Seymour Powell :Designing dream machines

Designing Dream Machinses by Dick Powell and Richard Seymour. This is very helpful and interesting video. it through journey to describe design process . The video mainly talk about "Communication". It pinot out that the a clear communication must need for a designer that not only for client but also for target market. Also the visual communication is very important, we have to develop and improve the skills to meet the success which have to combine hand drawing with computer modeling.

Annie Leonard: The story of stuff

This video it shows the process of stuff how it make and how it harm to people.

Annie explain life stages of a product, which are extraction,production,distribution,consumption and disposal. She point out that plaining for a new product is very important which will effect whole environment. Also she show the issues of global warming,sustainability and politics. Which it tells me as a industrial student/designer before designing a product we have to think about the environment first. always think is that necessary to make, how will that do after unused, can i make it environment friendly, sustainability and less harmful for people and the world. i think that is that is very important rule for being a successful designer.

Video Link:

Annie Leonard: The story of stuff

Designing objects that tell stories

This is a amazing talk to me . It tells what is "value" . value is how things create and how things design. Yves Behar said that design is the glue of different values, a value for business ,users, functions and beauty. It means that the design that we create it influence greatly on the subjects of value there fore we have to consider what value is that before design.

In this talk Yves Behar mainly discusses the importance of the designer throughout the design process really pushing the importance of having good work ethics. He mentioned that designer's work can bring value to the users and the business. He also explains that when we give values to the product we also gives the product a soul and bring a "humanistic sense " to design. He use examples to tell more about what is "value" and how it affects design. also it shows his passion in design.

What i learned from this video is that before design an object we have to consider how we can reach a greater value of our product for business,users,function and beauty.

Video Link:

Yves Behar: Designing objects that tell stories

peer comments for project 1

1:Zhang mengleic (claudia)

http://claudiaides.blogspot.com/2009/08/cake-cutter.html#comments

2:Barclay Kate

http://katebarclay.blogspot.com/2009/08/project-one-final-poster.html#comments

3:Boyadgis Alfred

http://alfredboyadgis.blogspot.com/2009/08/product-rationale-twistshift-mult-itool.html#comments

4:Cho Huiju

http://hyo-jucho.blogspot.com/2009/08/product-that-i-explore-was-iv-pole-used.html#comments

5:Daebey Jill

http://jillsuniblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/redesign-ironic-irons.html#comments

peer comments for project 2

1:Liong Nian ci

http://nianciliong.blogspot.com/2009/10/project-two-postal-presents.html#comments

2:Lockley,Mitchell

http://mmlockley.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post.html#comments

3:Shar Greg

http://gregshar.blogspot.com/2009/10/project-2-postal-presents.html#comments

4:Wang Fanru

http://fanruwang.blogspot.com/2009/09/project-2-posctal-present.html#comments

5:Xiao ruyu(Julia)

http://juliaryxiao.blogspot.com/2009/09/postal-presents.html#comments

peer comments for project 3

1:Robin Cervetto

http://robotronblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/project-3-upcycling-vinyl-chair-peer.html#comments

2:Sarah Chen

http://wawenchen.blogspot.com/2009/10/project-3-upcycling-unwanteds.html#comments

3:Glenaldy Janto

http://glenaldyjantoides1031-2009.blogspot.com/2009/10/project-three-upcycling-unwanteds.html

4:Christopher

http://z3255629christopherhui.blogspot.com/2009/10/hey-guys-i-have-trouble-uploading-my.html#comments

5:Gleb Labazine

http://gleblabazine.blogspot.com/2009/10/magazine-notebook-sleeve.html#comments

project 3: upcycle

This project i use unused paper clips to make a fruit bowl. The material that i found it from reverse garbage. This material original are for office use, the function is to clip/put the documents together as a folder, is silver color. The reason that is a west are it lack of parts, color are getting fackout and tanish.

Before i choose this idea i had play with other materials such as old CD, egg box, button and bottles,which are want to create CD lamp/CD holder/chair/hanging light and a hand bag. however the results are not as good as the one i choose for finial.

The finial design it used about 400 pice of paper clips. a lots of people ask me how can build up the structure, the answer is i used finishing wire. the reason use that is it invisible which it won't destroy the outlook of the fruit bowl.

（i don't know why the image／poster that i post up the color it change，my original poster is not like that！）

project 2:Postal Presents

Poster:

This is the first time making bag, i call it sue's folding bag, maybe i should call it "compartment storage" because it does looks like a bag.

This storage can be fold in to an A4 envelop, the size smaller than A4, dark blue color( i don't know why the image that i post up alway changed color by the computer). This is a great gift for a friend, mostly for a girl. this storage you can hanging to the wall, you can put any small things that you want such as make up stuff, is easy to store, it can fold up if you don't want to use it, this storage is not heavy at all, when you fold it up the design looks like an hand bag, small, easy carry and smart.

Assembly Instruction:

(easy to assembly)

Ross Lovergrove: Organic design

Ross Lovergrove is a designer that focuses design on organic form. He said " i am the captain organic" shows that he's passion of form. In this vedio he shows how from can touch people's soul and emotion.

In his design he created alots of intelligent from. but his work is purely instinctively not a scientist. He also is 21st century translator of technology into products that people use everyday which relate beatifully and naturally.

His design philosophy is DNA which is design natural art. lot's of his design is insprit from natural growth patterns. Such as "water bottle" this is the concept of DNA it shows he's impression of water, is icon of water.

Another interesting design is a "City car" ingenious idea by use sola power. this car has no enging, less material, sustainable and useful as car and street lamp.

Overall, Ross locergrove's design aim for fat-free which is healthy and efficient products by using less material and unique form. This is a emotional talk, which it guild me look at design from a new world and teach me by doing a design not just looking at things that have product also have to look at natural's which some time can gives alot's of idea of design.

Vedio of this talk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWqkKYwvTNw

Bad design

This classic and sensible styling tub and shower set is chrome finish. Modern design and easy clean but badly to control.

the problem of this design are no label for water temputer, no sign for operating system.

However this design can be improve by adding labels on the water temputer operate and changing shape of water controlling system to tell the user which part is for shower head and which part is for barth tub.

Project One: Experience Enrichment

Mood Board:

Model Poster:

This design is a toothbrush which are focous on fun and happy. My target is for family use, parent and kids, as a set.

This design it represents a human which has an emotion and personality. The lid of this toothbrush it represent the face of human, the small cuve on the surface of the lid it show's it's happyness and enjoinable of being a toothbrush. The smile cuve not just a decration, there are many small hole join as a cuve line. The hole is for allowing air to go in and out through the lid also the back of the lid has hole as well, the shape it looks a human's eye and mouth.

This design has 3 main part which are lid(cover), the brush and body. The lid it represent human's face, the brush is soft and has function to give tooth a massage whill brushing teeth,also the brush it changeable. The body it can stand up by itself and the bottom of the body it can squeeze the toothpast by without westting it. There are two circular on each side of the body is a rubber use for reduce the attrition.

This family set toothbrush have four colour which are : dark blue, sky blue , pink and purple.

This design has tow size: lage size for parents , small size for kids.

Material use on this design are plastic and rubber.

Don Norman: Emotional Design

In this video Don Norman descried that he look at design thought the way of beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion. In he's talk he showed some example of beauty and fun design by his own experience such as "philippe starck juicer" and "Global cutting knife made in Japan".

He names three types of emotions that good design must contain which are visceral, behavioral, and reflective. also he hint that by making a good design first have to understand what people want and how can this design make people happy.

Don Norman's talk it taught me that emotional design is very important for designers, which it have to know how products would interact with peolpe. By producing a product it have to well understant of client's maid, the design have to make client's satisfy and happy.

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Good Design

Meridiist

TAG Heuer Meridiist is the first pocket watch with a phone complication.

This luxury mobile is made from watch making stainless steel with choice of crocodile, leather or rubber backing.

The most notable achievement about the Meridiist is the battery life it besides 7 hourse of talk almost time of 672 hourse(28 days).

Talks David Kelley on human-centered design

On 2002 there is a design film about David kelley talks on human-centered approach to design. He's show it tell designer what do people really need and why do people make the choices they do. This talk foucous on human centeredness in an approach to desing that really involves designing behaviors and personality into products. He shows video to approve this new, boroafer definnition of desing in product and services and enviroments.

First video is the design of Prada New York. This is a store that had a cultural role as well as a retail one that actually desiging custom technology. " staff device" is help customer to know more information of the clothing by choosing it on an easy way. "changing room" is a liquid crystal display. "Magic mirror" where coustomer put on the clothes there's a big display in the mirror and they can turn around there is a three second delay so customer can see what they looks like from the back or all the way around as they look.

Second video is the Interactive wall on Londaon Museum, this wall is about four stories tall and the goal is to bring some of the feedback that people had gone to the museum were giving.

Third video is "Greenwich watercycle pavilion". This is a recyling of the water on the millenuium Dome in London. The Pavilion's goal was to be kind of quiet and peaceful.

The last video is "spyfish" which it gives an oppertunity for people to experince what is on under the sea.

These design are all awesome it gives people comfort and entertainment on interesting way. This talks is important for industral student because it assessesd and guild us what a really design is, they are not just a product for sale, is a product that for use as convience. Also it sybomlise these design as a future design.

The following is the video of David Kelley(talks on human-centered design):

Shape of Scent