J06 - Online Scavenger Hunt

5 Manufacturers or retailers who specialize in outdoor camping and recreation products.


Bass Pro Shops

 Eddie Bauer

Columbia Sportswear

Gerber Gear

Eureka Tents

3 Images of trade show / exhibition booths from the outdoor recreation and sporting industry.

http://www.sportscomet.com/sports_thread/view/id-31697

http://www.visitsaltlake.com/mysaltlake/tag/conventions-and-meetings/

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20110126/NEWS/110129861

5 Manufacturers or retailers who specialize in indoor home goods products.

Ikea

Ashley Furniture

Williams Sonoma

Kenmore 

Martha Stewart

3 Images of trade show / exhibition booths from the indoor home goods market.   

http://travelswithsandy.wordpress.com/category/europe/germany/

http://www.alibaba.com/promotion/promotion_foldable-booth-display-promotion-list.html

http://www.blisternews.com/

                   

A working definition of what an "indoor home good" is? 

Is a product you see in a typical household that is there to assist, entertain or comfort an individual.

3 Images of different types of possible home goods.

http://www.plantstandsindoor.com/

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/on-sale-10-places-to-find-discounted-indooroutdoor-furniture-shoppers-guide-125573

http://homecctvcameras.com/

Chewie's Course Reflection On Classes 09-12

       I thought the letter form assignment was really interesting.  Like once I started the assignment, surprisingly I found tons of letters right around me that I would never have noticed otherwise. I thought the design circle speakers were informative about the three different design areas. The Eames short films we watched were also cool and provided a lot of information in a short amount of time.  It was also interesting to hear about the company Cobego and what different projects the speakers/designers of the company have worked on.  I also liked seeing some of the things they worked on while at school here at Ohio State.

Osamas Last Status Update LOL

Chewie's Reading Reflecton 02

Chapter 7 Heskett's book talks about the intersection of design and corporate, national and personal identity.  Mostly he talks about how designing globally or across cultures is becoming increasingly difficult because of increasing globalization and interconnectedness thanks to things like the internet. He says it well when he says, "it is possible to be at the same time a member of one culture and a member of one or more subcultures that might have little in common with the dominant form" (Heskett 85). 


 Chapter 8 talks of systems and how design attempts to tackle systems and changing systems, sometimes unsuccessfully.  What I found most interesting was his discussion of new and old systems.   He says, "As so often in history, new technologies tend to be defined initially in old forms and a transition period seems to be necessary before new forms are evolved.  Typical examples are the horseless carriage before it developed into the automobile, or desk-top computers, basically a television screen and a typewriter, which still awaits resolution" (Heskett 96).  

I thought I was aware of all the toxins but the introduction to cradle to cradle said otherwise. I actually found this to be somewhat ironic because were living in a society moving more and more towards creating a "natural" world with foods and products that are processed as little as possible, but most of us rely on products that are incredibly processed and contain so many harmful things.  I think McDonough makes it clear just from the introduction that one of the main motivations behind of this book will be design focused on bringing together what he describes as two separate worlds, industrialization and nature.  My favorite point that he made is at the end of the introduction where he comments on how ants have a biomass greater than that of humans and yet their impact on the environment is quite the opposite of ours. It all comes out to saying that people do have a problem with design, not nature.

Chewie's Peer Dialogue 02

Well I liked all of them but the one of Erica T's pictures that I really liked was the burger and streak face . . . one because it's food and two I LOVE food. The DJ table face I really couldn't see but the pictures were still creative; and with Erica being so small, she has the advantages to get in small places to get those great shots.


With The Scherp's blog, pictures aren't pictures . . . they're magic! The face pictures he put up were interesting, like the four blocks of wood he used to get a face. One face that I noticed that he had that pretty much everyone had was the outlet face . . . if you don't have an outlet face in your face journal, YOU ARE A LOSER!!! . . . B)

Chewie's Course Reflection On Classes 05-08

In the past couple of weeks we have talked a lot about different goals of design. My favorite lecture was on the Design and the Environment. I for one am all about going green. Today many people use whatever the market designs, so designers are collaborating to create products that will reduce the environmental harm at a cheap price. For example, the video about the clean water bottle design; the lack of clean water is one of the world's biggest problems right now and people are working hard to fix  this global problem. 


The lecture on accessibility was interesting but I am not handicapped so it really didn't apply to me. You do, however start noticing a lot of the handicap accessible places. The scavenger hunt was cool popsicles because I got to talk to other people in my group and got to know them I guess on a nice day in Ohio surprisingly. 

J04 - Faces iN Life.....SWEEEEEEEET!!!

The Face of Poseidon - Looks real creepy yo!

Faces On The S.E.L. - Anime Face LOL

Outlets At Kroger - Outlet Twins Anybody? They're Watts of Fun  LOL....lame, yes I know! {sad face}