Mar 8, 2011

Design Appreciation



THE BAD DESIGNS ( source:Google images)
This is a bad design as if the person shoots. He or she will be shot.

This is a bad design as the wrapping of individual bananas is wasting the resources.

Design Appreciation


THE GOOD DESIGNS

The MacBook Air is good as it is useful as well as it is light.
The iPhone 4 is a good design as well as a good product.

Sketching with rubrics


The sketching rubrics helped me by improving my designs and telling me how to improve.

Mar 7, 2011

IDEATION

Shape borrowing

Shape borrowing is used to create a new design by borrowing the shape and combine it with other objects to build a new design. Shape borrowing is also an ideation technique to “borrow” the form of an existing shape or design to derive further innovation. It requires creativity and innovation to combine the objects. By imagining the out come of the structure, you can piece it up together.

Scamper

Scamper is used to refine the function and appearance of and idea by, substituting , which is replacing a point of the structure. Combining, which is adding parts together. Adapting which is using the unique features of the original structure to adapt. Modifying, which is making changes to the structure. Putting to other use, which is changing one or more functions of the original structure. Eliminating, which is removing certain unused or useless parts of the product. Rearranging and Reversing, which is Rearranging certain parts of the functions.

Mar 1, 2011

Story Boarding( my answer)

1.What is storyboards?

Storyboards are graphic organizers such as a series of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of visualizing how the contents relate to each other.

2.How to create a storyboard?

We can create a storyboard by going to PAGES and find the storyboard template, and it is to write down the key points, ideas and the concepts in the story board frames.

3.When or where is the story board useful?

The story board is useful when getting us to plan and visualize our ideas and to ensure that we do make use of a variety of shots and angles.

Story Boarding( group answer)

1.WHAT IS STORYBOARDS?

Storyboards are graphic organizers such as a series of illustrations and images displayed in sequence like mind maps to plan and visualize how the contents relate to each other.

2.HOW TO CREATE A STORY BOARD?

Use basic shapes , stick figures and simple backgrounds. Draw your story board in pen or pencil. You can take pictures or cut out pictures from magazine. You can also use a computer to make up your story boards on pages and it is to writ down the key points, ideas and concepts in the story board frames.

3.When or where is the story board useful?

The storyboard is useful to pen down ideas and visualize our ideas to ensure that we make use of a variety of shots and angles.