Monday, February 6, 2012
Naef
Be sure to check out the history section (link below) on Naef's website. You can learn a lot about a company and its motives by researching its past. Knowing the trial and tribulations of a company's history can give you hints into the quality of product they are producing and how passionate they are about running their company.
Timelessness of Naef toys (research)
After about an hours worth of researching naef toy designs, I stumbled upon some toy designs that they made videos of. I noticed a common trend in these toys. Most if not all are colored with "playful colors" in reference to the design of toy. Also, parts to a whole seem to be very important in all there designs. I noticed most are like puzzles that can be transformed and rearranged to make "new toys" in a sense. The design itself is simple but their functions give you a deeper understanding of the toys. I chose the diamant and the rainbow designs because they are so simple, but can be transformed into many different things. I these because it leaves the function of the toy up to the imagination of the person playing with it. There's a sense of timelessness aswell with these 2 designs that I found very intreging. In the rainbow it features a little boy playing with this toy, yet for both I can imagine children of young ages playing with it, and I could also see them sitting on an office desk of a corporate employee, who uses them as show and almost as a stress reliever, as they experience the toy ans different forms. The sense of timelessness and parts to a whole will play a huge factor in the decisions of the judges I think.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Window shade designs
http://www.archdaily.com/175686/cobogo-house-marcio-kogan/34_-erwin-com-carol-interna-vertical/
Look at those shades! With the help of light, repeating circular designs are created throughout the house by the cutout of those window shades.
Steel
Since we're working with metal, this article talks about the evolution of steel in architecture. I thought it is pretty neat on how buildings became greater and taller as history goes on with steel. It also gives a list of some famous architecture buildings dealing with lots of steel!
Light and Shadows
This link shows some works of random household objects displacing light and creating shadows. It gave me some inspiration for my design with my metal piece.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
naef toys
Out of the Naef's newest collection of toys the Rainbow is my favorite. I think it is very successful because of how interactive it has the potential to be aside from creating other forms or designs. The fact that it can be aligned into a track or has a musical quality to its material are features that draw in a younger generation. Even those these toys are intended for all ages, the dominant age group is going to inevitably be children. The Fluctus also has a lot of these playful characteristics aside from being simply being toys of versatile design. I am looking forward to creating something functional but these toys definitely set a very high standard for the versatility and intrigued of our designs!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
the Discipline of Design
I hope this video of Kurt Naef Toy Makers inspires you to reflect on some of what the SA+D considers valuable to the discipline of design.
Inquiry
Exploration
Experimentation
Iteration
Evaluation
Discovery
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