Authors
Author Archives: rwohlfor
Design Requirements Analysis: Flooring
Since just about everyone seems to have done one of these, I thought I’d try it out. This method seems to be very effective for quantifying information in order to represent comparisons quickly. However, I would question it’s accuracy for actually using it to … Continue reading
Posted in Exercises (for class credit)
Leave a comment
Alternate uses for a coffee cup
This small assignment uses Ines Goncalves’ prompt to find alternate uses for an object. The title of that prompt was “Out of the box.” I’m not sure if my solution would be counted as “out of the box,” because it is … Continue reading
Posted in Exercises (for class credit)
Leave a comment
The Design of a Goldfish
In this big assignment, which I’ve been working on over the course of the semester, I go over the imaginanry design history of a goldfish. There are a couple of notes I’d like to make about this. First, this is … Continue reading
Posted in Exercises (for class credit)
Leave a comment
Bad Design
This bad school design is one of my small assignments. It was surprisingly difficult to intentionally make something bad. I found out that a lot of the things that I do in an attempt to design something well are in fact … Continue reading
Posted in Exercises (for class credit)
1 Comment
Reverse Abstraction?
In the first few weeks of the architectural curriculum, as many of you will remember, there was an assignment in Introduction to Digital Media that involved lowering the resolution of an image until it was just a few pixels, and then … Continue reading
Posted in design future (conv w terry)
1 Comment
Scott Klemmer: Design Inspiration/Theft
Today I attended a lecture by Scott Klemmer, an HCI professor at Stanford who was on our campus to accept the Katayanagi Prize. He talked about many varied topics, including the work of Steven Dow. Klemmer’s main focus was the idea summarized by Picasso’s alleged quote: … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany
Leave a comment
Simon’s Logic and the Role of Emotion
Simon’s concept of “artificial science” is refreshing. Up until now, I’ve felt like I was drowning in mumbo-jumbo explanations of design. I had never heard any concrete explanation of what makes design work, and what sets it apart as a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Bad Design
The intentionally bad photograph shown in class today could be the inspiration for an assignment, at least for a small. An object or experience could be designed which blatantly rebels against specific principles or considerations, and then be accompanied by a detailed explanation of the considerations which were ignored. … Continue reading
Posted in Propose an Exercise
Leave a comment
Design of a tree?
It seems like a good direction to have a prompt at each class to respond to, but could we also somehow structure the prompt in the form of a question or questions? This would allow us to have some sort … Continue reading
Posted in Propose an Exercise
Leave a comment
The Fields of Study
Architects are not themselves the concept of architecture and engineers are not themselves the idea of engineering. This sounds obvious, but it is an essential distinction when talking about what the fields mean. Architect is a vocation, a social role. … Continue reading
Posted in engineers on design thinking
Leave a comment
archsleeplessnights
crchen
Cheryl A Spencer
daleclifford
dburdz
elliehopen
Kai Gutschow
icgoncalves
janicehui89
jillsabella
Gabe Johnson
katduerr
kevinkuntz
legenddolphin
mdgross
monicatong
richadate
rwohlfor
shaw5131
tobiassonnedk
design thinking seminar Fall 2011 