Readin Reflection Heskett Ch. 9&10 (RR08)

            It was kind of weird to just jump back into this book again, but I can say I definitely like this book more than cradle to cradle.  It had a lot of information and then gave an example or two to drive home the point.  Cradle to Cradle was very long and drawn out.  Design, unlike most professions, has never really reached the level of self-regulating rights that control the entry or exit of the whole practice.  The design industry is so broad.  It ranges from notebooks and binders all way to cars and buildings.  In the 1990s Chrysler designed a whole new line of vehicles that took them out of a crisis and made them one of the most innovative car companies of that time.  There are not only so many different industries where designers can find work, but so many different levels of organizations where they can work in.  Take for instance Nike: Carolyn Davidson designed the Nike Swoosh.  Now they have designers drawing up shoes of all kinds.  They have designers designing the buildings the company works in, the different kiosks in any store their product is sold in, and any product that they sell.  Designing is a huge under rated part of the economy.  All organizations want consumers to precede them in a certain way. Designers are one popular choice of how to make that perception happen.

Journal #08: Coleman Project - Personal Documentation of A05

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            Well so far nothing is set in stone, but in class this week we have made progress brainstorming. Most of this has occured on paper.  A bunch of note taking and sketching.  We have a pretty good idea of what our new product is and what it will look like.  Same with the packaging and the kiosk.  At this point no major decisions have been made, but we do have a very narrowed idea of the product.  There are two major directions that we as a group are taking it: We are directing this towards a younger age group and also taking this product and making it green.  In my opinion our group/ team has been working very well when we are in class.  Everybody contributes ideas to this project.  Outside of class we haven't done much, but next week we are planning on meeting to commit to our product design.
            I have contributed many ideas of how the product, packaging, and kiosk should be designed, drawn, or if neccessary constructed.  I also gave a few sketches of different designswe could do.  I like dawing so I know I can bring that to the table. To move this project forward our group should and will do more work outside of class. 

The 1st day we brainstormed of all the possible products, packaging, and different kiosks that we thought of. 
Anything that was thought of or mentioned we put on paper. 

This is some brainstorming about our product; a few designs of the actual products look, and some ideas of how the
lamp gets it's power and also the new look of the Coleman logo.

The Evevator Speech



These are just a few names that I came up with for our product.  Not the best or intriguing of
names but it's something to work off of.

Reading Reflection #7 McDonough Ch.4-6

          The end of this book was very technical and had a lot to do with sciences.  One of the reasons why I am taking this class is because I don't like science very much.  So this section of the book wasn't what I would say very interesting.  I understand that factories, big corporations, and the technology advancements have hurt the environment.  This is a huge problem because the earth will not always be able to take all of the pollution we as humans put forth.  Therefore it is an ever expanding effort to go green, and to make products and build everything with as little impact on the environment as possible.

Journal 07: Online Scavenger Hunt

5 Links to the websites that make or sell outdoor camping and recreation products.

• http://www.modernoutpost.com/canada_bc_cv_store.html
• http://www.slumberjack.com/
• www.basspro.com
• http://www.cabelas.com/
• http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/

Here are 3 images of trade show or exhibition booths in the outdoor recreation and/ or sporting industry.



Trade Sow of Tents

Tade Show of guns



Trade Show of off road vehicles



5 Links to the websites who make or sell indoor home goods products.

• http://www.wshome.com/
• http://openhouse.homegoods.com/
• http://www.homeindoor.com/
• http://www.vcf.com/
• http://www.sears.com/

3 images of indoor home good's trade show or exhibition booths.

Bed Trade Show

Computer Trade Show

Trade Show of Cabinets/ wooden furniture

A working definition of "indoor home good":

•  is any product used to accommodate one’s needs inside a house. 

3 more images of home goods.

Microwave



Television

One of the famous Eames' Chair



Corse Reflection #07 Guest Speakers and Videos

            I enjoyed the guest speakers.  Even though I was looking to ask a couple questions about how a bigger design business works instead of a smaller business.  Now I know that it would be very difficult to start my own design business.  The time commitment at the end years of college kink of turn me away, but I understand that I want to do something that I love doing for the rest of my life.  So I guess what I was looking for is how easy is getting a job in the design field around Ohio?  On the other hand they did provide some great material.  Such as their one friend who designed a few pairs of shoes for Adidas.  I think that would be a great job to have.  I definitely got a lot out of this class period.  The Charles & Ray Eames films were... Well I guess a good word for them would be odd!  Like the 2 minute clip of the Machine that Does Nothing, with no words in it at all. I was waiting for the video to get going or something but nothing ever did.  I thought it was a bit peculiar, but they did design a whole lot of chairs and other products as well as videos in their time.

Assignment 04: Letterform Seek & Find

Upper Case A

Lower Case b

Upper Case C

Upper Case E

Upper Case G

Upper Case H

Lower Case i



Upper Case K

Upper Case O

Upper Case S

Upper Case T

Upper Case U

Lower Case w

Lower Case x

Journal 06: Media Reviews

Design & The Environment

            Designing for the environment is a hugely under rated aspect of design.  All products are now being environmentally friendly produced, and as technology evolves the knowledge of making goods, buildings, and sooner or later everything will involve some sort of green innovation.  Designers are now trying to make more and more product's life cycle a circle and not linear like a point A to point B life cycle, in other words "Cradle to the Grave," as said in Cradle to Cradle.  So that we can recycle and reuse products instead of having them go to waste. 

Green Architecture- History

          This very inspiring YouTube video is all about Green Design and features two notable architects who designed green innovative buildings for their time.  All of the magnificent buildings in these video are green, environmentally friendly, and sustainable.  Oscar Niemeyer was awarded the highest honor of architects in 1988, the Pritzker Prize.   Jean Nouvel also won the Pritzker Prize in 2008.

Sustainable Design Features of the Melbourne
Convention Centre

          This is a video Melborne Convention Centre in Melman, Australia.  1st convention center to gain a 6 star Green Star Environmental rating.  This building has upped the expectations of how they should be built.  It actually has the first black water treatment system.  It pulls rain and waste water n cleans it to reduce water usage and less water waste.  The food they serve is even produced by all organic farmers.

Caring for Nature on Barrow Island - Chevron

Human Energy Stories

          Just off the coaast of continental Alstralia there is a small island called Barrow Island. Chevron haas produced oil there for 40 years, but what makes this oil producing plant different from others is that they have been taking extra measures to make sure they do not hurt the environment or the wild life creatures on the island.  Colin Beckett says it best, Chevron on Barrow island is a great example of how oil and gas companies can coincide without destroying our surroundings.  One of the things they do is a very strict quanteen process of everyone and every piece of equiptment that leaves and especially comes Barrow Island.

Green Design Furniture         

           This website is a furniture company who makes their furniture with no harmless chemicals which make a low impact on the environment.  Green manufacturing is how all these beds, cabinets, tables, desks, TV stands, etc. are produced. This means that each one of them is created by designs that, "endure structurally and artistically to last for generations, without harming either the environment or the people that make or use them."  They also try to minimize waste by reusing and recycling as much of the wood as possible.

  http://www.greendesigns.com/

Green Graphic Design by Brian Dougherty  

          This is a must read book for designers who want to keep up with the design opportunities of the 21st century.  This book breaks down the concept of green design.  Brian Dougherty is a respected man throughout the industry who takes the designing profession and portrays the message of environmental green design to suppliers and consumers, but specifically on the graphic designing side.  Eco-innovations change the way all stages of the design process is demonstrated.  This book has case studies of certain green design elements.  It explains and urges people how to incorporate a green practice in the design field.

You can buy this book for $16.47 on amazon.com.  Here is the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Green-Graphic-Design-Brian-Dougherty/dp/1581155115

         

Reading Reflection #6 McDonough Ch.1-3

Cradle to Cradle is definitely less interesting than Design by Heskett.  Its a longer read as well which doesn't help, but the first chapter was semi-interesting with all of the products/ trash that is wasted.  This kind of linked to the book I had to read over the summer No Impact  Man.  This had to deal with making less bad impact on the environment... Getting back to Cradle to Cradle though know that Green Design is an ever growing field that we as designers need to pay attention to.  When most of us through our trash away it doesn't just disappear...  There is no away.  Sooner or later all of our trash will catch up to us, so we need to something about it now, some ever cycling way to recycle our waste.

Course Reflection #06 Business and Legal Issues

          I thought the 'retainer' was something interesting that I learned more about this week.  This is probably what a lot of great designers get.  I no if I was offered this I would take in a heart beat. It would tell me that they liked my work that much to want me to stick around and possibly do another job!  Now as for the movie we watched this week with Girl Talk... I enjoyed it, it brought up a whole lot of  questions about patents, and I agree with the producer about the issue with music and movie films.  In my opinion music should be in the public domain and films should be a little more lenient with the rights/ downloading of them.

Journal Entry(J05): 50 Things

50 Things that I documentment at the CVS Store on Neil Ave.

1.     Automatic sensored doors

2.     Glass doors

3.     Well lit

4.     Sensors on sides of doors as you walk in

5.     Lights specifically placed towards products

6.     All shelves facing north and south

7.     Carpet as soon as you walk in

8.     Products grouped together

9.     Signs above isles

10. Easy to read text on signs

11. Cash registers behind counter

12. Workers easy to identify

13. Products put on shelf so you can see all of them

14. Pharmacy in the back

15. Photo machine in front of store

16. Gum/ candy right by register

17. Refrigerators on side of store

18. Sliding doors on fridge

19. Key to open registers

20. Cameras in all corners

21. Video monitors behind desk

22. Shelves only as tall as 6 foot

23. More expensive items seem to be eye level

24. Catalog of coupons as soon as you walk in

25. Baskets placed where you first walk in

26. Store built at a good location

27. Steps placed before door

28. Run way for handicap to the left of the door

29. Name of store brightly displayed on store wall

30. Brand names displayed everywhere

31. Walls painted a relaxing blue color

32. Isles have carpet

33. Check out has tiled floor

34. Floor was checkered

35. Before the checkout stacks of products were placed

36. Ceiling has ventilation system

37. Lights placed every few feet on ceiling

38.  Typical  plaster ceiling

39. Signs have big words

40. Signs portray where to find things clearly

41. Exit signs lite up

42. Exit signs hung from ceiling

43. Big glowing signs indicating where certain goods are

44. Huge letters on the wall telling where costumer service is

45. 3 pillars in middle of store

46. Ohio State Buckeye fags hung from every wall

47. Crate of balloons near front

48. Less popular products on bottom shelf

49. Fire extinguisher hooked up on wall

50. Big Price Signs

Course Reflection (CR05)

This week’s lectures have been Color and Environmental/ Green design.  All colors portray a different mood or try to communicate a certain purpose.  I think this is an underrated part of design.  The colors of products and buildings are all researched down to the tee.  Everything now-a-days is going ‘green’: Cars, food products, packaging, pencils…  We have found or are trying to find a more environmentally friendly way to design everything.  Designers are now trying to make the 6 stage s of product life a circular life cycle and not a point A to point B life cycle.  When a product’s life is over it gets recycled and gets remade for others to reuse.  This is a problem that designers of all sorts of areas will have to deal with throughout the future.   

Reading Reflection #5 McDonough Intro

I doubt that I am the only one that thinks this book is awesome.  I actually tested it out and read it while I took a shower.  I wonder if this type of book is less harmful to the environment, because if I had to guess I would say that it would take a whole lot more resources to make Cradle to Cradle.  In the introduction when Michael joked around with Bill he stated that the majority of his guests were wearing “toxic waste” on the feet.  Is that what people do who try to make the world green?  They take an existing product and make it better for the environment…  In my opinion this will be an ever growing field in design.