Final Lantern

This is my final lantern for this project. I am really happy with how it turned out. It looks really cool with the light on and adds a great reflection off of the walls when it is dark in the room.

Final Prototype

I decided that I wanted to find a way to combine my two prototypes. They both have really interesting elements and I decided to use both techniques for the final lantern.

Lantern Prototypes

I narrowed down my ideas into these two prototypes. The first one is really cool because of the way the light bounces off of all the folds. The second one involved a lot of layering and is really interesting when the light turns on.

Lantern Project

 For our last project, we experimented with light using bristol board in order to create a lantern. These are a few of my favorite preliminary models I created to brainstorm my idea.

Final Essay Book

My Essay Book

This is my final model of my photo essay book. I was really happy with the way it turned out. It is very simple and has a really sleek design.

Photo Essay Preliminaries

 These are the two book formats I was deciding between.  I decided to use the book shown on the left and make it out of card stock and glossy photo paper.

Light Experiments

Letters Using Light

Site Photos

Site Photos

These are some of our first photos we took at Allen Field House and Watson Library.

Photo Locations

Photo Locations

We spent a lot of time brainstorming on where we wanted to take our photos. We needed to find the best places on campus that expressed the meaning of our word. We decided we definitely needed to use Allen Field House. We also chose to use the Watson Library, Strong Hall, and we also wanted to experiment with lighting.

Finished Letters

Finished Letters

We finished constructing our word and decided to paint them bright white in order to make them stand out more. We were all really happy with how the final letters turned out.

Process Pictures

Process Pictures

These are some photos of our word construction process. We made sure to take our time and get measurements accurate in order to make perfect 3-Dimensional letters.

EXPAND

These were my finally 5 designs for my word "expand". I created these in Illustrator and tried my best to capture their meaning using size and placement. 

Photo Ops Reflection

Photo Ops Reflection

Photo Ops was an article helping people understand what photography is really about. It breaks it down nicely into certain sections that include: Symmetry and asymmetry, repetition, framing, continuous mode, and exploration. I thought this was a really good article and enjoyed reading it. I don't do a whole lot of photography and don't own a nice camera or anything, but this article actually made me interested in going out and capturing things I find neat. I liked that they talk about how you don't need some fancy, high-tech camera and crazy lighting to take a good photo. All you really need is to have a camera with you at all times so you can look around and snap what you see. The key principles that were talked about in this article taught me a ton of things I had never learned before about photography. 

The Parts of the Letter

The Parts of the Letter Reflection

     This article talked very specifically about typography and the parts that make up a letter. After reading this, I realized how thought out and precise letters can be. I never really knew that letters could get this specific and I now know a lot more about them. Although this was an interesting find for me, I'm not sure I need to know all of these parts for my major which is industrial design. This will, however, help me better understand our current project that focuses mainly on typography.

Project 3: What Language Looks Like

What Language Looks Like

Expand:   to increase in size, range, or amount : to become bigger

IDEO Reflection

IDEO Reflection

            The IDEO videos gave us a look into the lives of industrial designers. These designers go through a specific process every time they are presented a project to complete. For this project, the designers remade a common shopping cart. It was nice to see exactly how the process went from start to finish because I had always wondered what industrial design project would be like. I liked the rules that these designers used every time they did a project like this. These made sure to stay focused on one subject at a time. My group definitely used this rule while doing our own project and it helped immensely to stay focused. It was also helpful to learn that they “stay visual” when brainstorming. It was a lot easier to understand my group members when they drew out their ideas on paper rather just talk about them. These videos really got me excited to work in a group just like I would in an industrial design job in the future.

IDEO Reflection

IDEO Reflection

            The IDEO videos gave us a look into the lives of industrial designers. These designers go through a specific process every time they are presented a project to complete. For this project, the designers remade a common shopping cart. It was nice to see exactly how the process went from start to finish because I had always wondered what industrial design project would be like. I liked the rules that these designers used every time they did a project like this. These made sure to stay focused on one subject at a time. My group definitely used this rule while doing our own project and it helped immensely to stay focused. It was also helpful to learn that they “stay visual” when brainstorming. It was a lot easier to understand my group members when they drew out their ideas on paper rather just talk about them. These videos really got me excited to work in a group just like I would in an industrial design job in the future.

Poster Design

Poster Design

For our group project, I was responsible for creating a poster for our newly designed object. I first made some quick sketches of ideas and then used photoshop and illustrator to create the poster.

This was our final idea for the poster layout. We decided to call our toothbrush holder the FreshRak. We also decided to used the sentence "For when it's rainin' toothbrushes" on our poster.

This was the first very basic outline that I created in Adobe. We still need to add quite a few things to it.

Early Sketches

Ideas For A New Toothbrush Holder

These are some of my early sketches for the new toothbrush holder. I sketched how the parts will come together and hold the toothbrushes. Magnets will be used on the base to easily separate holder for cleaning. We also decided to use arms to hang the toothbrushes. This way you wont be touching other peoples when you grab yours. This toothbrush holder will also spin so you can easily grab your own toothbrush.

Project 2

Project 2

For our second project, we are taking a poorly designed object and re-designing it with prototypes. My group chose to re-design a standard toothbrush holder. Toothbrush holders can be a mess to clean up because the toothpaste eventually builds up on the base. Having multiple tooth brushes can also be a problem because you are constantly touching other peoples brushes and spreading germs. We decided to take these issues and figure out a way to solve them with a new and improved toothbrush holder.

Final Poster Design

My Completed Poster

This is my final layout for my well-designed object poster. After I completed drawing the hand and GoPro camera, I added a reflective ground for the camera to sit on. I then added my word "Capture". Like I've said before, I wanted to keep my poster as simple and to the point as possible. I'm happy how the final poster turned out and think that it really focuses your attention on the well-designed object.

My Poster Work In Illustrator And Photoshop

Photoshop and Illustrator Work

This is an outline that I first completed in Illustrator. To do this, I traced over my pencil sketch with a Wacom drawing tablet. I didn't want to add too much detail because I thought it would take away from the object.

I then opened my new outline in Photoshop. I started adding color to the hand and to the GoPro camera. I also added some shadows and highlights to give it more of a 3D look. Next, I will add a surface for the camera to sit on, a reflection to make it more realistic, and my word "Capture" in the top left section of the poster.

Progress

My Poster Progress

After setting up the grid for my poster, I sketched my preliminary image. I carefully positioned where the camera is on the poster. I used the rule of thirds to make sure the viewer is drawn to the image. Next, I scanned this preliminary poster onto the computer. I am currently going over my sketch in Photoshop with a drawing tablet. Then it will be placed into InDesign and positioned like it is on the poster.

Inspiration For My Poster Design

My Inspiration

I feel that Apple has one of the best approaches for design in their advertisements. They use simplicity to focus the viewers eyes on what is really important. Though they do seem to have a lot of negative space, it always works well for them. They want the viewer to understand the sleekness and simplicity of their products' designs. Apple only uses what is essential for their advertisements. They usually just have a short, to the point sentence and then a view of the product.
For my poster design, I wanted to use the same principles that Apple uses to display their products. I feel this is important because the GoPro Camera focuses on the same sleek and innovative design for a high-tech device.

Early Sketches

GoPro Sketches

These are some early sketches I did after choosing my final object. I just wanted to focus on the simplicity of its form. I used a different medium on each sketch to try and see what looked the best for the poster.

GoPro Camera Sketch

My Well-Designed Object: GoPro Camera


This is my first layout sketch for my poster. I wanted to make the design simple and focus on the size of the GoPro camera. I placed the front view of the camera inside the LCD screen on the back. This way, the viewer can see both the front and back of the GoPro.