Design Journals

1. Design Journals Deep observation on the world and oneself

2. Journals and Design Journals • Journal is a personal record of occurrences, experiences, and reflections kept on a regular basis • Unlike sketch book, design journal may contain writings, drawings, image clips, etc. • Function of design journal • A ‘design of design’ sketch book • Personnel working diary • Achieve of design process

3. Design Journal in Student Project For students For instructors Assess writing and visual abilities Assess the learning process Assess the effectiveness of teaching • Collect references and examplars • Periodic self-reflection • Summerisation • Practice writing and drawing

4. Design Journals and Reports • Design journals have no definite format except that they are chronological, they tend to be personal, visual, and un-structural • Reports are formal, structural, and purposeful • Never confuse design journal with report • Never use a design journal as a substitution to a report

5. Performance Level for FYP • C/C+ • Collect a good variety of information, show some evidence of using a variety of sources • Share some of personal opinions • Lay out the page well and attempt to explain ideas through annotations • B/B+ • Collect a good variety of information from a wide variety of sources • Show clear evidence of personal opinions and independent thoughts • Produce a wide variety of very detailed ideas with sketches and / or written details including alternative views of the product and labels to clarify the detail of the design • A/A+ • Gather information that has been checked for relevance • Clear reference for personal opinions and / or for the individual parts of the research • Produce a wide variety of very detailed ideas with sketches and / or written details in 2D and 3D formats

6. Topical Studies

7. Deadlines • Products composed mainly of planner surfaces • Products composed mainly of abstract curvy surfaces • Products with animal or plant motif • Products you admire • 6 or more existing products per topic • You may include records and further development of in-class activities

8. Format • Loose A4 sheets bound or stapled into a volume • Single side • Sheet-feeder ready, no wrinkle or loosely pasted pieces • Sign and date every sheets, full-name on back of sheets • Outline or shaded, B/W or coloured, no pencil sketch • Cite product name, designer, manufacturer, and year of launch

9. Imaginative products not allowed for topical studies, all sources must be properly referenced

10. Design intends of products must be preserved, pay close attention to proportion and composition

11. Satisfactory • Clean page layout and clear sketches • Collects a good variety of information, but lack evidence of using a variety of sources • Lacks personal opinions, only simple surface flow lines

18. Satisfactory to Good • Collect a good variety of information, show some evidence of using a variety of sources • Share some of personal opinions by decomposing surface into patches • Lay out the page well and attempt to explain ideas through annotations • Avoid too rely on text rather than sketches • Chinese should not be used

33. Off-Topic Product Selection

34. Focused on Functional Aspect

35. Good to Excellent • Study of products of the same theme • Show clear evidence of personal opinions and independent thoughts • Produce a wide variety of very detailed ideas with sketches and / or written details including alternative views of the product and labels to clarify the detail of the design

39. Bonus Point • Extra mark will be given for applying the form simplification technique effectively to analysis the target products

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41. Recording the Design Process

42. Document of form exploration process and results Record your reflections and generate critical discourses on yours work Records and further development of in-class activities Fold large sheets (e.g. 1:1 profile traces) and put them in A4 plastic pouches Deadlines

43. Theme Exploration

44. Theme Exploration

45. Theme Exploration

46. Sketch Exploration and Technical Considerations

47. Sketch Prototyping

48. Sketch Prototyping

49. CAD Verification

50. Prototyping Planning