Happy Veteran's Day

Today in class we continued working on our gigantic letters (they are over half the height of me). Cutting and taping the letters is not as hard as I thought it would be. On Monday we will go around campus and see where everyone put their letters. I am excited to get out and look around, hopefully the weather holds up! I am going to attach some pictures of my group working, hopefully next time I blog they will be all done!

Displace

For the group portion of this project we are going to make a HUGE word and put it in a location on campus that adds to the definition of the word. Our group drew the word DISPLACE.

dis·place

vt \(ˈ)dis-ˈplās\

dis·placeddis·plac·ing

Definition of DISPLACE

1

a : to remove from the usual or proper place <in heterotopia the gray portions of the cord are displaced so that patches of gray matter are scattered among the bundles of white fibers—R. L. Cecil et al> b : to shift (an emotion or behavior) from a maladaptive or unacceptable object or form of outlet to a more adaptive or acceptable one <displace punishable behavior by directing it towards things that cannot punish—B. F. Skinner>

2

: to set free from chemical combination by taking the place of <zinc displaces the hydrogen of dilute acids>

3

: to subject to percolation 

 

Our ideas of where to put the word are as follows:

Displace locations:

-Potter lake

-Infront of snow hall

-Rec center…net splitting word

-Placing letters on a hill

-Splitting the word with height

-Library

-Underground

-Sitting in the bus seats

Squeeeeeeeeze

So we just had to add color to our words and I chose blue, orange and pink. It was kinda fun playing with all the different shades of those specific colors. It was kinda hard to work with Illustrator for me at first..but then I got help and it made sense all of a sudden. I just hope I don't forget how to do the things I learned. I have kinda realized that working with Illustrator is kind of like solving a puzzle. Once you get it, it makes complete sense and every project is unique and takes a little figuring out. I am going to attach the 18 color refinements we had to do for 11/1/2010. Thats all for now!

Squeeze definition

squeeze

   [skweez]  Show IPA ,verb,squeezed,squeez·ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.

to press forcibly together; compress.

2.

to apply pressure to in order to extract juice, sap, or the like: to squeeze an orange.

3.

to force out, extract, or procure by pressure: to squeeze juice from an orange.

4.

to thrust forcibly; force by pressure; cram: to squeeze three suits into a small suitcase.

5.

to fit into a small or crowded space or timespan: The doctor will try to squeeze you in between appointments.

6.

to enclose (another person's hand, arm, etc.) in one's hand and apply pressure as a token of affection, friendship, sympathy, or the like: His father squeezed his hand and wished him luck.

7.

to give (someone) a hug.

8.

to threaten, intimidate, harass, or oppress (a person) in order to obtain a favor, money, or an advantageous attitude or action.

9.

to cause financial hardship to: manufacturers squeezed by high tariffs.

10.

to obtain a facsimile impression of.

11.

to cause to merge, as two or more lines of traffic into fewer lanes.

12.

Baseball.

a.

to enable (a runner on third base) to score on a squeeze play (often fol. by in): He squeezed him in with a perfect bunt.

b.

to score (a run) in this way (often fol. by in): The Dodgers squeezed in a run in the eighth inning.

13.

Bridge. to force (an opponent) to play a potentially winning card on a trick he or she cannot win.

Courtesy of dictionary.com :)

BDS 10/19/2010

Today in class we had a group critique for our posters, and it was the last time we would have class time to work on our project. I thought the critiques where very helpful in the final steps of our project..I figured out how I am going to place my pictures to make them most visually pleasing and also how I should apply color. As we begin our next project, I think I am going to pick the word squeeeeeze. Thats all for today.
Erin

BDS 10/12/2010

In class today we discussed our projects thus far with Margie individually. This was very helpful and it helped clear up some last minute questions. So far I am feeling pretty good about my project. The next step is to figure out where I want to add color in my grid. The lecture on color last night was interesting because I new color was important in selling a product, but now I realize that one of the reasons I may not like an object may very well be because of the color of it. Because the nail polish I am using for the project is red I will probably use red as my accent color.
In other news, I can't wait until fall break.
!!!!!!!
Erin

BDS 9/30

We spent the last day of September drawing our objects in abstract, descriptive, and typographic ways. We also had another Illustrator tutorial...I can't decide if it helped or made me more confused. I plan on going through the tutorials we got from the server this weekend to make Illustrator a little less foreign to me. I had fun with the Typographical ways of drawing my nail polish. I used words like stylish, sleek, glossy, and glamorous. So far this project has been really eye-opening. I never thought I would be able to look at a nail polish bottle in over 200 ways. Attached is what I did to my nail polish picture in our Illustrator tutorial. We learned how to use the pen tool..which proved to be very complicated actually, I am having the most trouble making a curved line with the tool. Hopefully I'll understand the mysteries of Illustrator someday :)
Peace out.
Erin

9/28 BDS

Today in class we worked on the next four representations of our object and had another Illustrator tutorial. I had fun looking at different ways to portray my object (which is nailpolish). I found pictures of different brushes online and sketched them. It is kind of hard finding 20 different ways to represent a brush..or a nail..or painting, but as I worked I came up with new ideas. The Illustrator tutorial helped a lot as well because I have never worked with it before! I really do have a better sense of what I'm doing and I hope I can get it down for our final project. Class went well today overall :)

IDEO--

The video we watched in class about IDEO was really interesting! I really enjoyed the work ethic the company has and how they invite weird and innovative ideas. The thing that stands out to me the most is how fast they put together a shopping cart. They went from old design to a completely working new design in only 5 days..it was insane. I feel like all their employees are extremely talented, and although I do not see myself pursuing ID, their creativeness is really inspiring. I can only hope to have that much fun at my future job :) Once again, the movie was really informative and shed light on a really cool job that is absolutely necessary in our world.

The new and improved toothbrush?

Who would have thought so many details go into the renovation of a toothbrush. After inspecting my poorly designed toothbrush, I realized it really was crappy. So the question is, how do I redesign this product in a manor that coincides with the 10 commandments of good design!? I am really excited to work with my group and it will be interesting to see what we come up with.
During class today my group talked a lot about the environmentally friendly aspects of our product. We discussed what the bristles are made of and we discovered that they are made of synthetic fibers. The though of my teeth scraping against a chemically made piece of fiber sounds nasty, but it the fibers have been used for years. Before synthetic fibers were popular, the bristles where made of cellulose fiber, which I am still confused as to what that is. I plan on doing more research and either learning that synthetic fibers are really not that bad, or that there is an alternative that is more environmentally friendly and doesn't gross me out!
That's all for nowzies.

This is a pointless post.

I've never blogged before?!?!?!?!?!??!?!
This might be fun.