Prototypes

I looked at many glasses cases today to try and improve my design further. We threw around the idea of instead of having just improving the design making it completely different. These are the two different prototypes we came up with and we'll have to choose which direction to go. 

Poster Ideas

Today my group decided that I would be working on the poster. I came up with some very simple concept sketches to show them. I really wanted to incorporate the actual glasses into the poster while see how it works out.

Project 2

Today we were assigned our groups in class. We then showed our objects that we brought that were poorly designed. My group picked my object, the normal eyeglass case. After brainstorming for awhile we came up with the problems with it.
-Closed to forcefully
-Too sleek
-Falls when opened
-Too small
-Does not always shut your glasses in properly
-No good grip to open it up

We when started coming up with ideas to improve. I am excited to see what my teammates come up with next class.

Don Norman video

I thought that is was interesting how he claims that emotion plays so much into design. He said that design can and should be fun. Fear causes you to focus and happiness lets your mind wonder and problem solve by thinking outside of the box

He also thinks the subconscious wants to be in control and a designer should take that into consideration. I loved what Don Norman had to say not just about design but also about life. He made me think about the real purpose of design and what designers should really strive for. 

Ideas

I found this hanger poster online. I like that how it has a style to it instead of being too straight and neat. This gives me an idea about drawing some clothes on my poster to give it a style too.

Process Book in the Making

I thought that this picture would be a cool design to put on the side on my process book. I would have to make something like this in photoshop but I think that it would give it an edge and be more interesting if I added this element.

IN-Design

The only program that I used in high-school was photoshop. So in-design is a new program for me. It seems that I will be using a lot thought out my college career in design. Using in-design is not too difficult however and hopefully I can master it by the end of the semester. I am so happy that they gave us the grid to work of though, it will be a good way to get used to the program and the placement of things on the page.

This picture that I found online caught my eye. The design is very simple but it has a big meaning behind it of freedom. It got me thinking about my poster and how it does not have to be showy to get my point across. I love the silhouettes and that has given me a few more ideas about my design.