Making some prototypes

Today I'm going to draw up some designs for a lamp, and make a couple prototypes although my hands hurt really when I cut paper for so long with that little xacto knife. But I'll fight through the pain for the sake of design!

Eliminate Photos

Eliminate

Our group has the word eliminate, and we have come up with some cool ideas to place our word on campus, and what to do with each letter. Eliminate has a lot of letters, so I think it might take some time to make all of them out of cardboard. I also chose my classes for next semester, which included the design think and make, and also the drawing for design class, which I think will be interesting but I hope those two classes won't overload my homework for the semester.

Poster has been printed!

Just printed my poster, but missed the Hallmark series cause of it....not going to lie, I'm glad I got a break from Hallmark, but now I got to make sure I get to the rest of them.

My word- Addition

Addition-  
–noun

1. the act or process of adding or uniting.

2. the process of uniting two or more numbers into one sum, represented by the symbol +.

3. the result of adding.

4. something added.

Refine!Refine!Refine!

Refining a lot of drawings and somehow, I will have to figure out how to work illustrator and photo shop to make these look good. Should be fun!

Putting my sharpie to good use

I'm drawing it up, and doing the new types of sketches.

drawing a stapler

My object for this new project is a stapler...YES!!!!!! The stapler an essential tool for everybody and I get to draw it over 200 times. This project is going to be a fun experience.

Why did I choose Industrial Design

The reason I choose Industrial Design is mostly because I have wanted to design things for a long time now. What influenced me would probably be the new products that come out every year, and me thinking I would want to be a part of that and it would be cool to see something I designed out in the market where people are actually buying it. What I would want to do with my major is to design cars, but if that didn't work out I would probably just try to design anything because its hard to get the job you want right out of college, but I will have to see in four years.

My object interviews

Scissors

Interview 1
-Awkward grip
-Hand hurts after extended use
-Pressure points on your hands

Interview 2
-Handle too small
-Hand hurts

Interview 3
-Awkward grip
-Thumb hurts

Interview 4
-Handle small
-Hand hurts

Interview 5
-Awkward grip
-Handle small
-Thumb hurt after extended use

IDEO video summary

The IDEO video really showed me how the design process works. It showed how the came up with ideas and how they put their imaginations to work. Basically they would come up with simple ideas and then have some crazy ideas and work from that. After that they would see what was affordable to make and if it was possible to make. They then started putting it all together, and had a blueprint of the final shopping cart they wanted to design. After all the plans were completed they built the prototype and tested it in a real life situation at a grocery store. The final design seemed efficient, simple, and making life easier when shopping for groceries.

Test

Rock chalk