budapest teakettle

Here are some of the iterations I have done on my teapots while I was playing around with hypershot. I started designing this kettle with Budapest 20 and 30-year-olds in mind. I have never been to Budapest, but from what I have gathered through image searches and a little research is that they embrace an eclectic modern aethetic. They are a very friendly and happy group of people, and their city is filled with quaint nooks and cranies. With this tea kettle I am trying to employ the simplicity of the modernist aesthetic but also incorporate a small surprise to make it more approachable. Functionally it is a teakettle with an itegrated milk warmer.

Happy Accidents

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit "random"
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to ... Read Moreflickr and click on "explore the last seven days"
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

In creating an Album cover in response to Carly Grigg's album cover Madlib post on Facebook, I realized that happy accidents and awesome inspiration can be found in associating a purely random combination of words and images.

Story Board for Computer

Revelation from Cincinnatus Assessing

Saturday morning a few of us from studio awoke at 7 am in order to assess the giddy high-school
seniors that came to campus for the annual Cincinnatus competition. This is my second year assessing even though I do not completely agree the way Cincinnatus is conducted and judged.
With another assessor I judged two sessions, in which the competitors had two work in a group to come to a mutual conclusion. Interestingly both groups had two competitors that dominated and shut down the other competitors; however, the person who shut down the most in both situations
was the person who sat next to the clearly most dominant person in the room. So I have decided that if I am ever in a room where there is clearly one dominant person, I will sit across or at least a few seats away from them. It is a very interesting social experiment, and I recommend if you are invited that you participate. I really learned what I define as a good leader, even though I did not witness a good leader in the room.

"Good Design"

Good design is so hard to define because it is dependent on the purpose of the product. Sometimes the product requires simplicity sometimes it requires complexity or obscurity. Although good design can take so many forms, there are a few commonalities that distinguish good design from the run of the mill. Ease of use, surprise, and market compatibility are three factors that often lead to successful products in the market.
For example, the origional I-pods used a completely new and surpisingly easy selection scroll. The simplicity that this technology afforded drew con sumers to help launch apple as the MP3 retailer.
As consumers we look to apple for innovativation integration of technology and design.
Although John Deere tractors have a completely diff erent aesthetic, yet they are known to be the top of the line among the consumers because of their quality, relia blility, and innovative features.Quality and reliablity make John Deere products easier to use than their competitors.
Two completely different products yet many would consider them both examples of good/successful design.

Patrick James is an advertising storyboard artist who is able to bring product stories to life. While researching I looked at many artists' online portfolios, however, most of the time I did not understand the story through their art work. What makes Patrick's story stand apart is his ability to represent vividly the movement and emotion of the character so that the viewer can understand clearly how the actual commercial will materialize. I also think that his clean line work and playfully rendered scenes are make his work fun to look at.
View his porfolio at http://storyboardsinc.com/artist/james/james_color_3.shtml

This my start to a mobile desktop computer for the music loving, soccer playing, and family oriented Brazilian consumer. For wall, desk, or lap, the computer can move with in the house easily so that the consumer can finish some work while watching the game. When the game is not on, the family can listen to music from the mega-speakers!

See my final USBs, sketches and all!
http://www.daapspace.daap.uc.edu/files/download/meyermg/F4DrqP-sJ2I6QZ8q5EXksWWBDBjo2SIS6IIIjw3mrVU