The readings on prototypes and mock-ups were very informative. It was really nice to learn the distinction between the two because until now it has been a little bit of a grey area for me. I now understand that mock-ups are meant to be quick, disposable representations of a project which prototypes are meant to …
September 2013 archive
Sep 09
7in7 Day 5 – Vegan Heat Map of NYC
Today I made a heat map of vegan restaurants in NYC. Whenever I make travel plans to a new city, as a vegan, I often have to plan my trip around restaurants. For example, I will not want to stay in a part of the city that has little to no vegan options. I want …
Sep 09
Reading response for week 03
“What is design?” There is no certain answer to this question, probably because we all have our own perspective about the meaning of design.From John Maeda’s article, now I know how other people think about design and that helps me a lot in understanding design better. I agree that designing for people is a lot …
Sep 08
reading response for 3rd week
Prototype ,Sketches and ,Mock-up The passage talked about a lot of example of prototype, and some traditional way of prototyping. sketches, and mock up and Why should we prototype through whole designing process? I want to talk about it from previous working experience. When I have an internship for the company I worked for, …
Sep 08
7 in 7- 4th Project- DNA Motion Graphic
The structure of DNA of all species comprises two helical chains each coiled round the same axis, and each with a pitch of 34 ångströms and a radius of 10 ångströms. Many of us may have learned this complicated structure in biology class in our high school. But no one really knows how pretty this system can …
Sep 08
7in7- day4
The 4th project of 7in7 is about visualizing emotion status by interaction with users. People will choose factors – color, shape- what catch the people’s eyes at first and people will do simple drawing with a line expressing what they feel at the moment. By the processing, I want to present abstract visual graphics of …
Sep 08
7 in 7 for Day4
Today my project is a color filtrator . This image is a prototype to present my original idea. I took a couples of photo to record my day. Basically, I want to create a platform (the platform could be a website or on mobile devices)that …
Sep 08
[7IN7] 004 – Getting Started with Open Frameworks – Boxes of Major Studio
SEE VIDEO AT BOTTOM. RECORDED VIDEO: OFboxes3
Sep 08
7 in 7, fourth day！
I like photography, because I want to use the camera to record everything. Lots and lots of wonderful memories they have left me with, making my life ever so beautiful. This is a glass cup, there are a bit of tea in the water in the cup. So I use backlighting to show this cup. …
Sep 08
Reading Response — September 8 , 2013
What is design? What is the best design? This is a common problem in every designer’s mind. As a designer, we always ask ourselves the same questions. Some times, when we finish a project or a create a new design that we feel that is the best, in fact, it is far, far from …
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