Designing the creation of a li.... oh gosh!!!!! BLOOODD!

i cut myself today working on my project for class. :( i didn't even notice it until blood started dripping on my project. it was pretty deep... oh well i just nabbed one of my room mate huge band aids, i had to cut it up to fit my finger. So i think its all coming together. the movement of my project is very evident.

  well there ya go. my first project as a college kid! :) cant wait for this new project "design for 5 bucks"

A chaotic mind begins to calm

So today i was late to design class... :( oh well i came in on the most important part of the video the class was watching about what design is and how it is applied to the world around us. it was the creator of the mac book speaking on how the unibody design for the new models of the mac book were a new innovative design. it was enlightening to learn that when designing a new product, apple attempts to eliminate every unnecessary part until it is as simple as possible.

       so today was the first day i began to actually delve into the project assigned to us. we were told to get a piece of foam board 18x24 in and grid it off. then to choose one of the objects we previously sketched out, i only did three of the 5 :/, and study what makes that object such great design. so i chose to do the coke bottle.

so i was able to find some pretty cool images that describe what coke is. so after spending about an hour after class working on the project i believe i am ready to start applying my images :) cant wait for the weekend...

Peace,
Andrew Locke 

Day first time

so i am not sure if this thing puts a date on tht epost, i guess since this is the 2s century things on the internet are kinda smart. so this is day one of my design blog for my KU intro design course.  our first assignment is to figure out what good design actually means. after watching the assgned vids i figured out that a good design is three things:

     > Aesthetic, it is beautiful and pleasing to look at

     > Useful, productive. the design fulfills some purpose.

     > reflictive, it shapes the individual, and is used to present their personality 

so after concluding that a good design fufills each of those requirements i came up with five designs i believe exemplify those characteristics. The assignment was to find and sketch five objects or logos and sketch them out to present to the class. so here are my five ideas 

the apple logo

A coke bottle 

A pair of vans!!! the best shoes in the world :)

A BWM, some very sexy cars that offer luxury at a price

And last but not least, my favorite instument to play because of its beauty and creative use. the Uke!

well this is it for now. i need to actually start sketching this all up. so untill next blog. peace....

                 Andrew L