J10

Journal 10 (J10): Coleman Project - Personal Documentation

The team:
Be
Ben
Chris
Cindy
Ian
Rachel
(and me)

Previous posts: J08 & J09

WE finished! we did it. yay.

We all worked pretty well together. There were some issues, people showing up late (or not at all), technology not working, etc.

Despite our slow start, because we had taken the time to brainstorm so thoroughly, the decisions started just coming out because we all had a clear vision of the project.

We went from about 4 'finalist' ideas to eventually working on the organized pots idea.

I felt like I contributed a lot to this project. Putting in ~10 hours to model it in SolidWorks, helping guide the initial brainstorming so we wouldn't end up in a 'solution' before we fully defined our 'problem'. Also the final project originated from one of my initial brainstorm problems/ideas.

Dropbox was a really great tool that we used. We uploaded all files and pictures to our file so that we could all have access to up-to-date information. I don't think there was much more I could have done to help facilitate the project. This project was much better than the final project in Design 230. I thought it would have been nice to be able to comment more on the quality of other people's presentations because they may have hit all of the bullet points on the rubric, but they may have had a bad idea, or their logo may not have been very nice. Not saying that everyone's work needs to appeal to everyone, but I would have felt that the grading sheets would have meant more if we were able to comment on the subjective elements as well (because it may have been indicative on how good their brainstorming process was).

I thought our project turned out pretty well, but it was kind of lame that one of the group members didn't show up to the final meeting or presentation.

cr10

Course Reflection 10 (CR10): Course Review

What did you think of the Design 200 course this quarter?

What I liked:

• guest speakers
• no exams/long ish papers
• chill atmosphere

What I didn't like:

(this stuff may be because I have taken Design 230, or the early engineering courses that all emphasize design, but really, how many times must I 'learn' the same stuff?)

• same old same old videos (IDEO, typical TED talks)
• always working within the same groups. (the cards).
• The classroom kind of sucked for brainstorming and group work, and just in general.

j09

Journal 09 (J09): Coleman Project - Personal Documentation

The team:
Be
Ben
Chris
Cindy
Ian
Rachel
(and me)

Currently we're in good shape. We have direction and decisions have been made. Now its just all about completing the tasks that we know we have left. We spent a long time figuring out what we were going to do, but that has helped make this part of the process a bit easier. I feel like we're working together as a group decently well. We have a dropbox set up in order to share information, but between google docs and dropbox, neither is perfect. (It would be nice if dropbox had some communication/note taking abilities, although it is much easier to use that google docs).

Currently I've been rendering our product in SolidWorks which has been an annoying process (rebuild errors galore!) but i'm at least 75% done. As part of the group, i've helped contribute ideas and help ensure that we're staying on track, although that seems to be a group effort as we can all get sidetracked from time to time.

This has been one of the better group experiences that I've had where everyone here is contributing ideas and efforts to the project.

We had a meeting today and everyone showed up and we solidified our plan a bit more so we should be ready in plenty of time of wednesday.

Above are some of the initial renderings of the pots and lids as well as a brainstorming sheet and an image of our Coleman Home icon (its not our main logo, just a secondary image that will be incorporated into the packaging and kiosk.