Sunday, November 4, 2007

How to build a city

How to build a city & Shopping

How to build a city

It is impossible to build a city by our own, because it cloudless a lot of compacted consideration. According Roman Empire used practical organization to build a city, and it let me think about my design process. Design process should be more organize that should include categorization of information. Also organization include time management and focusing that will make more efficiency.

Shopping

Shopping is extremely enjoyable activity, and designer want to create product that can provide more comfortable and convenient environment for costumers. Escalator is one of the excellent designs for shopping, because it includes various function. First,
it provides convenient function for costumers go to other levels. Not only escalator create convenient for costumers, but also does it create opportunity for shopping mall to get more business. In the other word, people can easy go other level to buy other products. In my experiences, some department make smart design that people have walk the whole floor to get to the next escalator. It means costumers have to spend more time in the mall.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Arco lamp

Arco floor lamp appears tastefully appearance that impact design film. The lamp was designed by Achile Castiglioni who was

one of the highest expressions of twentieth-Century creativity wonderful design master. His works include simplistic and

functionality and humorous elements. Arco Floor lamp even was designed by 1960, but it have been popular for forty- seven

years. This result represents Arco floor lamp is a practical and durable product in every period, as a result; it is a success

product.

Achille Castiglioni was born in 1918 and studied architecture at the Polytechnic in Milan. During his long carrer he had

designed over hundred objects that usually are inspired by everyday things. In other word, keeping sensitive and positive

mind in your surrounding that you can


looking different point of view. After doing analysis, designers will get unusual perspective. To view the world as a wonderful

catalogue of objects that can provide a designer with ideas and guidance.

Arco floor lamp was designed in 1960 , and it was made by marble, stainless steel stem, steel reflector. It was designed to

illuminate the dining table and had three separate height adjustments that provide flexible and convince shipping function.

The design inspired by a street lamp that has hung arc that appears extremely elegant appearance. Achille Castiglioni

transfer arc form into a lamp, so it provides arc space for people walk under arc. Given this wonderful design concept that

people can easy service stand behide a dinner table. Arco floor lamp has an extremely heavy marble base. The hole in the

base is to insert a broomstick for carrying. Original idea was use concrete to make a base, but he chose marble. Because

marble it provides the same weight in a smaller volume and a better finish for a lower cost. Not only does marble provide

lower cost, but also has better looking. Also the designer wants to make a lamp that nothing in arco lamp is decorative, keep

it simple as well.Given these design concepts, it is not surprising that Arco floor lamp have been popular since it had

designed. Even thought Achille Castiglioni Is not live in nowadays, but his design sours and element are still living in the

world.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

The desk

According Mythologies article, I have learned that circumstantial imperfection assist my thought. As a design student doing observation extremely important in research part that effect our point of views. Everything doesn’t have entirety meaning and value, so keeping objective mind is extremely important in begging of doing analysis.
When we take a step back to do observation, we will improve different point of views.
Enriching our visual and knowledge that will be our gold in our design process.

The desk

It is very interesting that the desk have different of meaning in different places. The design student also has different character in various places because I can get into and really feel the place. After that I can think and it create deep observation and thought.