January 31, 2011
RR04
RR04
Hasket CH 7-8
In chapter 7 he talked about cultural boundaries of designing. The example i paid most attention to were the defending of the tradition with old and new BT telephone kiosks. Although in the United States today, we rarely have telephone kiosks except the larger cities such as New York. But they are still the traditional pay phones that have been around for years. The older ones like they showed in the pictures are common in Europe, the style that is. The traditional style is attractive to people that would not normally see a red box kiosk with windows in it. The newer ones look completely different and sort of up to date but i think they are less attractive in a sense of design. Which this is when the cultural boundaries come in to play.
Chapter 7 quote: Cultural identity is not fixed, like a fly in amber, but is constantly evolving and mutating, and design is a primary element in stimulating the awareness of possibilities.
In chapter 8 he discussed the system of design, such things like keyboards road signs etc. One thing that i understood from this chapter was that in different cultures and places they work and read differently than the United States. Which consists of navigating through the city or town differently than here. So the design of their road signs are going to have to be read through a way that they can under stand. One of the pictures that they showed in the book was a sign used in Hong Kong and it had so much writing on the road sign that I couldn't even piece together what it could even possibly say. The design of that road sign was so that the people of Hong Kong will understand it before an American could. Basically a small example of the system of coping with diversity.
Hasket CH 7-8
In chapter 7 he talked about cultural boundaries of designing. The example i paid most attention to were the defending of the tradition with old and new BT telephone kiosks. Although in the United States today, we rarely have telephone kiosks except the larger cities such as New York. But they are still the traditional pay phones that have been around for years. The older ones like they showed in the pictures are common in Europe, the style that is. The traditional style is attractive to people that would not normally see a red box kiosk with windows in it. The newer ones look completely different and sort of up to date but i think they are less attractive in a sense of design. Which this is when the cultural boundaries come in to play.
Chapter 7 quote: Cultural identity is not fixed, like a fly in amber, but is constantly evolving and mutating, and design is a primary element in stimulating the awareness of possibilities.
In chapter 8 he discussed the system of design, such things like keyboards road signs etc. One thing that i understood from this chapter was that in different cultures and places they work and read differently than the United States. Which consists of navigating through the city or town differently than here. So the design of their road signs are going to have to be read through a way that they can under stand. One of the pictures that they showed in the book was a sign used in Hong Kong and it had so much writing on the road sign that I couldn't even piece together what it could even possibly say. The design of that road sign was so that the people of Hong Kong will understand it before an American could. Basically a small example of the system of coping with diversity.
January 30, 2011
CR04
CR04
The lecture included ways of obtaining ways of easy access for the disabled. Everyday things like sidewalks and steps don't seem like a big deal to a person who does not have a disability. I liked the idea of having the class actually try to find a way in and out of a building with out using the stairs or making a project of something of the sort. Making a documentary would be a good idea. Such as discovering the struggles of the different obstacles that a disabled person would come across in a single day.
The movie clip of the newly designed automatic wheel chair was a great idea but there was just something about it that didn't seem like it could fit everyone and could potentially be a dangerous thing in some hands. Not necessarily a bad thing but the whole balancing on two wheels just doesn't seem practical in some cases. Such as someone who weighs a great amount, let's say 250-300 lbs. Balancing on two wheels while reaching for high objects.. does not seem like the greatest idea. Although the movie did just show a few things about the wheel chair and they were all really good things and ideas that could work in some cases. But there is a reason why the chair is not popular today and those could be factors holding it back. All in all the movie and the lecture did get me thinking more about the disabled and things that could make their lives as easy to move around as ours.
January 24, 2011
A02
A02
1. Donald Deskey; Industrial Design. Born November 23rd 1894 - April 29th 1989. From Blue Earth, Minnosoda
1. Donald Deskey; Industrial Design. Born November 23rd 1894 - April 29th 1989. From Blue Earth, Minnosoda
- Studied in architecture at USC but didn't follow through with the major. But instead he became an artist and pioneer in the industrial design program.
- In the 30's, he won the competition to design the interiors for Radio City Music Hall.
- In 1940, he developed a decortative form of plywood which had a unique striated, or combed, look to it.
- It was produced under the name Weldec and was very popular in the 1950's.
- Also in the 40's he designed the Cresr toothpaste packaging, the Tide bullseye as well, widely used in NYC.
- He died in the town of Vero Beach, Flordia.
- The same beach in which he retired in, in the 70's
- She was recognized as one of the 1st designers to embrace the computer technology as a reliable tool starting in 1984.
- she heads Los Angeles-based design consultancy Made in Space.
CR03
CR02
Learning the Design process is the one of the most entertaining parts of learning about design so far. The step by step process of the process was the most fulfilling of information.
The movie we watched, The Deep Dive was a documentary of a design company that showed their process in designing a product. Their process was basically like the fun version of the list in the lecture. Showing how they would make a newly designed shopping cart with all of the present issues people normally have with shopping cart. Such as they are unsafe with children in the seats, they are bulky and unable to move from side to side, to name just a few.
Learning the Design process is the one of the most entertaining parts of learning about design so far. The step by step process of the process was the most fulfilling of information.
The movie we watched, The Deep Dive was a documentary of a design company that showed their process in designing a product. Their process was basically like the fun version of the list in the lecture. Showing how they would make a newly designed shopping cart with all of the present issues people normally have with shopping cart. Such as they are unsafe with children in the seats, they are bulky and unable to move from side to side, to name just a few.
J03
J03
Survey
As a college student is meant to explore while their time here, experiments with things such as alcohol and as everyone knows when someone consumes too much alcohol in a such period of time, things become blurry and people loose and miss place things that they would not normally loose in their daily activities. One of the most important objects in a persons life is their phone. It has all of their contacts and source of internet when you forgot you laptop and you have most boring lecture to sit through. You're Blackberry or iPhone is definately like a part of your life and it is devistasting when you went downtown last thursday and left it in the taxi you took home or flushed it down in the Taco Bell toilet (gross, noway i would put my hand in there).
So I took a survey just to see how many students really have this same problem.
The followign are the questions I asked..
-How many phones in 1 year does a college student (you) go trough?
-When are you more likely to loosed your phone? (like certain time of year or quarter)
-How much money do you have to spend on phone's in 1 year?
-Does drinking have a part in the phone loss?
-Do you or your parents have to have to pay for the phone loss?
Out of 20 students, The amount of phone's they have to get during 1 year.
Basically what i have discovered is that, out of 20 college students that were entered in the survey loose at least 1 phone in a 1 year time period. The most volnerable time to loose your phone is during the Summer time (more time on your hands to drink? maybe). With 10 guys and 10 girls it seems that guys spend more money on their phone replacements than girls do. With all of the amounts added up between the 20 came out to be a little over $4500.00, in a year, which is just replacing their lost phone. Finally, it seems that mom and dad have had enough of us loosing our mobile's and do not fork over as much cash as most think. Over 75% of students have to pay for their own new phones. Which adverages out to be about $250 a phone.
I am simply amazed with this small survey that shocking took me by suprise that we college students are being so unresponsible with our most presious devices and in the end have to spend a ton of money that we clearly do not have to replace them. I would like to see what would happen with a much larger survey and more options. Or possibly what phone designers could do to maybe make phones easier to track down or more durable to our fast pace lives.
Survey
As a college student is meant to explore while their time here, experiments with things such as alcohol and as everyone knows when someone consumes too much alcohol in a such period of time, things become blurry and people loose and miss place things that they would not normally loose in their daily activities. One of the most important objects in a persons life is their phone. It has all of their contacts and source of internet when you forgot you laptop and you have most boring lecture to sit through. You're Blackberry or iPhone is definately like a part of your life and it is devistasting when you went downtown last thursday and left it in the taxi you took home or flushed it down in the Taco Bell toilet (gross, noway i would put my hand in there).
So I took a survey just to see how many students really have this same problem.
The followign are the questions I asked..
-How many phones in 1 year does a college student (you) go trough?
-When are you more likely to loosed your phone? (like certain time of year or quarter)
-How much money do you have to spend on phone's in 1 year?
-Does drinking have a part in the phone loss?
-Do you or your parents have to have to pay for the phone loss?
Out of 20 students, The amount of phone's they have to get during 1 year.
I am simply amazed with this small survey that shocking took me by suprise that we college students are being so unresponsible with our most presious devices and in the end have to spend a ton of money that we clearly do not have to replace them. I would like to see what would happen with a much larger survey and more options. Or possibly what phone designers could do to maybe make phones easier to track down or more durable to our fast pace lives.
January 19, 2011
J02
J02
My first image is a sombrero that i have in my room. I really liked the texture of the weaving and the shininess.
The second image is also a hat but again with the weaving of the material, it can easily be influenced in other aspects besides just a hat.
My third image is actually a lamp shade. Lamps are commonly used indoors but the material has a texture that seems like it could be weather proof and the fact that this lamp was made in the 70's most likely.
The fourth image is an indoor use only door, most commonly seen for bedrooms. This is probably not something you want to use for an entrance door or any door that is used for out door use. The texture looks like man made grainy and painted white.
The next couple are the outsides of apartment buildings although they look very different, they all hold up to the harsh Ohio weather and build for long term use.
Red brick has a lot more character than the cream flat colored one. Although serving the same purpose, but has a more vintage look.
White brick. I like this one the least out of the three. I'm not really sure why, but it's something about the over all characteristic of the complex that isnt very thrilling with the white brick. I say go red brick or go home.
The different ground/flooring is the next three. This is a side walk right outside of my apartment complex. It gets very icy in the winter (as do all sidewalks) I like this one better than a normal side walk mostly because it has a different line frame than a normal one. It gives you something to look at while walking on the 5 feet of it.
This is the flooring in my apartment kitchen. As you can tell it looks like it's from the 70's with the vinal type than is actually screwed into the floor and not pasted like real tile. I really hate this floor, I just decided to pick it for my top 10 because of how bad it is and everyone should know that this is never okay to put in any place at any time for any reason.
This is my neighbors garden mulch. I picked this because I like the red and it was actually outside of the white brick complex which is props to whoever did that, using conflicting colors to make the complex stand out.
CR02
CR02
Lecture
The slide show for the class basically in a whole just told about the different aspects of design and how each of branch of design is different and carry completely different purposes. A couple of the facts that I recall from the lecture were the perks from each branch and how they worked.
To begin with Industrial Design came first because of the Industrial Revolution with the mass production and quantity over quality. The quote "that form follows function" sticks out to me in Industrial design and Louis Sullivan, whom i think was considered the father of modern technology, also sticks out to me in this section.
Next, Interior Space Designers whom are not architects, design how a space works on the inside to make a functional public environment. Not to be confused with Interior Decorators. Those are the people on HGTV who design a living space for a specific person at a time in their own living area. An Interior Space Designers also creates for other people but more or less a mass quantity of people. Such as just the public in general.
Then to Visual Design, which takes the printing part into play. With logos, letterheads, business cards and etc. Their primary considerations are to inform, educate, persuade, and entertain. Visual Design goes further into things like symbolism and typography of text.
Basically, from the lecture I learned the more important roles that can come from design which include medical and etc which are not only dealing with the safety of the consumer but also their lives may depend on it also. Which can be misleading to most who do no know exactly what design is. Most may think it is just an aspect of art and nothing to do with anyone. But in reality it has everything to do with everyone.
January 10, 2011
Course Reflection 01 (CR01)
I am interested in the topic of design because I like creating new things that would benefit other people in day to day living. I am looking forward to getting a better idea about design and how to become a better problem solver when it comes to design. I am intending to major in Interior Design. I am taking this class because it is a prerequisite for Interior Design. At first I was concerned with the making of a blog and having to turn our assignments in via blog post. But I have become more comfortable with it and now getting know more about it. My adviser told me about the course and advised me to take it before I took my entrance exam.
January 9, 2011
Journal 01 (J01)
Hi! I’m Amberly McGee. Quick fun fact is my middle initial is a D. So my full name is Amberly D McGee. My parents thought they were being so clever. So anyway, I am a (hopefully) going to be an Interior Design major and a minor of Fine Arts or Art History. I am not entirely sure about anything just yet, I just know I enjoy art and design so I’m just going to see how things work out. I am from a little town about an hour east of Columbus. It sucks. I really love Columbus and never want to live in a small town ever again. I love trying new things and there is always something new in Columbus. I am a 3rd year here and will most likely have to be here for a long time, a 5th year looks like it’s in the future. I am a fun person who is always up for new things with new people and I just love little puppies. I am also a very open person and willing to answer any questions anyone has for me. So if there is anything else you would want to know just ask!
Reading Reflection 01 (RR01)
Driver Take Me to the James
The article basically just explains some of the details about the design of a new hotel in New York. Telling about the “cool” aspects that make this hotel different from other hotels and why someone would want to stay there. The writer of the article explains the designers and their goal with the hotel. Thoughts about the design started in the 90’s and production started in 2007 and just recently opening. He describes The James hotel as a “hip place to stay” and also “the area's most unconventional art space”. Which to me after reading that much The James hotel isn’t just any normal “Inn” but something that was a piece of art that is meant to be looked at and enjoyed. Some of the aspects that are pleasing are the high ceilings that stretch upwards at 15 feet high, “the end wall that is completely covered in thousands of old typewriter and keyboard keys, a site-specific art installation called QWERTY 5. Hugging this wall, a staircase entices guests up to the hotel's restaurant” and the "strong architectural presence". This article is most interested me because of how the writer described the value and presence of the hotel. After reading the article I wanted to visit The James hotel just so I could have the experience of staying in a “piece of art”. The design of the hotel was not only to meet the luxurious needs of wealthy travelers but to have aesthetically pleasing aspects that interest designers. I think this article does have an impact on design. The describing of the minor details that were planned out that make this hotel a place to enjoy and get the experience of the city. Someone might want to read this article if they were visiting New York and wanted to stay somewhere that would be aesthetically pleasing. Also future designers may want to visit The James for idea purposes and the experience.
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