Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Ideation

Shape borrowing
Shape borrowing can be used to create drawings that is unique/ funny/ bad examples/ good examples or products that is unique to a certain company. Shape borrowing can also be used to design conceptual products. Shape borrowing can also be used to design future buildings that are eco-friendly and cost saving.

S.C.A.M.P.E.R.
SCAMPER can be used to refine the design of buildings, electrical appliances, kitchen products. It can also be used to refine the conceptual designs. SCAMPER is art can be used to refine drawings, sketches, colouring (which colour to use or which part of a drawing to eliminate), paintings. In work, SCAMPER can be used to refine presentations, assignments, contracts, letters. SCAMPER can also be used to refine movies, dramas, commercials, cartoons, documentaries, game shows, comedy etc.. It can be used to eliminate redundant points in newspaper.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Design Appreciation

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OoL3cuZer_0/S8xBUo72msI/AAAAAAAAEu8/fOj6vC_7CRk/s400/yezi+leaf+concept+car+4.jpg
The Ye-Zi car is a conceptual car design that is an electric car that charges its batteries with solar and wind energy(its wheels have space to allow wind to move is blades). The most attractive feature of the car is that it can generate oxygen from carbon dioxide in the air.
 http://thegreen-home-living.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/eco-house-diag.gif
The house uses eco-friendly designs which placed at the right positions, makes the house stand out from the other houses in the area.
http://calibre-ebook.com/site_media//img/windows_logo.jpg
Windows used for general practice is good but when it comes to work, presentation, internet, windows is not comparable to a mac or linux because it can contract virus easily, crashes when it is used beyond its limits and most windows computers are cheap as their CPU processing speed is very slow.
http://www.goodexperience.com/broken/images/cylindastove.jpg
The design of this stove has a cross and when something is being cooked in the middle section, it is hard for the user to reach for the sections at the back.