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The Line between Design and Science
Thinking about the posts on environmental factors the Christine posted for us to look at last week, I began to think again about what should be driving a design. This is most apparent in rapid prototyping and constraint design, but … Continue reading
Process in Algorithm
I know I saw at least a few students from our class at the design lecture yesterday. For those who weren’t, nervous system is a design group that looks at naturally occurring systems and tries to find algorithms that can … Continue reading
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Designers.. or Manipulators
I really enjoyed the articles this week. I felt I understood everything well because of the case studies explained in the articles. One study which was particularly intriguing was that with the candle, box, matches, and tacks. It is fascinating how one … Continue reading
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Iteration and It’s Bounds
Upon reading this weeks readings I began to struggle with many different contradictions that were being tossed around. In looking at Steven Dow’s “How Prototyping Practices Affect Design Results,” the first sentence summed it up quite clearly, “Iterate rapidly.” If … Continue reading
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Iterations, Better or Worse?
After reading “How Prototyping Practices Affect Design Results” and “Prototyping Dynamics: Sharing Multiple Designs Improves Exploration, Group Rapptor, and Results” I begin to understand why we are asked to create many iterations of our ideas in studio and why we … Continue reading
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Iteration or not?
The in-class mini exercise on brainstorming about a coffee cup offered a new perspective on design strategies. When we were first asked to brainstorm the properties of a coffee cup, all I could picture was the typical Starbucks paper coffee … Continue reading
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Prototyping Practices
This week’s readings (also posted on the Readings page) are two articles by Steven Dow, who will lead next week’s seminar session. Also check out Steven’s youtube channel, see what he’s been up to… How Prototyping Practices Affect Results (6 … Continue reading
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