~ Sketch Density ~

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~ Tongue Cleaner: 3-d iteration one ~

~ A 3-D print with a wooden dowel stuck in it.

~ Marsha Marsha Marsha ~

peace. love. death metal.

~ music ~  I just attended the grand opening of the architecture auditorium. I went as an excuse to stop working for minute, and it turned out to be awesome. I had never seen a performance by the music technology department – - apparently they have just been hanging out being amazing all this time and I didn’t even no know it..

Note to self  – - recognize what f is up quicker.

There was this one piece with a cello playing a composition while they projected the decomposition of some old celluloid film. It was like seeing my dreams while I was awake. It was crazy trippy, and realistic, and haunting.

They (Sonic Generator) are performing again at the Woodruff  Arts Center on Feb. 8th.  You should check it out. details. For real.

**Robot Study**

~  So I recently participated in a robot  study. It was for a Ph. D student’s research on robot design guidelines. I was really cool, mayo and I did it together and we were basically playing the role of design consultants.

~  We got to work with a cs graduate student who specializes in robot navigation software design. He was able to tell us what goes where and why.  It was the most fun I have ever had working across disciplines.

~ Robot design is sort of what I imagine car design is like. You have certain components that have a fixed size and placement, but the rest is a designer’s playground. It was actually the most unrestricted design challenge I have ever been given.

Of course it is super hard to get precedents like wall-e, and bender out of your head….

random quote.

You don’t make your money on the design jobs you take, you make you money on the design jobs you don’t take.

_ _ _ _ farming _ _ ideas _ _ _ _

The theme of my idea farming exercise is the semi-professional business model. Within this theme I am going to focus on generating ideas for improvement in the following areas: size/form, mobility, and storage.

So I need to come up with scribble prompts that direct people in these three areas~

Size/Form: stacking, combining, organizing, carrying, ergonomics, weight

      ~~possible draw instructions: draw a desert survival kit. draw a crazy ergonomic water gun.

Mobility: pushing, rolling, moving liquids, carrying

      ~~possible draw instructions: draw a way to transport aquarium fish. draw a octupus janitor.

Storage:  organizing, combining, stacking, saving, finding

     ~~~possible draw instructions: draw an awesome toy box. draw your refrigerator (open).  

**Question. Does anyone remember those key chains that were ovalish shaped and when you opened them all the little thingys inside would move? They usually came from like the zoo or places like that. Somehow the top opening powered the little creatures inside… They are super cool in my head, but it has been a minute since I have seen one. 

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ok so I broke rule number one. But as you can see it is hard to tell yourself what to draw once you’ve already seen the lines. Mine turned into a bat that is in the anti-gravity dog house. Get it?

Anyways.. Crazy mad dangerous busy person, but mostly in the fun designery way, mostly. Rapid prototyping tongue scrapers this week. It will be my first time using the 3-D printer- excitement – !

Interesting thought of the week {courtesy of my tech writing teacher}:

When writing, you are at your most vulnerable, it is an action driven by fear and desire.  Afraid of judgment. Hoping for understanding.

Words have that annoying habit of sticking.

Cosmic marbles. Important decisions made arbitrarily. Detail decisions made considerately.

~Creative Exercising~

~So as a studio we are hosting an idea farming session about industrial floor cleaning! (gasp!) We are each responsible for moderating one exercise within the session. Mine is the Scribble Game! Have you ever played this?

The Rules:

1.) Must be played with two or more people.

2.) One person draws a series of random lines. These should include a variety of line types, like a scribble, a zigzag, a curly-Q, or whatever. Between 4 and 6 lines is optimum.

3.) The lines need to be random and not subconsciously implied into something. Random. Do it.  Don’t think about it.

4.) The other person then has to use the random lines to draw an image of the others’ chosing.

5.) Themes make the game more fun, e.g. naked people, animals, weapons, etc.

6.) Then you switch roles and compare results. Funny results make the game more fun, so be loose. It is not a drawing contest. It is a crazy  contest.

Here are some scribbles if you want to play with me. : )

And a random image.

~ pic o’ words o words o’ pic ~