Design Photos!

Capture

For the group project our word is Capture.
These are the following definitions of the word for which we will try and use to incorporate our word with the environment:

• succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"
• attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
• the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
• get: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
• a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
• bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"
• any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
• appropriate: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
• the act of taking of a person by force
• capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
• the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board

Key Poster!

Finally finished all 320 sketches and have the final 16 done and on the grid!!

Going GREEN!!!!!!

Also located at the Maker Faire in NYC is the greenest car I have ever seen! The entire car is covered in a sod! Who cares if it is a driving hazard if it's the greenest car ever?

Mousetrap

Located at the Maker Faire in New York City, mousetrap was one of the largest exhibits. The designers have remade the board game of Mousetrap and created it to be life size.

The original board game

The life-size Mousetrap

Collapsable Bicycle

I came upon an interesting design, surfing the web, which could save a lot of space. This collapsable bike would come very handy if you were to be living in an apartment or another place with very little living space. Not only does it save room but it also looks really cool when collapsed and seems to be much like a transformer.

Tentacle Lamp

The last project assignment was to redesign an object of bad design. As a group we took on the challenge of redesigning a standard desk lamp. Our goal was to create a light that takes up as little desk space as possible and does not have a focused light. What we came up with was a lamp that attaches to the side of a desk and has a 360 degree light emission. 

Bottle Opener Interviews....

After interviewing 4 people, I have found 3 main problems in which a person may encounter when using this beverage key.

Tester 1:

"I like how the bottle opener can fit inside of my pocket and is very small, but there is no leverage when I'm trying to open this bottle."

Tester 2 & 3: 

I do not like the material. It is too slick and hard to get a good grip.

Tester 4: 

"The edges on the opener are round so it doesn't grip the bottle cap very well. Its not very functional."

After taking into consideration the 3 main problems, i have made a few concept sketches of the new opener.

Unique Wall Lamp

I found this really neat wall lamp that is made out of metal cylinders. I like it because they took the cylinders to not only create a light on the wall but they also turned it into a work of art when the light is not on.