tool shopping

while trying to get ideas for our next project (a hand tool that we have to draw a myriad of times) i ran into this website.
TUVIE
there are quite a few great ideas. kinda cool and stuff

New Findings

so searching for pushpins lead me here.
this is a great site!
tons of great things to check out.
so go ahead and check it out

j

IDEO

Where is IDEO?
California
Who is the founder?
Dave Kelly
Who is on the team, what are the roles?
biologists, linguists, and others
they all bring their own ideas and way of thinking to the table
What is the deep dive process?
this is their brainstorming session
What are the rules (montra) written on the walls around?
stay focused, encourage wild ideas, go for quantity, be visual, think of the product in terms of verbs rather than nouns
What is the motto?
enlightend trial and error/ fail often decide sooner
How can this process work in your major? (it can work in every major).
well i am now wondering if i choose the right major, because i love the idea of working in a group and feeding of each others ideas

RE-Design

 so we are supposed to reflect ...

well i really enjoyed class. i felt like we worked well and once we got some ideas flowing we really came up with some good stuff. i liked working in a team it reminded me of project runway only better because we weren't catty divas. all this sketching and looking for good design has changed how i look at things. i see design wherever i go. i look for the flaws in objects now. i'm really thinking about what i want to focus on for design now. i love photography but i am constantly considering graphic design or industrial design. i also love the idea of working with a group of people to accomplish a project.

wow that is enough "i"s for one day.

j

Five Dollars or Less

thumb tack, tack, push pin, whatever

they are no fun
they hurt your hand
they don't fit your fingers
they are not designed well