Research, Sketching, Mapping, Prototyping
As an elective this semester I took a freshman class that goes over a lot of design tools. It’s focused on helping people get a cursory understanding of what design is and begin to expose them to their own creative process. One of the deliverables for this project is a book of all, or most,...continue reading
City Limits
In our methods class we focus more on graphic design and data and we’ve been given the opportunity to develop an info-graphic for the City Limits magazine. It’s an exciting opportunity to actually get some work published! Not only that but this issue will be especially timely, hitting the news-stands just before the primaries. The...continue reading
Visualize!
This past weekend we had another session with Jonny Goldstein. It was great, perfect timing and all. Nick and I have collected a ton of information about our thesis topic but we haven’t had time to really put it all out and see it together to see all the connections. This weekend we got to...continue reading
Remás Book Arrival!
It finally happened! This book seemed to have taken a year to make and it’s finally here. Now it’s time for editing. Here’s the digital version it’s based on: Open publication – Free publishing – More designcontinue reading
Charrette Done!
It has finally ended…three days ago that is. The focus was on connections and making meaning. I’d just write about what we did, but after watching the other presentations I realize we went a different direction than the rest. It began with everyone bringing in an object that was meaningful to them. I brought in...continue reading
Charrette
Tomorrow it begins. Charrette, for us, is a 3 day event that shuts the floor down. Both underclassmen and graduates work together to create something fast. We haven’t found out what the topic is yet or anything about it really other than the fact that the groups are smaller than last year, 5-6 people instead...continue reading
Bike Car
Nick and I met for thesis today and decided to quit talking and do something. Well, we talked a little, then we definitely took action. We discussed what the next steps should be in terms of the direction of our project. We considered doing more interviews, scheduling more interviews, working on homework that is directly...continue reading
Design Tool Development
I am taking a freshman class focused on design methods, such as research, mapping and prototyping. To make it for graduate I have to go above and beyond what the normal requirements are. My professor has requested that I use the tools we’re learning to work on a project for the class. The project my...continue reading
Cultural Probes II
We’ve finished our first cultural probe iteration! I’m pretty psyched; they look fantastic. Following up on the earlier post we decided to stick with the separate notebook and camera option. It made more sense to us in terms of usability. The relational connection between the two was really only the ability to add some extra...continue reading
