Jamin Hegeman

Tag: industrial design

  • IxD from an ID POV

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    In case you are acronym challenged, that’s Interaction Design from an Industrial Design Point of View. What I’m talking about is the recently Coroflot post Interaction Designers, and How They Got that Way, which takes a few snarky jabs the profession. For example: “Anyone who’s been following the creative job market at any point in…

  • Candle Holders

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    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…

  • Paper Candle Holder Complete

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    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…

  • What Can Paper Do for You?

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    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…

  • Lesson About Cubes

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    Ever try to make a cube out of paper? It??????s hard. Add requirements like it must have three-inch sides, fit flat and disassembled in an enveloped, someone should be able to assemble it easily, and the cube should stay intact after assembly, and you??????re talking hours of frustration. That??????s what we did today. We made…

  • Bad Industrial Design Web Sites

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    What I didn’t say yesterday was that we had to choose an industrial design firm for our one-page write-up. I looked at a half dozen sites before deciding. The determining factors for the company I chose were the site didn’t totally suck, and they had photos of the products and text I could grab for…

  • Going Past Midnight

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    I had a pretty full day. CMU classes from 9 a.m. until about 3 p.m. Then I had a initial strategy meeting with a new client. Then a lot of post meeting discussion. And now I’m sitting down to do some homework that I foresee taking me into the early hours. This week we’re being…