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Design Folder - Ishita

Ishita's Brainstorm

There are many global issues in the world, and lots of people usually just ignore it. Here in AISD the teachers encourage the students to recycle the paper we use, but we just ignore it. This design should be near printers so when the students see it they could maybe reuse the one sided paper instead of using a new piece of paper.
 * Design Brief:**


 * Design Specification:**
 * Should have some sort of symbol
 * Should be readable (easy to read)
 * It should be made of plywood
 * It should be colorful
 * It should say something catchy (e.g.: that seems reusable)
 * It shouldn't be hard to make
 * Must be able to hang above printer without the sign to fall and destroy the printer
 * It should be 17" x 12"
 * Should be affordable
 * It should be safe


 * Guiding Questions:**
 * What tools should i use?
 * What font size can i use to cut it out on the ban saw?
 * What color should the background be?
 * Will i be able to finish it on time?
 * What color should my small letters be?

People all over school waste paper all the time, and i am sad to say that even i do that sometimes. Just recently i printed out 5 pieces of a question sheet and I never used it. Not only do i do it I'm pretty sure tons of other people do it to, because on the recycling box or the small tray next to the printer has so many pieces of paper that has been used for nothing but a one word sentence. so I want people to be aware of that.
 * Evidence of the Problem:**



**What inspires me:**
Seeing people wasting paper right in front of me makes me hopeless, because I am always to shy to tell people that they shouldn't waste to much paper. That is why i thought that if i made a sign maybe people would notice and maybe not use to much paper and use the recycled ones. Normally my friends and family inspire me, because when i am with them i do so many things and i get just think of an idea and get inspired.

My product should be above a printer or a trash can, so this way when people are about waste 5 pieces or more paper they can read the sign and be like "Oh I think I can reuse this paper". And if i put it above the printer or trash can it is a place where people can notice and maybe take some action on it.
 * Placement of Product:**

**Why does typography matter?**
I think Typography matters, because it shows the writers or people’s feelings or thoughts and it concentrates readers on the text their reading. Typography also helps, because it turns a big message to something short and simple. “Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. “ -Emil Ruder. I also agree with Emily when she said that it conveys information into writing, because typography is when you show/ convey your thoughts into your writing not through talking.

http://www.typographyforlawyers.com/?page_id=1309

Example of typography

**Designs to solve the Unit Question:**
Design 1:

-Its interesting with one big word and the message is small
 * Pros:** -It shows what i am trying to say

Design 2:
 * Cons:** -It might not get the peoples interest because it is kinda plain

-It has some sort symbol that goes with the message
 * Pros**: **-**It is simple and it shows the message clearly


 * Cons:** -The recycle symbol is bit messed up and i might not cut it properly

Design 3:

-It has a symbol
 * Pros:** -It fills up the whole board


 * Cons:** -The font might not work out well

=Plan:=
 * Steps:**
 * 1) First i will ask Mr Muller or Mr Hassan to cut out the base board (17", 12") for my product
 * 2) Then i will print out my letters that i made on Ilustrator
 * 3) Then i will glue the letters onto a plywood
 * 4) then i will use the Ban saw and cut out the letters
 * 5) Afterward i will wrap the letters i cut wish old newspaper
 * 6) Then i will saw dust the board
 * 7) Then i will glue on the words
 * 8) Finally i am going to varnish the sign


 * Materials:**
 * 1) Plywood


 * Process Journal:**

May 14, 2012 Today i got my board piece which was 17" by 12" by Mr Hassan. When i got the board i sandpapered it and when i finished sandpapering i worked on gluing my words that i printed out onto plywood. Before i glued i was looking if all the words would fit and i saw that the letter "P" was to big so i had to cut the end part of the "P" and set it separately on another part of the board, so it wasn't a big problem.When i finished gluing and was ready to cut, there was a problem, i wasted a lot of the wood so i had to carefully rip out the words that i glued onto the board and reglued then again, but making sure i wasted the least amount of wood.



May 16, 2012 Today I got to the cutting process using the scroll saw. I thought it was going to be easy, but it was a bit hard, because i had to cut the inside of some of the letters such as "A", "O", "B" and "P" by first drilling it (Mr Hassan drilled it for me) and the drill hole was pretty big and it made a big hole and it was hard to make the letters look right since the drill basically went out of some of the letters insides so there wasn't a lot of cutting space, but i managed cutting without making major mistakes. I was able to cut out quite a few words.



May 20, 2012 Today i was cutting out the words again, but because i had a lot of straight edges i used this machine.. i forgot what it was called, but i used it and it was so much fun to use and it cut out the words really fast and it was really easy. I still had three more words I had to cut out but then it was time to go so i'm planning on finishing doing that next class.

(I didn't have a picture for this day)

May 22, 2012 Today i used the same machine as last class (the one that cuts straight lines) and i had only 3 more letters i had to finish cutting so it didn't take a very long time. When i finished i saw that the letter "P" wasn't cut out in the middle so i had to drill it and use the scroll saw to cut that out. Then when i was about to start on the letters design, which was to wrap newspaper around it i saw that there was no glue left for me to use so a person had to go upstairs to get some more glue and it took forever. Then 10 minutes before it was time to wrap up the glue finally was there so i used it and was only able to cover less then 1/3 of one of my letter. I'm planning on working faster next class so i can wrap newspaper around all of them, but i think a challenge for me will be to wrap newspaper around the small letters, because the newspaper might not wrap around it smoothly.



May 24, 2012 Today was another day i was newspapering my words, and today I also helped nushaba cut her Hamburger on the scroll saw. I'm not that proud of what i did today, because i think i did little.



May 28, 2012 Today I finished newspapering my last word, and then i had other small words so i pealed of the paper and sandpapered the small words. While I was sandpapering i accidentaly broke two of my words, but on the pictures i have it only shows one of the words i broke, but i am able to solve the problem by just glueing it later on the wooden board. I was also able to paint my small words today so i am proud of what i did today.

May 30, 2012 Today i painted the wooden board green, sadly i wasn't able to do anything else like gluing the words onto the board, because the paint was still wet. So that is why i went to Mr. D's room, Ms Burkharts room and the nurses office to see if they had a hairdryer so i could dry of the board, but sadly none of the teachers/ nurse had it so me and madihah used a notebook to try and dry the board. Our attempt to dry the board failed so that is why i just cleaned up the place where i was working and tried polishing my design folder. Today i also broke another one of my letters so i just glued it and it solved the problem.

June 3, 2012 Today my paint was dry so i started gluing my words on. At first i used gorilla Glue, but then Mr Hassan told me that it wasn't working well so that is why i had to use another kind of glue which i forgot the name of and it worked out way better then the Gorilla Glue. In the picture it shows a wooden board that is covering the "Stop" part in my project, that is because the Gorilla Glue wasn't sticking well so i used the wooden board to make the Glue stick it better.

**Product Evaluation:**
My product solves the Unit Question because the Unit question is about how to show more awareness to the Global Issues around us, and i am showing awareness to one of the Global issues which is Global warming, and to be specific my product has to do with people wasting paper so we are cutting down more trees so by making a sign it might help solve the issue here in our school. My product follows my design brief, because in my brief i said that i would make a product that is near printers and it should solve the problem of people wasting paper and reuse it. My product does follow the Design specification, but the problem is that i still didn't finish it so i have to make there be a hanging thing in the back of the sign so i can hang it over the printer. Other then that i'm pretty sure that my design followed my design specification.
 * ** How does your product solve the Unit Question? **
 * ** How does your product follow from or not follow from your Design Brief? **
 * ** How does your product meet and not meet your Design Specification? **

**Create Phase Evaluation:**
I am still not finished, but i am nearly done. I just need to have something that will make my sign be able to hang. During the Create phase i think i did well on cutting out the outside of my letters properly and i think i did well on my design by covering up my big word and sign with newspaper. I also think that the green background goes with the message i am trying to send which is to be green and also it goes with the newspaper color and the black letters. I think that next time i would try and cut the inside of the letters a bit better and i would color the small colors black again, because some of the black paint came off. I also think i could have been more carefull, because i broke 3 letters i made while cutting. Appearance: I am still not finished but i think it would be a 2.5
 * **What stage of developement did you reach?**
 * **During the Create Phase what did you do well?**
 * **What is one thing you would do differantly next time?**
 * **Rate the following Categories:**
 * Caftmenship:** 2.5
 * Appropriate use of materials:** 2.5
 * Enviromental impact:** 3
 * Time manegment:** 2

**Planning Phase evaluation:**
My plan helped me create my product, because whenever i would go to class i knew what i was going to do and what i might acomplish that day, it also made me know which materials and which tools i would use and it helped me stay organized. I think that my plan was pretty good so i don't think i would change anything, because i knew what i would do each class.
 * ** How did your plan help you to create your product? **
 * **What would make your plan better?**

**Design evaluation:**
The design phase made me feel good because i was able to choose what i wanted to do, but the challenging thing is that i am not as creative so i wasn't sure what would look good and how i would make my design. My friends helped me, because i wouldn't have gotten a catchy phase and a good design without them and i am pretty sure designers go to their peer for help.
 * ** How did you feel in the design phase? What was challenging? **
 * **What helped you as a designer:**

I really enjoyed the create phase in the design cycle, because i learned about new machines and i really love working with machines and making things so that is why i enjoyed it the most.
 * Which part of the design Cycle did you enjoy the most?**

I did not enjoy the planning phase, because it was kinda hard to come up with ideas, and i am usually bad at planning things. I also didn't like the planning phase, because i am terrible with measurements and i didn't know how big my letters should be so i would print out a size of letters i want and then i saw i wasn't able to cut it out without cutting my fingers of so i would go back and change the size so it was pretty annoying, but then in the end when i finished i felt very proud of myself.
 * Which part of the design Cycle did you enjoy the least?**

I discovered that i am good at cutting out words using the scroll saw and that i can usually solve some problems i created, but i would need some help from either Mr Hassan or Mr Muller.
 * What personal strength did you discover during the process?**

One area of growth i would need is to cut out letters in the inside of words, and i should know which glue is better to use for whatever material, because i used gorilla glue on wood and it didn't glue properly so i just had to leave it and i glued the other words i didn't use gorilla glue on with this other type of glue for wood.
 * What is one area of growth that you discovered (something you could get better at)? **