Design of experiments

used as a way for architects to create designs of buildings that feel more integrated with their environment. Frank Lloyd Wright executed his designs beautifully in a house design that he created in 1939. Fallingwater, built in Bear Run, Pennsylvania, was a marvelous accomplishment for an architect, even during Wright’s time. The design of this house would become a textbook design for rural houses in the years to come. Wright’s Fallingwater utilized many design elements that truly show their…

cheaper design options. 5.2 Risk: Soil Quality There is a medium to low possibility for the location of the observation tower have a poor soil quality, which would also cause the tower to have a low-quality foundation. The impact that this risk…

The Cradle-to-Cradle design process (C2C) aims to develop a product, as well as its component materials, that can be reused or recycled at the end of its product life cycle instead of becoming waste. C2C focuses on reducing toxic pollution, waste, and redesigning industrial processes in order to avoid waste and pollution initially. Herman Miller, an internationally acclaimed furniture design house, made the decision to adopt this design process to move the company toward environmental…

My love of science, technology, and innovation made going into engineering a natural choice. Concentrating on the sub-discipline of mechanical engineering was decided based on its broadness, versatility, and the variety of areas I could potentially be a part of. Last year, at the age of thirty-five, I enrolled into college for the first time; seventeen years had passed by since I walked the stage at my high school graduation. The dramatic lifestyle change I made was based on me looking to obtain…

After surveying all of the options for my education as a child, my parents chose to send me to a Montessori school in central Chicago. This decision would end up shaping the rest of my life, as it put me in an environment where I could explore my fascination with everything mechanical. This fascination came from an intrinsic desire that I have to understand how things work, so naturally I channeled that interest and the destructive tendencies of a young boy into taking everything apart that I…

Design thinking is a group process of identifying problems, empathizing, and coming up with innovative solutions for a user. Within our challenge, we had very few limitations, one being that our solution could be done within a $500 budget. For our Design Thinking project, our group originally decided to examine campus safety through the eyes of other students, and empathize with them in hopes of creating a solution to their problem. By interviewing people who had concerns with issues regarding…

The article I decided to pick for this assignment is by the media publication Complex and the interactive journalism piece is called "Project Runaway." The piece is about the behind the scenes making of Kanye West album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy." Complex Editor-in-chief Noah Callahan Bever would be with Kanye West for six months in the making of the album to do a cover story about it. Now what I really love about the interactive piece is how immersed you really feel in the piece.…

"Euro-Japanese" collection will be hanging in I. Magnin, Nordstrom's Agiatezza in New York, Madeline in Miami, and Lieleganza, Inc. in Pennsylvania. "I've always believed in the mix and match concept," said Martin who studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. "I combine strong architectural shapes, Italian techniques, the shape and drape of the Orient and the casual aspects of the American lifestyle. I…

UNK Interior Design Classroom Evaluation College students spend a large amount of their time in a classroom. This argument becomes even truer when considering interior design students. Interior design students at UNK and other universities spend even more time in the classroom because of the work that has to be done on projects. Many late nights and extra hours will be spent in the classrooms provided by the university. The extra hours spent in these classrooms makes it very important for UNK…

1) In what ways has your identity as an instructional designer changed during the previous months? Before entering this course I thought all an instructional designer did was assist others in becoming more proficient in their use technology. But this course has taught me that an instructional designer is much more than an assistant. My identity as an instructional designer is one of a creative problem solver using the best tools to convey information to people in a way that not only engages…