Industrial Design
Synectics & Pughsion™
Synectics Class Exercise As I’m finishing up with an online Financial Management class that is all numbers, I was just thinking how I’d rather be facilitating creative thinking right now. Then I started thinking back about a presentation my former classmate Rebecca Mahl and I did on the problem solving methodology synectics, as well as [...]
Designing A Difference: Part 2
Designing A Difference – Smallbean Part 2 on Vimeo Almost one year ago, I wrote about a collaboration between Design Museum Boston and Smallbean to develop the next generation of Smallbean’s solar suitcase in a post titled Designing A Difference: Smallbean’s Solar Suitcase. Here is phase two of the project, which focused on refining concepts [...]
Recycling in Savannah
How to Motivate People to Create Better Recycling Habits through Awareness, Education and Convenience Overview For my final project in the Design Management program at SCAD, I wanted to take a closer look at recycling in Savannah, GA. The purpose of my study was to reveal a better way to encourage and enable recycling for [...]
What’s Under the Kitchen Sink?
Overview In the twenty-first century, organized living spaces are more prevalent than ever. Organizational systems have been designed and redesigned in an attempt to make spaces more accommodating. The scope for this project was to step back and analyze why current systems are not working to their full potential and create a solution that would [...]
The Human Factor: Design Thinking
This introductory class helped me understand the physical and emotional human factors that need to be considered with every design project — from ergonomics and usability to lighting and color. Coming from a graphic design background, the physical factors were especially new to me. I learned how to find and use anthropometric data as well [...]
Four Case Studies for 2011 – Core77
Today I stumbled upon these four case studies on Core77. Enjoy! Four Case Studies for 2011 – Core77.
Designing A Difference: Smallbean’s Solar Suitcase
Designing A Difference: Smallbean Part 1 from Design Museum Boston on Vimeo. A team at Design Museum Boston is collaborating with Smallbean, a nonprofit corporation based in Boston, to develop the next generation of Smallbean’s solar suitcase. This video documents phase one of the redesign, which is still in progress. Phase one focused on understanding [...]