J010

OUR GROUP
Aaron
Allison
Ben
Hannah
Leah

Past Blogs on Project
J09 and J08

Finally! Our project is done! I must say I had a really great group and I thoroughly enjoyed working with all of them. The only thing that has occured since my journal entry is our presentation. We divided up the slides for who would talk about what. I had to take on the colors and materials slide along with the kiosk sketch and goals. I was so nervous! Actually, we all were! Watching the other groups that went before us with their professional looking work was so scary. However, we definitely did our best with what resources we had. And I think that every person in my group did an excellent job at speaking on their delegated slides. Some things I wish I could change would be that I wasn't sick that first week of the project. I wish I didn't miss out on the formulative stages of the project, because I just jumped in when the idea was already hatching. Overall, I'm glad its over and think my group was great :)

CR10

After my last design 200 class I came home, shoved my brightly colored orange folder full of design notes on my bookshelf, and thought to myself, "man...what a good class." And it was! I loved the topics we covered from colors to recycling/the earth to the buildings on campus (I always tell people "I studied that!" when we go past one of the buildings from our scavenger hunt.) The slides were always colorful and interesting along with the movies, I loved when we got to watch a movie! The assignments were even fun to complete. The Heskett book was tough to get through, but the recycled book was awesome. I liked that I didn't have to worry about grades as long as I completed my projects on time and used my best effort. However, I don't want to have to take another attendance-based class again! (haha)
At first, I was really intimidated by all of the people in my class. I thought they had really nice outfits and seemed to all be so confident in what they were doing and where they were going. I was also scared by the pictures and assignments on their blogs. I thought I wasn't as good or artistic as them! Nevertheless, as I became accustomed to the class I felt I fit in better, and that I wasn't so bad after all. When Gabe announced that we would have a group project as our final, I freaked out! I hate group projects! BUT I had such a friendly and fun group, it turned out to be a really enriching experience! I loved the people in my group and made some really cool friends :) It wasn't bad at all!
I must say, the worst part of all about the course, wasn't even the course at all. It was the room. That Hopkins 162 (I think?) is horrible! You can't hear or see in the back because all the seating is on one level and there is absolutely no room in between rows. You can't move to get out or everyone has to suck it in! It's hard to get through a row without anyone even in it!! And of course it's an attendance-required class, which I understand is necessary, but it makes the room so crowded! And whoever invented those desks didn't allow the option for girls to cross their legs! You have to sit in one position, both feet flat to the floor, for two hours without the ability to move cause there's no room and it's so crowded. And everyone glares at you if you have to get out to go to the bathroom. "I'm sorry! It's not my fault this room is NOT designed for a lecture class!!"
Whew! Glad I got that out!
A special thanks to Gabe, our teacher, who made the class so fun and interesting. He also helped me branch out and make contacts with people in my major interior design. He was very inspiring! Oh, and he definitely helped me to branch out when he pushed me in the center of all the design students at the opening party to smash the pinata! Talk about an ice breaker!
All in all, I believe this was an inspiring course for everyone in it. I now feel more motivated than before to keep going with design and art classes. I also feel I am educated in the design vocabulary and facts. (Especially furniture! Now I can fit in when I attend my first interior design class!) Now I look at the world a little differently, with the eye of a designer :)

J09

Aaron
Allison
Ben
Hannah
Leah

We have just finished our power point/project today! This week we have been finalizing all of our design decisions, finishing the final sketches, and gathering everything together into one power point. We decided to change the portable piece of our fridge from a freezer to another fridge so that it could be used for drinks and such around the house. I believe that we have been working very well as a group. We have met twice outside of class for a couple hours each time, so I think that is something to be rather proud of given everyone's busy schedules and other finals.
Personally, I shared with Leah the task of designing the kiosk for the display of our final product. We did this because it goes along with our major: interior design. I collected all of our groups information to put onto our first rough power point and also put that together. I feel that I have done a fair share of the work, along with everyone else in our group. Just today we divided up the slides for who gets to present what in our final presentation tomorrow.
I would attach our power point, since we are done and that is how far we are! But, I don't want to spoil the surprise! So I will just attach a sketch I made of the kiosk and a pic of all of us working together at Thompson.

J08

Personal Documentation of Coleman Project
Our team of "5's!"
Aaron
Allison
Ben
Hannah
Leah

Unfortunately, I have had the flu so I had to miss the past week of classes. So I have not been able to contribute much to the project so far. Luckily, I stayed in touch with email and phone in order to keep up with my group. We have decided to design a home good of a refrigerator for Coleman with a portable freezer. We want to appeal to the mobile type person with the portability of a freezer that can become a cooler and yet also sell to many homeowners with the functionality of a well-made kitchen/freezer. I though that this was a very good idea, and something that has never been though of before! However, since we spoke with Gabe today, I am worried that we need to refocus our target group so that it gets away from outdoors-y people completely. We all work great together and get along well. We build ideas off of each other and when someone doesn't understand someone else's concept, we ask them to draw it which usually clears everything up. I am excited to work with my group of "5's" and to design a really awesome fridge! This project should be a lot of fun :)

J07 - Online Scavenger Hunt

Outdoor Recreation Retailers
http://www.rei.com/
http://www.cabelas.com/
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/Main.aspx?
http://www.gandermountain.com/
http://www.campmor.com/

Outdoor Goods Trade Show Examples

 Here is a walking stick exhibition booth.











This is a booth from a trade show that took place inside of a Cabela's store.

This gutter company set up their exhibition booth with a frame made of gutters.















Indoor Goods Retailers
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/default.aspx
http://www.ikea.com/
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/default.asp?
http://www.lnt.com/
http://www.potterybarn.com/

Trade Show Examples of Indoor Goods

This fabric company is displaying how their product can be turned into curtains.

Here a company gives an example of an interior.

This woman's exhibition booth is to sell pots and hand-painted gourds.
















Definition of Indoor Good
I believe that an indoor good is an object that the consumer uses inside a home, work space, or any building for interior activities or decorations.

Pictorial Examples:

Couch

Bookshelf

Pillows

RR08

Last reading...finally! :)

This week we finally finished "DESIGN a Very Short Introduction." They involved the role design plays in businesses and governments and how design might evolve in the future. The chapter spoke about design councils that reside in other countries such as the UK and Germany, yet the US doesn't have one. At first I was a little upset that the United States didn't have our own council! However, then I thought, what does a design council even do? Further study of the book realized that it is to promote design as an industry and to stimulate exports. Here, maybe we don't even need that! We have designers for every aspect of life! Anytime there is a problem that needs to be solved, design is the answer! But, the book mentions that some Americans think that design is "something superficial." This is a difficult concept that especially affects me since I have trouble convincing my family of doctors and science-majors that design is a real major and requires a true artistic talent! Our world is made functional, beautiful, and environmentally-friendly because of designers! Without designers, we would not have today's most modern technology and transportation advancements!
Overall, a very good, inspiring collection of reading for this class. I enjoyed reading about this industry that is so new to me. I am excited to pursue my studies further!

CR07

This week in class we listened to recent graduates from OSU's design school. It was really inspiring to see designers not much older than us who had been in the same seats we were at that moment. It shows what can come of hard work in undergrad. I was not too fond of the marshmallow/noodle exercise because group projects make me nervous, however I had fun listening to the results of who normally wins those challenges, kindergartners! I wish I would have had more say in my group because I have done exercises like that before and I played with k'nex growing up, so I know that triangles are the most sturdy and you need a good base in order to create any height. Nevertheless, we did our best (even if I was too scared to say anything) and managed to totter in at 17inches! On Wednesday we watched videos about the designers Charles and Ray Eames. The pointless, solar-powered wind decoration was pretty! And quite amazing mechanically how it all worked together from the one solar panel! Also, I loved the Eames' home! I  had seen pictures of it before and I love that main entrance with the huge paper lantern and full length windows.