Project Two: Postal Presents

The handout for the Postal Presents lecture this morning can be downloaded here.

The brief for Project Two is here.

Modelmaking materials

In Marrickville there is a shop which sells industry offcuts, rejects and scraps at bargain prices. There are plenty of materials are useful for modelmaking: EVA foam sheets, PVC, polystyrene, wood, aluminium, etc. Check them out: www.reversegarbage.org.au

Some tips on Hand Tool Design

Here are some useful illustrations showing some principles and guidelines on hand tool design. These were extracted from standard industrial design references on human factors:

Etienne Grandjean. Fitting the task to the man: a textbook on occupational ergonomics.

Barry H Kantowitz + Robert Sorkin. Human factors: understanding people-system relationships.

Stephen Pheasant. Bodyspace: anthropometry, ergonomics, and the design of work.

Mark Sanders + Ernest McCormick. Human factors in engineering and design.

Four Pleasures Analysis

Here's an example of a design experience analysis using the Four Pleasures framework (one of the slides shown in class in Week 2).

1.Video of Dr Patrick W Jordan explaining the Four Pleasures framework
2. Open University article on the Four Pleasures
3. IEE Review article on "Putting the Pleasure into Products"

Experience Enrichment + Excursion

Click here for today's lecture on Experience Enrichment and here for the Project One brief.

For next week's excursion remember to bring your A4 copy paper sheets (several!), black pens and some rigid surface to support your paper as you sketch. We meet at 945am outside the Powerhouse Museum next week (the museum opens at 10am, I need to check attendance before we go in). Don't be late! If you get lost on the way call me on the FBE mobile number (0407 385 135). I suggest that you exchange mobiles with at least 5 of your classmates so you can let them know if there is a problem with you getting to the Powerhouse on time. I also suggest that you do a bit of practice with your sketching, and have a look at the handout provided on examples of good product sketching. Look here for the requirements for Task 3: Product Sketching.

For those of you who havent submitted your UNSW Fieldwork Authorization and Medical Certification, fill up the form and submit to me early next week, as well as your payment for the Powerhouse Museum admission fee for students of $5 (I'll be paying for the class in advance by credit card).

Detailed Course Timetable

Hi all, please find here a link to a detailed chart of the 2008 course timetable. It shows in colored cells activities or requirements that you need to accomplish outside of studio hours and which you have to either present to class on that week or post on your blog site as a submission for that weekActivities in non-colored cells are in-class that you don't need to prepare for. I hope this visual representation helps you keep track of our studio activities and requirements.

Task 1: Shape of a Scent

In your blog site, post images of your plasticine scent representation as well as the official poster (shown here) describing the scent so readers can understand which scent or sensations you were trying to depict in your shape embodiment.