IDEO video and Handout

The IDEO video and Handout gave new approaches to designing creative objects. The tactics that they used seem different than any other company. IDEO has designed many everyday objects that we use and benefit greatly from. They redesigned a shopping cart during the video and went through the designing process which was inspiring to viewers to create new designs. The video and handout explained the use of a "mind map". This allowed designers to think of words off the top of their heads that relate to their old object so that they can better their new design. This helped with our group because it allowed us to freely throw out ides that we could use. With these mind maps our group could also determine which product would be best to redesign and would be the most fun to work with. A main theme of IDEO is to never reject an idea and to not shy away from the crazy sounding ideas. This too gave our group confidence in throwing out ideas to think more about our new design and reconstruct in a whole new manner.

Ditching Incandescent Lightbulbs

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2ABdws/www.good.is/post/stop-living-in-the-past-ditch-your-incandescent-bulbs/

Article on Lightbulbs

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2h54gO/www.fastcodesign.com/1665172/an-incandescent-bulb-that-lives-entirely-on-your-computer-screen

A New Kind Of Lightbulb

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6e7nmF/www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/modern-design-incandescent

LightBulb Article

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/9x7U9n/www.infowars.com/stock-up-on-incandescent-light-bulbs-in-fact-buy-a-lifetime-supply-of-them/

Reasonings...

My well designed object is a fluorescent lightbulb. In the video of Don Norman and the article of Dieter Ram several main points targeted were to make a product to support the mass consumers’s basic needs and be environmentally friendly. The fluorescent lightbulb not only provides light which is obviously an essential part of everyday needs, but also is friendly towards the environment!

Lightbulb drawing 2

In this drawing I used gesture to draw and then used contour in a thicker line to show the second technique. With the gesture lines it was easier to see where to start the contour lines. It helped to keep me in contact with the lines of the object. To the viewer this shows how to start drawings in a simple form and continue to draw and add in details. This allows me to continue adding and seeing the object in different lines.