Task 5: Video Reflections - Yves Behar

Yves Behar questions those things that people usually take for granted, such as the num lock key on the keyboard and says "does it really need to be there?". This designs really does show and make his products more user friendly such as "the leaf lamp" where he gives some choice on the lamp where you can adjust the "feeling" of the lamp with a touch of a button.

He emphasises that objects can tell many stories, such that as designers will need to predit and what story your product will tell. Even though that the product may do all this and that but we need to take into consideration that do we actually need it or is it just a novalty item.

I realise that designing a product may not be all about the looks and functionality of the product but also how userfriendly it is and also if it can be made unique to each and every person in the world. So after watching this i would try and "GET SOME"

Task 5: Video Reflections - Don Norman

Don Norman's talk was quite interesting. He's main focus is to try to understand what beauty is about. Some example's he talks about is Allesi's Gold Plated Juicer, where people don't even use it for juicing but to keep it for a design point of view, a conversation starter. Also in the same picture the knife, where he talks about the shape, balance, and how sharp it is.

He also talks about things being sub-conscious to us, such as where you do a search in google and the amount of result pages are shown at the bottom with the amount of letter "O". You don't really pay attention to it but its always been there as a sub-conscious effect.

Don mentions that, when in the workplace, if the environment is a fun, happy or anything that is a positive experience, it affects us. It allows us think out of the box without knowing it.

Task 2: Product Sketching

Task 3: Good Design

The new Haier refrigerator implements the Vitamin C as their backing of the new design.
I find that its a great idea to use something natural and use it in new designs.

Task 5: Video Reflections - David Kelley

David Kelley has shown much insight to the future of design, where his presentations show designs that is more focused around humans rather than the hardware. He does much research into what consumers want and focuses more towards it.

The Prada store in New York, such that the whole store has been redesigned suitable for what consumers would want. A few examples would be the staff devices in the store where products can be scanned in and the products would be shown on a screen wherever in the store. Another example would be the Liquid Crystal display changing room, where in a touch of a button would changed the whole clear glass would go "dark". These few examples just show how David has redesigned the way that consumers shop and enhance their buying power.

Watching this video has shown me how fast technology is growing and us as designers must keep up with the world.

Task 1: Shape of a Scent

Our group had the scent of Salvatore Ferragamo Incanto,
we defined the smell as a definite feminine scent where it
had a floral and natural smell. The scent gave off a mysterious
feel where the female would be a distinctive one.

First Design:

2nd and Final Design:

I liked the final design because it gave the impression it was a smooth feel whilst combining the mysterious and nature smell.