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Thursday, March 10, 2011

J10

Breanna
Juliette
Devin
Jessica
Zach

Journal 8
Journal 9

YES! we finished the project AND did really well on it, which makes it all the more rewarding. I thought the project was really fun to do. We all threw around ideas, some were good, some were bad, but in the end it all came together really smoothly. Yesterday we presented our product, the fire-fLITE, a lamp that is made for children and includes a bug book, bug catching net, and a magnifying glass. Overall I think everyone worked together really well and we ended up with a really good project. I wish I could have helped more with the drawing but I really can't even doodle- I draw straight lines -but it worked out because we had group members that did an awesome job with that! I think the project in whole was a success... woohoo KING group!

CR10

I really enjoyed this class and I thought Gabe was a great teacher. In the beginning when we took a vote of whether or not we would want to blog or to have tests I raised my hand for the tests. I'm really not too big on the whole blog idea and the deadlines every week kind of got old but overall it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Also another thing I really liked about this class is that we didn't have to draw. While we were still encouraged to be creative with photos and such it was a huge relief that we didn't necessarily have to make anything with the exception of the final Coleman project. I took this class because it was an intro course and required for the minor which is something I am still considering. I did not sign up for any other design courses next quarter because none fit with my schedule and I would like to speak with an advisor first anyway. I really did enjoy this class though and I found it really interesting. Also another thing I liked about it was being surrounded by people that are much more artistic and creative at problem solving than those in my business classes, it was a nice change in my day.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

J09

Breanna
Juliette
Devin
Jessica
Zach

This week we focused on the last minute details of our product and how we wanted it all to look in the end. Everyone was still thorwing around ideas that would be really cool to add in if we had enough time which is fairly unlikely. We really just need to put together the powerpoint and write out our presentation in detail this week. We are thinking it will work best to meet on Tuesday and to finalize everything. I think our group did a really good job of all putting in a lot of a effort and creativity. I personally cannot draw if my life depended on it but I tried to give feedback and work on the powerpoint since that is something I can definitely handle.

Here is our documentation from this week:

Monday, February 28, 2011

J08: Getting Started

Group:

Breanna
Juliette
Devin
Jessica
Zach

I was absent the first meeting with the group due to the flu so I missed some of the initial planning. When I came back to class on Monday it was nice that they pretty much had the idea laid out and we could tweak it a little bit. Everyone was throwing around ideas which made the time go by quickly and allowed everyone to put in their opinion. Everyone seems to be working together really well. Breanna did a really good job of researching similar products online that could help us shape our ideas.

Our idea is to create an environmentally friendly product for children to help them gain a love for outdoors and want to go outside and explore themselves. That being said, the product is going to be a lamp for children. The lamp is going to have a bug on the top and have confetti-like bugs on the inside that will blow around from a small fan in the base. It will be a square shaped box with the bug on top, clear sides to see the smaller "flying" bugs, and a base that will house and hide the fan and light bulb. There will also be small solar panels on the top that will allow the lamp to charge by itself if near sunlight. If that is not possible, there will also be a plug as well. We have yet to come up with a permanent name for the product.

The package for the lamp is going to contain a "bug keeper" or small cage for kids to go outside and try to catch butterflies, ladybugs, grasshoppers, lightning bugs, and so on. It will also contain a guide book on doing so. The design for the package is still being worked on.
This is going to help create the love for outdoors in the young hearts of children and hopefully encourage them to put down the tv remote, gameboy (if they still have those), controllers, etc. and go outside and play and explore.

Documentation:

RR 08

The last of this book brought up a lot of good points. It is really important for design to keep moving forward. Things are changing very quickly these days, especially in the world of technology. Coming up with new ideas rather than just adapting an old form will be very important. I also think it is interesting that we need to use computers in order to design in most cases and if someone isn't working on keeping our abilities on the computer up to date, then we could be wasting some of our potential. I am really curious to see what new inventions and innovations come about during our life time. So much has change since I was born in the 1991 until now and design is only going to continue to take off. I can't imagine some of the crazy stuff we will soon get.

Monday, February 21, 2011

CR07, RR07

Last week's classes were fun. The presentation from former students gave me a different perspective on the major and the endless possibilities that come from it. The marshmallow challenge was interesting to say the least too. Especially after when they said the worst people at it were recent business school grads, which is what I'm going to school for. Whoops! I then apologized to the group because of that fact. It was cool to see how each person had a different approach on where to start and how to go about the construction but this is also what made it fun.

These chapters were pretty interesting. The idea of waste equalling food was pretty weird but I guess it makes sense because in nature everything is used to its fullest potential and literally waste will become food. Humans, however, mess up that cycle by disposing of things improperly and leaving non-decomposable products and chemicals in landfills. We really do need to do something about this to help make the world a better and healthier place for all.