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29 things

Doug Bartow and his colleagues at id29 have designed this poster to share 29 things they think all new designers need to know, which will help make the shift from design student to design professional easier.

design is a process that is constantly striving to make things better. understand context> i denitrify problem> develop solution> delighted users> good design. 

-Anjali Kelkar

design is also giving life to mundane objects! Paul sandip

im proceeding!

my communications model

First, there need to be a sender who transmits information and message. In my creative communications model, it is the “brain” of the owl. Its hands are connected to the ears and it transmits the message to the eyes.

The eye of the owl represents the message. The message is the information or signal sent from the sender to the receiver. The eye takes up one third of the diagram is because it is the core of the communication model. The message being sent is the most important, whether is the message sent out in a nice or rude manner, the content of it is still the bulk of the whole communication.

The beak of the owl symbolize the medium, which is the method in which is used to transmit the message to the receiver. The beak pointing downwards also helps to show the flow of the diagram (reading from the top downwards).

All the details and lines in the owl are the distractions. It is the obstacles that interfere with the clear transmission of a message. There is no regulation as to where particularly the distractions are, as it exists everywhere! Whether it is when the sender sends the message or when the receiver receives the message or when the receiver interprets it, there will be a time when different individuals interpret it differently according to the culture and traditions that each have. Thus such difference in background or priorities also distracts.

The receiver is the represented by the bird. It is the audience for the message.

The wavy lines being transmitted out from the bird symbolizes the attitude and sensor of the receiver. The attitude of the receiver affects the transmission and reception of the message. It includes the attitude towards self (point of view), subject matter (knowledge and prejudices) and receiver (target audience). The sensor means whether the receiver caught the attention of the sender, which involves preparation, communication and reception.

The words “communication model” represents the communication. All operations that a receiver performs in order to decode and understand the message.

Lastly, it is the feedback. The lines that flow from the communication to the ears of the owl represent it. The ears of the owl are connected to the “brain” in the diagram, which represents the sender. It is the information about a message that a receiver sends back to the sender regarding the receiver’s reaction or opinions.

I used an owl to represent my creative communications model because researched shows that an owl can see very clearly, that nothing escapes its eyes and also have good hearing. An owl is also very calm, staying in his or her own position and observing until it is sure its prey appears and it attacks. In my opinion, when communicating with the other party, we too have to be observant, being visually and audibly aware of our surroundings in order to not offend them. In fact, we ought to follow the owl to stay calm in our position, be sure of what is going on and think through what we want to do (or say) before we approach or rebuke the other party.

thanks munying for making submissions a happier one! :)

past evidence inflicted by stress.

design trends

1. Design is currently a major source of pollution. We are not being responsible for the proliferation of unnecessary artefacts that respond to no real brief, rather than appear as variations on a theme- visual configurations (conceptual design) material exploration (new articulations of the same) stylistically driven outcomes (design signatures) or the preoccupation to focus on the minutiae of details (design as art).

2. The modern design now has been over active, we need to stop and think of how to consider what can design contribute and find practical ways to enhance the quality of life. We have to re-examining our values and identity when designing. It is about reconnecting with the emotional value and well being in our everyday actions.

3. Creating a responsible design is not about doing nothing, but its about dong the right things. There is a need to create a long term acquired value, instead of short-term gain and profit. The need to build a future on contentment rather than on greed, about care and attention, about making a difference rather than making more things.

The designer’s lifestyle is no longer acceptable in buying afresh, trendy and unnecessary products of design when people are starving and without the basics of food and shelter and resources. Are we here overheating, blown by ecologically and socially justifiable? In fact, our real needs is the longing for simplicity, time and convenienence. We need modest, sound ideas, responsible products, intelligent products and consuming what we really need, rather than what we believe we want. The act of design is extremely powerful human intervention, but we must do it lightly and we must think more coherently before we act.

4. Design is hence all about satisfying needs, solving problems and attracting us towards new experiences. Which is the best possible way for companies to meet this, and how shall they work strategically with their design development?

5. It is hard to see the big picture of design without of a holistic sustainable point of view. We throw away the long term products while it is still functioning? Designers need to maximze the trail where people seek, understands, accepts and finally sticks with different products. The sticking part is the most crucial. “emotions make us buy, whilst feelings make us keep”, says design researcher Kristina Borjesson. “incredible resources are wasted on objects and products that are thrown long before their physical as well as technical function is over, sometimes even before they even have been used.”

Sustainability has to be integrated into the DNA of design, not left on the surface. Yet, if sustainability is to be accepted into the DNA of design, and not ultimately rejected as something alien, it must evolve into something that, directly and intensively delivers value and well being itself to users, citizens, consumers. This bridge, between the contraints of the environment and the needs of modern humans for expression, creatively, exuberance- life- is the gap that innovative design must bridge”, says sustainability designer John Manoochehri.

To not design just for the sake of designing, but to keep the producer and later the consumer in mind.

 It is not making design better but making design matter.


(hopefully i can manage to find time to read up more about the design trends and characteristic and blog abt it :))