Illustrator

Today at the beginning of class we were working with Illustrator. Illustrator was a little difficult to work with. The pace we went at was too fast. However, when I was caught up it made much more sense. I feel like I understand it much more and I look forward to using it more in the future.

Our group projects were given back along with grades. I was surprised I did not do as well as I thought I did. I now know a lot for future reference what is important and what needs to be included in the projects, presentation, and process notebook.

BDS 101

Our process notebooks were discussed today. After seeing examples of students in our class it gave me a much better understanding of what needs to be included in them. Showing not only my own work but everyone from the teams work should be presented in our notebooks. I liked looking at the animal projects done by past design students. That was very helpful with my creativity for this project.

Interior Design

I chose to major in Interior design because they draw upon many disciplines to enhance function, safety, and aesthetics of interior spaces. Their main concerns are with how different colors, textures, furniture, lighting, and space work together to meet the needs of a building's occupants. They plan interior spaces of almost every type of building, including offices, airport terminals, theaters, shopping malls, restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, and private residences.

IDEO Deep Dive video

In the IDEO Deep Dive video I saw a highly unstructured process, putting out a random array of ideas very dependent on the skills, experiences, and knowledge of the people in the room. Critically, they help everyone get on the same page - not just of other team members but the same page as the people who will use, manage, or buy it.