Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Housewares Design




















This is the final presentation board that I had hanging up for the final critique in our Design Communications class. I will most likely try entering this into a Student Housewares Competition some time in the end of January.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Time to Work

Ready for some free time. This time not to slouch around as much. Oh it will happen for the first week simply out of recovery of being a complete nerd in DAAP and feeling like I never leave the place. After my week of doing absolutely nothing though I am really ready to start redoing my portfolio and finishing off a few projects from this quarter to be portfolio ready. This is the first time that I feel excited to put together a portfolio. I think I have finally reached the point where I am starting to feel proud of my designs and not having to struggle through creating a portfolio that I know looks bad. The skills are there now to create something good and that provides motivation and excitement for me to follow through. Only have to make it to December 7th then life can go back to normal and I can get going on the new portfolio. It's all about telling a story this time.

Goals Review

Here is a quick review of my goals from the beginning of the quarter.

I wanted to improve on my presentations of my products, as far as imagery and story are concerned.

Get a job at a consultancy.

Create a really nice portfolio, along with work from the quarter that can eventually go in it.
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As far as presenting my projects I feel that I have a deeper understanding of how to verbally present to an audience. Furthermore I think my graphic layouts have improved drastically from where they were. I still think I really need to work on telling a story about my products visually. Communicating these things in person during an interview is no problem for me, however I think that I need to learn to do this better visually still. The story is there I just need to show it and then the portfolio will really be poppin.

Well I didn't get a job at a consultancy but I did get a great job at sharpie which sounds really fun and it is in Chicago which is one of my favorite cities. I think this should provide for a great learning experience.

I was pretty happy with how my portfolio turned out. I think that it could have been better though. I am very anxious to revamp it while I am out on co-op. Some ideas have started brewing after interviews and discussing certain projects. As well as having new projects to add to it. There is always room for improvement and I'm excited because I know what I want to do now I just need the free time (school to end , co-op to start) and it will be done.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Housewares Start

























































This is two ideas I did some quick ideation development on for a housewares project I am entering in. The top idea I think is the final direction that I am heading towards. It is a portable dishwasher based off of the needs of college eating habits. 60% of college students don't own dishwashers and 55% eat meals on the couch. This is a way of giving a student a cheap dishwasher that doubles as a side table and makes cleaning as easy as leaning over on the couch. Simple idea and there is still some development to be done.
The second idea is a portable cooking set for college students that includes a pot, pot cover, bowl, pot cover, skillet, and plate all in one that transports easily for college students who move a lot and don't like carrying around all of their dishes.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Earbuds: Mixed Media Renders

































This was a great exercise in rendering techniques along with the USB renders from earlier. Here we worked with any of our tools combining 3D modeling and Abode tools to create a faster better render. I really wanted to have fun with this and go with a little bit more of an artistic style type render. Nixon's advertising pages really inspired me to try and do something a little strange that helped tell and story and represent the product.