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
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Homework for Sept. 2 continued.
Interviews about design:
INTERVIEW ONE.
-Ben Atkinson
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
hahaha...hmm but if the packets where anything else it would be too expensive
Me
what if they were plastic!!
they could be recycleable
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
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
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
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
or if they could just be cheaper in general haha
Me
ha well why do you buy cigarettes?
i dont thats the thing im being hypothetical
Me
haha i see
well im trying to think
lol
Me
you have no suggestions on how cigarettes could be designed easier do you
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
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
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!
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?
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
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?
mayb somethin like aluminum
nothin too hard
but nothin too soft
Me
how many would you want to be able to fit?
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
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?
you could make them invisible ciggarettes
that'd be easy!
Me
haha that would not be easy
they wouldn't be there. so you'd have to do nothing. haha.
Me
haha thank you laura
but reallyy......
i have no idea
Me
okay well thanks anyway
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
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
make up answers for me
go i give you permissione
Me
for example making it out of cardboard so that it doesnt crush
make me sound so crazy
STEEL CIG PACKS
Me
haha no i need to know if you have any ideas
STEEL TOE CIGS
Me
steel?
why steel?
crushproof
Me
haha so they pack better?
no
prepacked steel cigs
which you just buy refills for at the store
Me
that would be tight
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
oh hellzyeah
homework for Sept 2
Things learned from the IDEO video.
There are many things that I would have never thought about when it comes to design before I saw this little video. The video is about how you can learn to design things but it is also based on the point of view of people who are designing a shopping cart. "Not all teams are equal, and not all are effective. This can often result in lost opportunities and negative bottom line impact for the organization." This may be true but it is also said that they would not want to heir people who don't agree with you so that they can come up with other ideas. They do this because they want to be able to build off of the ideas of others instead of criticizing them. They actually get in trouble for criticizing instead of building ideas.
The departments of IDEO are said to be very playful. The man who is doing the interview in the video that we watched in class says that when you walk in you can tell that the people are playful. At one point there was a man who decided that he wanted to hang his bike in the ceiling he tried it and waited to see if anyone would complain. Nobody did, and then pretty soon people started doing it as well.
There are many other things that I learned and thought was very interesting about this video these are just a few of the most important memorable things that I took from watching the video.
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