Portfolio and Leave Behind mock ups.

Here is just round one of mock ups for my portfolio and my leave behind and teaser.

It opened and there are little pockets for my cover letter and resume and for my portfolio pages which will be double sided. My logo will be printed on the cover. But that is for the next mock up.

This is my teaser / leave behind. The font will have my logo on it. When opened there is a little area for my card. The pages will be double sided and my resume will be a fold out that is perforated so they can fold it if need be.


Again these all area work in progress. But I am getting excited! I am finishing up my card and resume! Those will be up soon! YEAH

Thesis Ideation, the beginings

Thesis?

No for me it is not a long paper that you hand in at the end of you four years. For me the paper is part o the project!

I am designing a game for autistic children that through stages promotes social interaction, communication, logical thought and understanding. it is a HUGE task that I am taking on and I am so happy that I did. I love it!

Here are some sketches that I have been working on this week.
These are some of the boars concepts. Where the kids and parents can stand on the board while playing


Here are some of the possible card reader devices I might be working with.


These are some possible big dice concepts.


Mock ups for the boards are coming on Sunday! I am excited for those! I am so excited!

Opinion?

I have spoken to a few people and worked on these two versions of the logo. I am still going to work on them a bit but I would like to know what you think of it now? And I have put some color swatches. DO you like? Any suggestions? Just a progress check point for today there will be a final one by tomorrow depending on if anyone comments of the post.

I have also made a few choices for the toys

Wooden toys-
If painted will be eco paint.


Stuffed animals-
Recycled sweaters [ these will be labeled and separated 100% wool and cotton to aviod any allergies with children.

!00% cotton fabric accent

All will be filled with brown rice.

5% - 10% plastics when necessary. ( I am really trying to avoid the use of it but there is a design for a toy set that I worked up last night and I am so so so excited to start this and get it out. It will be less than 10% plastic though.)

For class I am creating a full business model and

logo / cards / mock site / letterhead etc. I am going all out for this for my portfolio. it will be for products and for graphic work as well to show off my sweet Skillz! (te hehehe)

IHA / Thesis

For the International Housewares Association competition I have chosen to design a mini bar of sorts for small space living. Something that can be displayed and kept out if wanted but also be easily put away when not wanted out in the view of the world. This will also be easy to set up and clean up.

As of right now I am thinking that I will create on over all design and make specifications for personalization and specifics for certain types of drinking habits, mixed drinks and beer, wine, all of the above. I am working on getting a closer idea to what it will literally be by the end of the weekend. I will post that when it comes to me :)

So far other than initial research becoming in depth research with statistics I have been going chart happy. I have just finished the Blue Ocean set of Strategy canvas's. Here is an example of one. they are to help me find out where the market stands and what areas are not being tapped in to as of yet.



As of Tuesday we are now starting our Senior Thesis I will be going crazy starting to type up everything that is due at the end of the semester. But there will be more on this as time goes on. This year will be one hell of a time for me and everyone else in the senior ID labs.

My one goal though is to not sleep under my desk at the middle to end of next semester... Lets see if i can get there!

Tea Pot for George

Once again it is that time of year where in computer modeling class it is time to design a tea pot. So for George ( my teacher) one of the nicest people you will meet, I have sketched out roughly what my tea pot will look like.

This microwaveable container can be used for more than just making tea. It can be used as a pitcher as well. Tea infuser can be removed when not making tea but with its intended use one would fill it with tea leave. There are sections to keep all things where they should stay.

i will be posting process photos each week as well, this is not a long project. I think 2 - 3 weeks max.

I am designing a cup to go along with it as a set. I will post that up when I figure out what I would like.

Mimesis leave behind

For my Contemporary Issues class we are working on a specified topic bio mimicry (a new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems). I am working with a friend of mine and we chose to create what would be a data base for people to see what could or has been created with nature as the inspiration.

The idea is to have a website and a leave behind that could be left at a library, business, museum, etc. Just to enough to get people interested in going to the site. At the site there would be books to reference and read, contacts with professionals and institutions that specialize in it. as well as other links too.

The whole purpose is to get people inspired and interested in the idea and maybe they can research and find a new solution to a problem with the ideas of bio mimicry.

Together we designed the logo as well as the main basis of the colors, and the main design element. She went off to design the web site and I the leave behind. Here are some sample pages of it.

My mind will explode

It really eludes me that something that you have known you will have to do for years, something that you have spoken to so many about... And when it comes down to it.. You got nothing..

IHA is here and I need to know by Tues what I am doing and well I got nothing... ;) I have a few thoughts but nothing that I am remotely excited about. It is extremely frustrating. I am researching roughly in to my blerbs of ideas and trying to get a basic idea of where I stand. There are 12 topics to design within and I quickly eliminated but then i began to think about the rest of them. I had a few thoughts about them prior. I have been trying to think of things since this past summer but obviously I have been left with squat. Happy thoughts though!!!!

On Tues. I will post what I am doing. I am going to try to figure it out by tonight. I need to do some some preliminary work for it by class on Tues anyways.

Wish me luck! I will need it!

Work in Progress ...

Well today is day two of working on the final form of my fruit bowl. I have already bent the main form but have a few more touches to add. I will be finishing the build tonight hopefully though.

After attacking the metal with a press break (it cuts thinker sheets of metal) I gave it more tapers at both ends. I think that by doing this the need for two layer has passed.

So far things are looking really good, I am getting really excited about seeing it when it is done. It has begun to take on a bit of a new form but I am letting that happen to a point. I feel that by bending it and doing what I want it to but still allowing the aluminum to move the way it wants to at times is giving the piece more character.


After that all that is left to do is paint it! I will be posting process photos up as soon as I can

a name givith

So after much deliberation and time working on everything I have finally come up with a name for my product as well as a branding and even a cute tag line ( i think, even though it is an old proverb)

I wanted it to be clean and san serif type not to take away from anything. The product when done should speak for itself.

Tell me what ya think!

School Project No_1

At the moment I am in the middle of a project for my Senior Studio class.

The project is set up to design a high end product that is inspired by a designer or a design movement. I have chosen Santiago Calatrava, he is by far my favorite architect. I love his high modern style, with all natural forms being used for inspiration in every thing that he does. I suggest that you go to the website and see his designs. They are brilliant while having old European cities resting in the background.

www.calatrava.com

I am designing a fruit bowl of sorts... I am working with bending metal inspired by the human form.

here are some sketches of what I started with and where I am heading as of now. as well as my photo of inspiration.

As of right now the white model is my last sketch model. I am make a few changes but the final will be done withing the week!!! I am very excited!!!!!


This is finaly coming together! I had doubts at first but now things are looking up with this.