Course Evaluation

Design Communications this quarter was very helpful. In class presentations and posted examples were very beneficial. I learned new techniques and improved my abilities. I liked the variety in critique types: sometimes in small groups, sometimes whole class. I enjoyed group evaluations and the personal feedback. The blog was an excellent way to keep track of my thoughts but a group website/blog would be very helpful. Thanks for a great quarter.

Spring Goals

This quarter went well. I am happy with most of my DesCom projects and very satisfied with my HP computer project. My goals for next quarter are to learn more about packaging (especially sustainable packaging), improve my design communication skills, and have fun.

Blogging About Design

Blogging and reading blogs is an excellent way to communicate and learn about design. Next quarter while I am on Co-op I intend to continue to update my blog. I hope everyone continues to do the same and I look forward to reading yours. Good luck next quarter. See you in the Summer!

T1 Kettle Box

Final tea kettle inspired by London phone boxes.

Sustainable Packaging

If anyone is interested in learning about sustainable packaging, AIGA Cincinnati is holding a Green Salon resource fair and panel March 24, 2009 at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Student fee is $10.

Check out http://www.cincinnati.aiga.org/ecoshift/greensalon/ for more information and to register.

Co-op Update!

Last week I accepted a co-op position at the Live Well Collaborative for Winter Quarter 2009. I will will be working on the General Mills Studio and other LWC projects. To learn more about LWC check out: http://www.livewellcollaborative.org/.

Carousel of Progress

My goals for the beginning of this quarter were to find a co-op job and improve my design communication skills.

At this time, I do not have a co-op job for Spring quarter. I have had three interviews and I am waiting to hear from one of them. When I accept a job I will post more information about where I will be going.

During this quarter I have learned several new visualization techniques. One of these is a combination of 2D and 3D rendering that was used for the USB project. Rough models were made in Alias and more detail was added in Illustrator and Photoshop. This is a quick and accurate way of communicating forms without modeling and rendering all the details.