Tag: Design
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Easability: Easier than Usable
Going back to school has put me in contact with like-minded people who throw around design terms as easily as other folks talk about the weather. Tonight, during a conversation amongst such nerds cool people, one such designer mentioned the “easability” of some product or service. “Did you just say ‘easability’,” I, the nascent designer,…
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Emergence Conference Website
Last week Dan Boyarski popped his head into class, pointed to me, and told me to see him after class. So I did. He wanted to know if I could help out with maintaining and updating the Emergence Conference website that the School of Design is hosting September 8???????10. Sure, I said. Even with the…
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Candle Holders
Candle Holders So here is a shot of the candle holders I made during week two of the design fundamentals course. I don’t have any tea lights at the moment, so I couldn’t light them up. Again, these are made out of paper and were required to fold flat so that they could fit in…
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Paper Candle Holder Complete
A little past midnight Thursday I had a breakthrough with my paper candle holder design thanks to my resistance to using tabs and finding inspiration in an upright paper grocery bag in the corner of my kitchen. ??????Wait, that folds flat,?????? I realized (a requirement). The final design was simple, but elegant, and could go…
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What Can Paper Do for You?
Paper is pretty neat stuff, once you start to mess with it. And that’s exactly what I’m doing, and have done for a lot of today, mess about with paper. I’m looking to use some translucent paper that’s a bit like plastic for my candle holder, which has been slow in coming. But I keep…