Marshmallow Design200

Sunday, March 13, 2011

CR10

What did you think of the Design 200 course this quarter?

I thought it Sucked!!!

Just kidding Gabe.

I thought it was a very good class. It was a good introductory to design class. A good balance between learning and work.

Stuff i liked/learned:
-exposure to other designers and what they have done.
-exposure to color theory
-an appreciation for chairs.
-a creative look at everyday items
-the deep dive
-RIP; remix manifesto
-learned about designers and what they designed
-Ted talks
-Final project
-i enjoyed the blog responses, it was much easier for me to write than say if we had to do a short essay.

I thought the Design like you give a damn and Design for the other 90% was very interesting. I know it's more of an industrial design stuff but I would have enjoyed focusing on that a bit more.

Stuff i thought was just OK
-Paul Rand movie - (did not understood a thing he said)
-Haskett reading (felt like a business course reading that thing)

J10

Teammates:

http://kursinskis.blogspot.com/

http://kabauer.tumblr.com/

http://efdsgnw11.blogspot.com/

http://dpizzodesign.blogspot.com/

http://dsgnstudent.blogspot.com/

J09 link

J08 Link

The project went very well for our group. From the start we had a people who were open to new and interesting ideas which created a positive atmosphere that allowed our group to have a successful brainstorming session. Our team met on Sunday the night before our presentation to put the final items together. We decided to use Prezi which was the money maker. It was a bad A** alternative to PowerPoint. Even if we presented the most boring subject at least it would have been fun to look at. We had a well diverse team, we had someone who was good at Photoshop, a good sketch artist, and hardworking responsible people.

I put the majority of the Prezi presentation together, It was a really fun program to learn, very user friendly and easy to create. Choosing the path for the presentation to flow was the funnest part. It was where the creativity of organization flowed. Putting the information in a way that it would tell a story and made the most logical sense. From our process to what our product was and how we came to that conclusion to the technology that would make it work. And then finally our Kiosk and way we would get people's attention when they entered our store. I felt our group was really effective. What could I have done more? I think is should have found more ways to present the text information in forms of pictures instead of text. This was a great team effort and everyone pulled their weight.

Monday, March 7, 2011

J09 A05

http://kursinskis.blogspot.com/

http://kabauer.tumblr.com/

http://efdsgnw11.blogspot.com/

http://dpizzodesign.blogspot.com/

http://dsgnstudent.blogspot.com/

The project is coming along well. We made final decisions on what our product will be. We brainstormed on our kiosk ideas and packaging. The creative process was very smooth when we realized we had to make final decisions. Our group worked really well together. Everyone contributed to the whole project in one way or another.

I have brought a lot of ideas to the table, some were used, some were just to generate more ideas, and some were just to lighten the mood. With the information collected from the group i created the presentation. I feel like i do a good job of organizing the information that was need for our presentation. I really enjoyed the project so far.

Monday, February 28, 2011

RR08

The future of design is limitless. even in the realm of aesthetic each generation has their own insight into what is pleasing. The material that objects can be made of changes with the progress made in material science. The world is pretty much our playground. Design in this books speaks a lot about technical stuff and it brings into light how interrelated design is with other areas of studies, from cultural to business. It's a complex balance of creativity and problem solving. I feel like the books we have been reading has been geared towards mostly Industrial designers.

J08

http://dpizzodesign.blogspot.com/
http://kursinskis.blogspot.com/
http://efdsgnw11.blogspot.com/
http://kabauer.tumblr.com/

So far we've come up with a couple of good ideas for our project. I have been contributing to the brainstrooming by providing ideas and expanding on others. I think our group is very good with brainstorming, people have not been judging other's people idea, it enable other people to contribute without the fear of being judge. We just need to move out of the brainstorming stage and start making Sketches of what we want it to look like. We also need to start thinking about packaging and marketing. I feel very confident in my team most of our ideas have been written down and attached to the e-mails. All the sketches have been kept.

Monday, February 21, 2011

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.