In order to keep my design/interaction/experience knowledge up, I’ve started watching the videos on this course. There is bound to be some overlap (after all, HCI and ID share many common tools, concepts and goals), but I noticed that many of the examples he gave were more related to industrial design than human-computer interaction.
Design Blog of Daniel Louder
Aspiring Industrial Designer with degrees in that and Spanish, having graduated in 2012. I like drawing, using Apple products, reading, and listening to podcasts. When not doing that, I enjoy Radiohead and science fiction, and especially both at the same time.
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May17
Apr25
Went hiking last Saturday morning. There were a lot of cattle about, and I fount the marking on the faces of this heifer and calf really interesting. I also love how the photo turned out, with the color and composition. The only editing I did was cropping.
Apr17
Some stuff I’ve been drawing in lieu of weekly sketches. Scanning them in is too much of a hassle.
Jan19
Sketches of the Week: Week 2
This week I decided to work on anatomy, specifically faces. I want to get better at various expressions and emotions as well as the overall human form.
Sketches of the Week: Week 1
So I’m going to attempt a weekly upload of sketches. I need to keep up/improve my skills so hopefully this flow will help that.
In the first image I asked myself, “What if we could design fruit?” Either to be more easy to eat or store or carry, I just wanted to add some sort of modification to make fruit better. While I’m not breaking any new ground in terms of how creative this exercise is, it’s quite fun and is something I may mess with again in the future since there seem to be a lot of opportunities here.
The second image features a zombie killing weapon (hatchet/spike evolution from a hammer) and a weapon I’ve imagined over the years. Further, is a sort of transport aircraft of some kind. I want to do more tools as well as vehicles.
Oct20
Best-Laid Plans and Most-Current Updates
So.
I’ve gotten a lot done this last few months, and I’ll try to recap accordingly. I graduated, moved down South to Northern California, got a job and started being a real human being.
(Song marginally related, in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way)
Jul17
New Portfolio Content→
I just updated my portfolio on Coroflot with a bunch of new stuff. In particular, I have my senior project presentation there. It doesn’t cover a lot of new ground, since that same project is in my portfolio already, but it does give a lot more insight about my thought process and personal development during that project. Enjoy!
May10
Colorful Modern Art by Andy Gilmore→
In my academic career, I’ve changed taste a lot. Lately I’ve had kind of a thing for overlapping, bright color distributed throughout the spectrum. This blog entry kind of sums it up, and gives me inspiration to do more graphic design.
Feb1
Manufacturing Techniques 8: Die Cutting
Basically, this technique is a bit like making cookies. A cutter cuts a pattern into the dough and the pattern is taken out. Then parts may be creased and folded and/or configured into an end product.
The die-cutting tool itself has two functions: cut a shape from a sheet of plastic or paper and crease the lines where it needs to fold. Simple enough.
A good example for this process is to think of those wooden kits where you punch out the pre-cut shapes out of a wooden sheet and then assemble them into something awesome per the instructions, like a dinosaur.
The only drawback that I was able to find was that you have to hand-assemble the cutouts and they are constrained to a set of specified instructions, depending on the product.
Dec6
Hire Me?!? - The Portfolio Handbook→
Finally! Is all I can say. This book from the graduating class of Industrial Design at the University of Cincinnati outlines what needs to be in an effective portfolio.
Just in time for my graduation!
Via Core77.
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