Don’t Be Boring!

The only rule is don't be boring.- PARIS HILTON, Confessions of an Heiress You may find it strange that I am quoting Paris Hilton. We usually think of people like Mark Twain or Daniel Burnham or famous presidents or leaders throughout history of saying things that will go down in history as impactful statements that [...]

Origami-fied

Our group design review is quickly approaching, and we still have lots of work to do. At Monday's end, none of our groups were quite as far along as we had hoped we would be on our designs, so Pastre invited us to view the documentary film "Objectified" (Gary Hustwit) with his ITC class Tuesday. [...]

The Wall…in progress

Our group has been challenged with further developing LeRone's original design concept "The Wall".  Our team includes LeRone, Linnea, Adam, and of course, myself. Although it may be quite simple, the wall cuts across the entrace into the smaller gallery, where Motoi's paintings and drawings will be, to help circulate people first to see his works [...]

Process is not Magic

...Process is truly not magic, but the magic resides in the quality of doing. For the past few class sessions we have been working together, in groups, to filter, rearrange, and add improvements to the three schematic designs. Repetition and refinement as any good designer would say. We have also been working hard to complete [...]

The Less You Know, the Better

The Less You Know, the Better is the fourth studio album by American music producer DJ Shadow. A theme that Shadow frequently connects to the album's title and artwork is the influence of technology in modern times. When asked what the album's title referred to, Shadow explained about what he felt was the aggressive marketing [...]

Great Minds Like a Think…

  Yes, I did steal that quote from The Economist, but it describes the state of our new design groups too well not to use.  We were matched with our group members based not on the compatibility of our individual designs but because our individual designs or our approach to designing will help fill the [...]

And Then There Were Three

It's the day after our first big design review and the team isn't looking back--we've got our minds on the future development of our project. We have now had the opportunity to present our individual design ideas, three of which have been selected for further development. These proposals were chosen because a specific component of their [...]