Reading Homework 1

1. Describe the design process; it’s categories and how it is used as you outline step 1, 2 and 3?

The design process is a method of finding problems in a design and finding how to solve them. A design can either be utilitarian which is used for preforming physical tasks, or expressive which is used for aesthetic and cultural purposes. The first three are the main steps used to identify the problem, generate ideas, refine and analyze.

Identifying the problem is to recognize what is wrong and define the problem. After doing that there needs to be criteria and requirements that should be met.

Generating ideas include, brainstorming, mental inventory, research, and lateral thinking. These are all conceptual methods that are used to elicit ideas. It is good to use sketches and notes to improve the initial idea. Using thumbnail sketches, sketch models, and written notations to record ideas and problems will help the design process.

When refining and analyzing the design process this is the first cycle of evaluation and criticism. This includes drawings, models, and mock-ups. The mock up is a full-scale model that is built with inexpensive materials. This is important before making the final project.

2. Define Three-dimensional form and find a new example using the research links.

Three-dimensional form is the “actual plane and volume, which in two dimensions exist only through illusion”. Three-dimensional design uses length, breadth, and depth.

Dentsu

Paint sound sculpture

Designboom

3. Define Space and find a new example using the research links.

Space and form need each other, space defines form, and form activates space.

Nendo

Stone Garden

January 28 2013

Designboom

4. Define Positive and negative space in 3-D form, find a new example using the research links.

Positive/negative is the way a space is used; positive is the space occupied while negative is the space around the form.

Fred Eerdekens

Shadow art

Designboom

5. Define Direction and find a new example using the research links.

Direction uses angles to change the space in a composition. There is primary and secondary orientation, which changes the form in the space.

Matt Shlian

Paper Sculptures 

Trendland

6. Define Scale and find a new example using the research links.

Scale is the size of the form in comparison to the space it is in.

David Michele

Installations

Trendland

7. Define Point of view and frame of reference, and find a new example using the research links

In three-dimensional art the point of view is important in how the work can be viewed. The viewer determines point of view. Frame of reference is the format where position, direction, and scale are realized. 

Nikos Rakkas

Common people (like you)

Trendland