Julian Treasure: Why Architects Need to Use Their Ears

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/julian_treasure_why_architects_need_to_use_their_ears.html

David Byrne:How Architecture Helped Music Evolve

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve.html

Project 2 Movie Reflection

• The only thing not designed is nature
• inventor- makes up the product
• Designer- makes the product more user friendly
• Process of applying total emerging
• focused chaos
• build on wild ideas

• Project planning:

1. study the anthropology
2. understand the strenghts
3. refine product
4. implecate new product

Chromo

Harmonious Chromo

There is a range of chromo starting with a light pink flowing into the same hue but a darker shade of

the pastel purple.

Contrasting Chromo

 

 

There is a contrast of the forest green hue from the darker shade and lighter shade



values

Harmonious Values

 

The value scale shown in this ad is of the purple hue, it is harmonious because there is a nice flow of the value not a jumping from different tones.

 

 

Contrasting Value



There is a contrast because of no value change just a white background against the burnt orange color

 

 

hues

Harmonious Hues

The two colors shown (Blue and Orange) are harmonious because they are across from eachother on the color wheel so they compliment eachother and balance the ad’s color.

 

Contrasting Hues

There is a contrast of the bright green, red, and yellow against the black background.

Color Police

Good Use of color

Good use of color because there is one true color (the yellow couch) the rest are light chromos. The accent of the yellow makes the room look organized.

 

Bad Use of Color 

This is a bad use of color because there is way to much colors trying to compete with eachother and it confuses your eyes on where to focus

Michael Graves

Did you know that Michael Graves was the designer of comon kitchen and bathroom objects as well as the tea pot I chose?  His line of products are sold at target.

 

Graves Is also an extremly well known architect that design building with a very fun, colorful and original style.

 

 

5 original objects

Yellow plastic mug

Gets to the point with a simple form.

No change in texture, just movement in the handle.
Simply one bright color.
Smooth and sleek.
Black Clutch

Gold latch adds deatail to a simple black clutch.

The belt like form going down the middle of the clutch vertically is a visual metaphor of contains the contend within.

Coral Makeup Brush

Half coral half brush (visually interesting).

Handle textures is a grip.
Unbalanced brush side up (the side you use).
But balanced visually with the three sections of texture.

Square Nail Polish Bottle

Bright color balances with the white square lid.

Square shape makes the bottle easier to open.
The square shape makes it more visually interesting.

 Michael Graves Tea Pot.Top heavy with interesting sights, but balanced with the reflection in the bottom half
Handle emphazies the spout, it moves your eyes that direction.
Grip on the handle is not tradional.

Don Norman

http://www.ted.com/talks/don_norman_on_design_and_emotion.html

Beauty- look of the design is appealing and even if it for functional use such as the juicer it is still considered art. The design is "neat and fun".

Functional- He describes the knife under the juicer and he talks about how its really sharp and the curve in the knife is to help with the handling of the knife.

Reflective- He says the design can tell you stories and talk about the emotion and the feelings you get from the design (visceral and behavioral).

Design

1. Design combine usefulness and meaning with the identy of form and pattern.

2. Simple designs reflects the culture

3. Design Shapes and Constructs the human enviorment.

4. Design has so many levels of meaning

5. Historical design is a process of layering

6. Design is a mix of creating and analytical reasoning.

Dieter Rams

Dieter Rams Good Design Rules

Innovated-

Can never be an end to itself.

Useful Products

- satisfy functional, psychological and aestic.

Aestic-

well executed objects are beautiful.

Understable-

Clarifies structure, self explanatory.

Unobtrusive-
Leave the room for user to self express.

Honest

doesn’t make the product more innovated or vaulable than it is.

Long lasting-

avoids being fashionable

Thorough detail-

care and accuracy

Enviormentally Friendly

- conserves reasources

Little Design-Less but better.

Good design project

Good Design

Project DescriptionFind an object that conveys in your opionion a good design. Make a 18X24 Project that presents your big idea of why your object has a good design.
 

Word List:
Comfort
Whistle
Sound
Calming
Thirst
Functional
Timeless
Tea
Water

interior design

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/garden/a-treehouse-grows-in-brooklyn.html?_r=1