Last night I cut my finger for the first time with an exact-o knife, while making my lamp. So tonight, to avoid as much cutting as possible i bought a little cutting board thing!

This christmas brake I am really excited to go home to work on my elephant, which I haven't had a chance to see sense this summer. It is a giant solid plaster elephant that I made from scratch, so I am very attached to it. I worked on it my whole senior year. I often went in to work on it after school, during other classes and on the weekends, it was a great escape. Heres a picture of what it looks like ( it has a little more fat to the belly now but i never got a chance to take a picture),

 If I could do it again I would have studied elephants before just making it

To start off our last project, the light project, I took advantage of the 18 sketches due and went around my house sketching lamps and studying the different sizes, shapes and textures different designers used. This was a technique my art teacher from high school said many artist like Michael Angelo used when creating art. Studying the object before even brainstorming can really help.

this is a description of what language looks like

Description of the Project

            For “What language looks like” I picked a word and then made designs that used only that word to describe the word itself. The first step to this project was to make hand-constructed collages of the word to describe the word. Next I made black and white computer compositions that were based off of my previous hand-constructed collages. After I had an idea of what designs I liked most I made color and space designs. The color and space design was the last step before refining.

this is a reflection i made about the what language looks like project

Reflection of Project

            Through this project I learnt many valuable things and encountered a few problems. My problems began with my lack of knowledge with a computer and illistrater. The rest of my problems branched off from my computer and illistrater dilemma. All of these problems were dealt with and I learnt a lot from them. I learnt about color, how to place objects behind other objects and pretty much everything that you will see throughout my computer designs I just learnt through this project

Description of Process

         What language looks like was a group project that challenged the imagination. The first step in this project was to create the word you were given out of cardboard. At least one letter should be three feet tall. After the letters are fully constructed you decide a location or locations that your specific word is implied and place your word there to take a picture. For example the word “squeeze” could be placed in between two cars because people often have to squeeze in between cars. After you have at least six pictures of different locations you can start on your photo essay book. This book should include: Title and your name somewhere, definition of the word, minimum of six photos of the word on site(s), photo(s) of working process and photo of team members.

This is a new fun picture I took last night!

This is me making the letters.

this is my groups final letters. As you can see the letters literally squeeze

this is a picture of me cutting out a projected letter that we will next trace on to cardboard

definition of squeeze

is to press hard on or together

Reflection of “Parts of the Letter”  

            After ready and looking over “Parts of the Letter” I learnt that through the knowledge of vocabulary I  can understand the visual harmony and complexity of the alphabet. I also learnt what sets different letters apart for example bodoni, Baskerville, Rockwell and bembo. The one technique that truly interested me though was counterform, which is used in the logo for FedEx.

description of our third project

Description of the Project

            For “What language looks like” I picked a word and then made designs that used only that word to describe the word itself. The first step to this project was to make hand-constructed collages of the word to describe the word. Next I made black and white computer compositions that were based off of my previous hand-constructed collages. After I had an idea of what designs I liked most I made color and space designs. The color and space design was the last step before refining.

definition of squeeze

To press hard on or together, compress

Today a heard a quote that made me think of group activities: "To when a championship, every player must sacrifice a portion of their individuality for the sake of the team." - Bill Belicheck

definition of dribble

The Definitions I am using are : to issue sporadically and in small bits, to let or cause to fall in drops little by little, to fall or flow in drops or in a thin intermittent stream or to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth.

Summery of IDEO movie

            In the video we watched as a class we saw the process of designing products at IDEO. The IDEO team was given a task to redesign a shopping cart in five days. The hole team is equal with no tittles. The first went out into the community to learn what people like or don’t like about shopping carts. Then they brain storm using a technique they call deep diving. Deep diving consist of: one conversation at a time, staying focused, in courage wild ideas, and defer from judgment. After brain storming they vote on the best designs and split into groups to focus on certain problems. Once the teams have made prototypes they combine the best parts of each to make the final product.