Finally, the finished product.

I took the above pictures for my finalized photo essay. I was really happy with the finished product and I could actually see myself using this as a desk lamp!

A Work in Progress

The pictures above were taken of my lamp in progress. This mess is what happens when I work on my project. You always need a lot of space and many materials! 

Most people put clothes in their Urban Outfitters bag, not me. All of my art homework goes in the bag instead. 

generating ideas.

During class last Thursday, we posted up what we had done for homework on the walls so that we could go once again, from class to class and observe other's art work. We discussed how we could generate ideas from others and then proceeded to critique others to help them come up with ideas as well. The top picture is just a section of the wall behind where I was sitting. The pictures that follow it is the homework that I had done.

Creating the lamp shade.

Over the Thanksgiving break we were to create different textures using combinations of our past homework. Today during class we posted them up on the wall and then walked around through the different classrooms to observe what others had done. We then went back to our original class and took sticky notes and voted for the ones that we thought were the most strong so that the creator could narrow down their ideas. The pictures above show the ideas on the wall and students voting for the ones they liked most.

show and tell time!

These are just a few team photos that I took while we were setting up our letters, waiting for class to start, and switching shifts of staying with our word. We were very pleased with how the project turned out and I think I can speak for the group when I say that we are proud of our work.

These photos are of different groups and their projects. Everyone worked very hard on their projects and I think that you could definitely tell when you walked around campus and observed other groups.

what language looks like.. in nature.

Our group tried to find an area around Potters Lake that would portray our word best. We tired a bunch of different areas and also played with the lighting. We thought that the lighting would help the viewer get a better understanding of the image and the meaning that we were trying to portray as a group. We found some things more successful than others and it helped us when determining where to place our word for the final walk through tour.

constructing the letters.

Today in class we had a demonstration on how to construct a book to complete our color projects. Afterwards we had some more in class work time and my group spent this time getting as much as possible done. The picture above are my "groupies" working hard!

step one: creating the model.

Today during class we did critiques of our color/words project. After that we started working on creating our word out of foam core. It took us a while, but we ended up with seven 12 inch letters! Next step, figure out the setting..

Happenings in class.

Today during class we put our homework up on the wall and did critiques. Mark and I were super tired today and needed coffee to wake ourselves up. This is what happens when we drink coffee that early in the morning. 

turn in project day!

Today during class we turned in our projects and then displayed them onto the wall. I think that the project turned out really well. You could tell that everyone worked really hard and the finished product was something that everyone was proud to show off.

After we discussed the projects we took down our posters and put up what we did for homework. Our homework was to take words and then make 20 different sketches out of them expressing the word that we chose. Putting them on the wall was interesting because everyone had very different ideas and it was cool to see what everyone had come up with.

looking at sketches in class.

Today during class we had to put a lot of our drawings on the wall. After we did that we went around and put check marks next to the drawings of others that we liked the most out of the different categories. This activity was a good way to get ideas from others and to branch out on your own ideas.

coming up with more ways to draw a hole punch though words!

must convey a specific meaning
-adjectives
    ~strong
       *could draw a man with muscles
       *could draw it vertically instead of horizontally because it would 'stand strong'
    ~small
    ~hand held
       *handful
    ~smooth
    ~sharp
    ~clear cut
    ~pushy
    ~well established
       *well made
    ~firm
    ~secure
    ~mighty
    ~durable
    ~effective

working on BDS project can be fun!

Working in Class Pictures

Homework for Sept. 2 continued.

Interviews about design:


INTERVIEW ONE.
-Ben Atkinson

Me

okay so lets see..

its hard to explain

but my project is about how i can redesign a pack of cigarettes

i said that it was bad design because packs of cigarettes get crushed really easily

Ben

hahaha...hmm but if the packets where anything else it would be too expensive

Me

what if they were plastic!!

they could be recycleable

Ben

yeah but i feel like that would put more toxins in the smoke. what they use already is probably the best design cause its cheap and not hard to make. a plastic cause would be a pain in the ass. trust me i now work at interworld plastic and if we had to put to gether plastic packs that would be a pain

Me

haha so what

people who buy the object dont care much as to how it came around

what if people just bought a metal containter and then when they went to the store they just refilled the metal container

Ben

i guess idk scew smoking im trying to quit

they have metal containers. people are just to lazy to use them

Me

haha yeah i guess that is true

Ben

yeahhhhhh

INTERVIEW TWO.

-Zack Simmerman

Me

but if you could think of a few things that could better your pack what would be your top 3

Zack

hmm thats actually harder than it seems

Me

haha okay how about this

like when you sit down? your cigarettes always get crushed or something

or if you could have them delivered in like singles

Zack

or if they could just be cheaper in general haha

Me

ha well why do you buy cigarettes?

Zack

i dont thats the thing im being hypothetical

Me

haha i see

well im trying to think

Zack

lol

Me

you have no suggestions on how cigarettes could be designed easier do you

Zack

um a metal case instead of paper

Me

what if you could take them to the store and they could just refill your metal container

Zack

thats a good one

more cigarettes in a pack

Me

would you want more in a pack or would you rather have one that holds less so you dont smoke so much

Zack

more in a pack because that never works people always go back for more anyways

Me

yeah i guess thats true.

well thank you zack!

Zack

is that good enough?

Me

yesss sir!

thank you

INTERVIEW THREE.

-Joey Rosen

Me

okay well my project is about how i think that cigarettes could be better designed

like they could come in cardboard packs because they get crushed too easily

or they could be put in metal containers and refilled instead of continuing to buy cigarettes

do you have any ideas?

Joey

haha let me thinkk

so ur project is basically comin up for a new design for cigs

Me

well for the pack that they come in

Joey

ok ok

yea somethin like the pack they come in bein made out of a differnent material

bc they really do get crushed to easily

Me

well what could they be made out of?

Joey

mayb somethin like aluminum

nothin too hard

but nothin too soft

Me

how many would you want to be able to fit?

Joey

like 20 mayb lower the amount of cigs in the pack to cut the cost too

Me

would you want them to be recycleable or refilable

Joey

refilable would b better

but then wouldnt they have to sell the cigs individually

Me

well you could get an aluminum container and then just go to the gas station and refill them

INTERVIEW FOUR.

-Laura Williamson

Me

my project is about how i have to take something and redesign it

so i picked a pack of cigarettes because i think that its really easy to crush your cigarettes

there are other things you could do

like make the pack metal and then just take it to the gas station and refil it

do you have any other ideas on what could be a better design?

Laura

you could make them invisible ciggarettes

that'd be easy!

Me

haha that would not be easy

Laura

they wouldn't be there. so you'd have to do nothing. haha.

Me

haha thank you laura

Laura

but reallyy......

i have no idea

Me

okay well thanks anyway

Laura

alright. you're welcome.

INTERVIEW FIVE.

-Donnie Breish

just bare with me here

my project is about how i have to pick something that i think could be better designed

Donnie

ok

Me

i picked a pack of cigarettes because i think that there are tons of different ways that a pack could be designed better

Donnie

make up answers for me

go i give you permissione

Me

for example making it out of cardboard so that it doesnt crush

Donnie

make me sound so crazy

STEEL CIG PACKS

Me

haha no i need to know if you have any ideas

Donnie

STEEL TOE CIGS

Me

steel?

why steel?

Donnie

crushproof

Me

haha so they pack better?

Donnie

no

prepacked steel cigs

which you just buy refills for at the store

Me

that would be tight

Donnie

they fill it up for you for halfprice

for not charging them for packaging

the foil and plastic and shit

Me

that would be nice

Donnie

oh hellzyeah