- Modeling is an exploration tool and not the end
- Eliminate as many unknowns as possible before starting the manufacturing process
- Balance of the making it perfect and getting it done concepts
- Design needs have a hierarchy and designs must meet these needs in order, no skipping levels
- Order of priority:
- Functionality
- Does it do what it’s supposed to do
- Testing
- Reliability
- Consistency of performance
- Reliability goes hand in hand with safety
- Usability
- The experience of the design
- How easy it is to use
- Proficiency
- Improving the user’s experience
- Allowing things to be done better than before
- Finding ways to improve existing designs by adding new technology or challenging existing views of how things should be
- Creativity
- After everything else is done
- Changing perceptions and experiences
- Change is good
Anatomy of an idea
- Break idea into physical parts to study each of them, their function and their purpose
- Examine unnecessary additions
- Examine ecological impact
Details
- Can be decorative but also functional
- Sketching and mapping can give you a sense of which details are important and which aren’t
Creating Models and samples
- Physical representation of an idea
- Efficient way of exploring an idea
- It doesn’t have to be finished
- Explore and solve issues
- Different perception as drawings
- Be aware of the functionality of the design in real conditions and not only in the model scale
Obsession with modeling
- Don’t get obsessed with the model making part and leave behind the actual design
- We can use the model to solve different problems we come up with
Strategies
- Dimensionality
- The model gives you a framework to work inside
- 2d or 3d?
- Functionality
- The dimensionality of the model may be decided by how functional it should be
- Mechanical function implies 3d
- How can we represent function without 3d
- Choosing scale
- Keep a standard scale
- Choosing materials
- The materials may not scale well
- Time management
- Allow for mistakes and redos
- Plan accordingly
Reinspire
- Don’t loose motivation
- Don’t let fatigue take over
