Last week was really interesting. Though the PowerPoints were not the most thrilling things to look at, it was really cool how we went through each area of design at OSU. Out of the history slides, I really liked the chairs. I didn't know that every big designer has made a chair at some point and all of the thought and design that goes into one. I now have a new appreciation for things I sit on and all of the weird things that are sold at Ikea. The next class was cool though. I quite honestly had no idea what interior space designers or industrial designers did until we went over them a little bit. I didn't even think of the thought that goes into a bank to give it a "safe" feeling or the hospital colors in the ER. It all makes sense, just not something I would have thought about otherwise. Also I was really intrigued by the medical part of the industrial design section. I wonder why no one has ever worked on a design that would help put an end to the problems obese people face when going to the hospital. I found it all really interesting and I hope to learn more about each throughout the quarter.
The readings for this week were a little dry. The book is a little too wordy for my liking but thats okay. It went into a lot of detail explaining what design is and why there is no set definition because of everything the word takes into effect. It also went on to talk about the evolution of design and making tools weapons, but also making things pretty. Lastly, we read about the reason we design something is for it to serve a purpose and/or solve a problem. "Form follows function" basically means without a functional design to do something in someway, its pretty much useless.
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