so much for knocking…

…opportunity is pretty much beating down my door. Yesterday, I got some fantastic news–the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and there will be a big celebration/bonanza/party at the end of the semester. For the event, Tristan Al Haddad will be creating another installation for the Architecture building, [...]

unstuck

I feel like I hit a wall in the form development stage a few days ago, but I’m working my way out of it now. I just need to keep sketching, and then I need to sketch some more. So, for this occasion, I’m going to choose to sketch rather than to blog.

time for me to fly…

So, I think I’ve got a pretty solid volume of research for all three of my appliances at this point. Now I just have to move into sketching. This is really the part of the process I have the hardest time with. It seems like most people enjoy this part, but it’s really challenging for [...]

improvement

I’ve been thinking about my project a lot today. The focus has shifted a little. My “kitchen machine” is a food processor, blender, and mixer all in one, but that’s only one product. The purpose of the assignment is to design three. So… what about the other two? The premise of the kitchen machine is [...]

workin’ hard…

Today I went to some retail stores (William Sonoma, Macy’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, Crate & Barrel) and interviewed the sales staff. I asked questions about how people choose the products they’re going to buy, and I got some interesting answers. One of the more surprising ones was from the guy at Crate & Barrel, [...]

…in progress

So, I’m about knee-deep in Amazon reviews. I’ve been looking up products which are similar to what I want to design (they’re called “kitchen machines”) and checking out what people like and dislike about them. It’s given me some ideas. First of all, I think it helped me find my target demographic. I think I’m [...]

3 products

mixer, blender, food processor I hope these aren’t going to be boring choices… My plan is to integrate a shared motor among all three devices. I’d also like to take the approach of improving cleanability and usability over conventional forms. Time to get crackalackin’…

It slices! It dices! It Juliennes fries!

Today marked the beginning of our new project–the kitchen appliance family project. I’ve seen other students do this project for two years, and I’ve been looking forward to it. I just want to do a good job with it. That said, I feel a little rushed to figure out which three appliances I want to [...]

3 words

My 3 words to inspire my dinnerware set design are: casual, gentle, compact It should be casual enough to be used everyday. The form should appear gentle, not overly harsh or complex. Also, it should be able to be stored neatly.