Design Awards

Check out the Cecily & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Awards 2009.

Here is the link to the panoramic view of the display.
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/rigg2009/virtual.html

You can click on the chairs for pictures and more information.

Phase 1 Critique

A sample of the concepts presented at Thursday's critique. Travel Active, Travel Mod, and Travel Executive.

Executive Image Board

Executive image board for luxurious and business travel. Bold, strong, and feminine forms portrayed in white, black, metal, leather, glass, and wood.

Design Communications Group Project

This quarter in Design Communications will be focused on a group project. I will be designing travel beauty products with Alicia and Megan. The products are a compact, shampoo and conditioner, and a hairdryer. They may or may not be travel sized but should give the user the experience of travel.

Portfolio Teaser

I can always tell you what I have done.

I can't always show you what I have accomplished.

But I would prefer to tell you how I have grown.

Let me take you on a journey of self discovery.

Experience the challenges I have undertaken.

Discover the treasure that has enriched me.

And meet the people who helped me along the way.

The story can begin today.

Emotion and Design

Here are some links on the relationship between emotion and design from Mike Roller.

http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/a_periodic_table_of_form_the_secret_language_of_surface_and_meaning_in_product_design_by_gray_holland_12752.asp

http://www.design-emotion.com/2008/06/29/getting-emotional-with-dan-hill/

http://www.slideshare.net/farreaching/intro-to-emotion-design-pleasurability-and-emotional-design-experience-dynamics-web-seminar-presentation-854443

http://www.slideshare.net/trevor.vangorp/emotion-arousal-attention-and-flow-chaining-emotional-states-to-improve-human-computer-interaction

Emotion is key to creating a good user experience. It helps create a memory of a product and can help build brand loyalty.

Welcome Back!

Last quarter I Co-oped at the Live Well Collaborative in Cincinnati, Ohio. I collaborated with students from business, design, and engineering to develop products for the 50+ baby boomer market in a studio sponsored by General Mills. My work included extensive research, consumer interviews, ideation, concept refinement, 3D modeling and rendering, and presentations. I also assisted with research and planning for a collaborative P&G studio for Summer Quarter 2009. I will be taking the P&G studio as a studio elective this quarter.

At the end of my Live Well Co-op I attended an inspirational presentation on storytelling that leads nicely into this quarter. In ID Studio I will be designing a beautiful artifact: a chair. I am hoping to create a poetic object that makes meaningful connections with the user. I am also excited that I will be able to more eloquently describe previous and future projects.

As I began to revisit my portfolio this quarter I noticed the lack of poetry and storytelling and also noted that I do not have a sustainable project. I am hoping to learn more about sustainable materials for chairs in Materials and Processes and incorporate these into either the chair project or the Design Communications group project.

Goals for the quarter coming soon!