video reflection

After watching Seymour and Powell抯 video I have gained some very important knowledge about my career as an industrial designer in the future. This short video has highlighted many significant facts about the reality of what design industries is really about. This has draws my realizations of in order to became successful in the future, be innovative and original is not enough, which we are not there to impress ourselves but the client. Before we move onto the processes of designing a product we must first get a clear concept of what the client is really after, keep in contact with client is always a useful way in order to stratified them.Thought out the short video has reviewed many down side of designer once step in the work force, this has provide some exportations and ideas to many industrial design student of what the real design world in like in the upcoming feature, however it also shared few tips, for example always research before designing and gain constant feedback during the design process can be extremely useful too. I抦 glad that I have watched this video it will help me prepare for the future.

Porject 3-peer commens x5

Nina Harcus
Chen, Charmaine
Cori Eom
Jasonvergara
Chelcie Nielsen

Project three - Upcycling Unwanteds

Recycling unwanted materials into a new purpose are extremely beneficial for the environment. According to the large amount of waste in the world today, it’s amazing to witness much recourse that we can save for the world just by a simple concept.

My aim for this assignment is looking into plastic object to challenge creativity, because plastics are the most unrecyclable materials in the industry. As I am familiar with the characteristics of plastic, which they are strong in a liner shape, easy to clean and has water resistance. My chosen materials are plastic tubes, plastic matt and old tyre. Turing these waste into a couch was the first thing that came up my mind.

My couch is staked my 45plastic tubes with a plastic matt covered on top, so why designing this way? The answer is it’s fixable that you can adjust the couch into the shape you want, because everyone has different seating posture. I also think it is a great idea because it’s easy to store it and you can even use it out door.
The old tyre are cut in pieces and wrap on each end of the tube to stabilize the tube in shape, I think the many holes on the side of my couch are the highlight of my design it almost look like a shape of a honey comb, so you can slot newspapers or any sorts of readings into the comb, this is a additional function, great huh?! My couch makes seating, lying and reading more fun than ever at home!!

About my final result I’m in a satisfactory stage, as my design is fixable and adjustable I think my concept is good but the final product still need to be improved, for example I will take in the considerations of reducing the use of materials, I think I have used way too much tubes as I have expected. Overall I’m really happy to keep this honey comb couch in my TV room!!

Annie Leonard's Story of Stuff

Annie Leonard's Story of Stuff video is very interesting and inspiring, the short twenty minutes video reflects many significant issues for example global warming, sustainability, politics and how it has made large impact in our society today. The video is well presented with illustrations, thus made extremely easy and clear for the viewer to understand her frustrations towards the evil America consumerism. As an industrial designer, we should take in the considerations of designing environmentally friendly product and thinking about minimize the use of our human resources in the future, maybe research more about the best material first before taking the manufacturing processes in order to increase the product’s lifespan, therefore will be less waste product and damage for the world.

Peer comments

Kate Barclay
Susana Li
Shan Shan Wang
Glenaldy Janto
Jason Vergara

Ross Lovegrove: Organic design

Ross Lovegrove strongly reflects how he transform the modern technology into industrial designs products of how he change everyday object into a very natural from. Thus he has emphasized the concept of DNA design nature and art. Thru watching the video I have discovered that organic design is a style of design that demonstrate the respect to earth and the already existing form.


The water bottle that created by Ross Lovegrove is rather interesting, it capture the form of water and it’s amazing how the water bottle reflects a feeling of putting a skin on top of the water. The organic shape not only looking ascetically pleasing but also satisfies its functionality, the shape of the water bottle not only just fits no adult’s hand, due to its organic shape it can also fit on a children’s hand.


It’s evidenced in his design, Ross Lovegrove basically used a lot of nature element and combining them together in order to from organic design, as we can see in many of his design pieces involves with human bone structure, blood cells or even shapes of humans DNA.The stare case in his studio really fascinates me has, he has surly suggested his theory of ‘fat free’ and ‘healthy design’ his design. Therefore it reflects simplicity and fluidity, he sees the natural appearance and adapt them into the design process.

Peer comments

hyperlinked list of my peer comments:

http://ides-lucyzhang.blogspot.com/2009/09/project-one-experience-enrichment.html
http://emilysoares.blogspot.com/2009/08/project-one-experience-enrichment.html
http://charmainechenpy.blogspot.com/2009/08/project-one-experience-enrichment.html
http://danielletaouk-ides1031-2009.blogspot.com/2009/09/project-01-experience-enrichment.html#comments
http://katebarclay.blogspot.com/2009/08/project-one-final-poster.html

BAD DESIGN : MAPED Stapler

Good Design: JUICER

This is a mini juicer; it is smaller than the original classic juicer. The juicer has two components, orange holder and the stirrer.
My juicer is different from the classic juicer, because mini juicer has provide user an innovative way of making juice by transforming the traditional way of pressing and squeezing to simply just string in two opposite directions. The shape of my design is almost like a full orange, finger prints functions easer to grab on and also generates a comfortable feeling. This new product are designed for the theory of having more control by grabbing onto it by the palm of your hand rather than the old technique of making juice by pressing force on the table.

The juicer both hands working together, one grabbing on the juicer another doing the back and forth motion therefore the user are more under control and requires less energy.

The interesting handle is fun and playful it’s almost like playing a video game. The orange holder can be separated into two parts, its disposable therefore easy for cleaning. Inside each orange holder contains 15 spikes; the spikes are designed for stabilizing the half cut orange when making the juice. As the juicing process begins, filter on the bottom of the juicer runs down into containers.

Yves Behar: Creating objects that tell stories

Designers are like artists, stylists, we make beautiful modern objects, but design is simply not just about the look of the surface of objects. Objects tell story from inside out. The surface of an object gives us the first impression, the inside of the objects control the functionality. And it is the aspect that brings the most value to the users. When we design, we have to consider about many aspects, such as the cost, the look, the function, the market, or whether it is sustainable. I think the role of the designer here is to glue every aspect and brings everything together. We have to bring all the design aspects in to one package. Therefore we can only focus on the surface of design. The look of a design is rather important, but this is only one aspect of consideration. Design helps to define the whole process from inside out.

Don Norman: Emotional Design

Don Norman point out that design can be fun neat and aesthetically pleasing, but whether they are functional. Wheather design really serves its initial purpose, whether we are really focus on its appearance. Take the ‘juicer’ for example, it sure looks very fashion and creative, but it serves the functions of display, we would not feel comfortable to use it. Don Norman use the experiment about the candy to show us that making people happy is one of the very important principle in design and also in creative thinking. If we are happy, we can think outside the box.

He has discussed 3 levels of thinking process of connecting emotion to design. The first one is the visceral, this is the visual response. It is the emotion we get by looking at something. We have to admit that everyone judge a book by its cover. When we see something, the first attraction we get is its appearance. We will figure out on the functionality of the object after we purchase it. The second process is the behavioral of the object. It is our response to the object when its being used. Therefore what we have to consider is far more than its visual look. We have to focus on the functionality. For example, when we select material for a chair, we have to consider whether the material will look good on the chair, and also other aspect such as whether this material will sit comfortably by people, and whether the strength of the fabric can support human weight. The third one is the reflective response; this response goes beyond the behavioral response. It is how we feel about the product in the wider world.

Good Design: EMBODY

David Kelley: The future of design is human-centered

I do agree with David Kelley’s video ‘Human centered design’. During the short 20min video, he has highlighted many key points of what is Human centered design? Living in a past pastes today’s industrial designer; I believe it’s important to understand the meaning and the structure of ‘Human centered design’. Human centered design brings people exciting experiences to be able to touch feel and be involved with actives. That today’s technologies is allowing us in approaching new innovation in a more dynamic and lively form.

The Prada store in New York is a very good example to represent David Kelley’s theory in how to bring life experience in incorporating fashion products with consumers. The high technology has definitely provided more connivance for the shopper, the remote control and TV screen system gives them direct and presentations in selecting colors and sizes visually. The liquid crystal glass as known as “the magic mirror” provides the customer the instant privacy, and in additional to that the “3 seconds delay mirror’ is definitely the high light in the Prada changing rooms, this innovates idea has made shopping more advantages and exciting than ever!

I personally adore the idea of the “magic mirror”, I think it’s a very good combination in presenting “human centered design in addition to technologies” the mirror clearly captures the whole glance of how you look with the brand and provides you with the maximum trust and satisfaction. The Prada store of New York has made the contributions to industrial designers in the understanding of the philosophies of ‘Human centered design’.

Shape of a Scent