Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Bullseye Bodega
An article that I found interesting today on Core77 was one that outlined a design project for Target. Starting September 12th, Target will be opening four “Bullseye Bodegas”. The simple bullseye logo that we all recognize as being the logo for Target, will be repeated over and over in red and yellow. It will be a short exhibition (one weekend) in Manhattan.
I found this interesting for a few reasons. Firstly, it shows just how important design is in our everyday lives. Secondly, it reminded me of an exhibition that I read about earlier this summer. In May, specific train cars in Japan were decked out in Ikea furniture.
http://gallery.apartmenttherapy.com/photo/9-9-bullseye-bodega/01
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/04/ikea-decks-out-kobe-train/
fitbit
I recently read an article on Core77 about a new piece of technology called the “fitbit”. It is a device smaller than an ipod nano that can track a person’s daily activity. It can count the number of steps a person takes, track their sleep cycles, the distance they go in a day, etc. It is takes all of the information that it collects and wirelessly uploads everything to the web so a person can constantly keep track of their overall movement.
I found this article to be very interesting. During the summers, I waitress at a fast paced restaurant where I am constantly on my feet. I often wonder how many miles I have actually walked during the course of the day. This would not only tell me… but it is another example of “cloud computing” taking over. This does not force you to keep a log of your steps, but instead wirelessly keeps records of your movement for you.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Bottle caps
In the article "Design objects from recycled bottle caps" on Core77.com, the blogger reviewed a new design from Anthanassios Babalis. He created a tote bag and a stool out of bottle caps.
While this design will not be the next fad of the future, I find it pretty inventive. It allows for color patterns and interesting shapes. Bottle caps are one of those things that most people have in their house but probably would not think to use in such a way. This design also works well because it was for the “Green Design Festival 2008” and obviously fits the requirments- recycling old materials to make a new product that can be used.
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/design_objects_from_recycled_bottle_caps__11034.asp#more
ROKU!
In order to come up with a name for the "station", we had to combine aspects of the language from each country.
I looked up the word "peace" in many different languages.
In Ecuador, people speak mostly spanish or quichua. Their words for peace are paz and qasikay. In Zimbabwe, many different languages are widely used, some being Dombe, Ndebele, and Shona. Their words for peace were ukuthula and runyararo.
In Malaysia, people primarily speak Malay. The word in Malay for peace is keamanan.
I tried many combinations using these words, knowing that the end result had to be short (only two or three syllables). I came up with: kayro, keaz, siku, kaparo, etc...
End Result: ROKU
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