Understanding Comics Reflection

I really enjoyed this reading. I now have a new perspective when it comes to comics. From the second chapter, I realized why humans have a connection with cartoons. The simplicity of the cartoons allows us as the viewers to become the cartoons with a few human facial features. Without defined features of a human face for example it allows us to be taken into the imaginary world. I know from experience from watching the Powerpuff Girls as a girl. With the simply drawings of the characters, I sometimes imagine myself as one of the Powerpuff girls. Even when I draw my own cartoons, I sometimes get lost in the drawings and get taken into the imaginary world. From reading chapter five, I also learned how drawings could display emotions. I thought this quote was very accurate “ Art does not reproduce the visible: rather it makes visible,” by Paul Klee. Drawing can display emotion in various ways. It can be the from the ways the lines are showed on a comic that shows if a person is sad, mad, happy or in loved.  I know from the drawings I that I do, whatever emotions I feeling at the moment, I try to capture it in my drawings with a few lines. In conclusion these are the things I realized and learned from this reading. 

Writer's Tool Box Reflection

From this reading I learned that writing is a plays a very big part in design. Writing is a huge component in the process of a visual project. It makes designers explores different ideas and concepts to assist them in their creativity. It also helps the designer narrow down the direction they want the project to go with mind maps, concept maps, and word list. These types of writing will help a designer develop his or her creativity. For me personally, mind mapping helped my group decide what direction my group wanted to take in regards to redesigning a packaging tape dispenser.  I never thought writing played an important role with design. I thought writing and design were two separate things that didn’t connect. But, writing is a form of design.  Writing has helped me develop my creativity and permits me to thing more outside of the box.  In conclusion, I encourage designers to use writing in the designing process because it will aid you in advancing a person’s creativeness. 

IDEO Reflection

From the IDEO movie, I learned that when designing any product it’s great to have different ideas. When designing with a group of people, there are a lot of concepts. I think that no matter how outlandish or crazy the idea maybe: it is always good to think outside of the box. When designers share their ideas with other designers, they can be inspired by one another and build off each other. This a way see understand an idea from another person’s perspective, allows to expand a person’s horizon. Also what I learned from watching this movie is that always great to work hands on with a product because it allows the designers a chance to experiment and see what works. A designer creates better ideas from actually producing a product with their own hands than just thinking about an idea. Finally, another important thing that I learned about design from watching this movie is that to make sure to get feedback from numerous people especially the customers. There is always something that can be improved. It’s best to have other people’s opinion because it’s a way to make a product better and to see what the public likes and dislikes. In conclusion, from this movie, I saw firsthand what it is like to work with a group of designers from entirely different backgrounds and observe how they were able to come together to make a good product. 

Objectified

Objectified Reflection

From watching this movie, I have an entirely different view on design now. I never really thought about how surrounds my everyday life. Every object that that you used in your daily life such as; a toothbrush, a cell phone, a mouse to a computer, was design thoroughly by someone. It makes me think about the time and effort that was put into design an object. However with being a designer, there is a detailed process with designing something. First, a designer’s main goal in designing a product is making the useful and a necessity in the world. It’s their job to make things in our everyday much easier. Then, turning an idea into something visual that connects with the consumers. I feel that if a designer can make customers evoke emotions and experienced the object then that designer has done their job.  When I think about my beautiful gold heart shaped necklace that my grandma gave to me, the object has a sentimental value to me but it is also beautifully crafted. Now, that I see the time and effort that a designer goes through from making a product from scratch, I have a great respect for all designers. Finally, from watching this film, I know that designers are essential in this world because without them there wouldn’t be any advancement in technology and the world wouldn’t improve. So, I’m happy that we have dedicated designers that are willing to show their creative to help bring our world into a brighter future.