product history tree.

So we were asked to create a product history tree that traced back a choice of consumer technology products. I chose the gaming console because i've always enjoyed games from a very young age. However, research led me to the first atari and magnavox models - and they were something i didn't have very in depth knowledge of so it did teach me quite a bit.

I chose to do my poster in illustrator because with simple lines and vectors, it gave my poster a more crisp look and fit the theme of a more playful nature.

It's not super detailed in terms of word length but the pictures and logos should be enough to work out where the tree is going and the developments along the way. I chose to keep it devoid of colour to keep the essence of the work.

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stapler.

Comm A assignment. I did a stapler (: It actually didn't take as long as i thought it would - but then i realised i made several mistakes and had to fix it up. Oh wells.

Overall image screenshot.

I like my springs :D

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piranesi.

Oh thank the lord. Piranesi is finally done and over with. All in all i think i spent around 40 hours on it - half the time the tutors actually suggested we would need. It was around 35 hours of pure drawing awesomness and 5 hours of planning and design. They said it would be one of our most satisfying assignments ever and i have to agree! Only thing i'm kind of peeved off about is that i got it professionally mounted and guess what!? There are bumps on it already! They didn't glue it down properly. Grrr.

Anyway i did my drawing based on a map of a station - it was supposed to be central, but the feeling wasn't quite right. So instead i just wrote all the signs in Hindi - ahaha the words just look cool.

Half finished - still looking kind of bland.

The finished product! Yay (:

Anyway that's all for tonight!
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finders keepers.

Today i went finders keepers. For those who don't know what it is, its basically a design exhibition/marketplace to welcome upcoming designers and works. It was pretty good i gotta say - there were things from jewellery to furniture to lighting to fashion. There were lots of different takes on original ideas, e.g. a cardboard, self illustrated chair.

That is all :D
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the perfect small apartment chair.

I was on yanko design today when i came across a post about a chair. My eyes seem to be naturally drawn to chairs these days as that's what we spent a good time studying in fundamentals haha. It was called 'the perfect small apartment chair' because it folds to be an armchair, a stool or a footrest in a matter of seconds!

Design is beautiful.

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powerhouse.

Earlier this year i visited the powerhouse museum and although this wasn't whilst i was in uni, it was still recently enough that i can remember it vividly. All i can say is that i now view products differently to what i did before. I care more about the design process, and how its gotten to its final stages of production rather than directly judging it by face value.

The powerhouse museum had a variety of exhibitions but i mainly focused on the industrial design section.

I think what this course has taught all of us, and i mention design fundamentals in particular, is that there's a lot more to everything than meets the eye. -Nods-
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