February 2010
4 posts
...about research topics
Design research isn’t different than any other kind of research. Designers use interviews, secondary research (I’m looking at you, Google) numbers and charts (and use numbers to make charts).
Currently, in my design research class, we’re pitching ideas that we want to research. Here are the three I feel most passionately about:
Child obesity: It’s a growing epidemic...
Firefox logo update
Back in June, Firefox released version 3.5 of the popular Web browser and that meant a new logo to go with it.
Did you notice? I know I didn’t, but I like the improvements.
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January 2010
7 posts
...about Magic Mouse
Hullo, Magic Mouse.
Note to other objects in the house: if I like you, I will probably draw you. No bribes, please.
...about not knowing a CMS
Well, I spent all day working on my Fall 2009 presentation, and I’d like to upload it here, but can’t seem to figure out how.
I’ll be researching Wordpress to figure out how to use it and then I’ll have a link.
In the meantime, more drawings to come.
...about before shots
After shots still to come from my first VisCom crit, which went surprisingly well. Needed to add more highlights and shadows. Crazy shadows.
Also, you slip into shadow-midtone-highlight vision, it’s pretty hard to snap out of it. I SEE MIDTONES!
...about instant cameras
I was really happy to see this on designboom the other day. I know I’d buy a Polaroid instant camera just to have one again. However, if Polaroid is re-releasing cameras, maybe one that’s a little more sophisticated would be a bigger seller.
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...about sketching benchmarks
Did some sketching last night. Here’s the benchmark for the semester. My skills can only improve!
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...about the first day of second semester
And we’re back!
After a very eventful first semester, I’m back at CCS for the second semester of the MFA Design program. My classes this semester:
Interaction Design II
Design Graduate Studio II
Contextual Design Research II
Visual Communication II (Product Design)
Business Practices I
Today I went to studio, research and VisCom.
Studio
This semester, I’m learning...
When you're smiling →
I liked this commercial when I saw it the first time. But after reading Stephen Heller’s column (link in the headline), like him, I’m wondering where the idea came from - from the book “Face to Face” by François and Jean Robert or if the idea was floating around for some time.
But is it natural to look for symmetry and and a face in objects? Do we look for something familiar (What’s more...
September 2009
1 post
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... about grad school
This is it!
My first day of grad school at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit was Sept. 8. I was terribly excited to start after “taking” the summer off. So far, it’s been everything I hoped for and more; my professors are engaging and my classes are challenging.
I’m starting this blog because I’m coming across a lot of useful links on the Internet about...