Mongolian Nomads – Life and Yurt Building

Mongolian Nomads – Life and Yurt Building

This must have been an amazing experience to get to live with this kind of culture.  Their lifestyle is so interesting, but I’m not sure if I could do it.  Having to pack up all of your stuff and just move out whenever.  It is cool that they can pick a spot and set up shop where ever they want.  The yurts they lived in were simple yet complex.  They set up the frame work and had all of their movable furniture in there.  And the linoleum floors with carpets on them were a bit strange.  I wasn’t expecting them to use so many different layers on the roof and walls, from the fabrics to all the tarps for rain.  Seeing things like that really make you appreciate the things that you have, and they were so friendly and sharing which was great.  It was also interest when we learned that they have a surprising big Gucci hand bag store or something.  Not quite sure how they manage to do that.

Rapid Prototyping SL, SLS, FDM, LOM

Rapid Prototyping SL, SLS, FDM, LOM

I’m very excited to be getting the machines to do this kind of work.  It seems very interesting to me to be able to produce these proto types this quick.  After watching the videos I was still confused on how they work exactly.  The 3D printing seems to be the most logical to me.  The powder layers becoming solid from the laser of some sort was cool too though, I just hate that you have to scrape away all the left overs after. The other is coil fed and lays down a material in layers, or that’s how I took it. But this doesn’t have quite the finish leaving a stair step surfaces on some parts.  The makerbot is sweet!  I wish I had enough money to buy one, my project would be tight!  I like the idea of all these people/artist/engineers/small business owner/ etc. get to use these on their own, creating whatever they want!  I can definitely see a future in this technology.  I’m sure soon every design program will have a few of these for students to use.  And I think J leno has something like this to create exact parts for his old car collection.

Berry Plastics

Berry Plastics

Even after talking with the guys in the beginning I still was concerned about drinking after reuse with some products, but beside that, one of the first things that stood out to me was how big the molds were for the cups.  And not only that but also how expensive they were to make: and because of this they have to be careful with the jobs they do and set up contracts so they know they will get their money and use out of it before they make one.  I was also surprised at how small the holes were that the material came through? It has to have so much pressure to do that.  The machines they used were enormous to form/stack/cut the products.  After visiting here I think of this place and process every time I see a star bucks cup.  Oh and I hate wearing those beard nets….

Film: Manufactured Landscapes

Film: Manufactured Landscapes

The movie we watched in class today was a little too slow for me.  I was already overwhelmed without even finishing the long intro of the entire factory.  There were some powerful pictures though, and I had never see that sort of destruction at that large of a scale.  I’m sure if the documentary would have had more action or even dialog I probably would have been a little more interested.   It did have an impact on me though, because after the film I thought about when stuff like this was going to be stopped.  Doing things like this to the earth can only last so long before some serious consequences take place.

Target: How it’s Made – Wrist Watches

Target: How it’s Made – Wrist Watches

After finishing the project I figured that the items in target (wrist watches) would have been made in a vast amount of different locations, yet every watch that I looked at was primarily made in china.  A few of the other pieces were made in japan and other places like that, but mostly the same.  And they all seemed to have a very similar packaging on them, just with a different brand name; I thought that was pretty interesting

El Dorado Inc.

El Dorado Inc.

El Dorado was a very cool place.  To me it seemed like they had great location downtown in a pretty sweet building.  I like how the company keep it remotely small with their projects and did their work in there smaller sized shop (compared to the others we’ve seen) downstairs.  They kind of prided themselves of being able to do what they do with the "basic” tools that they had on location.  I also like their idea of having an open working environment. And the inside side of course was very modern and cool looking.  To me it seemed like a great place to work, not to mention that after work they go down into the shop and drink beer together.

Lawrence Paper Company

Lawrence Paper Company

Really didn’t know you could do this much with just paper.  It got a little boring and redundant but a good experience to see all of the stuff inside.  The coolest part was the forest of paper roles, I couldn’t believe it.  They do all kinds of different stuff, from various product packaging, label work, product displays, boxes, and prints on several surfaces. This just didn’t really have an impact on me.

Huhtamaki

Huhtamaki

I drive by this building all the time and never had a clue what went on inside, but I’m glad I know now.  This place was huge on the inside.  But I guess it has to be that big when you do as much as they do inside there.

The wide variety of stuff they do ranges from stuff from

Printing graphics and films
Laminates
Molded fiber, lid s bowls and cups
Rigid cups and food containers
Barrier cans and bowls
In-mold labeled containers
Tamper evidence features

 

Materials:

Plastics, paper, aluminum, recycled news print

 I was taken back a little on how big the company is and the variety of people that work there.  Plus the name of the place…

Film: Mardi Gras Made In China

Film: Mardi Gras Made In China

I thought the film was interesting. I definitely never thought of it like that.  I enjoyed how in depth the film maker went into the working at the factory.  I do agree that it’s a problem and a huge waste of materials and create and enormous amount of waste for practically no reason.  It takes time, and requires a lot of people to produce these beads just to be thrown away in a few minutes.  Based on that it is pretty messed up, but you can’t just compare the price the beads are sold here for how much the workers are being paid.  Because the price of items and even services are different here than they are there.  Sure they only make a few cents an hour but over there (from what the film said) wasn’t that bad of money, of course it would be here.  It sucks that that much waste is produced from that short of an event.

Guest Speaker: Justin Atucter Taylor/ Grip Equipment

Guest Speaker: Justin Atucter Taylor/ Grip Equipment

I think what Justin is doing with/ has done with his company is great.  I find it very cool that he started working on this early in college, and then used it as his thesis at the end.  This gave him an excellent head start of his company.  Plus I think it’s so cool that he knew the pros in the sport, which would be such a good thing to have when trying to create a company like this one.  He saw the opportunity in the Frisbee world to produce a high quality cool looking bad and found out there was a great market for it too.  And when he found those people to fund him in the begging sages, was very lucky.  I think I would be happy to have such an experience as him and turn it into a success fun company. He seems like he really enjoys what he does.  Plus he was in the same program as us which is sweet!

Dimensional Innovations

Dimensional Innovations

This place was pretty cool to me.  And I loved how they truly do all kinds of projects. And they pride themselves on doing jobs so well done and so cool that no other company could do it, and especially for the price that they do it at.  They are also a very environmental conscious company.

Things they do..
Signs
Structures
Both interior and exterior aesthetics

All kinds of materials.. metals, plastics, glass, plastics

 
They have done all kinds of projects including
AMC theatre
Experience wall at Sprint theatre
The Power and Light Clock Tower
Hy-Vee Hot Zone at Arrow Head

Home Contained/ Debbie Glassberg

Home Contained/ Debbie Glassberg

This house was sick.  I was so surprised when I first arrived. I thought I was at the wrong address.  But when I walked into the house I was blown away at how modern it was on the inside, I was not expecting it at all.  This has some great potential of becoming something great in the future.  The system she has set up is pretty smart.  Being able to order pre made “rooms” and having them shipped straight to you is genius, and you can also mix and match different products that you want and then use the container they are shipped in on your house!  Plus building a home out of these creates is simple and easy to do/ plan compared to a normal house?  She was also talking about using these ideas on some sort of apartment complex or planned homes in some areas. I definitely wouldn’t mind living there.

My Personal Design Manifesto

My Personal Design Manifesto

Design for a purpose- know what is the main point the design is trying to make, and make sure it does just that. Don’t lose the purpose of the product while trying to make it look good.

Find your prime time- everyone has a certain time when they work well. Maybe it is early in the morning, or noon, or even staying up until 3 or 4 am to get your creativeness going. Whenever it is figure it out and draw during that time.

Get everything on paper- even in the middle of working on one idea have a separate sheet of paper ready just to doodle down any ideas that pop into your head so you can go back to them later.

Explore ideas- explore every idea you have even small one. Research, make drawing, or even sketch models you never know if that idea will turn out to be your favorite.

Don’t ever settle- don’t create anything that you think “doesn’t work” make sure that you are pleased with every angle, line, surface, or material even if it’s not your first choice and are required to use it.

Experiment- even if you know something will not work or you know you won’t end up using it, go ahead and tries it. It could inspire you to figure out your final design.

Organized chaos- keep your work area “messy” so all your ideas are out and visible, however don’t get buried in your work to the point to where you are distracted or held back by it.

Draw- draw, draw, and draw some more!

Don’t be afraid to ask- ask everyone what they think of your work, a little criticism and go a long way.

Be comfortable- create in a setting that you feel good in, music, lighting, furniture, etc. if you dare uneasy in your environment it will come out in your work.

Take risks- try some crazy things and push the envelope; you never know what you can do and who will be impressed by it.

Keep the final in mind- during your creative process keep referring back to what you think the final is supposed to look like, but remember that it can change at any point if you want.

Have fun- if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing then what is the point of doing it.

To the point- Don’t stray from the path and get off topic but more importantly don’t have tunnel vision when looking for ideas.

How it’s made- After the basic form is down always keep in mind how it will be manufactured and taken apart later.

Longevity- Don’t design anything that isn’t durable.

Green- What can be more “green?” maybe materials, recycling, and manufacturing?

The right RIGHT answer- The problems you encounter will have several answers, it’s your job to figure out which one works the best.

 

Step back- Pace around, walk away from your work to see it from a distance or distance angles, just walk around it.

 

Look back- Reflect over your process (drawings, sketches, models, ideation) several times throughout.

 

Start- Don’t think just do.

 

Take breaks- work on other things in between ideas, it can give you inspiration.

Test it- try to figure out what problems are going to happen before they do.

Look around- design ideas can come from ANYWHERE.

 

Keep drawing- You have an infinite amount of ideas in your head so get them on paper.

Film: waste = Food

Film: waste = Food

I really enjoyed this video.  I wish there were more of these guys out there designing this stuff.  I think those nike shoes in the video that are safe for the environment are right around the corner to becoming a big thing.  The other products such as the chair are great too.  But what they did to the ford factor was awesome.  I think it could really make a change if we had more companies doing this.  But it is hard to convert companies because it cost so much in the begging.  BUT it does end up saving the company more in the long long.  Plus the systems involved are great.  Using the grass on the roof for both producing oxygen, filter the water which cost money, and it helps insulate the building which also costs money.  Using more windows for day light instead of using electricity it saves them money too!

Cell Phone Dissection and Materials and Processes Identification

Cell Phone Dissection and Materials and Processes Identification

Parts

Cover/outer shell platic

Rubber buttons

Battery

Metal frame

Copper? Zinc? Wires and circuit board

Screen

Microphone, speaker

LED light

60 minutes: Electronic Wasteland

60 minutes: Electronic Wasteland

After watching the video I was extremely shocked with the waste that our electronics were producing.  And the main thing that I really don’t like about it is that people are making money off of it.  The waste is very dangerous to the environment and they aren’t taking proper care of it at all.  I really don’t understand why the electronic devices are made this dangerous in the first place!  You would think these things would be design a little safer.  Either if the way they are dismantled and disposed of or even using better materials to be recycled better.  Especially with how often we get new devices, whether it’s the latest version, our old one is broke, or just to get it. Thinking about all this waste one has to ask themselves when will it stop?  There is nothing good about it and we are producing SO much of this waste!

Film Sketches of Frank Gehry

Film Sketches of Frank Gehry

 

I found the video more interesting than I thought it was going to be.  I like his design and thought he was a pretty unique guy.  There were some pretty cool places that he designed.  One of my favorite parts of the movie was when he was working with another guy from his office creating a building of some sort and they were just sitting and looking at it.  Then he would say something and they would be cutting the most RANDOM shapes or curves of some sort and just tape them on.  And he would say... I like it.  Something that I took from the video was how "fragile" you picking your life career is.  He could have stopped so many times or focused on other things he like but always just had a passion for this kind of stuff.  He met the right people at the right time and it worked out very well for him.  BUT I do have to agree with some of the critics when they say his designs are repetitive and "random" because they are.  And I know they are after watching the video.  All in all I enjoyed the film.

A. Zahner

A. Zahner

 

..in collaboration with artist/designers/architects

 

experiment with materials ex glass copper

 

innovation - do their jobs so one else can

manufacture cost, build assemble on site

 

systems of building

tools from old anvil......to new water jet cutting

 

incredible amount spent on mock up process

 

materials...

every kind of metal you can think of, and some other things like glass hard plastics

Hallmark Production center

Hallmark Production center

 

Material..

paper (mill in Georgia) metal-copper, nickel, aluminum, magnesium,

plastic, foil, flocking, cellusuede, flitter/plastic, glitter,

ribbon polypropylene, pp, coloring/blowing agents

extrusion

 

process..

stamping cutting pasting, printing (a lot) slitter, die cutting UV process, curing laminating, injection molding, programming packaging

Star Signs LLC

Star Signs LLC

 

PRODUCTS

 signs, other boards/displays, laminates/wraps

MARKETS

 anyone! industrials building to schools

MATERIALS

 steel aluminum glass plexy acrylic Lexan plastics

FORMING

 computer CAD, designer

CUTTING

 router saw plotter

JOINING

 weld screws glues, folds

FINISHING

 painting rough up first flatbed printer vinyl, brail, etc.

OVERALL IMPRESSION very cool interesting place, they have such a wide variety of things they do and yet almost of the projects and roll through their warehouse with ease.

Reuter Organ Company

Reuter Organ Company

 

PRODUCTS

 organs (every part)

MARKETS

 churches, home uses, repairs

MATERIALS

 zinc copper wood (walnut, oak, poplar) tin steel brass lead bone

FORMING

 drafting, heating pipe, milling mandrel, hand casting laminate cnc router

CUTTING

 saw drill press cnc, jointer, and slip rolling

JOINING

 soldering iron, woodworking joining, glue spring

FINISHING

 design for assembly and disassembly, stains lacquer longevity, appearance circuit board

OVERALL IMPRESSION

to me seems very old fashion style or production and they have some strong "traditions" in the way they create their product, very organized though and well-formed production line

target

After finishing the project i figured that the items in target (wrist watches) would have been made in a vast amount of different locations, yet every watch that i looked at was primarily made in china.  A few of the other pieces were made in japan and other places like that, but mostly the same.  And they all seemed to have a very similar packaging on them, just with a differnt brand name; i thought that was pretty interesting.

movie

The movie we watched in class today was a little to slow for me.  I was already overwhelmed without even finishing the long intro of the enrtire facotry.  There were some powerful pictures though, and i had never see that sort of destruction at that large of a scale.  Im sure if the documentary would have had more action or even dialog i probably would have been a littler more interested.   It did have an impact on me though, because after the film i thought about when stuff like this was going to be stopped.  Doing things like this to the earth can only last so long before some serious consiquiences take place.

El dorado was a very cool place.  to me it seemed like they had great location downtown in a pretty sweet building.  I like how the company keep it remotely small with their projects and did their work in there smaller sized shop (compared to the others weve seen) downstairs.  They kinda prided themselfs of being able to do what they do with the "basic"  tools that they had on location.  I also like their idea of having an open working environment. and the inside side of course was very modern and cool looking.  To me it seemed like a great place to work, not to mention that after work they go down into the shop and drink beer together.

mardi made in china

i thought the film was interesting. i deffinitely never thought of it like that.  I enjoyed how in depth the film maker went into the working at the factory.  i do agree that its a problem and a huge waste of materials and create and enormous amount of wast for practicallyh no reason.  it take time, and requires a lot of people to produce these beads just to be thrown away in a few minutes.  based on that it is pretty messed up,  but you cant just compare the price the beads are sold here for how much the workers are being paid.  Because the price of items and even services are different here than they are there.  Sure they only make a few cents an hour but over there (from what the film said) wasnt that bad of money, of course it would be here.  It sucks that that much waste is produced from that short of an event.

updated maniifesto

Dylan Floyd

MANIFESTO

Design for a purpose- know what is the main point the design is trying to make, and make sure it does just that. Don’t lose the purpose of the product while trying to make it look good.

Find your prime time- everyone has a certain time when they work well. Maybe it is early in the morning, or noon, or even staying up until 3 or 4 am to get your creativeness going. Whenever it is figure it out and draw during that time.

Get everything on paper- even in the middle of working on one idea have a separate sheet of paper ready just to doodle down any ideas that pop into your head so you can go back to them later.

Explore ideas- explore every idea you have even small one. Research, make drawing, or even sketch models you never know if that idea will turn out to be your favorite.

Don’t ever settle- don’t create anything that you think “doesn’t work” make sure that you are pleased with every angle, line, surface, or material even if it’s not your first choice and are required to use it.

Experiment- even if you know something will not work or you know you won’t end up using it, go ahead and tries it. It could inspire you to figure out your final design.

Organized chaos- keep your work area “messy” so all your ideas are out and visible, however don’t get buried in your work to the point to where you are distracted or held back by it.

Draw- draw, draw, and draw some more!

Don’t be afraid to ask- ask everyone what they think of your work, a little criticism and go a long way.

Be comfortable- create in a setting that you feel good in, music, lighting, furniture, etc. if you dare uneasy in your environment it will come out in your work.

Take risks- try some crazy things and push the envelope; you never know what you can do and who will be impressed by it.

Keep the final in mind- during your creative process keep referring back to what you think the final is supposed to look like, but remember that it can change at any point if you want.

Have fun- if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing then what is the point of doing it.

To the point- Don’t stray from the path and get off topic but more importantly don’t have tunnel vision when looking for ideas.

How it’s made- After the basic form is down always keep in mind how it will be manufactured and taken apart later.

Longevity- Don’t design anything that isn’t durable.

Green- What can be more “green?” maybe materials, recycling, and manufacturing?

The right RIGHT answer- The problems you encounter will have several answers, it’s your job to figure out which one works the best.

Step back- Pace around, walk away from your work to see it from a distance or distance angles, just walk around it.

Look back- Reflect over your process (drawings, sketches, models, ideation) several times throughout.

Start- Don’t think just do.

Take breaks- work on other things in between ideas, it can give you inspiration.

Test it- try to figure out what problems are going to happen before they do.

Look around- design ideas can come from ANYWHERE.

Keep drawing- You have an infinite amount of ideas in your head so get them on paper.

video response

I found the video more interesting than i thought it was going to be.  I like his design and thought he was a pretty unique guy.  there were some pretty cool place that he designed.  One of my faorite parts of the movie was when he was working with another guy from his office creating a building of some sort and they were just sitting and looking at it.  then he would say something and they would be cutting the most RANDOM shapes or curves of some sort and just tape them on.  And he would say... i like it.  Something that i took from the video was how "fragile" you picking your life career is.  he could have stopped so many time or focused on other things he like but always just had a passion for this kind of stuff.  He met the right people at the right ime and it worked out very well for him.  BUT i do have to agree with some of the critics when they say his designs are repetitive and "random" because they are.  and i know they are after watching the video.  all in all i enjoyed the film.

Zahner

ZANHER

..in collaberation with artist/designers/architechs

experiment with materials ex glass copper

innovation - do their jobs so one one else can
manufactor cost, build assemble on site

systems of building
tools from old anvil......to new water jet cutting

incredible amount spent on mock up process

materials...
every kind of metal you can think of, and some other things like glass hard plastics

hallmark

HALLMARK

Material..
paper (mill in georgia) metal-copper,nickle, alluminum, magnesium,
plastic, foil, flocking, cellusuede, flitter/plastic, glitter,
ribbon polypropylane, pp, coloring/blowing agents
extrusion

process..
stamping cutting pasting, printing (alot) slitter,  diecutting UV process, curing laminating, injection molding, programming packaging

first 2 feild trips

Reuter Organ

PRODUCTS
 organs (every part)
MARKETS
 churches, home uses, repairs
MATERIALS
 zinc copper wood(walnut, oak, poplar) tin steel brass lead bone
FORMING
 drafting, heating pipe, milling mandrel, hand casting laminate cnc router
CUTTING
 saw drill press cnc, jointer, slip rolling
JOINING
 saldering iron, woodworking joining, glue spring
FINISHING
 desssign for assembly and disassembly, stains laquar longevity, apperance circut board
OVERALL IMPRESSION
to me seems very old fashion style or production and they have some strong "tradtions" in the way they create their product, very organized though and well formed production line


Star Signs LLC

PRODUCTS
 signs, other boards/displays, laminates/wraps
MARKETS
 anyone! industrials building to schools
MATERIALS
 steel alluminum glass plexy acrylic lexan plastics
FORMING
 computer CAD, desinger
CUTTING
 router saw plotter
JOINING
 weld screws glues, folds
FINISHING
 painting rough up first flatbed printer vinyl, brail, etc
OVERALL IMPRESSION very cool interesting place, they have such a wide variety of things they do and yet almost of tghe their projucts and roll through their warehouse with ease.

My Bio

The author Dylan Floyd was born

on May 20 in a small town in

Missouri. His claim to fame began

after graduating from the

University of Kansas is just 3 short

years, with a degree in Industrial

Design. After finishing schoolhe

moved to Italy were he did

some work for a new line of foreign

cars. After a few years he

returned home to the US to share

his revolutionary ideas about

athletic shoes and sports gear

which now includes nearly 800

patons. He has worked on several

well known project and has

won countless awards for his designs

and ideas alone. The world

would truely not be the same with

out this great mind

IVE PICTURE

Jonathan Ive

JONATHAN IVE

            Jonathan Ive is a British designer known mostly for his work as the senior vice president of Apple.  Ive was born in February of 1967 in Chingford, London.  Raised by his father as a child attending school in Stafford.  He went on to attend Northumbria University.  That is where Ive met his wife Heather Pegg and then later married in 1987.  They now have twin sons and life in San Francisco

Jonathan was interested in designed from an early age, he just wasn’t sure of what exactly he wanted to do, or where it would take him.  It wasn’t until his later college years that he started developing ideas for Apple, which would be the turning point of his design career.  After graduating from college Ive became one of the co-founders  of a London design agency called Tangerine; and in 1997 he gained his current position at Apple with his first assignment being the iPod which later turned into the iPhone.  He continued to gain recognition from other designers and even Apple with his series of clean very functional designs.  Ive stats that some of the influence in this work came from Dieter Rams, and his 10 principles of good design.

 Now Jonathan is the head of the industrial design team, and also has his own design laboratory were his team is in a relaxed environment with music playing.  Some of the work that has come from Ive’s team is the iMac, iPod, iPhone, Macbook, iPod Touch, iPad, and the Macbook Air and Pro.  Ives has received many accolades through the years including The Sunday Times naming him one of Britain's most influential expatriates on 27 November 2005, and also A recent Macworld magazine poll listed Ive's joining Apple in 1992 as the sixth most significant event in Apple's history.  But the list doesn’t stop there, in 2010 he was named number 18 on the Vanity Fair top 100, and sortly after Fortune magazine claimed Ive the “world’s smartest designer” because of the work that he has done for Apple.  Ive now lives with his wife and kids in San Francisco where he still currently hold his position at Apple.  He is still designing to this day and now owns almost 600 design patents.

INTRODUCTION

Introduction to the Book Project & list of art and designers; bring your laptop to class to begin your research during classtime.

Choose one designer from the following list. Research the life and work of that designer, and write a 400-word essay. Include biographical information, education, influences, characteristics of style, awards/publications/clients, etc. Be sure to use 2 bibliographic sources as well as internet resources. Cite those sources at the end of your essay.

Collect 25 images that you might want to use in your final layout in a file.

You may choose designers not on the list that are suggested by your Photo, Illustration, Drawing for Design, or Basic Visual Communications Instructors. All chosen designers must be approved by the instructor in your section of BDS.

Pick your designer during class and start researching. Collect images and information for a short presentation about your designer. This should be a Power Point or PDF saved on a flash drive that can be shown to your section of BDS during the next class period.

designing a book of designers

Project Overview:

You will research a designer in your area of interest and create a two double-page spreads (four pages that are two sets of facing pages) about that designer including text and images. You will be using In-Design for your book design, and you should bring your laptop with In-Design to each class period.

Later in the project, your instructor will assign groups of 6-7 students who will combine their articles for a small book that includes each student's two-page double spreads. Each student will also create a Table of Contents and Title Page for their own book. Once the spreads have been combined and sequenced, each student will have Jayhawk Ink print and bind the book. For their copy of the book, each student will also create a jacket that shows the front and back covers and two inside flaps. The final book (sequenced, printed, bound, and jacket) will contain the same content for each member of the group, but will have a unique Jacket, Title Page, and Table of Contents. The completed book is due during your class sections meeting time during Finals Week.

Technology: Adobe CS5 In-Design (bring your laptop to class each period)

Commercial printing & binding at Jayhawk Ink

pictures of final

project summary reflection

I enjoyed doing this project and creating my box. I thought

working with wood for the -rst time was fun, and it turned out

really nice for what i was going for. My vessels as a whole looks,

I think it was tied together very well. Some things that i didnt

anticipate are the spaces in the wood being so visible when

trying to make the pieces 　ush, and also when i would sand

them down to make them smooth and -t together better. I also

didnt use any wood glue because when using the -nish only

made it llok worse. But in the same sense i was not planning

on the -nish making it look so much better.

Description of project

The purpose of this project was to create a vessel that would

something important to us. I chose to do my ipod/iphone

(it works for both, and long as its a touch.) We creating

these boxes by glueing layers of wood tightly together having

a solid wooden block and then cutting away from it and reglueing.

The box had to have personality as well, it had to in some way

represent what it was holding and not to mention have some sor of

functionality and still look appealing.

IDEA

DAVID RYE’S READINGS THE NATURE & DESIGN AESTHETICS

After reading this article i found some of the ideas

interesting, but also some what confusing. My

favorite part of it was the section where it was

talking about the limations we have on the things

me make. How if we took away the useless needs

and the costs of things we could make just about

anything. It also talked about the materials that

we use to creat things and how our process of using

that stu has changed drastically. There was

another deep idea that i liked, and what i took

away from it was that you can only get out of

something what you put in it. Meaning if you put

all these limiations on things while your creating

them, then you will have a ton of limitations and

things holding you back when it is complete and

you are using it. This show that through our “cheap”

designs we are crippling ourselfs.

process

Process Notebook: (all written portions must be typed; quantities listed are minimums)
--Written description of the project

--Statement of purpose about your vessel; what does it contain, how do the contents influence the structure

--Mind map, word list, or concept map of box ideas

--Written reflection of David Pye readings The Nature & Design of Aesthetics

--Photograph of your object(s) to be contained in the vessel

--Photos of band-saw experimentation

--10 sketches of box ideas

--visualizations of three different refined ideas: include sketches, orthogonal drawings, photo of mind-map, photos of models and

sketches & orthogonal drawings of final design—front, side, back, top

--5 working photos of box in progress

--6+ photos (front, sides, top, back, detail shots of surface) of your completed vessel with at least 1 photo that includes your object inside the container.

--Summary of the project: what did you learn, what are the strengths or weaknesses of your project, what would you do differently.

the purpose of my vessel is to not only hold and iphone but to function as a sturdy case while charging or playing music.  This will keep your phone from moving and or falling, getting broken, or lost while your not paying attention to it (not holding it in your hand).  AND not to mention look good enough to leave out on your desk.

nat and ath reflection

this article had some very interesting things in it.  I enjoyed reading the ideas propuse by the authors, including the one that the designs today are sacraficied for cheaper ways of production and mistakin for being better.  things in todays world are made to be used quickly and so have to be designed that way, however we are losing the importance of this because we are trying to make everything cheaper and easier to make.  In my opinion and stated in the book, if money was no object we would have the greatest pieces of artwork and design in our every day lifes.  unfortunately this will never happen because people do care about money, both producers and consumers so there will always be a certain targeted audience for everything.

vessel project

Design and build a vessel that holds something of special meaning to you. Choose a small object that has a connection, memory, or symbolism that is important to you. You will construct a lidded, wooden box to hold your object. We will be working with wood sections that are 8 x 5”. The box can be from 4 to 8 inches long or wide, so choose something that is fairly small and that you are able to bring to each class. The depth of the container will be determined by how many wood sections you decide to glue together and the overall size of your object. Materials--band-saws, wood, glue, sanders, sand-paper ($1.00/sheet)--are available in the Common Shop; the Shop takes cash or checks--no Beak 'Em Bucks.

Vessel: a hollow or concave utensil for holding something
Box: a rectilinear form
Bowl: a curvilinear form
Container: a holder of something
Thing(s): an entity, idea, or quality perceived, known, or thought to have its own existence. The real or concrete substance of an entity existing in space and time, an inanimate object.

Materials:

Tracing paper

Drawing materials: paper, pencils, straight edge, eraser

Wood—to be purchased in the A&D Common Shop

Sandpaper

Glue, clamps available in the Common Shop

Carpet Tape and Wipe on Poly/Mini-Wax available from Instructors

Optional: rasps, files, carving/printmaking tools

DUALITY

du·al·i·ty

   /duˈælɪti, dyu-/ Show Spelled[doo-al-i-tee, dyoo-] Show IPA

noun

1.

a dual state or quality.

2.

Mathematics . a symmetry within a mathematical system such that a theorem remains valid if certain objects, relations, or operations are interchanged, as the interchange of points and lines in a plane in projective geometry.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English dualitie < Late Latin duālitās. See dual, -ity

Related forms

non·du·al·i·ty, noun

 

Example Sentences

• Zurbaran painted with an acute sense of a duality between the world of flesh and blood and the world of the spirit.

• But what's really happening is the struggle of duality.

• We must have the duality of weapons expense and science engineering to remain a world leader for progress in all aspects.

 

World English Dictionary

duality (djuːˈælɪtɪ)
— n , pl -ties
1.	the state or quality of being two or in two parts; dichotomy
2.	physics the principle that a wave-particle duality exists in microphysics in which wave theory and corpuscular theory are complementary. The propagation of electromagnetic radiation is analysed using wave theory but its interaction with matter is described in terms of photons. The condition of particles such as electrons, neutrons, and atoms is described in terms of de Broglie waves
3.	geometry the interchangeability of the roles of the point and the plane in statements and theorems in projective geometry