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i am a design thinker
i am a proud husband
i love repurposing things
i enjoy the sound of silence
i work for / study at Georgia Tech
i am got my masters of industrial design
i think my dog wants to race me
i am shelton davis to some
and melton mavis to a few
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Atlanta, flooded craziness. Krog tunnel, floating oasis.
Great shot by Caroline E Smith (via Chris Hight)
Communication is paramount and James Marsters was able to understand this need and filled it with a time tested solution, the Text Telephone. Who will be the next innovator that conquers the innate problems with the ever popular touchscreen phone?
graphic user interface + low vision = miscommunication/accidents/oops
(EVERYONE HAS LOW VISION…ever try to read content while walking/driving/sexing)
Bruce Nussbaum on the 4 large changes in design innovation.
Why do clients attempt to negotiate design costs as if I was a merchant at some bazaar? Once they agree to pay, why do they ask you how you did it so that can do it inhouse next time? Can you teach me the illustratorweavershop? No, go ask you lawyer for a discount why don’t ya. OBSERVE!
(stepping off the soap box, blame it on Melton)
I was looking for some inspiration the other day in regards to design for the other 90% and came across Open Mind. Imagining a world without Google, search engines or information at your fingertips is kind of scary. When I want ot know when David Hasselhof was born….Google to the rescue. When a rural farmer in India has a question about weather or local politics…he has someone to ask…Open Mind’s network of Question Boxes and Question People. GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LEARN MORE.
Still struggling to explain what an industrial designer does? Whitey Hess wrote a great article summing up the “10 Most Common Misconceptions about User Experience Design.”
My job is to make things easier to use FIRST and don’t worry, we’ll talk about pretty-fying it too.
Back in high school a great friend of mine, Molly Mahoney, choreographed some rag tag group of students in one of the best “musicals” from my childhood….Captain E.O. Dude (dudette), we rocked it! For a select few of us Villa Park High School students, our parents gave us year passes to Disneyland (day care) and this was probably one of my favorite attractions. After the 3D show (YouTube#2 - YouTube#1) people would exit the theatre and attempt to throw down some MJ like moves and screams. Some were good, some had no rhythm…but everyone was smiling. I love these memories.
Today, Michael Jackson passed (not that you didn’t know) and despite his rocky ending he is still my “King of Pop” and the theme song to being BAD.
FYI…if you haven’t seen Michael Jackson Moonwalker….RENT IT
Thank you MJ….tonights tunes are dedicated to you!
another example of doing things just because we can, and not because it is appropriate. baby steps…baby steps…look out for the ECO Hummer!
greenwashing alert.
Eco+Muscle Combines Dodge Challenger with Fuel Efficiency : Gas 2.0
500 hp to transport one (or possibly 2) humans from A to B , using “green” tech is complete BS. this is NOT what we need to be sustainable.
can we please do away with internal combustion engine ? its 2009.
