Thursday, July 10, 2008

my first blog for design 112


Hey my name is Ashley
And I am currently a first year design student at Victoria University in Wellington NZ
I am now in my Second Trimester which means i survived the first 12 weeks of life as a sleepless, caffeine induced design student which comes with design experiences including an apprehensive first day, the final countdowns just minutes before dead lines, meeting great and talented people, making awesome mates that see you through the late nights and getting frustrated with computers and digital equipment. . . .and still I'm having the time of my life doing what I love

My memorable project from the first trimester was from my 111 course where i had to create a model generated from ideas based on the movement of a joint/ bone structure in the body
my joint was the spine
my first initial model was made up of card discs which I then replicated in clay the model consisted of 13 discs the moved across one another and could be manipulated in any given direction i engaged the user by making the discs fit snugly in the palm of their hands. the clay would warm with warmth of the user and encouraged them to play with the discs.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Sites that caught my eye

Here are a few sites that I came across that relate to my project from last trimester and where I plan to go in the future with Design School. I came across a blog called 20 Inspiring design blogs by Ronica Design
this site has links to other designs on line blogs and sites I also like the layout and style of the page using illustrations as links and also that it is linked to a lot of online resources I already use at Design School
my second site is related to what I want to do in second year which is interior design the Home Rejuvenation site has some stylish and innovative work
The last site I found was 2 Modern Design Talk this site has assorts of design projects from the innovative to colourful to futuristic I chose this site because it has photographic examples of models and a small taste of the model making process for that design project.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

A real life networking of a travelling designer




A visual impression of my daily journey to and from design school

Monday, July 7, 2008

My design model in action

This is a video of my sister demonstrating how my model from Desn 111 works