rough few days
to re-iterate:
when i think "industrial design principles" i think:
-- considering and dissecting well-designed products
-- applying knowledge to current "improvable" products
-- design contests as assignments (or more than nominal encouragement by teachers)
-- designing STUFF
current DP:
-- graphic design (without real instruction)
-- orthographics (in inappropriate software)
-- rendering (without much direction/instruction)
-- interior architecture / exhibit design
that's all well and good,
AS LONG AS YOU'RE LEARNING HOW TO DESIGN TOO!
on the ONE design project we have had thus far,
we were given a project runway span of time to complete it.
the project, a lamp shade (for a specific 40w incandescent ikea lamp),
was to be composed of only paper and not fire hazardous.
1. a support structure, made of paper, next to the bulb, is not advisable.
2. a large majority of students built their shade touching or extremely close to the bulb.
many of them began to burn and had to be switched off.
isn't this indicative that DESIGNING needs to be taught??
when i think "industrial design principles" i think:
-- considering and dissecting well-designed products
-- applying knowledge to current "improvable" products
-- design contests as assignments (or more than nominal encouragement by teachers)
-- designing STUFF
current DP:
-- graphic design (without real instruction)
-- orthographics (in inappropriate software)
-- rendering (without much direction/instruction)
-- interior architecture / exhibit design
that's all well and good,
AS LONG AS YOU'RE LEARNING HOW TO DESIGN TOO!
on the ONE design project we have had thus far,
we were given a project runway span of time to complete it.
the project, a lamp shade (for a specific 40w incandescent ikea lamp),
was to be composed of only paper and not fire hazardous.
1. a support structure, made of paper, next to the bulb, is not advisable.
2. a large majority of students built their shade touching or extremely close to the bulb.
many of them began to burn and had to be switched off.
isn't this indicative that DESIGNING needs to be taught??