RR07, CR07

This week we had some guest speaker. We did the marshmallow challenge.. we got second place. Which is pretty good considering a few of the other groups didn't have standing structure. I thought the most difficult part in that challenge is trying to get the whole group to agree on what to do. Team work was important and so was designating task. Each person had their own ideas on what they wanted to do. I was a little annoyed because they wouldn't listen when i told them that their design wouldn't be structurally strong enough to hold the marshmallow up, but luckily we came to an agreement within the last minute of it and was able to build supporting structure to hold it up. We did really well at dividing task, each person seemed to know what they need to do without much instruction. The presentation was interesting to see the amount of work that goes into each project. It seemed like a lot of work. But there seems to be a good relationship between effort and reward. It seems like if you work hard on your stuff you get out a good design/product. It's encouraging to hear one of the guy say that you don't have to be a good drawer to make it through design. I've always heard that your drawing skill is pretty much your bread and butter for landing a job.

The reading was kinda boring, it felt like something i would read for a business class. It brought up some interesting ideas in the last chapter about future. I'm actually really excited to see technology in the next 20 years. It is true that most of the design we interact with everyday are made for the middle and upper class. Thinking about it and after doing the research on design like you give a damn and design for the other 90%, if minds that are engaging in the design of commercial products put their effort into design for impoverished and developing countries, imagine the impact. However, there is little to none to be profited in term of money wise.