the deep dive

1. “From the buildings in which we live and work, to the cars we drive, or the knives and forks with which we eat, everything we use was designed to create some sort of marriage between _form________________ and ___function______________.”



2. The folks at IDEO state that they are not experts in any given area. But, they do claim to be experts on the __process of how you desighn stuff__________________, which they apply to the innovation of consumer products.



3. After the team of designers is brought together, told the problem, and informed they have five days to “pull it off,” what phase of the design process do they immediately engage in?
they start by brainstorming






4. Give two examples of what the team members did during this phase.

a.  defined specific problems


b.  found ways to adress these problems





5. List five rules-of-thumb that IDEO employees follow when they share ideas during the brainstorming phase:

a. one convorsation at a time


b. encourage wild ideas


c. defer judgement


d. build on the ideas of others


e. stay focused





6. Why should wild (and sometimes crazy) ideas be entertained during the brainstorming phase?
to be sure that some of the ideas are new and not already used. the wilder the idea the more originol it is likeley to be








7. After the brainstorming phase was over, the team narrowed down the hundreds of ideas by _voting____________ for those ideas that were not only “cool” but also __buildable_______________ in a short period of time. What phase of the design process is this called?
explore possibilities




8. IDEO believes that the ideas and efforts of a _team_____________ will always be more successful than the planning of a lone genius.



9. Once the ideas were narrowed down and divided into categories, the group was split into four smaller teams. What phase(s) of the design process was each of these groups responsible for?
 model or prototypes



10. The leaders at IDEO believe that ___playful_____________ behavior and a comfortable______________ environment are two important reasons why their employees are able to think quickly and creatively to produce innovative results.



11. Sometimes, people come up with great solutions that work by trying their ideas first, and asking for _forgiveness________________ later.



12. Design is often a process of going too far and having to take a few steps back. What phase of the design process would the critique of the four mock-ups come under?
refine




13. Upon critique of the four teams’ models, it was obvious that none of the teams had developed an optimum solution. However, the people at IDEO believe that it is important to __fail___________ often in order to ___succeed__________ sooner.



14. What percentage of the entire week’s time did it take to fabricate the final prototype?
20%





15. Instead of showering his design team with a tremendous amount of praise, what did the boss require his employees to do with their new design?
to take it out and let the public test it out




16. Of all the things that we are surrounded by every day, what has not been placed through the design process?
nature







Conclusion

1. What did you find to be the most impressive part of the team’s effort?
i found it most impressive that the team was able to desighn the shopping cart and fabricate it within 5 days.








2. What advantages are there to having a design team with members that have non-engineering backgrounds?
some advantages of having members on the team that dont have an engineering background is that there point of view is not as proffesional so they will know if public will want to use the product better.









3. There was a point in the process where a self-appointed group of adults stepped up, stopped the ideas, and redirected the group to break up into teams. Why was this done?









4. At the end of the video, Dave Kelly states, “Look around. The only things that are not designed are the things we find in nature.” Can you think of anything that would contradict this statement?

assembly quiz

egg drop challenge- literation #1

Total # of achievments earned: 13

• Our materials fit inside a printer box.
• Our materials fit inside a shoe box.

• Weighed less than 500 grams.
• Weighed less than 300 grams.
• Weighed less than 200 grams.
• Weighed less than 150 grams.
• Weighed less than 100 grams.
• Weighed less than 50 grams.
• We hit the butcher paper.
• We hit the 3rd ring
• our egg didnt break (x3)

some desighns that worked well were when they suspended the egg inside of a box so id didnt hit anything when the box impacted. but this desighn was very heavy. i wouldnt change anything about our desighn because our desighn was very light and our egg did not break so it worked cery well.

glider challenge: deliverables

1. Our challenge was to create a glider that could go fast and far.
2. The constraints were that we were limited to 6 pieces of balsa wood and one piece of tissue paper.  we had to use these materials to build a glider.
3. We were not able to test the glider because we built it on the same day that we had to "compete" with them. although we couldnt test it it did fly very well.
4. Considering our gliders physical appearance the glider we madew performed very well in the distance and hang time portions of the test.  If i could change anything about the flight i would change the fact that we did not build the glider sooner on in the week so we didnt have to wait until the last second to build it.

Ted pt. 1- ideas worth spreading?

1. The ted organization is about bringing together people from engineering, desighn, and technology to a confrence.
2. The purpose of the TED website is to spread ideas worth spreading and this website helps them spread some of thier ideas beyond just the people incorporated with the organization.
3. The topics i think we should be most intrested in are technology because we are always looking to improve it and make it more efficiant and desighn because we like to make sure that any product we make not only functions well but alsoo has an attractive desighn.
4. The three videos i think we would be most intrested in are "the rise of personal robotics" because we work a lot with robotics, "Its time to redesighn medical data" because we are always looking for ways to improve things and make them easier to use, and " how i built a toaster from scratch" because we like to build things and learn how someone else would do it so we can try to improve in a certain area.
5. I chose "the rise of peronal robotics".

6. I could probably get involved in this field by taking endineering classes and when i am in college taking a robotics class.

reverse engineering: mechanichal product-functional analysis

1. The purpose of the wire cutters is to cut metal wires of varying sizes into smaller peices.
2. A) you put the wire between the teeth B) you sqeez the handles C) the wire is cut into two new peices
3.

4. The wire cutters have a locking mechanism and a spring to hold the handles open when it is not locked, also they have a bunch of hinges to make the teeth move when you sqeeze the handles.
5. Most of the desighn qaulities are easily seen but there is an o ring inside that is hidden from imidiate view.

reverse engeneering-functional analysis- essential qestions

1. The purpose of reverse engineering is to see how a product functions and what makes it work.
2. Visual qaulities are what make a product look good or bad and functional qaulities are what makes it work well or not well.

Visual Qaulities

Desighn Qaulities