project 2

Peer Comments

Kirstie Cocoliost

http://kirstiecocokiost.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcycling-lamps.html#comments

Luber Han

http://lubar-han.blogspot.com/2011/10/project-2-upcycling-utility.html#comment-form

Sun Ning

http://sunning3342435.blogspot.com/2011/10/project-2-light.html#comments

Daniel Hjlim

http://danielhjkim.blogspot.com/2011/10/project-2-upcycling.html#comments

Li Zhaozhao

http://lizhaozhao3329407.blogspot.com/2011/10/light.html#comments

Rationale
Assignment 2 for studio 1 is to make a lamp which can be flat packed and be made of JCdecaux advertisement posters. It is a big challenge because there are lot lamps designs already exist and the material is decided with no chosen. For the material, JCdecaux poster is a special paper. It is stronger than normal paper but still can be fold and fall able. So to make a lamp by this poster, two main ways to do with this material is folding and cutting. In my design, I choose to focus on working out a lamp with folding fan shape. I choose to use this shape because fan shape is orderly and simple. It can show a tidy and elegant sense. At the beginning I tried to make a continue line of fan shape without break. The problem with this design is it is hard to control the shape and connection to each other. Then I tried to discover a way to let the fan shape have a tidy shape and can be connected to each other. So I decided to make a few fan shapes from one circle and cut small notches to let them can be connected. For the final design, the lamp is decided to be a hanging one because it forms a round shape which can be used as a lamp-chimney. The tail of the lamp is a little bit upward which makes the whole form wont be fall down straightly. Moreover, the connection makes the lamp has a few hollow outs so there can be a few shadow formed on the wall when the light on. I think the overview of this lamp is good especially with the shadows. While I think the construction of connection could be improved to make the lamp more firms.

Video: What is design?

In the video what is design, Bill Moggridge explains the definition of design. He defines design as anything altered by man, and thus alludes to how broad design really is. There is no one category of design, but rather, it design itself branches out to reach the fashion industry, interior shapes and even engineering. From architecture, to industrial design, to interior design, Moggridge really covers many interesting aspects.
In the first part of this video, the first lady talks about the education of students in design. She talks about how some children are “cut off” from America’s rich cultural life. She wants to open up new incentives for younger people to embrace the culture of design that surrounds them in their everyday life. Also she talks about achieving this through workshops and mentoring sessions like the one she gave her speech at to give direction to those interested and shape dreams.
There are good and bad designs in our world and Moggridge showed a few examples of good designs by the award winning designer Jane Thompson, the U.S. Design Research Company and the Green Building Council. He also noted noteworthy designs produced by the Bauhaus and the architectural successes by Frank Geary.
Bad designs are evident when there are apparent problems between interaction design and technological design, and the showcase example is a Japanese design organisation attempt to allow the function of mobile phones to purchase drinks from vending-machine, which proved to be very inconvenient to any users.
Successful designs should harness the subconscious mind; remember not to design for one; make prototypes and test things; design to understand people; design in contexts of personal, social and environmental matters.
Moggridge also talks about three expanding contexts relating to design. This would be the Personal, Social and Environmental aspects, each a crucial part of any designers mentality. Personal design concentrates on the consumer themselves. Social refers to the design for impact, to change something for improvement. Environmental looks at how the materials the object is made up of affects our world.

Peer comment

http://sunning3342435.blogspot.com/2011/09/project-1.html?showComment=1316084128653#c1953150209471745080

http://renzihan.blogspot.com/2011/09/project-1-hand-tool.html?showComment=1316085346765#c2446031968059272615

http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=900132149793940262&postID=8449409891561329162&page=1&token=1316086875794&isPopup=true

http://lizhaozhao3329407.blogspot.com/2011/09/projectone-experience-enrichment.html
The shape of the handle is quite different from normal scissors we can see in the market. It is very sample and unique. One thing need to be worried is will we use this scissors comfortably? And it is may not good to place it at anywhere with the blades split. It could be a problem for safety.

http://lovedbyee.blogspot.com/2011/09/hero-shot.html
I like the shape looks like a tear or a drop of water. The shape just follows the shape of the blade. One thing i think need to be improved might be the consider of ergonomics of the handle. I donot think it will be easy for users to use it to cut fruit because the tail is too thin and too small. In addition, the color of this modle makes it donot looks like a real product, it is better to consider the color of the appearance to make it more suitable for market.

Design Project 1

Rationale

This redesign utility knife is a retractable blade knife with replaceable utility blade. In this redesign knife, I changed the normal shape which is straight and flat to a round solid shape. In this way, I tried to redesign a modern knife with comfortable handle and extreme appearance. Utility knife is a hand tool commonly used in workshops and construct conditions. People like professional workers and designers who always use knife for cutting cardboard or other packing materials could feel hurt after long time holding. Thus, I decide to design a shape of knife that can fit hand quite well and feel easier to handle and use. For the shape of this knife, there is a horn head than can form a triangle shape with the blade, and the top line follows the line of blade. Therefore, it is clear for users to know which the sharp side of the blade is. For the handle part of this knife, the shape is designed ergonomically. The curve follows the hand shape when holding it. The round tail is exactly filling the palm so that the users could feel pleasure holding it. Furthermore, the incurvature part in the middle allows users to put their thumbs or middle fingers on in order to use human mechanics reasonably. Refer to the appearance; it might be the most character factor in this design. The knife looks like a bird when the blade push out. The whole view of this knife might be glossy formation of smooth and evasive. However, there are four cut lines on the back surface. The combination of smooth and sharp makes it modern and special so that it can attract consumer and may be more pleasure for them to buy one. In addition, there is a blank space inside the knife for keeping extra blades. The replicable of blades and the way of store the blade would be another pleasure reason for this knife. Comparing this knife to the normal one, it is easier and more comfortable to handle and cut. And the particular appearance is more modern and fashion. Nowadays, consumers are not only satisfied with the function but also individuality. This new knife satisfies the need of modern designers or young people who require personal character and be differ from others. If this product put into market, it would be made of die-cast aluminum. It will be firm and light. And there could be series of metallic colors like silver, metallic green, purple and blue so that consumers could choose their preferred color and show their own characters.

Vido:reflection-the story of stuff

The story of stuff is an excellent film about the effects of products on the environment and the people. It is extremely interesting to know the steps that go into ever product from conception to disposal. She puts the ideas into simple, easy to understand language and visual imagery. And the main focus of the film is to inform about the things most people don’t know about their products of to put it into perspective for them.

 The Story of Stuff explores consumerism and the consequences it is having on our lives, our planet and our future. It looks at the production cycle of products that are: Extraction -Production - Distribution - Consumption - Disposal

Leonard claims that “Extraction is a fancy word for natural resource exploitation, which is a fancy word for trashing the planet” Basically this is chopping up trees, destroying mountains to extract materials. Sending the message that we need to change the world we live in, in order to sustain our current lifestyles. Production is the manufacturing of goods, this stage in the system puts toxics in and toxics out. Leonard claims that “We don’t know the full health impact of the synergetic chemicals we put into our everyday products and our bodies”, for example BFRS which are Brominated Flame Retardants are a neuron toxin (toxic for the brain) which we actually cover (some) pillows in and then sleep on every night. Distribution is where goods get shipped to “big buy marks” and the goal is to keep the prices down, keep the people buying and keep the inventory moving. Consumption is the next stage in the cycle. Americans are known as a nation of consumers, Americans consume only 1% of the products that are produced which means that 99% of all products are trashed within the first 6 months of its manufacture advertising is the main reason for this consumption and waste in America and cannot continue.

The Story of Stuff reveals the ugly nature of consumer products and as an aspiring Industrial Designer; I believe that we all need to be aware these consequences in the design, manufacture and purchasing of consumer products

Sketches

My Career

I changed a lot dreams since I was young. A policewoman, an artist, or even the first female premier. As other children, I learnt much stuff, like drawing, dancing, playing guitar, flute and so on. But none of them I had learnt for a long time. Since then, I know I am a person who does not like repeating some things again and again. I like drawing. I used to make clothes for my bobby. I used shells to make artwork. I like using things around me to create new things to make my life more interesting and fun. Once I drew a design dress in an afternoon when I was 11, when I finished the drawing I feel quite satisfied and excited. Since then, I begin to enjoy the progress to create something especially when I made out something successfully. I love to make creative gift for my family and friends. It is a happy thing to make people around me to be surprise and happy by my intelligence. Therefore, for me, design and make new things out is a way to make me happy and also a way I can make people who I love to be happy. While I growing up and getting mature, I want to use my creativity to design things that can make people feel happy and enjoy their life with my design. It may be the happiest thing for me. So, yes, I want to be a designer who can design happiness for people.

I finally decided to study design after I came to Australia. At the beginning, like other Chinese oversea students, I chose to study business administration and then I can go back to China to help with my father’s business. However, after a few special experiences, I started to consider whether it is a real life I want to have in my future. I doubt it. Then I found I can apply design course in uni in Australia (only art students can apply for design course in China). I relight my design dream again. While the most import element can approve me to get here are my parents. They never asked me to follow their desires. They always saying choose what you like. With strong backing supports from my parents, I chose to begin a design career which I really love.

I always want to have a good beginning for everything. For my design career, I decided to start it from UNSW. Firstly, UNSW has high educational reputation. Secondly, this course industrial design in UNSW is not only include design basic course also contain courses cover other areas such as technology, marketing and math. It is not like fine arts design course in COFA or SCA. And this is what I want that can learn some other useful stuff for design career.  

I do not care people will know my name or not. But I hope people like my products and enjoy using them. In my future, I would like to be a sample intern in a design company. Trying to learn the whole design and produce progresses as much as I can. Then go back to realize my father’s desire. He is a creative and talented person who also has a design dream. We would like to hold a design studio with designers who enjoy designing and open a small factory to make everything we design to be real products. No matter how much we will learn, we will get happiness and dreams come true.

Poster-Design Confusion

Poster-Design excellent

An ingeniously developed distribution board with self-adhesiv deco stickers to make it fit interior wall and furniture design.
It is easy to install in more than 70 countries with different electrical traditions.
With its great design, this complex electrical product seems more suitable for daily life.
It could be a good example as a perfect combination by design and technology.

Video: David Kelley-Human Centred Design

In the video, David Kelley explained to the audience the change he has perceived in the design industry in the last decades of the 20th century. The change he is talking about is the shift in focus towards Human Centred Design that he and his colleagues have taken.

Design has been focused on developing products or objects using new technologies to revolutionise the way we live and work. However, in doing so it has removed the humanity from products leaving many people emotionally disconnected from today’s products. For this reason nowadays there is not as great a need for “better” or “bigger” products but rather products which return the human to the centre of control.

In David Kelley’s video The future of design is human-centered that highlights the need for users to be able to touch, feel and interact with products which is being accomplished by building a behavior or personality into products. This is even evident in the design stages as there have been changes to the design process. The 3D renderings and models being replaced by videos demonstrating the objects in motion and how they will be used in order to show the relationship between products and customers. Some current design projects discussed in the video which have directly addressed this need include a new Prada retail store in New York, H2EYE’s Spyfish and Approtec and are using this new method to convey their use.

The methods he uses to try to understand how the product will be used and how the human user will react to it are shown by the use of video "experience prototypes" to show and understand the "man-machine relationship". He attempts to engage with the full scope not just of the product but the entire environment it will be used in and the sentiments and ideological pleasures that surround it - the retail experience, retail therapy, "shop till you drop" ideas considered in the experience of the Prada store is evidence of this.
This video is critical for industrial designers as it shows the direction that design is taking for the future, this being the issue of returning the pleasure of interaction between objects and users to products being designed. Thus human centered design should be a serious consideration when one takes on a design project and should be thoroughly investigated to ensure the greatest chance at success. 

Video: Don Norman-Emotional Design

Donald A. Norman is a professor of cognitive science at University of California, San Diego and a Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University. In this video, Don Norman gave out a concept which is emotional design which could be explained as designers now are able to change to foucus on creating products which truly fit people with fun instead of just functional.

Firstly, as Don Norman said the fact is we “try to understand beauty” whether it works or it doesn’t. To simply put it, it is within our human nature to be curious as we try to learn, grasp and value things.The use of visceral, behaviour and reflective emotions allows users to interact and in turn have a bit of fun. As Don Norman puts it “pleasant things work better”

In the video, Don Norman concluded three emotion levels which explains how users reflect their emotion on products. And for designers, it is useful to start designing something fun with thinking of users' emotional reflection in these three levels which are visceral, behaviour and reflective.

VISCERAL ,this is the level that is biologically built into our brain , we like bright colours but dislike bitter tastes . we respond positively to things that engage us / make us happy as people . this is displayed in design by the use of type fonts or colours Incorporated to name. Like the water bottle, after drinking up the water people still want to keep that because they think the bottle is not just for water, it is beautiful and it could be used in other ways

BEHAVIOURAL,this is the feelings and pleasure that you get from experience like a ride in a fast and functional car so that you can have a feel that you can control the environment which can fit your desire for satisfaction by physical experience.

REFLECTIVE this is a voice in your head that tells you if something is good or bad , you think about image and your place in society .maybe the product is not functional but you would like to buy it because you reflect the feeling that you like it and the feeling worth your money.

Finally, it is useful for us, designers, to learn and understand these concepts. Using emotional design allows our product to have not only a better interaction but also an emotional and enjoyable experience aswell. It compels you to rethink your approach to design and create a more new and exciting product.

Passport

So tired after done all the assignments ...whole week with less sleep... Yes, I know I am lazy for just scan my passport papers. I tried to make them the biggest scale, sorry for my bad handwriting. Holiday! I will enjoy my holiday in Beijing, China. Have a good holiday,everyone!

TED TALK----a great design project

Family Tree

A design blog

Find a design blog which is particularly focusing on paper design.
Here are same works. From http://dontstopdesign.blogspot.com/

Piao 飘 -Paper Chair

Gluing layers of paper is the way how to make a traditional paper umbrella. Our Paper Seat is using the same craft. The paper layers are combined until the chair is strong enough to sit on, but is still keeping its flexibility. Hand made paper is rich of natural fibers that give strength to carry a person and is therefore our choice for this comfortable chair/innovo design

Piranesi!Piranesi!!Piranesi!!!

Finally, I complete the piranesi project.......long hours work......tired, tired, so tired....like the lomo photos~

Interesting Design Projects

Jeff nishinaka

Jeff Nishinaka is greatly known for his stunning paper sculptures. Living in sunny California LA, Jeff has 28 years of professional experience. Nishinaka attended UCLA and graduated from the prestigious Art Center College of Design, there he discovered paper sculpture art. Ever since, Jeff has worked with companies suck as Sprint, Visa, Matel, Coca Cola, Paramount Pictures, and many more. Having a high client profile like that you can bet that Nishinaka is the go to guy whenever you need a paper sculpture done.“Paper to me is a living breathing thing that has a life of its own. I just try to redirect that energy into something that feels animated and alive” said Nishinaka. Check out these stunning sculptures!

WILLY VERGINER WOODEN SCULPTURES

Italian woodcarvers Willy Verginer creates simply awesome artistic wooden sculptures. His art pieces are basically real sized and painted with a cool vibrant colors. I quite love his sculptures. Special feelings!!! So cool.......

Environs Project