BDES 1201 — Week 11 — In this article we will be using the two texts “The Environment, Product Aesthetics and Surface” by Stuart Walker and “Design for a Sustainable World” written by Victor Margolin in the exploration of sustainable design. In Stuart Walker’s “The Environment, Product Aesthetics and Surface” he discusses the relationship between industrial…

BDES 1201 — Week 10 — This week’s article will be taking a look into the consumer voice and it’s concerns, the increasing pressures on manufacturing standards and what makes or breaks responsible design. The works of Johnathan Woodham in Twentieth-Century Design, Chapter 10 “The Design and Social Responsibility” helps discuss these areas as well as…

BDES 1201 — Week 9 — This week’s readings are encapsulating the Postmodernist era. This era departed from the values of Modernism. Taking place in the mid to late Twentieth Century, Post-Modernism brought forth rejection and skepticism of the ideologies of Modernism. This new era had become a powerful driving force in the world of art…

BDES 1201 — Week 7 This week’s article we will be jumping into the Twentieth Century and exploring the movement of modernism. Modernism is expressed as a design reform movement that was seen globally throughout society and culture. Modernism expressed the values of the modern industrial age. The movement was…

BDES 1201 — Week 6 This week we will be taking a look at two articles that concern themselves with the topics of the consumer culture driven by our society as well as the impacts that production has on said culture. “A Cold Eye — The Designers Create Culture” by Katherine McCoy explores the impacts…

BDES 1201— Week 5 Today we will be diving in to two readings and divulging the meanings behind them and what it means for us. The two texts in question are “Three Teapots” by Donald Norman and Johnathan Woodham Chapter 3 in “Twentieth Century Design.” …

BDES 1201 — Week 4 Designers come from many backgrounds and work in many different mediums, ranging from the fine arts to digital design to product design. …