Jamin Hegeman

Tag: Design

  • Pluralism and Objectivity

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    My graduate seminar class with Dick Buchanan ended yesterday. For this last class, we discussed pluralism and objectivity, which Buchanan states as the fundamental problem of design. Why is it a problem? There is no subject matter in design. Designers make their subject matter. “This is a very peculiar thing,” Buchanan says. I agree. And…

  • Buchanan in Lisbon Impression

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    I received a report from the field about Dick Buchanan’s speech at the design conference in Lisbon last week. While subjective, I found it interesting and got permission to share it with you. Buchanan tells us that the design methods movement of the 1940s was largely concerned with design potentialities, productive science (the act of…

  • More Type Calendars

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    How did I spend my Saturday night? Why designing calendars, of course! Yeah, my previous calendar was a bit safe (and grad is not the place for safe). So I experimented some more. I think I could spend the next 30 years working on this, which makes Thursday’s deadline seem all too soon.

  • Stuff Makers

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    ??????We are the stuff makers. That is our role as designers,?????? says John Zimmerman. Today we began our next interaction and visual interface design assignment: digital music player. My new group, consisting of fellow graduate student Sook and an industrial design undergraduate, will be creating a new player for commuters. We read Don Norman??????s Emotion…

  • Mobile Project Paper Prototypes

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    For tomorrow’s class, which begins in six hours, my mobile project team will be presenting our paper prototypes. Again, if you haven’t been paying attention, we’re creating a mobile application to help people find a coffee shop. Our persona travels often and really likes coffee, but not just any coffee or coffee shop. Our man…