proxi November 18, 2008

We’re now heading in the direction of a vest that will be able to hold everything that is needed in the kit.  Right now we’re trying to figure out -exactly- what those items will be, and where they will be placed on the vest.  Here is the initial design: Well… it’s not letting my put [...]

new direction? November 17, 2008

I’m just going to bullet the walls that we’re running into with coming up with ideas for the bike kit. There are so many different kinds of bike models, that if we decide to make something for all bikes, it’s probably just going to boil down into a bag that we strap or snap onto [...]

sketching November 14, 2008

This project has been particularly hard to come up with ideas for.  Generally, I’m really good and fast about coming up with a bunch of ideas at once, but for some reason, not so much with this project.  Probably because I haven’t been on a bike since I was 11 (except for this past summer [...]

oleds November 14, 2008

This is it!  This is what I want to do with lighting.. redefining what a light is.  I think I drooled a little bit when they showed the wallpaper…

robots! November 13, 2008

I love watching robots on youtube… Here are some of my favorites: Big Dog Robot Sony Rolly Big Dog looks incredibly creepy… but good god can it move!  If they were able to get a semi-realistic looking dog or deer skin on that thing, I doubt people would be able to tell the difference.  The [...]

the path to helping novice bikers November 13, 2008

Well this assignment has been a doozy so far. My group has done a plethora of field research and even more brainstorming.  It’s still difficult to tell what our final direction is going to be.  There’s just so many issues concerning bikers- pinpointing one seems impossible.  So far we’ve been to Piedmont Park, Little 5 [...]

new studio November 13, 2008

Changing studio instructors has certainly been an interesting experience.  The nice, quiet Neta to the incredibly high energy David.  Their methods are completely different… and yet, very effective in their own ways.  With Neta, it was mainly about internalizing our own ideas, getting them down on paper, and then sharing them with everybody.  With David, [...]

hello world. November 13, 2008

I suppose this is my first post in the design journal. I have a very interesting view of design.  One might say an even conflicting view with most of the other students I work with.  I enjoy very much the technical aspects of design… not only the beauty.  It annoys me to know end when [...]