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revolutionary travel dental device – final week

this week i have been focusing on composing a great presentation that would allow me to tell a story of my project.

by Wednesday, i was able to show a partially-complete presentation will callouts of the main features of my product that were accompanied by short bits of text and corresponding renders. Given that i have not yet finished creating slides dedicated to my project-story, i received some suggestions from professor regarding this + needed to add some renders that would show off the opening procedure more explicitly.

so, thats what i did:

significant slide 1: the story. here, i implemented pictures that show common problems that my device can solve.

significant slide 2&3: the main objectives of the device and the early development stages pictures.

significant slides 4&5: fusion 360 work…. to reflect, i could have added a little bit more on that, but i believe due to my process’ manner it still worked as it was so i am satisfied. 

significant slide6:  i am moderately proud of the work ive done here: even though the device does not look super-realistic with the environment, however i did try my best and took advantage of a lot of tools in Figma, including some plugins. this was also the first slide i have created and so the calm green color + grey + white looked quite complementary to my product, so i decided to follow through with it later as well.

significant slides 7,8,9: call outs on threads (that i have been struggling with for a million years) and showcasing the spaciousness of the device (showing the water in the bottom part and the fact that both toothbrush and toothpaste fit in it + the size)

also i am quite proud of how the green shapes align visually throughout the slides.

significant slides 10,11: callouts on the geko-tape and an environment render to showcase this feature (looking back, i could’ve placed the second part in the environment as well, but it is not a big deal in my opinion)

some key words to further showcase the coolness of the device.

significant slides 12: callout on the self-drainage feature + corresponding render. very proud of that one.

overall reflection:

they say there is no limit to greatness, and i agree. of course, there are a lot of things that could be further improved and changed, however i am quite satisfied with what my product and presentation turned out to be. 

i really enjoyed the process of working on this course’s assignment throughout this semester and i believe i acquired some invaluable experiences that will benefit me in future (prototyping process, fusion 360 skills, etc.)

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travel dental device: development – weeks 12&13

Throughout weeks 12 and 13 i have been working on finishing some details:

  • creating a thread that would allow the device to close and open without any issues

I wouldn’t say it wasn’t easy, but i really noticed how I have been understanding what to do myself (I didn’t even have to rewatch any of the lectures at that point!) That was very cool to notice how I suddenly got much more familiar with Fusion!

  • continue working on renders: as shown in the previous blogpost, renders in 3D environments i have found look rather awful, so i decided to go with another way of creating renders using 2D picture and then just “photoshopping” the device’s render with a transparent background onto the picture. 

Here are some photographs that I have chosen as potential environments (for some:

  • starting to work on my presentation

these weeks i was mostly working on finishing the model and working on my first renders, so i did not have much time left on actually implementing the transparent-background renders yet.

but here are some of the transparent-background renders i created:

as it can be seen, i have been experimenting with shades, exposure and light at that point, trying to find the perfect balance between all of them.

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rapid prototyping weekly design discussions

10 principles of good design by Dieter Rams

First, I would like to confess that I do not entirely agree with Dieter Rams. Yes, as an appreciator of somewhat minimalistic and functional design, I prefer the kind of design Dieter Rams describe as a good design. However, I believe that sometimes very useless designs might bring joy to people just by having high aesthetic value (in their opinion).

That being said,  feel like a lot of the products developed by Newson and Rashid possess this aesthetic value that is one of the main reasons why people might want to buy their products.

Rashid has a very distinctive style that largely relies on bold geometric forms and saturated colors (and their combination). 

Marc Newson, while also having quite bold approach to colors and shape, seems to have a bit more experimental approach to shape (a lot of liquid-like, elegant shapes). 

From that perspective, both designers have a very high aesthetic value to their creations. 

As for the rest:

  • Innovativeness

I believe both artist embody a relatively innovative technology (where it is appropriate). I found it really hard to evaluate their products using this parameter.

  • Makes a product useful

I believe both designers probably make their product useful. At least for me nothing stood out as terribly unusable.

  • Understandable (User friendly)

By the looks of it – yes. But I believe this criteria could only be approached if the product is tested by yourslef.

  • Unobtrusive

Here, according to the design pricnciple, both designers fall short sometimes. The principle states that: “Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the users self-expression.”

Which is not really the style of most of the products by both designers. A lot of other designs are much more “restrained and neutral”.

  • Honest

Pretty sure that in the reality of capitalism this is almost not feasible.

  • Long-lasting

Again, probably have to test it to actually comment on this one.

  • Thorough

Plenty of details in the products. However I would say that it would be wrong to say that NONE of the products have anything excessive. I am sure some of them have details that are just there to add to the visual value.

  • Environmentally friendly

Highly doubt that!

  • As little design as possible

Again, I believe there are a lot of things that could be “less” in both designers’ works. 

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Portable Toothbrush Holder: Fusion 360 Development

For the past couple of weeks, I have exclusively worked on my project. Here are some development screenshots:

here you can see my failed attempt to fit both toothpaste and toothbrush inside. Probably will have to change the size of the product!

and then I added the material and rendered in a very weird bathroom environment:

my reflections:

  • spent waaaay too much time figuring out the “loft” and how to add water 
  • need to take a deep dive into the internet and find a good bathroom environment where I can display the attachment to the wall as well
  • to work on animation? 
  • figure out how to increase the diameter of both figures. Just increase the size maybe? Can I even do that? 
  • also, figure out the things are going to attach to each other 

I am fairly content with how stuff is turning out so far. But I need to work a lot on rendering and animation now!

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Karim Rashid

Write your post this week on your opinion of Rashid’s work. How would you describe him as a designer? What from your research is your favorite and least favorite piece of design work from Rashid?

some notes:

In their discussion, Rashid says that an object should exist only if it better our life. He also talks bout how the best designs are the ones that can serve both poor and rich, a person of any culture, any gender. Democratization of design. He talks about the importance of functionalism.  “Things stick with us if they effectively serve us”. Below-the-line design is the design that we don’t even think about. Ergonomics! Also how “designer” is associated with fashion. They also talk about how design is inseparable from technology. This ultimately means that design inevitably leads to innovation. It is far from only style (the visual component). And the idea that every person is born creative.

It was a very interesting conversation from my perspective. I mostly agree with the view that a good design is something that every person can use. However, I would like to add that there should a be bit more appreciation towards the objects that are aimed at not fully-able people. Of course, some designs are so genius that they are accessible to anyone, however, if such design doesn’t exist and a designer is not coming up with it, it should be admired that a certain object does not focus on fully-able people’s experience. 

As for the idea that almost everyone is born creative, I believe it is indeed true. And I really resonate with this notion. And I most certainly agree that the way children are raised could affect the extent of their creative thinking. I believe it is not only a matter of education and developing a particular framework of design thinking, it is also about being free to express yourself and not being threatened by others’ expression of themselves. I believe it is not coincidental that a lot of artistic and creative people are very confident in wearing bright clothes or having a relatively “loud” personality. It is because they are fine with expressing themselves, which gives them the freedom and peace of mind that further helps them in their creative process.

As for Karim’s designs, I generally liked them. As I like to do, I connected his style with Keith Haring. Something about these shapes and lines and patterns just comes together for me as a “colorful Keith Haring”. It s also quite similar to Marc Newson’s designs as they both designed so much stuff from so many industries. Apparently, that’s what a lot of designers do. 

My favorite piece that I noticed on his website was this (Ceramic collection)Maybe the reason is that I’ve been looking at a lot of interior designs lately and this matte texture and the appropriate color (from my perspective) was something that has drawn my attention. I just like matte stuff. 

The least favorite thing would be:

yeah. from my perspective it just looks ugly. It kind of fits into his aesthetics though (the patterns and the colors) however it just doesn’t appear nice to me. I would not buy this suitcase. plus, it is not very noticeable in the airport. I would expect a bright pink color (just from the perspective of functionality and his aesthetic).