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Project Part #2: Non-Functional

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PROJECT PART #1: FUNCTIONAL PRODUCT

I can really relate to Dave because the way he came up to his profession is generally how I started, no real art classes until College, and doodling in the margins of my notebook through high school and grade school. It's really inspiring in fact to see someone who wasn't necessarily preparing for a career in art all their life to be so successful working with a lot of big and well known companies/groups. To work for Disney was a big accomplishment I believe, and his work with a band I personally enjoy a lot, Fall Out Boy, is unreal. I found his advancement in his career interesting as well, and loved his style from the examples shown. I really enjoyed reading this, because it inspired me to keep going further in the art field.

09/15/2016

Rethinking the way we sit down

     The general message I've gotten from this video, is the different ways he tried to keep his "romance" with planes alive. How when one way wasn't good enough, he then switched the way he tried to do things. He worked in several different ways to keep his "romance" alive with planes. But eventually, as most romances do, he got bored, and moved on.

    He then came to the chair industry, he moved to office chairs specifically. Starting with several "loose" ideas. But over several years he came up with something interesting. A chair that does as much as possible for the person. But while they can't accommodate everything, it does as much. He started with chair adjustment. Starting with reclining, and height adjustment. Then moved to the arm rests, and by simply pulling them up and pushing down, you can adjust the arms to how you wish. I found it funny when he asked everyone to reach under their butts and feel their tail bone to make a point. Then he gave several points on how all these adjustments help unload the weight on the tailbone. He then moved to a headrest. On his chair he has 5 inches of adjustment for the headrest. Furthermore, as you recline the headrest comes to meet your head.

    I found this video interesting because it showed the different ways that you can make your creation work for several different people. I may want to buy this chair...

Love this

How to Ruin A Great Design
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/arts/14iht-design14.html?src=me&ref=arts&_r=3&

     In the article, "How to Ruin A Great Design" by Alice Rawsthorne, she told of 3 major "crimes to design." First, using her traffic design example, she said was the "crime of poor design." For example, making a part of stand out more than the rest, thus deterring from the true purpose through distraction. She gives an example of a sign where the "D" in "Diverted Bikers" stands out much more by being so much larger than anything else on the sign. She also provides an example of a symbol that does NOT distract from the original intended purpose with her "Congestion Change" example. The second crime she told of was with "Citroen" cars and their decision to go to an, "unoriginal" design. Taking away from the brands ability to stand out. The final crime is the betrayal of history. With vintage chairs being sold in bulk to McDonald's for their restaurants, and taking their 20th century "classic" look, and replacing it with something to simply eat nuggets on. Alice made several strong points with her theory, and in many ways she is correct.

Questions for Bark

• What is your computer experience?

My computer experience is limited, but not entirely primitive. I know basic key commands, some editing, how to manage, download and control programs, and use of the computer command panel. I've also dabbled in file editing.

• What is your experience with Photoshop and Illustrator?

My experience with photoshop and illustrator is almost next to none, my interest in such things only peaked sometime in the middle of last year. Ever since I've been generally obsessed.

• Do you have a computer at home? If so does it have Photoshop and Illustrator?

I do have a PC at home. Although it does not YET have Photoshop or Illustrator.

• What is your major ?

I am double-majoring in both Video Game Design and Development, and Aviation Engineering.

• What do you hope to get out of this class?

I hope to gain the experience and skills I need to move forward in the first major listed above.

• Who is your favorite artist?

As far as a favorite artist I don't generally have one. Styles however I have many. Anywhere from classical, to abstract, to manga, to cartoon I love it all.

• Who is your favorite musician?

I generally enjoy listening to all music, and with that I don't have a favorite. I could never pick.

• Tell me something interesting about yourself?

Something interesting about me is that I am a very cooky person in general, I revel in my ability to be 100% silent one moment and 100% outgoing the next. You'll never know what to expect, but one thing you can always count on is that I'll be respectful in general.

• Write a five line story?

Once upon a time, there was a boy who had to write a story. It had to be five lines and entirely valid. He was working on his blog for his college course, and he had to answer several questions. However, when he was doing as he was asked, the windows suddenly burst inwards sending glass shards and recently settled dust flying into the classroom. Quickly he leaped upwards to see what had caused it, out the window he saw several flying ships, not of this world. They were dropping war machines and troops in the thousands. His campus had become the point of invasion from and unknown civilization. His eyes widened and he began to run, not knowing if he'd escape.

• Post an image on the blog.