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Fractal- something that has lost of pieces to it

Vitrivius was the first to write about design 2100 years ago

Design business, communication, creativity and problem solving, management and production, and knowledge gathering

The Perfect Thing (The design process at Apple) book.

"The Pony session"

T-Shaped Skills- Specializing in one thing but also knowing lots of little things that don't relate.

Lufdesign's Dustpan, Bin Combo concept

Lufdesign created a Dustpan+Bin combo. It looks really neat but I can see where it may have its flaws. The lip is very thick and it may not be the most effective dustpan. But i do like the concept of simply flipping a dust pan 90 degrees to change it from one object to another. The concept pics show crumpled papers, which is something I don't normally through away or sweep up so I would have to see this in action before I plan on buying it.

Designs for hard drives

Samsung's G-Series is made from environmentally-friendly halogen-free plastic. Embossed into the surface is a pattern that changes on the room's light source. Its intent was to "mimic the way sunlight filters through tree leaves as they sway in the wind." And the pattern is not just decorative but also it is scratch ad fingerprint-resistant, and also helps distribute heat.

Luar making BIg moves

One & Co is design and engineering company that observe people and their surroundings and culture to build a foundation on which they design. They touch various industries such as sports, fashion, technology, and medical. They are based in California. They teamed up with other popular companies to create different and innovative products like the HTC Diamond

The HTC Diamond is smart phone. The design is both modern and clutter-free to allow a strong focus on the innovative interface. The rich materials and diamond-like surface convey its power and sophication creating an intensely recognizable icon which is great for marketing.


They also recreated the Microsoft mouse and keyboard. The Arc keyboard and mouse, have a distinct arc form and pioneering details. The innovative hinge design and wide array of colors present a highly mobile solution for the younger, style-conscious consumer.

M Industrial Design

M Industrial Design is a company that designs innovative product designs, mechanical engineering solutions, and user focused results for concept and packaging design projects. I never knew what a industrial design company actually designed. I was very please to stumble on to their website. Some of the cool designs they show on their website are:

A Vornado Air Cirulator Flippi

Flippli's dual design air circulator tilts up and down plus it looks cool.


MZX Flat Panel Speakers

Flat and sleek panel speaker system. The panels pivots in all axis for optimum sound and effect and is designed to fit an infinite range of MZX speaker panels.


Jellypod

Designed to restore nature's balance. Saving the marine Eco system is no easy job. This device is triggered by human activity, algal blooms out of control, killing fish, spoiling water. With it modern healing powers, the Jellypod saves our aquatic friends by replenishing depleted oxygen levels through UV lights and emits sound waves that kill any excess algae.

VW Folding Bike Concept

A lot of designers are trying t recreate/redesign the bike. Maybe in the future more people will be riding bikes than cars. Volkswagon new electric bike concept is designed to fold into a circle that fits in the compartment that is usually occupied by the spare tire. It's range is only about 12.5 miles so it wont take you very far but its not meant for long distance treks. It official top speed is only 20 km/h so that Germans can wear it helmentless. The bike runs on batteries and can be charged from the car. It has no pedals so you just hope and and go, similar to that of a scooter but looks cooler. Video

Furniture that comes ALIVE

Author Bodolec designed Jack chairs that he says come alive. His concept to is have a regular box or circular-like object that takes up no space in a room. But once sat on it blossoms like a plant, awaken and turns into a comfortable lounging chair. video

Another cool design from Authur Bodolec is his lapeyr. The lapeyer is a reinvented stairwell. The idea is to have one the stair longer than the others and attached to a wall. The stair will also be above the ground. the stair that is attached to the wall and longer than the rest will be made of a soft material so that someone can relax, sit, and enjoy the stair while not interfering with people walking up and down the stairs.

The Easysafe utility knife

A first glance i thought the knife a bit big and wouldn't be easily stored in small places. But the idea and design is pretty cool. Martor (a company that makes cutting knives and blades) designed the Easysafe to cut towards the user and still remain safe, since the blade is tucked away behind a plastic lever on a hinge it makes cutting safer than an x-acto knife, utility knifes and box cutters. It also makes changing the blade very easy, it uses no tools. The knife is also equipped with a special key so only authorized personnel are able to change the blade. You can buy this nifty gadget here for only $14.48. video

Notes

• Logo center, upper right/left 90% of the time it is the upper left
• Name-Bold and/or Bigger (never in the middle)
• font size 9, 10, or 11
• seperate text-address,, font same family, not bold and smaller
• make another text box 8.5
• add phone, email, web
• at least 1/4in from the edge of the paper

**Ten up**-print 10 of the same things

Hotel Concept: Spend a Night in Hollywood

A Danish architecture firm Bay Arch designed a hotel concept built behind the Hollywood sign. The chief draw would be a 300 room hotel behind the letters. It would also house a wellness center, spa, nightclub, and a movie theater. They wanted the sign to be a multi-use commercial complex. Although the concept poses a lot of questions and concerns such as the original letter are not nearly as big as the pictures provide, but all in all the concept is pretty cool.

Wonderlamp

Wonderlamp is a design collaboration between Pieke Bergmans and Studio Job presented by Dimos last week in Milan. Pieke is known for her glass light bulbs. To make her "wonderlamps she uses archetype material using glass he same way we use bronze. Each object has its own idea from light to over bowling pot. The 7 pieces are of everyday life pieces: pots and pans, a torch, and a neon lamp.

Book Scanning Technology

Over the last 5 years book scanning technology has improved greatly. Here's what the state-of-the-art in book scanning looked like circa 2005--a vacuum-based page turner and an overhead camera:

Kirtas Book Scanner

Here's the ScanRobot SR300 from 2008, which could do 2,400 pages an hour:

ScanRobot SR300

Now a Tokyo University research team led by Masatoshi Ishikawa has developed an even better, faster way, by using software to account for the deformities in a page of text as it's being turned over. Coupled with a camera shooting at 500 frames per second, this means you can flip through the book quickly and manually:

Book Flipping Scanning

What will thye come up with next!

USB memory stick with color!

It seems that a lot of designer want to change the look of the usb drive. Mac Funamizu's USB Memory Stick #6 concept is pretty cool. The memory stick would be covered in glass and a light will shine in the inside represeting data saved in it. If there is no light shown there is no data, and if there is light filling the space there is no more space. The data woould be recognized with colors. For example, pink is images, blue is documents, and green for movies etc. Hopefully when this becomes marketable you will be able to play tiwht the lights in the glass. This is only a prototype and hopefully it will be marketable.

click here other usb concept ideas

CRYSTALS

Swarovski's Crystal place in Zona Tortona is a site to see. A few designers took on the challenge and Gwenael Nicolas's "Sparks" is simply beautiful. A clump of crystals, acrylic, and LEDs are suspended in the middle if a clear plastic beach wire. The balls are filled with balloons and strewn, floating, throughput a room.

Video

Tokujin Yoshioka created a giant Swarovski crystal almost the size of a chandelier. It is 1m glob encrusted with crystals and LED's.

The Future to Cleaning

The Ionator EXP designed by a company called Activeion cleaning solutions, is now being marketed and distributed thoughtout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This Ionator uses high technology to ionize regular tap water and makes it an sanitizer spray which is chemical-free. The ionized water attracts dirt like a magnet and lifts it from the surface making it easy to wipe.

How does it Work?

"Developed from advanced high-cost technology used in food-processing plants and four-star restaurants, the Ionator EXP uses ionization to convert tap water into a powerful sanitizer that's been tested and confirmed to kill 99.9 percent of common bacteria with a simple six-second spray of nontoxic ionized water."

These bottles are about a foot tall and looks like power drills. they are a bit expensive however. The Inonizer HOM (household version) starts at $169 and the professional grade is $329 but they are supposed to last for 3-5 years replacing your old chemical induced cleaners.

Video

Urban Bike Sharing!!??

B-Cycle is the new way of getting around the city or campus. It's great for your health, environment, and economical. It is very similar to a zip car. B-Cycle is fast, inexpensive and simple. It is very popular in France. B-Cycle measure the actual distance traveled on each ride and keeps trace of the calories you've burned and the carbon emissions prevented.

B-Cycle is a collaboration among three major American companies

• Humana


• Trek Bicycle Corporation


• Crispin Porter + Bogusky

**There major goal is to change the way you get around.

Different B-Cycle systems charge different amounts (cities, campuses, etc). The cost to use a B-cycle is divided into membership fee and usage fees.

B-cycle in Denver is aiming to be the first city to have bike sharing as of April 1st.

Video

Evan Roth

Evan Roth came to Hofstra to speak to us about his success as a graphic designer. He formally was interested in architecture but realized he could use his creative side in architecture so he decided to become a graphic designer. At a young age he becomes very interested in curse words. His first experience was listening to a rap group named NWA. In college he recreated the NWA album and instead of remixing it he reduced it. He only left the curse words and created a song from it. I knew he was rebel soon after. Evan was also interested in graffiti. He studied graffiti tagged on buildings from lower Manhattan. He created a whole database so that people can dissect the letters and read the graffiti. He also created a graffiti laser tag where there is a projector and a laser in which a computer reads. With this device you are able to project writings on buildings. He did this experiment in different cities around the world (Hong Kong, NYC). He also created LED throwies which are magnetic LED lights. Some tips he gave me about publishing my works of art are, don’t be afraid, get your work out there, even if someone take your works they don’t have the same ideas as you, you’re the one with the idea, people have taken his work by the gets the most hits and is known for his work. Evan Roth was very inspirational and I enjoyed his presentation.

Notes

Key tips to designing from Professor Klinkowstein:

• reduce strip and twist it in some way
• moving things from one thing to another

Notes 2/22
Business Card

• san serif font
• dont layout text toward edge
• keep letters spaced, no tiny spaces, not too thin
  
• black and white
• make a box with rectangle tool, set color stroke ight gray, fill none
• 2x3.5 in
• go to logo select copy and paste
  

Notes

Illustrator business

• open new
• file "place" image *stylize
• choose pen tool
• set fill color as none
• set stroke as none
• **Good symbol/brand mark has to be reuseable on business cards (they are small) 1/2 in
• simple outline, trace outline
• fill with black
• select fill tool black
• select effects-stylize to round edges
• convert anchor tool you can change shape
• scale down to to small size a little more than half an inch
  

logo and aspirational goals

• Become a graphic designer
• Become a creative director
• Work for an animation film
• Learn modern dance
• Learn Spanish

Essay

David Carson was born September 8th, 1955 in Texas. In Carson’s early adult life he was a professional surfer ranking #9 in the World Surfing Champions when he was in college. Carson graduated with “honors and distinction” from the San Diego State University. Here he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sociology. After college he worked as a high school teacher in California. In Carson’s early adult life he did very little with design until he enrolled in a short commercial design class. There, a Swiss designer named Hans-Rudolph Lutz instructed him. Afterward, Carson fell in love with design and the arts so he decided to enroll full time in design school. Shortly after he got his first design job as a designer for a small magazine called “Self and Musician.”

Carson was able to grow as an artist, through his work with “Self and Musician” and another small magazine called “Transworld Skateboarding.” With these two magazine companies he was able to work and experiment with different design style and ultimately helped him grow as a designer. During his early career in design he designed pages that overlapped photos and used a variety of different typefaces.

In 1989, Carson became the art director for “Beach Culture,” which is a surfing magazine. “Beach Culture” didn’t last very long, only producing six issues before it’s end. However, with Carson’s work with the magazine he earned over 100 design awards. He won “Best Overall Design” and “Cover of the Year” from the Society of Publication Designers in New York. His collection of work with this magazine is seen by some his greatest work. His incredible accomplishments put him in the design spotlight and were noticed by other designers and publishers such as Marvin Jarrett, the publisher of “Ray Gun.” “Ray Gun” is an American alternative music publication. In 1992, Caron was hired as the Art Director for this company. Carson’s work at “Ray Gun” made this company very successful. The success came from Carson’s incredible design strategy, which was fascinating to the youth demographic. This successful strategy tripled “Ray Gun’s” subscriptions in the years between 1992 and 1995. Carson’s new design approach to target the youth put him in the limelight of corporate America. Large companies, such as Nike and Levi’s saw his ability to used design to target the youth. They commissioned him to design print ads and to direct television commercials in hopes to increase youth sales. The American Center for Design, based in Chicago, called his work on Ray Gun magazine "the most important work coming out of America."

Several different groups have recognized Carson’s studio work with a wide range of clients in both the business and art world. These groups include, The New York Type Director’s Club, American Center for Design, and I.D. magazine. Over 180 magazine and newspaper articles around the world have featured Carson and his work; including a feature in Newsweek magazine, and a front page article in the New York Times. Carson’s work has made him very famous and successful.

In 1995, Carson left “Ray Gun” to pursue his own company, called David Carson Design. His company became instantly successful and attracted a diverse group of corporate clients. Some included, Microsoft, Toyota, and Giorgio Armani. Carson also released his first book with Lewis Blackwell in 1995, entitled The End of Print: The Graphic Design of David Carson. It has been on the best selling graphic design book list of all time. Selling over 200,000 copies in six different languages. The book was reprinted in 2000 now entitled, The End of Print: The Grafik Design of David Carson. The works featured this book are various one-man exhibitions in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia. He has recently release two other books called Trek and The Book of Probes with Marshall McLuhan. Carson is also the Art Director for the McLuhan estate.

Carson lectures generally throughout the world as well as at colleges around the United States; including Cranbrook, ARTcenter, Note Dame, RISE and Cal Arts. He has spoken at over 100 professional events, including “Designer As Editor,” and has had various one-man exhibitions worldwide. Throughout the week he teaches a workshop at the School of Visual Arts in New York City each summer.

Carson uses type as an expression to communicate a certain feeling or message to the viewer. Although some of his work is illegible, the message he sent trough his work and his risk for experimentation won him over 170 awards. He is considered the “grandmaster” of experimental typography. The International Center for Photography based in New York, awarded him “Designer of the Year” for his use of design and photography. Print magazine announced his work, “Brilliant”, while USA Today described his work as “visually stunning,” adding that his design in “Ray Gun” magazine “may actually get young people reading again.” In April 2004, London based creative review magazine calls Carson, “the most famous graphic designer on the planet.” At the Charleston ADDY awards he won four gold awards and a “special judges award” for “professionalism.”

Carson has expanded his talent to film and television and directed commercials and videos. He worked for companies such as, Lucent Technologies, and William Burroughs. He also collaborated with John Kao, a Harvard Business School professor, on a documentary entitled “The Art and Discipline of Creativity.” His extensive list of international clients range from Nine Inch Nails, Toyota, Mercedes Benz, Bank of Montreal, Quicksilver, Meg Ryan, David Byrne, Bush, Pepsi, and Xerox.

Currently Carson works for the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston as an Art Director. In 2004 he designed a special issue of Surfing Magazine, entitles “Explorations.” Carson continues to be driven on pure intuition and experiments different ways of communicating with various mediums.

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“Bio: David Carson.” David Carson Design. David Carson Design. Web. 29 March 2010.

Die electricity

Scott Amron created what he calls Die Electric which is an insulating material that doesn't conduct electricity. Die electric makes the use of Ac power plugs and sockets and creates a lesser flow of electricity. Some of his ideas include the cork plug, hanging light switch, toothholder, a shelf and many more. Amrson says "The burning of fossil fuels to generate electricity contributes to global warming and poor air quality."

The Cork Plug

Hanging Light Switch- When off it is a functional hanger and when turned on it is a fully functional light switch.

Toothholder- A power cord cut holds toothbrushes suspended over the bathroom sink area. It also holds a rinsing cup or anything else bathroom related.
The self- A cut power cord that forms a rigid shelf that provides a surface for objects. Such as cell phones, cups etc.

Brush and Rinse

Scott Amron designed a toothbrush that redirects water so that you can drink from it if you need to rinse. The toothbrush is small so it is easy to travel with. It is very cool and kids will want to brush their teeth. This concept can also be applied to electric toothbrushes. Its only $2.18 and you can order it from the website.

Watch this cool video and be amazed.

HeatSwell

Scott Amron is an electrical engineer, designer, conceptual artist, and founding principal of Amron Experimental. He designed a new variation of the coffee up. It has built in sleeves to handle cold and hot beverages. If you pour a hot beverage such as: tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc. the thin stackable cub will swell into what he calls a "cool insulating collar". It is a 100% genuine endothermic reaction. Any hot beverage will activate the band. It is pretty cool but VERY CREEPY. It has a knitted-on cloth towel feel and is non toxic and FDA approved. The whole design is recyclable and biodegradable. It also will not swell at shipping temperatures because that would not be good. Overall i do like the concept but i do think if the collar gets to big it gets this creepy look to it and grosses me out a little.

Video

Bamboo Flow Light

Igendesign was founded by Daniel Lorincz and Alberto Vasquez. Which is based in Hungary. They study industrial design at Budapest University of Technology and Economics and at he Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest.. Igendesign created what they call "Flow", which they want to become a public light for Third World countries. It operates on the principle of vertical wind. The lamp is made out of bamboo, wires and LED lighting and it is fully recyclable. The Bamboo is cut in half and the lamp is inserted. The bamboo is cut at an angle so the light is pointed downward. Due to the spiral form, the lamp can hold the wind from every direction and create different lighting effects. The idea of Flow is to create lighting on the shores of oceans because there is very little lighting at night, which makes it dangerous. Bamboo is one of the cheapest to produce and is eco friendly.

Clock Jar

Oren Hetzroni, fourth year industrial design major at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, designed what he calls a Clock in a Jar. He was inspired by childhood memories of having insects in a jar. He states that a first glance the arms of the clock look similar to that of butterfly wings. The hands are hung vertically and move around the circumference of the top of the jar. The glass jar is numbered by the hour. You can buy it here for 15$/5$ for shipping.

Wanderest

Nichola Trudgen (Bronze winner in the Best Design Awards 2009 for product) designed what he calls the Wanderest. The Wanderest is an object that can be used for seating or resting if you need a break from walking. Trudgen designed the Wanderest with the elderly in mind. Trugen says that walking is the healthiest and easiest way to be mobile, but the elderly often need to take breaks while they walk because they become tired easily. Lamp post are the ideal resting stops because there are a lot of them on one block. The Wanderest could be used for flat surfaces, in bus waiting areas, hospitals, banks or just as a leaning station. The Wanderest is cost efficient and made of three identical panels injection-molded from a recycled Wood Plastic Composite. (an environmentally-friendly and easy-to-maintain material) The seat can be attached with either a bolt or two steel straps.