C10

I took this class because I am considering getting a minor in design. This class taught me a lot about all the different aspects of design. One thing I didn't like so much was the lack of group work. I know that we have to learn all the basics, but I thought there would have been more group work. I was a little unsure about the blogging, but it ended up being not so bad. Overall I enjoyed the class.

J10

team:
http://breannaraynedsgn200.blogspot.com/ 
http://macadocious.blogspot.com/ 
http://peainmysoup.blogspot.com/ 
http://lynchdsgn200.blogspot.com/ 
http://dsgnproberg.blogspot.com/ 

J08:
http://jklinedesign200.blogspot.com/2011/02/j08.html 

J09:
http://jklinedesign200.blogspot.com/2011/03/j09.html 

I thought this project went very well. I thought our group worked really well together and came up with a really good product; the firefLITE. Our product went through many design stages. I thought we worked very well together, feeding ideas off one another to come to the final product.  Everyone in the group contributed ideas. One thing we struggled a little with was managing our time and distributing work to everyone. We got everything finished no problem, but I think some stuff was done a little last minute. Overall I think we did a really good job.

J09

team.
http://breannaraynedsgn200.blogspot.com/ 
http://macadocious.blogspot.com/ 
http://peainmysoup.blogspot.com/ 
http://lynchdsgn200.blogspot.com/ 
http://dsgnproberg.blogspot.com/ 

This week we wrapped up the little details of our product. We decided to get rid of the solar panels on the lamp because it didn't really make sense to have them. We also finalized the look of the lamp and the packaging. We spent a lot of time on the packaging, coming up with some really creative elaborate ideas like adding seeds in the package that the kids could plant to create their own bug habitat, but we decided that was too much so we opted for a simpler packaging. One of the problems with including seeds and having the kids grow a habitat was it wasn't really concentrating on the indoors. I tried to keep the group thinking about the indoors. We still have a few final touches to make to the presentation but I think we have worked well together and it will turn out good. 

documentation.

kiosk

RR08

I thought the last two chapters of Heskett brought up some good points. Design has to continue to grow ans develop into new things. The book talked about the importance of having completely new ideas, not just recreating something that already exists. I think this is really important. The book also talked about designing to help people in the lowest levels of poverty. I think this is also important. One idea that I liked was the new packaging for light bulbs that can be used as a shade in houses that just have a bare bulb as the light. It's something so small and I would never think of that but I think it's a really neat idea.

J08

team:
http://breannaraynedsgn200.blogspot.com/
http://macadocious.blogspot.com/
http://peainmysoup.blogspot.com/
http://lynchdsgn200.blogspot.com/
http://dsgnproberg.blogspot.com/

I was not in class for the first meeting, but when I came in Wednesday the team had already come up with a really good idea and we spent the class fine tuning it.  Our idea is to try and bring the outdoors in and to educate kids about nature, focusing on bugs. Our idea is to make a lamp that is bug themed and comes with some information about different bugs. The lamp will be packaged in a container the kids can use to create their own bug habitat. 

I think our team has been working well together and everyone has been contributing ideas. I contributed the idea of making the packaging able to turn into a box to put bugs in and that idea turned into the packaging we have now.

documentation:

 

RR07

The last half of the book I thought had a lot of good ideas. I liked that they questioned the way we do things and made you stop and think about all the bad things we are doing to the planet. And they offered suggestions of how things can be changed. Just simple things like creating packaging for products that is good for the earth and will actually help nourish the soil, rather than just build up in a landfill. Or changing the way soap is made and sold; making different kind of soap for different ares with different water, and selling the soap in a solid or powder form. And making washers that are designed to do x loads of laundry and will reuse and conserve the amount of soap that is used. I think more people need to start questioning the way things are done, and start implementing new, more eco-friendly ideas.

CR07

I liked the activity we did with the spaghetti. It was fun to do an activity. I found it interesting that kindergartners do best at that activity. On Wednesday we watched the videos about Charles and Ray Eames. I liked the one about the thing that does nothing. Although when we were watching it I didn't realize that that was the whole clip; I kept waiting for something to happen but nothing did.