Project #1

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Homework #7

In the article, Designer tweak famous logos to use less ink, by Jacopo Prisco, they write how logo designers could save companies money and help save the environment just by doing some minor tweaks to a logo. My initial reaction to this article was that I have always seen these types of logos in the wild, but I thought it was purely for aesthetic design. I think it is pretty genius that by simply not filling in parts of your logo could help save money and the environment while not taking away too much from the overall design of the logo. The logo still looks good, even without it filled in completely.
Read more

Homework #2

In Neil’s Diffrient’s 2002 Ted Talk, he talks about his chair that he has designed himself. The thing I  find interesting is that when thinking about the the design of the chair, he does not put focus on it’s aesthetic and physical appearance. He focuses on the human aspect of the chair and how people would interface with it. One thing he learned with some humans is that some don’t ever touch the levers and buttons on a chair to adjust it. He took that aspect into consideration and designed a simple chair that doesn’t need much manual adjusting at all. Streamlining comfortability for users that don’t take the time to read directions or guides is really a brilliant idea that, I bet, wasn’t an easy task.
Read more