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 :)
