Peer Comments

Jan Gerardino-http://janraymondgerardino.blogspot.com/2011/09/experience-enrichment-pen-with.html?showComment=1315911704183#c1905021207718282603

Matthew Caraig-http://mfredrick.blogspot.com/2011/09/experience-enrichment-kitchen-tongs.html?showComment=1315912514347#c3564581869840155500

Pamela Ablang-http://pamablang.blogspot.com/2011/09/model-journey.html?showComment=1315912849259#c6411891583677279316

Ryan Go-http://ryan-go.blogspot.com/2011/09/experience-enrichment-ez-grate.html?showComment=1316008717353#c7010879005224448024


Clement Yoong-http://clementyoongides1031.blogspot.com/2011/09/project-one-experience-enrichment.html?showComment=1315913787916#c2242910648796622479

Project One: Experience Enrichment

Hero Shot -

Product Usage Storyboard-

Rationale-

My redesign of a pizza slicer is an organically formed slicer that is comfortable and easy to use. The product is designed to be targeted at an upper-class adult who enjoys cooking for themselves, family and friends or for those you admire organically shaped products that are fun and vibrant. The intended target market would want something that has an eye-catching form, but is also pleasurable and easy to use.

 I intended the design of my pizza slicer to have an organic and flowing form that is meaningful. I wanted to design something completely different from current pizza slicers in the market, which I believe I have achieved, however it is still recognisable as a pizza slicer. The simplistic and organic form isn’t accidental. It is designed to fit perfectly in the hand and the meaningful curves hold the hand into place, which makes it difficult for the slicer to slip out of the hand when using it and also means that the slicer doesn’t require any kind of rubbery grip. This also means that the user would be able to cut a pizza easier by requiring less strength to hold on to the slicer. Current pizza slicers on the market are very similar and usually have a handle and a wheel attached. I tried to make those two features into one form by deliberately incorporating the curvy and organic features which goes well with the cutting wheel as a form. The design also easily communicates where to hold the product and also suggests which way to cut the pizza in. 

My pizza slicer is made from plastic and is hollow on the inside, which means that it uses less material and makes it light weight, but also gives it the bulk that makes it fell solid and comfortable. The body of the slicer will be made in two plastic parts. The blade is made from a high grade stainless steel which makes cutting pizzas a breeze.

Technical Drawing-

product sketching

Design Career

Ever since the start of my senior years in high school, I’ve always wanted to pursue a career where I’m able to create and produce things, so looked at design as a possible career choice. Initially I knew nothing about industrial design and I was considering studying courses like graphic design or architecture, but I was really keen on architecture. Once I learnt about industrial design I knew that this was what I wanted a future career in. I want to become a designer because I love to create things and work out ways I can make an existing product more useful and easier to use. However I mainly want to become a designer so that I can make peoples’ lives easier and more enjoyable and maybe one day I hope to design a range of products that can help the sick and disabled.  Being a designer not only means that I’m able to create something beautiful, but I want to be able to create something that can makes someone’s life better and easier.

I was never surrounded by anything related to design when I was younger, so my passion for design was sparked by curiosity and the creativity I gained during my younger years. At a young age I was always interested in how things would work, which led me to take many things apart so that I can see how a certain object is made and how it works. I’ve always enjoyed the practical subjects at school such as woodwork, metalwork and visual arts, which also exploited my creative side. These subjects have pushed my creative side and have made me really interested in being a designer and had made design a possible career choice for my future. However, a subject such as design and technology wasn’t offered at my school, so the world of industrial design and the design process was still new to me until I started uni.

When I made the choice to study industrial design I looked at different universities that offered it and upon further research I knew UNSW was the right place to study. However, my terrible HSC marks meant that there was no chance for me to get into UNSW, but I did get accepted into UWS. So after a year at UWS I transferred to UNSW. I chose to study at UNSW because of the great facilities it has to offer and also the learning environment. The design studio courses is what mostly attracted me to UNSW because it’s a working design environment and will smoothly transition us from the study of design to working in a design industry, which will be greatly beneficial.

DESIGN CONFUSION!!

Design Excellence - Oates Sqwivel Mop

David Kelley - Human-Centred Design

David Kelley’s talk on human centred design was really insightful and clearly outlined the importance of human centred design. David talks about how designers these days are now focusing on human centred design. Human centred design involves designing behaviours and personality into products, which according to David Kelley, makes the job more enjoyable. 

In the talk, David Kelley presents us with a few different examples that he had worked on that are great examples for human centred design, which include the Prada store, the installation, the cubicle, Spyfish and Approtec.  These examples show different ways an individual can interact with a product or environment, so that the individual can feel engaged with the product or environment. 

The Prada store is a great example of human centred design. Their goal was to conceive technology for the retail store that gives the store a cultural role as well as a retail one, which meant actually designing custom technology as opposed to just buying things off the shelf and putting them to use. One example of the technology used in the Prada store that was designed around an individual is the dressing rooms. These dressing rooms have features such as a touch screen where the user can use to get different types of information about the clothing that they chose. The different technological features of the Prada store make the experience for the shopper better, because they shopper is at control of many things, so that they are engaged in the whole experience.

In the past, companies where designing their products without designing around the human taken into consideration, which led to a lack of emotion and value the user had with the product. The new trend of human centred design makes for an engaging and immersive experience the user has with the product and a sense of value is gained from this experience. This talk has opened my eyes and made me understand the importance of human centred design.