#design survey

[mayakern]

what if you did this poll telling me which color variants you like for shirts 🤭🤭

what if then i made some of those shirts in the future 😋🤪

that would be SO silly i think

[princessracecar]

Dear Kind and Benevolent Tumblr Users of the Universe

I’m currently doing my thesis on the benefits of nature-based design and I really, really, REALLY need some more numbers on how many people would be interested in this type of design. If you wouldn’t mind, I would appreciate it if you could fill out this survey I made to help me get my point across to my department head. 

SURVEY LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqa5QJlahwh0kTm0_3INOxkswheBVmXa50V3hflWrP3Z05Wg/viewform?usp=sf_link

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO DOES THIS, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU’RE HELPING ME OUT

[abeyer-bowden]

Week One — About Me.

Hi! My name is Andreas Beyer-Bowden, or Andy Beyer-Bowden if we want to be more conversational and loose, which we do. I am a film major at UW-Milwaukee, but before I ever concluded that the photographic arts were to be my destiny, graphic design was, indeed, my passion.

Throughout the list of interests that have, well, caught my interest over the years—videogame design, industrial design, photography, film, graphic design—the throughline is an interest in the visual arts. It is tough to do a retrospective on this issue given that the discovery process is certainly not over; still, I think that as these various interests of mine's presence of mind continuously ballooned and shrunk within the finite volume of my mind over time, the one constant throughout it all was a general attraction to the liberal arts and its intersection with technology. I frontload my statement so because I have a heavy predilection toward the liberal arts that admittedly unbalances the scale: indeed, I knew I couldn't be an engineer simply because I found that math was presented to me in a manner utterly uninterested in the humanities: and a subject that has no interest in the humanities has, well, no interest in humanity and fails to demonstrate an intuitive corollary to reality, I think.

But to say that the liberal arts are a kind of diametric opposite to more scientific endeavors is to present a false dichotomy. As a minor example, if we consider something like the JPEG encoding process for photographic imagery, some interest in the lossy nature of the compression, or its lack of alpha channels, and so on, is necessary for the artist to understand, even if the logic that underpins the scheme such as the "discrete cosine transform" may as well be arcane, black magic to us. The liberal arts are not devoid of rigidity. They are, I think, a science of their own: an observational science. Indeed, design, irrespective of what form it is found, is fundamentally a science of presentation and, as such, is omnipresent—even within putatively unrelated fields, such as film.

[superiorsurveyors]

The Importance of Surveying Before Building on Vacant Land

If you want to build a house on a vacant land plot, a survey is essential before you acquire the land and construction begins. Knowing the following might also guide your home's floor plan and framework.

Boundary Lines

You can't move your home if you find that part of it is on your neighbor's property. You might be able to dismantle a fence, although that might affect your intended design. A design survey is needed to ascertain your property's exact boundaries so that you can plan your home's position and size accordingly.

Light Exposure

Before your architect begins developing your home's floor plan, it is desirable to know the sun's light and heat patterns. This information might help determine your new home's floor plans and room usage.

Infrastructure Requirements

Don't commit to building your home on a piece of land until you know that utilities will not be a problem. A design survey will indicate if your home's infrastructure is feasible, how much it will cost and the existence of usable utility lines.

Building a new home on a vacant land plot can be very exciting, especially if conditions are favorable. It is best to request a professional survey from experts like those at Chris Nelson and Associates to avoid difficulties that keep your plans from coming to fruition.

[sclunow]

Week 1 - Additional Thoughts

I enjoyed watching “The History of Design in 6 Short Videos” and reading the article about the scientific definition of design and I figured I’d reflect on a few things here! 

The rapid format of the History of Design videos made the content easy to digest. I also enjoyed the broad range of content it covered--from the grandeur and detail of Gothic architecture and design to the playfulness and “Less is a bore” mentality of the postmodernist movement, it felt like I was learning a lot about the history of design quickly. I was pleased to find out a bit more information beyond my architectural history background in Gothic architecture from my Architecture 102 class, but I feel that it was an interesting choice to not include the initial backlash that came with this radical new change in design at the time. 

After taking a course titled “What is Art” last semester, which, quite honestly, boggled my mind with the amount of argumentation around the definitions of art, I was immediately skeptical of the idea of there being a scientific definition of design. However, with the addition of the clarity presented in the lecture, the article “Is There A Scientific Definition of ‘Design’?” began to make more sense. I like the approach that the author took surrounding how having a definition is more useful for the study of design rather than the practice of it. Acknowledging that the definition was not definitive gave the article a very holistic sense. 

[sclunow]

Week 1 - About Me

Hello one and all! My name is Sarah Lunow, and I’m a 19 year old freshman architecture major with an art minor, likely to be focused on painting and drawing. When I’m not drawing, both for class and as a hobby, you can find me studying, working out, playing various video games, or spacing out while I listen to music. In my past I’ve also had experience with martial arts and competitive speech (forensics), and both of those practices shaped a lot of who I am today.  Because I’m an art minor, I chose this class both because of its online convenience and because of the requirements for the minor. Beyond the technicalities, I also took this class because I’ve loved design for quite some time now, but my formal learning experiences with it have been few and far in between. I want to take my passion for this subject and push it further, and I think learning more about the basics again will help me cement what I’ve already learned. 

On the topic of loving this subject, I’ve been pursuing art in one way or another most of my life. I’ve been drawing a bit more seriously since about four or five years ago when I got my first drawing tablet so I could draw digitally. Even while choosing architecture as my major, I kept my interest in design in mind; I felt going after architecture was a practical way to incorporate design into a fast moving and balanced field. My interest has ebbed and flowed as I’ve discovered other pursuits, but it has permeated my life regardless. 

My inspirations are all over the place; as far as people go, my favorite artists are hellothisisangle and Remarin along with a handful of other digital artists. My sensei from martial arts also played a huge role in shaping me into a far more confident person, and my boyfriend, parents, and a handful of my closest friends who also practice art have also pushed me in the right direction. Some more non-tangible influences are music and poetry that I find on a website called HelloPoetry. 

The design of an object plays a role in just about every purchase that I make. I currently believe in the old adage “form follows function” in many ways, so whenever I purchase something I’m always sure to assess whether its design meets all of the standards I place on the products I own. For example, when I invested in my laptop for architecture, I chose a Dell computer both out of recommendation but also because of the specifications it had. Its design is a huge boon to the efficiency at which I can complete tasks. Even software design is important to me, and it’s why I often choose Photoshop instead of other programs for drawing or painting. Its functions are certainly hidden behind a learning curve, but once that learning curve is tackled its design is truly effective. 

Long story short, I’m quite excited to learn all that I can from this class, and I’m hoping that I’ll come out of it with stronger design skills and sense. 

[kaylauwm-blog]

Journal Week 1

Hi I am Kayla and I am a sophomore. I am in the Nursing program at UWM, however when I was in my early teens, I strongly considered going to art school. I really like painting and took AP in high school, but I decided their was too much pressure, and it took the enjoyment out of it. Classic art really inspires me, and my favorite painting technique is impressionism. One thing I always really struggled with in art is the technical/math part of art and I always dreaded the building drawing projects and the concept of a vanishing point. I am not exactly sure if this is what is meant by design, I recently bought a pair of winter boots that I obviously wanted be a cute pair of shoes, but I also wanted waterproof ones with a rubber sole, and that also need to be as tall of a pair of winter boots that I could fine for added warmth. So while I got some cute boots, the design was really important to staying warm and dry, and was the ultimate selling point. 

[kyrstinkuehl-blog]

Week 15

After 15 weeks of talking about design, where do you see the future of design? Please give at least three examples of projects or disciplines that you see as the potential future. 

It’s hard to see design evolving when you think you’ve seen everything. I feel like it’s getting harder and harder to come up with original design ideas as time goes on, but it is not impossible. We are already seeing more and more of the 3D printer and it’s changing a lot in the world of design. There are still new car elements to be designed like different types of engines and motors. 

The future of design is coming sooner than we think it will, many designs are already prototypes and will probably be released out of nowhere like products of apple. The iphone 8 came out and directly after it they had the iphone X along side it with excessive features compared to any other phone before it. Facial recognition is now the biggest security feature going around. When I was in high school I remember apple just coming out with their finger print scan security feature so I can only imagine what is next. Will it test your DNA to unlock?