Week 03 - 2D

 Tuesday 2^nd August   

­ Creative Thinking Exercise 01: 

GROUP EXERCISE

Combining Ideas

This week we were put into groups to find and agree on two words that could be created into unique 2D design thinking and we agreed on “Spaceship” & “Money”

SPACESHIP & MONEY

 SPACESHIP – rocket, space shuttle, lift-off, fuel, big

Reference (Image above): http://xraypictures.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Spaceship-Pictures.jpg

MONEY – paper, currency, social, payment, goods & services

Reference (Image above): http://getfreepaypalmoney.com/images/money_stack.jpg

SPACESHIP MONEY

Reference (Image above): http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/7983/money0027kh.jpg 

Here are my possible design questions to think about:

·      Can we have money with a spaceship design printed on it?

·      Can we have a spaceship with a money design printed on it?

·      Can we have a Spaceship currency on board large spaceships to buy and sell

·      Because some spaceships aren’t used any more could you peel off a thin layer of the spaceship skin and turn it into metal bank notes?

·      Could you peel off the outer skin of the spaceship and then punch different sized holes to make special commemorative coins out of it?

·      Could you raise money from certain organisations that want to support space travel other than through NASA

·      Can we as the people of the earth use some of our money to send our toxic & nuclear waste up in a special spaceship to free the earth from harm?

·      Can we make a replica of a Spaceship made out of expired coins that were destined for scrap metal

YouTube Clip: Stanford Design Thinking Process

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZH70qhmEso

Commentary:

This was made by a group of Stanford Design students in America. They decided to ask a random student what their problem was and what could be invented to fix this. The random student liked to have a coffee in between classes and his other class was a bike ride away so he wanted a cup holder designed for his bicycle. The design students had the small task of designing a universal coffee cup holder for a bike. I thought this was a strange idea because a lot of coffee drinkers generally don’t ride bikes and drink coffee at the same time but for the purpose of design thinking it was good to see the students get together and work out the design requirements.

PRACTICAL

Draft 3 design concepts for exhibition portfolio

Draft Design 1

I would find it interesting to create my own portable speakers for ipod/mp3 playback to play around with different design shapes and ideas.

Option 1 - Portable music speakers with creative design flair

SHAPE – Half Sphere

MEDIA - wood
STYLE – modern

Option 2 - Portable music speakers with creative design flair

SHAPE – Square

MEDIA - wood
STYLE – Retro

Draft Design 2

A design of mine on a shirt would be a really good way of presenting my ideas for logos and branding that I can wear myself or possible put into mass production

Option 1: Screen Printed T-Shirt Logo

SHAPE – Bold Text & Logo

MEDIA – Screen Print Cotton
STYLE – Modernist

Option 2: Digital print T-Shirt Logo

SHAPE – Semi-faded text with logo

MEDIA – Digital Print on Cotton
STYLE – 80s Retro

Draft Design 3

If it is possible in the time allocated it might be fun to integrate the humble bicycle and lawnmower for some designer fun!

Option 1 – Bicycle with Push Lawnmower mounted to front

SHAPE – Bike frame & hand push mower welded or bolted

MEDIA - Steel
STYLE – Futurist

Option 2 - Bicycle with Engine Lawnmower mounted to front

SHAPE - Bike frame & petrol mower welded or bolted

MEDIA - Steel
STYLE - Futurist

Reflection

This week’s class really got the design juices flowing. This can really kickstart the thinking process for ideas on what to create for our exhibition at the end of semester. I wish I had the technical experience and know how to pull off the most craziest ideas but I am sure I can come up with a challenging and insightful design in the time allocated.