pins, to large stuff, like planes. I am still not sure which paticular job I would like to do,but I believe my answer is in Industrial Design.

Besides, no matter what career I will have, I think Industrial Design could also help me a lot. In Industial Design, we always looking for better ways to solve all kinds of problems. I think I could  learned much usefull knowledge, actually, I have gotten pretty much experience from Industrial Design. Although I may not have a job about design in the future, I will keep what I learned from Design---never stop thinking a better way, which would help all the way in my life.

Ending 2nd project,Starting my 3rd project.

After going through so many diffculties, our group finished our project. Fortunately, I had three good teamates. I am here to thank them so much for their helps. I hope that I did not bring out troubles for them. I will keep trying my best to understand their ideas and make my thoughts clear.

Writting down our ideas.

Ideas.

Making prototype.

First generation lighter of us.

Almost the fianl prototype.

I think we need to have a another group photo. It looks I am not in group.

From 1st to final prototype.

Final protoytpe.

For next project, we are going to pick five and hand tools and draw at least three pictures for every single one. I think I can do it better and better!

Have a good weekend, everyone!!!

What I Learned from IDEO Movie

After watching this little video, I really think much about designing. I think living itself is a designing. I saw so manny funny and interesting "traps" and nicknacks in video. Every person's working enviroment is a peice of great design in that company. They make everything goes in fantastic ways, like placing the bike on ceiling to have more room, make the door into a big folder and so on. They are awesome!
Besides, we also looked the process of they work out a new shopping cart. What deepest impression I have is their teamwork. I did not do much teamwork before. The power of a group is much more big than a single man. They generated so many good ideas and worked out a product very effectively, which just costs five days.
Another point I learned from video is that we need to communicate with consumers. Interviewing is very important.
It helps me a lot on my studying design.

4th HWK, A combination of lighter and cigaretee box

It takes me almost 3 and half hours to think about and draw. To review my design, I still found many problems. It still a lot of work in order to make it real. Welcome to leave messages.

3rd HWK, My Multi-plug Stoket



It is so hard to draw. The cube is so complex.

 Getting more power by this combination.

2nd HWK, which I made mistakes

I had a wrong work. I  should have drawn ten sketches for one object. I have to listen to professor's language more carfully.

1st HWK, 5 sketches

I just draw these pictures. I have no idea about what do I do next step. I need to know the process of this course.