Word List

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Follow

Dictionary Definitions
#1 Go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind
#2 Pay close attention to
#3 practice: undertake or carry out
#4 act according to (an instruction or precept)

Summary
Follow means to practice  by paying close attention to a person who came before you so you can carry out their actions.

-RCJH

Writing Toolbox

Summary of Writing Toolbox

Concept Maps, mind maps freewriting, brainwriting are all idea generators for both written and visual projects. These came about from scholars like Leonardo Da vinci. Mind makes are known for using not only words but also color, pictures, and dimension. It break down a large question or idea into more manageable sizes to help designers organize their thoughts and problems. This like any other form or technique takes practice but it helpful for visual thinkers. This maps can go as far away from the starting point as they need to and often end up in new places that are worthy of learning more about. Sometimes the end result will spark another avenue that would of never been discovered.
Concept Maps are a visual language like telling a story. It is a map putting many words together like mind maps. Concept Maps are different because the enhance understanding and analyzing complex information. They are used to identify in what place an object can be designed for. They are used as a spark that ignites further writing or visual language.
Free writing are visual thoughts just like Art and Design. A lot of discovery happens through this process and it takes practice. There is unfocused and focused freewriting that can go completely off topic like journaling where you write whatever feeling or thoughts come to mind or addresses a certain topic. It is an easy way to stimulate free thought.
Brainwriting is for group projects. The group uses a 6-3-5 exercise to gets ideas down on paper.
Lastly, listing is a writing technique that helps generate ideas fast. Design gets problem down to essential elements. This idea generation can be used for written and visual projects with outlines following to shape further ideas.

Summary of IDEO Video

Hello

This is a summary of the IDEO deep dive video from class.


This company come up with ninety new products each year. They had a challenge to reinvent the shopping cart. Their main concern is not about the object they are design, but more about the innovation with their process.
In the preliminary part of IDEO design process is to identify the problems of the shopping cart. They found safety, theft, and checkout issues as well as interviewed people who make, use know this object well and wanted to help with finding the grocery items the shopper is looking for. They work about9 hours a day, not in an office, but leaving for research, designing, and brainstorming.
Their process is broken down into the following steps. First brainstorming takes place, then they will start building while encouraging wild ideas. They see there work ethic as focused chaos, not organized chaos. So there a lot of trial and error happening with each team having a "needs" area to work on.
The toy departement is the easiest to design for according to the IDEO team.
Also they have discovered good ideas come faster in playful atmosphere.
By using this process they were able to re-design the shopping cart to give it 90 degree turning wheels so it can roll side to side and not just front and back. The new cart has a high tech scanner to skip check out, baskets for kids with liftable handle bar. It is also designed to prevent theft by eliminating the basket of the cart and lining sides with hooks for the grocery bags to hang on. Also a skanner was built in to price the items before purchasing. These new factors summed up the solution to each problem laid out before building the new cart.

-RCJH

Summary of Project one What is a Good Design?

Hello fellow designers!

The first project is done, sigh with relief, here's few things I've left out to tie it my poster together. I hope you all think your posters came out well because I enjoyed seeing all of the good work you did.

My Handcrafted poster. 

Object: Shox Mini Speaker

Color: Harmonious Hues and Contrasting Value

Elements: sketches and photos

Concept: The Shox Mini is made to go anywhere

What makes it a good design?

 Innovative because it is designed to be used with advancing technology. 

Understandable because it is super easy to understand. There is one switch and two inputs. It twist open and locks shut. 

Honest and has little design as possible: It is edited down to a pure speaker, nothing more and nothing less. It speaks loud and clear what it is and does not fool consumer. Also, you know the function by looking at it and it does, it plays music aloud.

Environmentally- friendly: USB rechargeable lithium battery

Aesthetic: soft-touch, strong, and durable materials.

This is the image that I used for my final poster design. It was a good fit but the color wasn't as bright as I would of liked it to be when it printed. It's a beautiful piece of worth none the less. 

-RCJH

Photographs Of Object

Hello again,

I have been talking some photos of my speaker. I am working on which ones to put onto the poster for Tuesday. Take a look. Let me know which ones would work well and which ones wouldn't. Or how many you think would be nice. These are the ones I've narrowed down. My goal is to show it on as many different surfaces and settings as possible to show the diversity and how simple it is to use.

-RCJH

Design Reflection

Hello designers,


Here is the reflection I wrote from out reading from class. I hope it builds on or includes some new information that didn't hit you when you read it. I found the reading super informative and helpful. So let me know if I missed any key points or what you got out of the reading. Thanks have a lovely night!
-RCJH

Possible Poster Color Schemes and Layouts

Hey Design Jayhawks,

Here is a few options of Color Schemes I am considering for the Foam Core poster. I like using complementary colors like yellow and blue but I'm also interested in harmonious colors ranging from yellow to violet (like a sunset or sunrise). 

 If you think one of these would be best let me know :)

(the missing boxes are yellow)

Also I've mapped out the layout possibilities that would work well for the poster design. The first is a circle with arrow going to each steps of the speakers function. The second is the same but in a spiral shape. So the speaker starts out in a bag then its taken out, opened then plays music. 

Here is the template of the sketches.

feedback encouraged,

RCJH!