December 5, 2019
From the video I learned a lot of things that help in the design process. One thing that I learned from watching the video is that some times the most expensive electronics are not the best choices for your project instead the best materials may be the cheap and easy to use one. The materials that we see in every day life like clay, fishing wire, and chop sticks. Another thing that I learned from the video is the the type of learning that we learn in school which is book learning and how that may help in understanding the world but it won’t help improve it. Instead the speaker suggests by getting out into the world and learn by doing and making mistakes and getting hands on and creative. Finally I learned that the simpler design may very well be the easier one.
December 5, 2019 Phone Holder Creation with Aidan
As we started the project of creating a functional phone holder we started with bouncing ideas off each other on how we wanted to item to look and how we wanted to implement the Lawrenceville signa. As we were bouncing these ideas off each other we both decided that we want to create something simple but functional. So we decided not to create a sound amplifier because it would make to complicated and we wanted to keep it simple so we could keep a sleek design. Next we decided that we wanted to put the Lawrenceville signa on the front so everyone could. so as we looked at the signa we saw the circular design and decided to make the back support for the phone a circle in order to make like the signa feet and like it is supposed to be there instead of a square where the signa would look awkward and out of place. But the place in which Aidan and I struggled the most was how we were gonna hold up the phone. Our first idea was to use to pins to hold it up. But we had to move on from this idea because it would not look appealing and more importantly there would not be enough support to hold up heavier objects like an iPad. We started to play around in Adobe illustrator and Aidan came up with the idea of using a a triangle with a curved edge that would hold the phone up. This design looked very appealing and kept with he sleek look we were going for. Also it gave this elevated element to the signa which made it look a lot better. This is how our design came to be. After this we just cut the pieces out with the laser cutter and hot glued them together.
December 10, 2019 Final Creation and Feedback
Our final creation met and exceeded our expectations and stayed with the sleek look we were looking for. Putting the Lawrenceville signa on the front was a great idea because when the phone holder is not in use it fits in on a table or desk showing off Lawrenceville. And when in use it worse perfectly but one constructive criticism was that we should have pushed the triangles closer together so that the phone could be held Bothe sideways and upwards. But other than that everyone seemed to really like the design. But Mr. Brodie did say that if we were to do this once again to try and implement the sound amplifier.
December 12, 2019 What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The fourth Industrial revolution is the bringing together of digital, physical and biological systems. In the video I learned alot about how technology is advanceing and how everyhting is about to change. That we have to power to use rewneable energey but its having to industiralize. Also how technology is not taking jobs but helping them and makeing them easier. Also on how the education system is in need for a rebut and that it is time to let creativty flow. That you do not have to get an education in order to create somthing revolutionary. I learned that tech nology is effecting all parts of human life for the better such in medicine one having the ability to grow bones and useing electrical pulse to help move paralyzed limbs. Technology is the Foruth industrial revoultion and its happening all around us.
January 6, 2020 GCAD Open House Project Step 1- Bouncing ideas
Aidan and I started off our GCAD Open house project by thinking of items that we would want to create and help solve a problem that people at Lawrenceville were having so we came up with these three ideas. First was an AirPods case that would be made out of leather and have the Lawrencevile signa on the front. Next was the Cuba Bow which is a box that has a hidden compartment inside so the owner can secretly stash things such as money and not be afraid of someone stealing it. Also that this could be very customizable for the customer because you can put any design onto it. Our final design was an updated phone stand since everyone liked it the first time we presented it we though that we could make some improvement to make it even better.
January 7, 2020 GCAD Open House Project Step 2- Talking with our classmates about our designs
When we presented our three ideas to our classmates everyone seemed to like all three. But we had to choose one and we still did not know which one to choose. But then Mr. Brodie made a suggestion that we should include two ideas into one product. So we decided to include both the idea of the hidden box and the phone stand in order to create a phone stand with a hidden compartment.
January 10, 2020 GCAD Open House Project Step 3- Design phase
After we decided on our final idea we went into Rhino and started design what we wanted the product to look like. We decided that the way to access the hidden compartment within the phone stand we would put two pins that were glued onto the structure but not the face of the stand so the customer can pull of the face in order to reach the hidden compartment inside.
January 25, 2020 GCAD Open House Project Step 4- Prototype Cardboard
After we fully designed the phone stand in Rhino we decided to print it out of cardboard so we could see what need to be improved. After we cut out the phone stand using the laser cutter we saw that our circle was to small and needed to be bigger because the corners were still visible. Also that the bottom was to long because it was not hidden by the circle. So with these two new improvements we went back to Rhino and fixed up the problems and printed out our final product.
February 3, 2020 GCAD Open House Project Step 5- Final Product
After fixing all the problems that we had in the cardboard prototype we cut out our final design out of would because it was the most appealing and sturdy. The circle sits on the two pegs of the box and when you need to access the hidden compartment all you need to do is pull off the face it slides easily on and off.
Final Project
For my final project I decided I wanted to create a desk. But not just any desk this desk had a cool way off standing up. It is made out of three legs that all come together to interlock with one another to make the table stand.
The hardest part about this whole design would be the making of the interlocking joint because I had no idea how it was done so I began searching on Youtube for this table so I could get an idea on how it was done. I was able to find a builder that was able to explain all the steps for me which made easier for me to create this.
I was not able to fully complete my project but I was able to create a working prototype of the inter joining lock and have a little prototype of what I would like to make. I have all the spaces of the wood that I need but I did not have the time to print.