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Formal element represented: Line, Shape

Didn’t work: Although the photo also has a strong contrast between the left and right sides, the line in the middle is not clear enough and there is no obvious boundary.

Formal element represented: Shape, Focus

Worked: Although there is some additional text on the subject in the photo, this photo, like the drawing, highlights a very clear subject.

Formal element represented: Pattern, Texture

Worked: The shapes in the picture and in the drawing are both evenly spaced to form a certain pattern.

Formal element represented: Pattern, Line, Tone

Worked: Both the drawing and the picture have strong horizontal line patterns. The horizontal bars in the photo also creates a three-dimensional feel due to the shadows.

  

Formal element represented: Shape, Line

Didn’t work: Although both the drawing and the picture are dominated by lines and shapes, the contrast between the shapes in the photo is not strong enough.

Formal element represented: Shape, Tone

Worked: Both the drawing and the picture have a strong circular shape that creates an immediate visual impact. The circle in the photo also has a shadow around the outside of it, which adds a little more depth.

Formal element represented: Line, Shape

Didn’t work: While both the drawing and the picture contain elements of shape and line, the complexity of the picture weakens the impact of the simple lines.

Formal element represented: Pattern, Shape

Didn’t work: Although both the drawing and the picture have repetitive circles forming a pattern, the outer circles in the photo are too far away from the center circle to make it difficult to see all the circles as a whole.

Formal element represented: Line, Shape, Pattern

Worked: The tiled surface closely resembles the grid layout in the drawing. The uniformity and alignment of the tiles effectively captures the essence of a grid.

Formal element represented: Shape, Line, Focus

Didn‘t work: The path shows a triangular shape but lacks the clear geometric qualities of the drawing.

Formal element represented: Line, Shape

Didn‘t work: There is somewhat a triangular geometric shape in the picture, but it is not obvious enough, and other lines further weakened the geometric shape.

Formal element represented: Texture, Pattern

Worked: The horizontal lines in the picture creates a unified pattern, while the texture of the fabric adds a hint of dimension.

App Design – Work in Progress

This PowerPoint is the process journal for my Summative App. This is updated each class.

Utensil Challenge

Part 1: Divergent Ideas:

The ideas that we came up were, chopsticks for noodles, peanut pincher and a cup that can cool water very fast. The first idea we came up was the chopsticks for noodles. We came up with this idea because one of us just had noodles for lunch, and she thinks that the regular chopsticks was too slippery for noodles. Than we came up with the idea of the peanut pincher. Because we already had the idea of picking up food with something similar to chopsticks, we thought that when picking peanuts the honey on the peanut will make dirty, so, we could design something that don’t make your hands dirty. The third idea that we came up with was the cup. We got this idea because we heard that other groups are talking about cold water, and we thought that if we add ice to the water, the water will taste bad, so we designed this cup that you put ice on the outside, so the taste of the water won’t change. 

 

 

Part 2: Feedback & Refinement:

The most feedback that we got is that we needed more explanations, so we wrote more to make the drawing clear, and we wrote the problem that the utensil is solving, to show the difference between the two similar designs. And a feedback said that for our third drawing, the cup, ice will fall down when we drink the water. I think they think this way is because we didn’t draw so clearly, so we drew the drawings more clear, to better show our thinking.

 

 

Part 3: Reflect & Share:

The problem that our utensil is solving is that when you are eating honey coated peanuts, you will get your hands dirty, and if you use our utensil, you won’t get your hands dirty. The material that we decided to make the utensil out of is reusable plastic, because it won’t pollute the Earth, and also because if you only want to use it one time, it’s going to be cheaper than buying a wood peanut pincher. The strengths of our utensil is that your hand won’t get dirty when you want to eat honey coated peanuts, especially when you are working, your computer won’t get dirty. The weaknesses of our utensil is that it might not be just right for every peanut, but we think that if we make the curve for big peanuts, it can still pick up the small peanuts.

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