peer comments

http://pamablang.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcycling-lamps.html?showComment=1319195106840#c6380354209870711694

http://mfredrick.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcycled-utility.html?showComment=1319195350171#c3574169645879694617

http://musaides1031.blogspot.com/2011/10/project-2-upcycled-utility.html?showComment=1319195577335#c1458493265428647329

http://sunprit.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcycled-utility-rationale-i-chose-to.html?showComment=1319195912873#c1989935809621487676

http://janraymondgerardino.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcycled-utility.html?showComment=1319196107690#c6954314825442050892

Majestic Light

The lights are the most common products being designed by most designers, There is a range of different designs and styles out which bases on the consumer's desired state and the production aims and supplies. The creativity is the most important part in any of these two. As its important for a designer to be capable of delivering an extra ordinary design given any material and any limitation.


The Majestic Light is new look in the up cycled light production. It uses the material previously used for billboard posters(Vinyl). Majestic is a table lamp designed light, it helps minimising the amount of the material wastage by intellectual cutting diagram which helps prevent as much wastage as possible. 


The Design it self brings a relaxing/romantic atmosphere through the narrow cuts on the material which lets out a smooth and filtered light suitable for the bedroom setting. Having the material fairy smooth an un solid the bendable wires are used to give extra hold to the product this helps achieving the best  desired shapes as well  as giving a solid look to the light. 


Having the lower light part as one unjoined long piece to the bottom stand is to give the consumers a chance of "DIY" while playing around as they may come up with a new design based on their elegance. The top pieces also could be taken off and re-arrenged as there are longer and shorter pieces that are designed in order originally this snap clipped pieces could be moved around again to achieve the desired look. 


Having each piece coming of to an isolated part help flat packing which again help prevention of wastage. As the boxed used would be much smaller therefore less cardboard as well as storage is in house and stores are occupied.

Peer comments

1. http://ocarabezides1031.blogspot.com/2011/09/project-1.html?showComment=1316174457546#c9202092145462752679

Oscar

2. http://ides1031-z3332715.blogspot.com/2011/09/experience-enrichment-hero-shot.html?showComment=1316175108849#c4314994649087825343

Jimmy

3. http://mfredrick.blogspot.com/2011/09/experience-enrichment-kitchen-tongs.html?showComment=1316175558964#c1152014155514919234

matthew

4. http://kevinpeng3373311.blogspot.com/2011/09/potato-peeler.html?showComment=1316176504236#c4357988802651278077

Kevin

5. http://ryan-go.blogspot.com/2011/09/experience-enrichment-ez-grate.html 

Ryan

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Product Poster

Rationale

 The "Crossed" brings a brand new style and look to the pre-existing kitchen tool Mezzaluna. The redesigned products grants luxury via its phenomenon new handles. The entire new look of the crossed wooden handles attached on the sharp shiny blade surface helps the consumers attain the desired altered design. 

This design as well as having ability to satisfy the consumers luxury desires, also offers a playful touch on everyday exercise of kitchen cutting (many would like to try position their hands in different directions like cross hands and play around while using it). Having little changes that would make the work joyful is definitely worth trying.

Besides playfulness and luxury and design mentioning the material used is very fundamental.

the material desired to be used for the blade would be stainless steel as its usage and quality has been proved over the decades and centuries of knife usage, its also pretty affordable.

The material used on the handles would differ from time to time . It would be updated with the material that is most desired in market, as in such a season that bamboo collections are out bamboo would be the best material to start with.

As it comes to shapes,the almost circular shape of the whole mezzaluna basically follows the shape of blade and slightly goes off to its own shape suitable for the grip, this gives the design a curvilinear shape. This geometrical shape is also repeated by the screws that attach the blade and handles together on each end of the upper blade.  The curvilinear handle shapes makes it more ergonomic and gives extra grip space for those that have difficulty with their grip position on the typical mezzaluna designs out in market.

On the prototype model that is being presented MDF wood is chosen for all pieces of the product and painted in desired colours to present what the final design.

The story of Electronics

The Design for the dumb is an strategy being practiced by the marketer today. Low quality products being sold in lower prices than repair prices makes the consumers to purchase their new design which would be called new technology in many cases the technology has not improved, its just the looks and the function ability may as well dropped. This bring the next stage of recycling of the product life cycle in which mostly affects the 3rd world countries away from this company owners who are safely becoming rich through the burning of the intoxtic material used in manufacturing  of it without protective gowns or procedure. Therefore every stuff, consumer, recycler or person living near by these consumers have to pay money wise, health wise and environmental wise so that an small number could benefit. 

Annie Leonard suggests the rule of "Take them Back" where the companies take responsibility of recycling and if this happens the designs would improve in quality and become longer lasting & toxic free.