looking back

Overall I found this course pretty interesting and certainly informative. Coming from a landscape arch background and having already taken several design courses at OSU, some of the material was more like a review for me, but there was plenty of material covered that was brand new to me. The assignments were all pretty fun and made me think about things differently. I was a big fan of Cradle to Cradle, but not so much of Very Short Intro. Also, as a minor in design, I feel like it's important to note that there is a lot of overlap between this course and design 230 (the course specifically for minors, which I also took this quarter), but that's not really a huge deal. I think this course must be pretty difficult to teach and make interesting with such a large number of students, but I think it was executed well. All in all, definitely a course worth taking.

J10: in closing

Overall, I feel good about our project. I think we had a good idea and were able to execute and explain it pretty well. Our team worked well together, no one stepped on anyone else's toes and we split up the work load as equally as we could. As far as personal contributions, I focused mainly on executing the redesign of the logo as well as the majority of the packaging design. I contributed a fair amount to the development of the product, but I feel like I could have done more as far as the kiosk design. I also took on the first phase of putting the presentation together, which we got together and finished as a group. I definitely think there were some areas where our project was lacking, but given our time frame, varying levels of experience and skill, and the fact that we were given a pretty rigid framework we did our best.

links:

J09 
J08 

adam 
carl 
stuart 
telina

coleman for the home, finishing up

I can safely say that our group will be more than ready to present our project later today. We finalized everything (aside from some last minute finishing touches) last night and we are all happy with the finished product. The team has worked very well together. We haven't had any major conflicts and everyone has contributed an equal amount. As far as my contribution, I ended up focusing mainly on the packaging aspect. The packaging was what I was most interested in from the get go, so I'm glad that I got to spend most of my time on it. I also set-up the first draft of our presentation, which we edited last night as a group. Below are some images of our progress:

Final logo concept

Final packaging concept (ended up being changed for final)

 links to teammates' blogs:

adam
carl
stuart
telina