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We talked about the pros and cons of the design process. We all agreed that we followed some kind of process along the project but some of us think that the process was not very important in this project because it was fairly simple. I tried to follow the design process, especially when I documented my progress, I tried to evaluate my prototypes with the design matrix. I found it useful because sometimes I would spent a whole day experimenting something and realized that it wouldn't work at all and had to go back to my previous design. That could be very frustrating, but when I used the matrix to evaluate my design, I realized that it was not a waste of time as I improved in some aspects. I also believe that if the project was more complex or was a group project, the design process will become more important and useful.
Then each of us stood in front of the class and presented our design. That was very rewarding because I got to see what techniques my classmates used, what problems they ran into and how they solved them. The techniques summed up to the following: contact paper, screws, magnet, glue, moving hinges. Oscar pointed out from my comments on Cailey's project that an evaluation should contain three parts:
(1) the comment on the project (what it can do, what it fails to do, etc.)
(2) you could make it do this...
(3) how you could make it do so
Anyways, here is a collection of my classmates' project:
Erin:
Technique: contact paper.
Cailey:
Technique: sliding sides, screws.
Kelsey:
Technique: dovetail, moving hinges
Maria:
Technique: sliding side, moving hinges, "click"
Frances:
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Technique: moving hinges, three identical pieces, screws.
My self-evaluation of my box is:
It is durable, which I think is because the screws hold the pieces together really well. I did not screw the sides together so that I can show everyone that it was made of three identical pieces; however, I think some classmates might not understand that and thought it was not a box yet. If I screw them, it is a box, except for the top will just be "springy" and not be able to close. But if I screw them, the box would only have one movable joint. That was something I neglected during my design. But I can certainly improve it by integrating Kelsey's design as I said at the end of the last entry. I don't think it's pretty, especially compared to others' projects. As I said, I had trouble cutting the hinges. I had to cut twice (first melt the opening, then re-cut to cut the melted parts), which makes the moving hinges not as clean as it could be. There are also burned yellow parts on my box. I thought it was not hard to manufacture if given the design graph. You just need to cut the same graph three times and screw them together. I didn't have so much trouble screwing things once I calculated the positions of the holes, but others might find screwing challenging if not trained. I didn't think the fact that it was a tricky design compromises its manufacturing because workers working at the factories don't need to know how to come up with the design to manufacture products. Therefore I gave myself 3 for performance, 4 for manufacturing and 2.5 for aesthetic. My classmates evaluated my design as well and my box got an average of 3.7 for performance, 3.6 for manufacturing and 3.3 for aesthetic.
Documentation of how to make my box can be found on the class website.
Essie:
My self-evaluation of my box is:
It is durable, which I think is because the screws hold the pieces together really well. I did not screw the sides together so that I can show everyone that it was made of three identical pieces; however, I think some classmates might not understand that and thought it was not a box yet. If I screw them, it is a box, except for the top will just be "springy" and not be able to close. But if I screw them, the box would only have one movable joint. That was something I neglected during my design. But I can certainly improve it by integrating Kelsey's design as I said at the end of the last entry. I don't think it's pretty, especially compared to others' projects. As I said, I had trouble cutting the hinges. I had to cut twice (first melt the opening, then re-cut to cut the melted parts), which makes the moving hinges not as clean as it could be. There are also burned yellow parts on my box. I thought it was not hard to manufacture if given the design graph. You just need to cut the same graph three times and screw them together. I didn't have so much trouble screwing things once I calculated the positions of the holes, but others might find screwing challenging if not trained. I didn't think the fact that it was a tricky design compromises its manufacturing because workers working at the factories don't need to know how to come up with the design to manufacture products. Therefore I gave myself 3 for performance, 4 for manufacturing and 2.5 for aesthetic. My classmates evaluated my design as well and my box got an average of 3.7 for performance, 3.6 for manufacturing and 3.3 for aesthetic.
Documentation of how to make my box can be found on the class website.
Essie:
Technique: moving hinges, screws, only wood design in the class.
That took almost a whole class. I learned a lot from the evaluation process. I realized that people might have different standards so that is something to keep in mind as a designer.
Then we moved on to talk about our next design - lantern!
Basically, we want a small lamp that enables us to read in the dark and not to disturb others in the same room. Oscar did not go into much detail, but we will talk about it more next class.
That took almost a whole class. I learned a lot from the evaluation process. I realized that people might have different standards so that is something to keep in mind as a designer.
Then we moved on to talk about our next design - lantern!
Basically, we want a small lamp that enables us to read in the dark and not to disturb others in the same room. Oscar did not go into much detail, but we will talk about it more next class.
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